New Zealand Gazette – 1939 – No. 18

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✨ Postal Service Schedules

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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 18

POSTAL DISTRICT OF WELLINGTON—continued.

Number of Service	Service.	Total Mileage.	Frequency.	Mode of Conveyance.	Name of Contractor.	Annual Subsidy.	Date of Termination of Contract.
77	Wellington: Chief Post-office and suburban offices (Adelaide Road, Wellington South, Kilbirnie, Seatoun, Miramar, Hataitai, Rongotai, Island Bay, Berhampore, Brooklyn, Aro Street, Karori East, Karori, and Wadestown)	..	As required ..	} Tram-car ..	Wellington City Corporation	£ s. d. 287 13 0	..
	Wellington Chief Post-office to Brooklyn, Hataitai, Island Bay, Karori, Kilbirnie, Miramar, and Seatoun (parcel-mails)	..	Once daily ..
78	Wellington: Delivery of parcels in city and suburbs	..	Twice daily in city area; once daily in suburbs	Motor-lorry	(Deptl. officer) ..	..	..
79	Wellington: Delivery of postmen's overflow bags	..	As required ..	Motor-van ..	(Deptl. officer) ..	..	..
80	Wellington: Depot for mail-bags, 284 Lambton Quay, C. 1	..	As required ..	..	C. V. Holcroft ..	13 0 0	..
81	Wellington Chief Post-office, Government Buildings, and Wellington North, N. 1	1¾	As required ..	Motor-van ..	(Deptl. officer) ..	..	..
82	Wellington Parcel Depot (Whitmore Street, C. 1) and Lambton Tram-terminus	¼	As required ..	Motor-van ..	(Deptl. officer) ..	..	..
83	Wellington Chief Post-office and Parcel Depot (Whitmore Street, C. 1)	½	As required ..	Motor-lorry	(Deptl. officer) ..	..	..
84	Wellington Chief Post-office and Te Aro, C. 2	1	As required ..	Bicycle ..	(Deptl. officer) ..	..	..
85	Wellington Chief Post-office and Tram-mail depots	¼	As required ..	Foot or motor-lorry	(Deptl. officer) ..	..	..
86	Wellington Chief Post-office and Wellington East, C. 3	1½	As required ..	Bicycle ..	(Deptl. officer) ..	..	..
87	Wellington and Eastbourne	{14 31	Twice daily .. Twice daily out; once daily in	Steamer .. Motor-omnibus	} Eastbourne Borough Council	75 0 0	..
88	Wellington Railway-station, Petone, and Lower Hutt	9	Once daily in	Motor-omnibus	N.Z. Railways Road Services	6d. per bag	..
89	Wellington Harbour: Delivering on overseas steamers mail matter for incoming passengers	Varies	As required ..	Steamer ..	Defence Dept. ..	10 0 0	..
90	Wellington Railway-station, Bus Depot, wharves, and Chief Post-office	..	As required ..	Motor-lorry	(Deptl. officer) ..	..	..
91	Wellington and Titahi Bay ..	33	Daily ..	Motor-omnibus	N.Z. Railways Road Services	29 0 0	..
92	Wellington, Pahautanui, and Wanganui	255	Daily ..	Motor-car ..	N.Z. Railways Road Services	95 0 0	..
93	Whakataki and Mataikona Homestead (private-bag delivery)	14	Weekly ..	Horseback ..	P. C. Taylor ..	32 16 0	..
94	Wellington and Wellington Railway ..	¾	As required ..	Bicycle ..	(Deptl. officer) ..	..	..

POSTAL DISTRICT OF WESTPORT.


1	Capleston and Cronadun ..	8	Daily ..	Motor-lorry	F. W. Archer ..	Nil
2	Granity Railway-station, Granity Post-office, Millerton, and Stockton Mine	10	Daily ..	Motor-car and motor-bus	Granity Motors ..	120 0 0	31/12/40
3	Inangahua Junction Post-office and Inangahua Junction Railway-station (one way only)	1	Daily ..	Motor-car ..	Newman Bros., Ltd.	15 0 0	..
4	Junction Karamea and Little Wanganui Roads and Arapito	4	Thrice weekly	Bicycle ..	Miss A. B. Allen	26 0 0	..
5	Market Cross and Oparara ..	8	Twice weekly	Bicycle ..	Mrs. M. Lowe	15 0 0	..
6	(a) Waimangaroa Railway-station, Waimangaroa Post-office, and Denniston	14	Twice daily ..	} Motor-bus	Denniston Motors	238 0 0	31/12/40
	(b). Denniston and Burnett’s Face ..	4	Daily Twice daily ..	Motor-lorry	A. Mockett and Sons	125 0 0	31/12/40
7	Westport: Delivery of parcels within borough boundaries	..
8	Westport and Cape Foulwind ..	14	Twice weekly	Motor-van ..	R. Elley and Sons	21 0 0	..
9	Westport, Fairdown, Miko, Waimarie, Corbyvale, Te Namu, Kongahu, Market Cross, and Karamea (part rural delivery)	128	Thrice weekly (with additional thrice-weekly trips on alternate days from Karamea only to Westport, and additional trips performed gratuitously outward to all offices on Tuesdays and inward from all offices on Thursdays)	Motor-car or motor-bus	Gibbs Transport, Ltd.	350 0 0	31/12/40
10	Westport, vessels in harbour, Railway-station, and Chief Post-office	..	As required ..	Motor-lorry	A. Craddock and Sons	120 0 0	31/12/40

By Authority: E. V. PAUL, Government Printer, Wellington.—1939.

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🚂 Postal District of Wellington - Service Schedules (continued from previous page)

Domain🚂 Transport & Communications
KeywordsPostal services, Wellington, mail routes, contractors, subsidies, schedules
👱🏽 Names

C. V. Holcroft, Contractor for mail-bag depot
P. C. Taylor, Contractor for private-bag delivery

🚂 Postal District of Westport - Service Schedules

Domain🚂 Transport & Communications
KeywordsPostal services, Westport, mail routes, contractors, subsidies, schedules
👱🏽 Names

6 names identified

F. W. Archer, Contractor for mail services
A. B. Allen (Miss), Contractor for mail services
M. Lowe (Mrs), Contractor for mail services
A. Mockett, Contractor for mail services
R. Elley, Contractor for mail services
A. Craddock, Contractor for mail services

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