New Zealand Gazette – 1940 – No. 22

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✨ Postal Services Schedule

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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 22

POSTAL DISTRICT OF DUNEDIN—continued.

Number of Service.	Service.	Total Miles.	Frequency.	Mode of Conveyance.	Name of Contractor.	Annual Subsidy.	Date of Termination of Contract.
8	Balclutha and Kaimataitai— Balclutha and Kaka Point Kaka Point and Kaimataitai Kaka Point and Otekura (part rural delivery)	27½ 9 18	Daily Thrice weekly Thrice weekly	Motor-car ..	D. MacKechnie ..	£ s. d. 194 0 0	31/12/40
9	Balclutha, Hillend, Awamangu and Pukepito (part rural delivery)	42	Thrice weekly	Motor-car ..	A. Robertson ..	149 10 0	31 12 40
10	Balclutha and South Otago Hospital (private-bag delivery)		Daily	Bicycle ..	(Deptl. officer) ..	..	..
11	Balclutha and Te Houka (rural delivery)	18	Thrice weekly	Motor-car ..	A. Robertson ..	54 10 0	31/12/40
12	Balclutha, Clydevale, and Tuapeka Mouth (part rural delivery)	57	Daily	Motor-car ..	J. A. McDonald	215 0 0	31/12/40
13	Balclutha Railway-station and Post-office	¾	As required	Motor-truck or horse-van	W. B. Duff ..	52 0 0	31/12/40
14	Bannockburn and Nevis ..	40	Weekly	Motor-car or pack horse	A. F. Key ..	99 10 0	31/12/40
15*	Benhar Railway-station and Post-office	¾	Daily	Foot ..	R. J. Anderson ..	..	..
16	Caberfeidh Railway-station and Kahuika	2½	Four times weekly	Cart ..	K. Ross ..	35 0 0	..
17*	Chatto Creek Railway-station and Post-office	176 yd	Daily	Foot ..	Miss M. R. Kinney	..	..
18	Clinton and Wairuna— Clinton and Wairuna Wairuna and Popotunoa (rural delivery)	35½ 17	Daily Thrice weekly	Motor-van	J. Dickinson ..	205 10 0	31/12/40
19	Clyde and Dunstan Hospital (private-bag delivery)	2	Daily	Bicycle ..	(Deptl. officer) ..	..	..
20	Clyde and Earnscleugh (rural delivery)	8	Daily	Bicycle ..	J. R. Hollows ..	40 0 0	..
21	Clyde Railway-station and Post-office	½	As required	Hand-cart ..	(Deptl. officer) ..	..	..
22	Cromwell and Bannockburn ..	8	Five times weekly	Motor-truck	Brydone Transport Service	56 0 0	31/12/40
23	Cromwell and Lowburn Ferry (rural delivery)	21	Daily	Motor-car ..	A. F. Key ..	137 0 0	31/12/40
24	Cromwell and Queenstown (part rural delivery)— Cromwell, Arrowtown, Lower Shotover, and Queenstown Arrowtown, Arthurs Point, and Queenstown	85 13½	Daily Thrice weekly	Motor-car	The Mount Cook and Southern Lakes Tourist Co., Ltd.	400 0 0	31/12/40
25	Cromwell Railway-station and Post-office	1½	As required	Motor-truck	Brydone Transport Service	84 10 0	31/12/40
26	Dunedin: Anderson’s Bay, Caversham, Dunedin North, Gardens-Dunedin, Moray Place, Mornington, North East Valley, Roslyn, St. Kilda, South Dunedin, Woodhaugh, and conveyance of postmen	..	Four times daily	Tram-car ..	Dunedin City Corporation	302 15 0	..
27	Dunedin and Balclutha ..	102	Weekly	Motor-bus ..	N.Z. Railways Road Services	5 0 0	..
28	Dunedin: Clearance of receiving boxes and collection of certain suburban mails	..	As required	Motor-van ..	(Deptl. officer) ..	..	..
29	Dunedin: Delivery of rail and post parcels and distribution of postmen’s overflow bags	..	As required	Motor-van ..	(Deptl. officer) ..	..	..
30	Dunedin and Halfway Bush ..	5	Daily	Motor-car ..	(Deptl. officer) ..	..	..
31	Dunedin: Midnight clearance of receiving boxes	..	As required	Motor-van ..	(Deptl. officer) ..	..	..
32	Dunedin and Mount Cargill ..	12	Thrice weekly (one trip free of cost)	Motor-truck	P. Souquet ..	15 0 0	..
33	Dunedin and Oamaru (letters only, one way)	73	Daily	Motor-bus ..	N.Z. Railways Road Services	10 0 0	..
34	Dunedin and Otakou— Dunedin, Macandrew Bay, Broad Bay, and Portobello	26½	Twice daily	Motor-truck	D. J. Arnott ..	135 18 0	31/12/40
35	Portobello and Otakou .. Dunedin and Owaka ..	10 146	Thrice weekly Twice weekly	Motor-bus ..	N.Z. Railways Road Services	25 0 0	..
36	Dunedin and Pembroke— (a) Dunedin and Cromwell (letter mail) (b) Dunedin, Hawea Flat and Pembroke (direct letter mails; second-class mail matter conveyed to Pembroke) (c) Cromwell, Tarras, Hawea Flat, Albert Town, and Pembroke (d) Cromwell, Luggate, and Pembroke (part rural delivery)	139 184 65 37	Daily to Cromwell, thrice weekly to Dunedin Daily Daily to Hawea Flat; thrice weekly to Tarras, Albert Town, and rural boxes Daily to Pembroke; thrice weekly to Luggate and rural boxes	Motor-bus..	N.Z. Railways Road Services	600 0 0	..

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🚂 Inland Mail Services Schedule (continued from previous page)

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KeywordsMail services, Dunedin, Contractors, Schedule
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13 names identified

D. MacKechnie, Contractor for Balclutha and Kaimataitai service
A. Robertson, Contractor for Balclutha, Hillend, Awamangu and Pukepito service
J. A. McDonald, Contractor for Balclutha, Clydevale, and Tuapeka Mouth service
W. B. Duff, Contractor for Balclutha Railway-station and Post-office service
A. F. Key, Contractor for Bannockburn and Nevis service
R. J. Anderson, Non-permanent officer for Benhar Railway-station and Post-office service
K. Ross, Contractor for Caberfeidh Railway-station and Kahuika service
M. R. Kinney (Miss), Non-permanent officer for Chatto Creek Railway-station and Post-office service
J. Dickinson, Contractor for Clinton and Wairuna service
J. R. Hollows, Contractor for Clyde and Earnscleugh service
A. F. Key, Contractor for Cromwell and Lowburn Ferry service
P. Souquet, Contractor for Dunedin and Mount Cargill service
D. J. Arnott, Contractor for Dunedin and Otakou service

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