New Zealand Gazette – 1932 – No. 18

Page 509

✨ Postal Services in Dunedin District



MAR. 11.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 509

POSTAL DISTRICT OF DUNEDIN—continued.

Number of Service. Service. Total Mileage. Frequency. Mode of Conveyance. Name of Contractor. Annual Subsidy. Date of Termination of Contract.
29 Cromwell and Pembroke (part rural delivery) 106 Thrice weekly Motor-car or lorry D. M. McLeod £ s. d. 230 0 0 31/12/34
30 Cromwell and Public Works Camp on the Pembroke-Makarora Road (private-bag delivery) 136 Thrice weekly Motor-bus R. W. Scott 91 0 0 Indefinite.
31 Cromwell Railway-station and Post-office 1½ As required Motor-truck T. Brydone 67 10 0 31/12/34
32 Cromwell and Ripponvale (rural delivery) 5 Daily Bicycle (Deptl. officer) .. ..
33 Dunback and Stoneburn 10 Twice weekly Gig R. Johnston 24 0 0 ..
34 Dunedin, Alexandra, Cromwell, and Pembroke 386 Thrice weekly Motor-car Boud’s Motor Service Nil ..
35 Dunedin, Anderson’s Bay, Caversham, Dunedin North, Manor Place, Moray Place, Mornington, North-east Valley, Roslyn, St Kilda, South Dunedin, Woodhaugh, and conveyance of postmen .. Four times daily Tramcar Dunedin City Corporation 302 15 0 ..
36 Dunedin and Brighton 23 Daily Motor-car H. W. E. Hobbs 114 0 0 31/12/34
Brighton, Kuri Bush, Taieri Mouth, and Taieri Beach 27 Thrice weekly
37 Dunedin, clearance of pillar-boxes and collection of certain suburban mails .. As required Motor-van (Deptl. officer) .. ..
38 Dunedin, delivery of parcels and distribution of postmen’s overflow bags .. As required Motor-van (Deptl. officer) .. ..
39 Dunedin, Glenore, Manuka Creek, Waitahuna, Forsyth, Lawrence, Evans Flat, Beaumont, Rae’s Junction, Island Block, Miller’s Flat, Ettrick, and Roxburgh 200 Daily Motor-car Wanaka Motors, Ltd. 240 0 0 31/12/34
40 Dunedin and Half-way Bush 6 Daily Motor-car (Deptl. officer) .. ..
41 Dunedin, Highcliffe, Pukeshiki, and Sandymount 20 Thrice weekly Motor-bus The Peninsula Motor Service, Ltd. 80 0 0 31/12/34
42 Dunedin, Macandrew Bay, Broad Bay, and Portobello 26½ Twice daily Motor-bus The Peninsula Motor Service, Ltd. 104 10 0 31/12/34
43 Dunedin, midnight clearance of pillar-boxes .. As required Motor-van (Deptl. officer) .. ..
44 Dunedin and Mount Cargill 12 Twice weekly Motor-truck A. C. King 15 0 0 ..
45 Dunedin Railway-station, wharves, and Chief Post-office .. As required Motor-lorry (Deptl. officer) .. ..
46 Dunedin and Telegraph Office (suburban office mails by tramcar) ½ Four times daily Motor-van (Deptl. officer) .. ..
47 Dunedin and Tomahawk 8 Daily Trap (Deptl. officer) .. ..
48 Dunedin and Woodhaugh 24 Daily (inward mail only) Trap (Deptl. officer) .. ..
49 Dunedin North and Dunedin 1 Daily (inward morning mail only) Bicycle (Deptl. officer) .. ..
50 Edievale and Dunrobin 6 Thrice weekly Motor-car H. E. Newton 25 0 0 ..
51 *Edievale Railway-station and Post-office ½ Daily Foot Miss E. T. Towns .. ..
52 *Evansdale Railway-station and Post-office ½ Twice daily Foot Mrs. M. Brinsdon .. ..
53 *Evans Flat Railway-station and Post-office 2 Thrice weekly Foot S. J. Gossling, jun. .. ..
54 Forsyth Railway-station and Post-office 372 yd Thrice weekly Foot Mrs. M. Crawford 5 0 0 ..
55 *Galloway Railway-station and Post-office 1 Daily Foot Mrs. H. D. Baird .. ..
56 Glenomaru Railway-station and Otekura 10 Thrice weekly Cart J. Lindsay 50 0 0 31/12/34
57 *Glenomaru Railway-station and Post-office 110 yd Six times weekly Foot Mrs. A. I. Mules .. ..
58 Glenore Railway-station and Post-office 594 yd Six times weekly Foot Mrs. M. Ridgwell 4 10 0 ..
59 Green Island Railway-station and Post-office 2 As required Handcart (Deptl. officer) .. ..
60 Henley Railway-station and Post-office 1½ Twice daily Bicycle E. Smith Nil ..
61 Ilcley Railway-station and Waipori Falls 30 Thrice weekly Motor-lorry Dunedin City Corporation Nil ..
62 Heriot and Crookston 8 Thrice weekly Motor-car T. Brownlie 35 0 0 ..
63 Heriot and Moa Flat Estate (rural delivery) 32 Thrice weekly Motor-lorry The Otago Farmers’ Co-op. Assn. of N.Z., Ltd. 120 0 0 31/12/34
64 Heriot and Parkhill 11½ Twice weekly Motor-lorry The Otago Farmers’ Co-op. Assn. of N.Z., Ltd. 40 0 0 ..
65 Hindon Railway-station and Post-office 8 Twice weekly Trap J. Fernie 20 0 0 ..
66 Houipapa Railway-station and Post-office 2 Six times weekly Motor-car D. R. Wright 25 0 0 ..
67 Hyde Railway-station and Post-office 310 yd As required Foot (Deptl. officer) .. ..
68 *Ida Valley Railway-station and Post-office 200 yd Twice daily Foot A. Watt .. ..

