New Zealand Gazette – 1932 – No. 18

Page 506

✨ Postal Services Details



506* THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. [No. 18

POSTAL DISTRICT OF CHRISTCHURCH.

Number of Service. Services. Total Mileage. Frequency. Mode of Conveyance. Name of Contractor. Annual Subsidy. Date of Termination of Contract.
1 *Allandale Main Road and Post-office.. 19½ Twice daily Foot Mrs. M. E. Radcliffe £ s. d.
2 Amberley and Leithfield (rural delivery) 21 Daily Motor-car Rex Stace 92 10 0 31/12/34
3 Amberley and Mount Brown (rural delivery) Daily Motor-car Rex Stace 92 10 0 31/12/34
4 Amberley Railway-station and Post-office 350 yd Four times daily Foot (Deptl. officer)
5 *Annat Railway-station and Post-office 1½ Twice daily Foot G. G. Sutherland
6 Annat and Russell's Flat (rural delivery) 14 Daily Motor-truck G. G. Sutherland 68 0 0 31/12/34
7 Ashburton and Alford Forest (part rural delivery) 88½ Daily Motor-car A. A. Oliver 390 0 0 31/12/34
8 Ashburton and Elffelton (rural delivery) 83 Daily Motor-car T. W. McKee 285 0 0 31/12/34
9 Ashburton and Longbeach (rural delivery) 35½ Daily Motor-car E. W. Belcher 155 0 0 31/12/34
10 Ashburton and Newland (rural delivery) 85½ Daily Motor-car C. W. P. Shearman 360 0 0 31/12/34
11 Ashburton Railway-station and Post-office 1 As required (up to six trips daily) Motor-truck S. Cunliffe 1s. 6d. per trip 31/12/34
12 Ashburton and Winchmore (part rural delivery) 47 Daily Motor-car W. McKie 155 0 0 31/12/34
13 *Ashby Bank Railway-station and Post-office 1 Twice daily Foot J. Criglington
14 Barry's Bay and Wainui (part rural delivery) 11 Daily Motor-car Mrs. Jane Hawker 100 0 0 31/12/34
15 Belfast Railway-station and Post-office 1 Four times daily Foot Alex. Brown 10 0 0
16 Cheviot and Spotswood (rural delivery) 31½ Daily Motor-van G. Struthers 150 0 0 31/12/34
17 Christchurch Chief Post-office and Government Buildings 1 Six times daily (thrice daily on Saturdays) Foot (Deptl. officer)
18 Christchurch and Greendale (part rural delivery) 109 Daily Motor-car A. W. Roper 445 0 0 31/12/34
19 Christchurch, Halswell, and Tai Tapu.. 22 Twice daily Motor-car Newm a n Bros., Ltd. 40 0 0
20 Christchurch and Hanmer Springs 180 Daily (with extra daily trip inward, free) Omnibus Mocketts Motors, Ltd. 160 0 0 31/12/34
21 Christchurch, Glenroy, Windwhistle House, and Lake Coleridge 138 Thrice weekly Omnibus M. J. Jeal 150 0 0 31/12/34
22 Christchurch and Marshland 8 Daily Cart C. D. Palmer 13 10 0
23 Christchurch, Rangiora, Fernside, Cust, Bennett's, and Oxford 86 Twice daily (one trip free daily) Omnibus S. E. Clements 150 0 0 31/12/34
24 Christchurch : Delivery of parcels within a radius of half - mile of Chief Post-office Daily Motor-lorry.. (Deptl. officer)
25 Christchurch : Delivery of postmen's overflow bags in city and suburbs As required Motor-lorry.. (Deptl. officer)
26 Christchurch Railway-station, Chief Post-office, High Street, and clearing receivers in city and suburbs, 10 p.m. As required Motor-lorry.. (Deptl. officer)
27 Christchurch and Southbridge (rural delivery) 128 Daily Motor-car J. H. Baird 431 10 0 31/12/34
28 Christchurch and Springston (rural delivery) 91½ Daily Motor-car E. R. Truman 384 0 0 31/12/34
29 Christchurch and all sub-offices on tram routes As required Tram Christchurch Tram-way Board 400 0 0
30 Christchurch, Governor's Bay, Allandale, and Teddington 32 Daily Motor-car J. A. Harris and T. H. Radcliffe 120 0 0 31/12/34
31 Christchurch trams and Chief Post-office 1 As required Foot (Deptl. officer)
32 Christchurch and Tuahiwi 26 Daily Omnibus S. E. Clements Nil
33 Christchurch Chief Post-office and Victoria Square 1 Twice daily Bicycle (Deptl. officer)
34 Coalgate and Hororata (part rural delivery) 43 Daily Motor-car C. D. McGarry 290 0 0 31/12/34
35 Culverden Railway-station and Post-office 1 Thrice daily Foot (Deptl. officer)
36 Culverden, Rotherham, and Waiau 29½ Thrice weekly Motor-car Mocketts Motors, Ltd. 60 0 0 31/12/34
37 Darfield and Coalgate 7 Weekly (one way only, outward) Motor-car N.Z. Newspapers, Ltd. 3 5 0
38 Darfield Railway-station and Post-office 1 As required Foot (Deptl. officer)
39 Darfield and Waddington (rural delivery) 38 Daily Motor-car H. C. Heyder 200 0 0 31/12/34
40 Darfield, Glentunnel, Coalgate, and Whitecliffs 24 Daily Omnibus L. E. Langeson and Son 30 0 0
41 Doyleston Railway-station and Post-office 1 As required Foot W. C. Brittenden 35 0 0
42 Duvauchelle, Pigeon Bay, Little Akaloa, Chorlton, O'Kain's Bay, Le Bon's Bay, and Duvauchelle (also depositing correspondence in boxes at Summit Road) 58 Daily Motor-car T. McCaughan 400 0 0 31/12/34
43 *Glentunnel Railway-station and Post-office 1 Twice daily Foot G. Weastell

