New Zealand Gazette – 1928 – No. 17

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✨ Postal Services Contracts



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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 17

POSTAL DISTRICT OF GISBORNE.

Number of Service. Service. Total Mileage. Frequency. Mode of Conveyance. Name of Contractor. Annual Subsidy. Date of Termination of Contract.
1 Cape Runaway and Matengarika Station (private-bag delivery) 37 Weekly .. Horse .. J. P. Blane .. £ s. d. 70 0 0 31/12/30
2 Cape Runaway Beach and Post-office .. ¾ As required .. Cart .. Settlers’ Shed Association 30 0 0 ..
3 Gisborne: Delivery of parcels within boundaries of postmen’s deliveries .. Daily .. Motor-lorry.. Coutts and Son .. 177 0 0 31/12/30
4 Gisborne Chief Post-office, Railway-station and wharves, and delivery of postmen’s bags .. As required .. Motor-lorry.. Coutts and Son .. 304 0 0 31/12/30
5 Gisborne wharves and vessels in roadstead .. As required .. Steam tender or launch Union Steamship Co., Ltd. 175 0 0 31/12/30
6 Gisborne and Mangapapa .. 4 Twice daily .. Motor-bus .. Gisborne Borough Council 50 0 0 ..
7 Gisborne, Makaraka, and Patutahi .. 20 Daily .. Motor-bus .. S. D. Worsnop .. 85 0 0 31/12/30
8 Gisborne, Tamarau, Whangara, Tolaga Bay, Arero, Tokomaru Bay, Te Puia Springs, Tinaaruhe, Waitakaro, Aorangi, and Ruatoria 168 Daily .. Motor-car .. East Coast Motors, Ltd. 1,500 0 0 31/12/30
9 Gisborne and Te Hapara .. 3 Daily .. Tram .. Gisborne Borough Council 5 0 0 ..
10 Gisborne, Waerengaokuri, and Tiniroto 84 Twice weekly (one trip free of cost) Motor-car or coach H. Cooper .. 300 0 0 31/12/30
11 Gisborne–Waihirere (rural delivery) .. 32 Thrice weekly .. Motor-lorry.. Coutts and Son .. 169 0 0 31/12/30
12 Gisborne, Hexton, and Waimata Valley 34 Thrice weekly .. Motor-car .. W. Jones .. 150 0 0* 31/12/30
13 Gisborne, Makaraka, Manutuke, Muriwai, Wharerata, Morere, Nuhaka, Whakaki, Wairoa, Turiroa, Mohaka, Kotemaori, Putorino, Tutira, Tangoio, and Napier 300 Daily .. Motor-car .. De Luxe Motor Service Co., Ltd. 2,000 0 0 31/12/30
14 Hicks Bay, Lottin Point, and Cape Runaway 56 Weekly .. Packhorse .. H. Kururangi .. 70 0 0 31/12/30
15 Hicks Bay Wharf, Hicks Bay, and Te Araroa 18 As required .. Motor-car or coach George McKeddie 25 0 0 ..
16 Junction of East Coast and Panikau Roads and Williams Homestead 12 Twice weekly .. Packhorse .. W. H. Williams 60 0 0 31/12/30
17 Junction Main Road and Whakaangiangi 8 Twice weekly .. Horse .. A. E. Thompson 30 0 0 ..
18 Junction Wharerata and Wairoa Roads and Wharerata Post-office 704 yd. Daily .. Foot .. J. K. Morgan .. 7 0 0 ..
19 Kutarere and Opotiki .. 24 As required .. Coach .. Kelly and Fleming, Ltd. £2 per trip ..
20 Makauri Railway-station and Post-office ½ As required .. Foot .. R. S. Bryce .. 14 0 0 ..
21 Manutuke and Waingake .. 22 Twice weekly .. } Motor-bus.. E. S. Rasmussen 115 0 0 31/12/30
Waingake and Paparatu Station .. 30 Twice weekly, 1 Nov. to 30 April; weekly, 1 May to 31 Oct.
22 Matawai, Oponae Road to Chilcott’s (rural delivery) 27 Weekly .. Motor-truck C. Blomquist .. 50 0 0 31/12/30
23 Matawai, Koranga Road to Judd’s and Moanui Road to Hope’s (rural delivery) 32 Weekly .. Motor-lorry C. Blomquist .. 52 0 0 31/12/30
24 Matawai Railway-station and Post-office 1 As required .. Motor-car .. A. J. Hustler .. 40 0 0 ..
25 Motu and Marumoko .. 12 Weekly .. Buggy .. H. L. Twistleton 18 0 0 ..
26 Motu, Toatoa, Lower Waiawa, and Opotiki 90 Daily .. Motor-car .. Stevenson and Mitchell 250 0 0 31/12/30
27 Motuhora and Motu .. 6 Thrice daily .. Motor-car .. Mrs. M. Lovell .. 90 0 0 31/12/30
28 Ngatapa, Rere, and Wharekopae .. 48 Weekly .. Express .. E. C. Papworth 126 0 0 31/12/30
29 Ngatapa Railway-station and Post-office 1 Thrice weekly.. Motor-car or foot J. S. Harrison .. 20 0 0 ..
30 Omaio Beach and Post-office .. ½ As required .. Foot .. W. N. Coughlan 3 0 0 ..
31 Oponae and Wairata .. 14 Weekly .. Horse .. A. F. Gellert .. 35 0 0 ..
32 Opotiki, Omaio, Te Kaha, Raukokore, and Cape Runaway 96 Weekly .. Launch .. W. Walker .. 260 0 0 31/12/30
33 Opotiki, Torere, and Houpoto .. 56 Weekly .. Motor-car .. Kelly and Fleming, Ltd. 39 0 0 ..
34 Opotiki and Oponae .. 46 Weekly .. Motor-lorry.. A. E. Reece .. 50 0 0 31/12/30
35 Opotiki Wharf and Post-office .. 1 As required .. Buggy .. W. W. Stevens .. 21 10 0 ..
36 Ormond Railway-station and Post-office ½ As required .. Foot .. F. Friar.. 20 0 0 ..
37 Port Awanui Beach and Post-office .. 1 As required .. Cart .. A. Te Maro .. 12 0 0 ..
38 Puha and Whatatutu .. 16 Daily .. Motor-car .. E. J. Cahill .. 130 0 0 31/12/30
39 Rakauroa Railway-station and Post-office 2 Thrice weekly.. Foot or horse-vehicle F. A. Cleveland 13 0 0 ..
40 Ruatoria, Tapuwaeroa, and Pakihiroa 34 Weekly .. Buggy .. H. G. Burnett .. 50 0 0 31/12/30
41 Ruatoria, Waiomatatini, Tikiliki, and Te Araroa 55 Daily, 1 Nov. to 30 April; thrice weekly, 1 May to 31 Oct. (three trips per week in summer free of cost) Motor-car, coach, or packhorse G. McKeddie .. 500 0 0 31/12/30
42 Ruatoria and Tuparoa .. 10 Twice weekly .. Horse .. K. Haenga .. 60 0 0 31/12/30
43 Te Araroa, Horoera, and East Cape .. 30 Weekly .. Horse .. R. T. Kohere .. 20 0 0 ..
44 Te Araroa and Hicks Bay .. 16 Twice weekly .. Buggy .. E. J. Pearce .. 80 0 0 31/12/30
45 Te Araroa and Tikiliki (conveyance of overweight parcels) 30 As required .. Motor-car or coach G. McKeddie .. 2s. per bag ..
  • Plus £1 5s. per month until Waimata Bridge replaced.