*Service performed by non-permanent officer. Payment included in salary.



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🚂 Postal Services in Dunedin District (continued from previous page)

🚂 Transport & Communications
Mail services, Dunedin, rural delivery, contractors
20 names identified
  • D. M. McLeod, Contractor for Cromwell and Pembroke mail service
  • R. W. Scott, Contractor for Cromwell and Public Works Camp mail service
  • T. Brydone, Contractor for Cromwell Railway-station and Post-office mail service
  • R. Johnston, Contractor for Dunback and Stoneburn mail service
  • H. W. E. Hobbs, Contractor for Dunedin and Brighton mail service
  • J. Lindsay, Contractor for Glenomaru Railway-station and Otekura mail service
  • T. Brownlie, Contractor for Heriot and Crookston mail service
  • J. Fernie, Contractor for Hindon Railway-station and Post-office mail service
  • D. R. Wright, Contractor for Houipapa Railway-station and Post-office mail service
  • E. Smith, Contractor for Henley Railway-station and Post-office mail service
  • H. E. Newton, Contractor for Edievale and Dunrobin mail service
  • E. T. Towns (Miss), Contractor for Edievale Railway-station and Post-office mail service
  • M. Brinsdon (Mrs), Contractor for Evansdale Railway-station and Post-office mail service
  • S. J. Gossling (junior), Contractor for Evans Flat Railway-station and Post-office mail service
  • M. Crawford (Mrs), Contractor for Forsyth Railway-station and Post-office mail service
  • H. D. Baird (Mrs), Contractor for Galloway Railway-station and Post-office mail service
  • A. I. Mules (Mrs), Contractor for Glenomaru Railway-station and Post-office mail service
  • M. Ridgwell (Mrs), Contractor for Glenore Railway-station and Post-office mail service
  • A. C. King, Contractor for Dunedin and Mount Cargill mail service
  • A. Watt, Contractor for Ida Valley Railway-station and Post-office mail service