*Performed by a non-permanent officer, payment for which is included in salary.



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🚂 Inland Mail Services for North Island (1931-33) and South Island (1932-34) (continued from previous page)

🚂 Transport & Communications
3 March 1932
Mail services, North Island, South Island, 1931-33, 1932-34, Auckland, Blenheim
29 names identified
  • M. E. Radcliffe (Mrs), Contractor for Allandale Main Road and Post-office
  • Rex Stace, Contractor for Amberley and Leithfield rural delivery
  • Rex Stace, Contractor for Amberley and Mount Brown rural delivery
  • G. G. Sutherland, Contractor for Annat Railway-station and Post-office
  • G. G. Sutherland, Contractor for Annat and Russell's Flat rural delivery
  • A. A. Oliver, Contractor for Ashburton and Alford Forest rural delivery
  • T. W. McKee, Contractor for Ashburton and Elffelton rural delivery
  • E. W. Belcher, Contractor for Ashburton and Longbeach rural delivery
  • C. W. P. Shearman, Contractor for Ashburton and Newland rural delivery
  • S. Cunliffe, Contractor for Ashburton Railway-station and Post-office
  • W. McKie, Contractor for Ashburton and Winchmore rural delivery
  • J. Criglington, Contractor for Ashby Bank Railway-station and Post-office
  • Jane Hawker (Mrs), Contractor for Barry's Bay and Wainui rural delivery
  • Alex Brown, Contractor for Belfast Railway-station and Post-office
  • G. Struthers, Contractor for Cheviot and Spotswood rural delivery
  • A. W. Roper, Contractor for Christchurch and Greendale rural delivery
  • Newman, Contractor for Christchurch, Halswell, and Tai Tapu
  • Mocketts, Contractor for Christchurch and Hanmer Springs
  • M. J. Jeal, Contractor for Christchurch, Glenroy, Windwhistle House, and Lake Coleridge
  • C. D. Palmer, Contractor for Christchurch and Marshland
  • S. E. Clements, Contractor for Christchurch, Rangiora, Fernside, Cust, Bennett's, and Oxford
  • J. H. Baird, Contractor for Christchurch and Southbridge rural delivery
  • E. R. Truman, Contractor for Christchurch and Springston rural delivery
  • J. A. Harris, Contractor for Christchurch, Governor's Bay, Allandale, and Teddington
  • T. H. Radcliffe, Contractor for Christchurch, Governor's Bay, Allandale, and Teddington
  • C. D. McGarry, Contractor for Coalgate and Hororata rural delivery
  • Alex Brown, Contractor for Culverden Railway-station and Post-office
  • T. McCaughan, Contractor for Duvauchelle, Pigeon Bay, Little Akaloa, Chorlton, O'Kain's Bay, Le Bon's Bay, and Duvauchelle
  • G. Weastell, Contractor for Glentunnel Railway-station and Post-office