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🚂 Inland Mail Services for North Island (1928-30) and South Island (1925-28) (continued from previous page)

🚂 Transport & Communications
25 February 1928
Mail services, North Island, South Island, Postal routes, Contractors, Subsidies
31 names identified
  • J. P. Blane, Contractor for Cape Runaway and Matengarika Station
  • S. D. Worsnop, Contractor for Gisborne, Makaraka, and Patutahi
  • H. Cooper, Contractor for Gisborne, Waerengaokuri, and Tiniroto
  • W. Jones, Contractor for Gisborne, Hexton, and Waimata Valley
  • H. Kururangi, Contractor for Hicks Bay, Lottin Point, and Cape Runaway
  • George McKeddie, Contractor for Hicks Bay Wharf, Hicks Bay, and Te Araroa
  • W. H. Williams, Contractor for Junction of East Coast and Panikau Roads and Williams Homestead
  • A. E. Thompson, Contractor for Junction Main Road and Whakaangiangi
  • J. K. Morgan, Contractor for Junction Wharerata and Wairoa Roads and Wharerata Post-office
  • R. S. Bryce, Contractor for Makauri Railway-station and Post-office
  • E. S. Rasmussen, Contractor for Manutuke and Waingake
  • C. Blomquist, Contractor for Matawai, Oponae Road to Chilcott’s and Matawai, Koranga Road to Judd’s and Moanui Road to Hope’s
  • A. J. Hustler, Contractor for Matawai Railway-station and Post-office
  • H. L. Twistleton, Contractor for Motu and Marumoko
  • M. Lovell (Mrs.), Contractor for Motuhora and Motu
  • E. C. Papworth, Contractor for Ngatapa, Rere, and Wharekopae
  • J. S. Harrison, Contractor for Ngatapa Railway-station and Post-office
  • W. N. Coughlan, Contractor for Omaio Beach and Post-office
  • A. F. Gellert, Contractor for Oponae and Wairata
  • W. Walker, Contractor for Opotiki, Omaio, Te Kaha, Raukokore, and Cape Runaway
  • A. E. Reece, Contractor for Opotiki and Oponae
  • W. W. Stevens, Contractor for Opotiki Wharf and Post-office
  • F. Friar, Contractor for Ormond Railway-station and Post-office
  • A. Te Maro, Contractor for Port Awanui Beach and Post-office
  • E. J. Cahill, Contractor for Puha and Whatatutu
  • F. A. Cleveland, Contractor for Rakauroa Railway-station and Post-office
  • H. G. Burnett, Contractor for Ruatoria, Tapuwaeroa, and Pakihiroa
  • G. McKeddie, Contractor for Ruatoria, Waiomatatini, Tikiliki, and Te Araroa
  • K. Haenga, Contractor for Ruatoria and Tuparoa
  • R. T. Kohere, Contractor for Te Araroa, Horoera, and East Cape
  • E. J. Pearce, Contractor for Te Araroa and Hicks Bay