New Zealand Gazette – 1937 – No. 15

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✨ Postal Services Contracts



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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 15

POSTAL DISTRICT OF NELSON.

Contract No. Service. Total Miles. Frequency. Mode of Conveyance. Name of Contractor. Annual Subsidy. Date of Termination of Contract.
1 Belgrove and Hiwipango 8 Weekly Trap J. W. Banks £ s. d.
2 Brightwater Railway-station and Post-office 9 ch. As required Bicycle (Deptl. officer) 15 0 0
3 Brightwater and Waimea West 5 Daily Bicycle L. H. Palmer 30 0 0
4 Brightwater and Wairoa Gorge (rural delivery) 14¼ Daily Motor-cycle K. W. J. Coppell 74 0 0 31/12/37
5 Collingwood, Pakawau, and Puponga.. 28 Five times weekly Motor-car I. B. McNabb 75 0 0 31/12/37
6 Collingwood and Rakopi 30 Weekly Motor-lorry McNabb’s Motors 9 0 0
7 Collingwood, Rockville, Aorere, and Bainham 20 Five times weekly Motor-car I. B. McNabb 68 0 0 31/12/37
8 Foxhill Railway-station and Post-office 1 Twice daily Foot Miss C. E. Thompson 25 0 0
9 French Pass: Receipt and despatch of mails at night .. As required .. Trustees, French Pass Wharf 13 0 0
10 French Pass (tendering of steamers by launch) 1 As required Launch G. W. W. Webber Wellington to Nelson, steamer, £1: reduced to 10s. if one passenger carried. Nelson to Wellington steamer, 10s.: (No charge for either stop if more than one passenger carried.)
11 French Pass, Waikawa Bay, Okouri Point, Pahakorea Bay, Otarawao, Wairangi, McLaren’s Bay, Okiwi Bay, Croisilles, and Greville Harbour (private-bag delivery) 79 Weekly Launch C. S. Jacobsen 137 0 0 31/12/37
12 {French Pass, Whareatea Bay and Waitai
Waitai and Patuki (private-bag delivery)		 28
8		 Weekly
Fortnightly		 }Launch C. S. Jacobsen 48 0 0
13 Gowan Bridge and Gowan 7 Twice weekly Motor-car R. Marr 13 0 0
14 Hope Railway-station and Post-office 1 Inwards, eleven times weekly; outwards, ten times weekly Foot H. K. Johnston 24 0 0
15 Howard Junction and Howard 18 Twice weekly Motor-car A. A. Fleming 35 0 0
16 Junction Tophouse Road and Atapo 2¼ Twice weekly Cart J. S. M. Wilkinson 10 8 0
17 Lindsay’s Bridge and Uruwhenua 1 Daily Bicycle A. F. Kerr 30 0 0
18 Motueka and Port Motueka.. 5 Five times weekly Bicycle (Deptl. officer) ..
19 Motueka and Riwaka (part rural delivery) 29 Daily Motor-car C. G. Ballard 120 0 0 31/12/37
20 Motueka, Ngatimoti, Pokororo, Stanley Brook, Thorpe, Dovedale, and Wakefield (part rural delivery) 118 Thrice weekly Motor-car D. E. McPherson 290 0 0 31/12/37
21 Motupiko and Golden Downs (private-bag delivery) 23¼ Weekly, and one extra trip weekly in winter if convenient Motor-lorry.. A. Hodgson 31 10 0 and 10s. for each extra trip
22 Murchison, Howard Junction, and Maggie Creek 62 Twice weekly Motor-truck H. J. Hodgson and Co. Outward trip, 1s. 6d. first bag; 1s. each additional bag; inward trip free
23 Murchison and Tutaki (rural delivery) 40 Twice weekly Motor-lorry A. J. McCaa 39 0 0
24 Murchison, Upper Matakitaki, and Maruia 74 Weekly Motor-car C. D. McHugh 45 0 0 31/12/37
25 Nelson, Atawhai, Wakapuaka, Hira, Whangamoa, Rai Valley, Rai Falls, Canvastown, Havelock, Havelock Suburban, Okaramio, Kaituna, Renwicktown, and Blenheim 158 Daily (free trip daily Blenheim to Nelson, and Mondays, Nelson to Benheim) Motor-car Newman Bros., Ltd. 800 0 0 31/12/37
26 Nelson, Brightwater, Wakefield, Belgrave, Motupiko, Glenhope, Kawatiri, Gowan Bridge, Owen Junction, Owen River, Mangarata, Longford, Murchison, Sullivan’s Bridge, Newton Flat, Lyell, Three Channel Flat, Inangahua Junction, Berlins, Tiroroa, Westport, Rotokohu, Cronadun, and Reefton 336 Daily to Brightwater, Wakefield, Motupiko, Gowan Bridge, Owen River, Murchison, Inangahua Junction, Reefton, and Westport; daily to and inwards four times weekly from Belgrave; thrice weekly to other places Motor-car Newman Bros., Ltd. 2,500 0 0 31/12/37
27 Nelson and Brunt’s corner (rural delivery) 34 Five times weekly Motor-lorry Cole’s Freight Service 5 0 0
28 Nelson Chief Post-office, Railway-station, Port Nelson Post-office and Wharves, also delivery of parcels and overflow bags in Nelson postmen’s delivery 6 As required Motor-trucks H. Oakley 497 0 0 31/12/37


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🚂 Postal District of Nelson Mail Services (continued from previous page)

🚂 Transport & Communications
Mail services, Nelson, Contractors, Schedules, Rural delivery
22 names identified
  • J. W. Banks, Contractor for Belgrove and Hiwipango service
  • L. H. Palmer, Contractor for Brightwater and Waimea West service
  • K. W. J. Coppell, Contractor for Brightwater and Wairoa Gorge service
  • I. B. McNabb, Contractor for Collingwood, Pakawau, and Puponga service
  • McNabb, Contractor for Collingwood and Rakopi service
  • C. E. Thompson (Miss), Contractor for Foxhill Railway-station and Post-office service
  • G. W. W. Webber, Contractor for French Pass service
  • C. S. Jacobsen, Contractor for French Pass and related services
  • R. Marr, Contractor for Gowan Bridge and Gowan service
  • H. K. Johnston, Contractor for Hope Railway-station and Post-office service
  • A. A. Fleming, Contractor for Howard Junction and Howard service
  • J. S. M. Wilkinson, Contractor for Junction Tophouse Road and Atapo service
  • A. F. Kerr, Contractor for Lindsay’s Bridge and Uruwhenua service
  • C. G. Ballard, Contractor for Motueka and Riwaka service
  • D. E. McPherson, Contractor for Motueka and related services
  • A. Hodgson, Contractor for Motupiko and Golden Downs service
  • H. J. Hodgson, Contractor for Murchison, Howard Junction, and Maggie Creek service
  • A. J. McCaa, Contractor for Murchison and Tutaki service
  • C. D. McHugh, Contractor for Murchison, Upper Matakitaki, and Maruia service
  • Newman, Contractor for Nelson and related services
  • Cole, Contractor for Nelson and Brunt’s corner service
  • H. Oakley, Contractor for Nelson Chief Post-office and related services