New Zealand Gazette – 1940 – No. 22

Page 431

✨ Postal Services Schedule

MAR. 18.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 431

POSTAL DISTRICT OF NAPIER.

Number of Service.	Service.	Total Mileage.	Frequency.	Mode of Conveyance.	Name of Contractor.	Annual Subsidy. £ s. d.	Date of Termination of Contract.
1	{Frasertown and Clydebank (rural delivery)— Frasertown to Harker’s .. Harker’s to Byrne’s, and return to Wairoa	19 15	Thrice weekly Weekly	.. ..	>Motor-car	G. Beckett	60 0 0 \| 31/12/42
2	Hastings: Delivery of parcels and packets which may be handed to contractor, and postmen’s overflow bags within postmen’s delivery	..	Twice daily	..	>Motor-truck	J. MacLean	387 0 0 \| 31/12/42
3	Hastings Railway-station and Post-office	¼	As required	..	>Motor-car	J. T. Doherty	100 0 0 \| 31/12/42
4	Hastings and Havelock North	6	Thrice daily	..	Bicycle	(Deptl. officer)	.. \| ..
5	Hastings and Mahora South (rural delivery)	6	Thrice weekly	..	Motor-car	J. T. Doherty	145 0 0 \| 31/12/42
6	Hastings and Mangateretere (rural delivery)	22	Daily	..	Motor-truck	Williams and Creagh, Ltd.	149 0 0 \| 31/12/42
7	{Hastings, Fernhill, and Maraekakaho Maraekakaho and Kereru (private-bag delivery)	32 30	Daily Thrice weekly	.. ..	>Motor-truck	A. W. Renouf and Co., Ltd.	65 0 0 \| 31/12/42
8	Maraekakaho and Glen Lyon Station (rural delivery)	18	Thrice weekly	..	Motor-truck	J. Mills, Ltd.	52 0 0 \| 31/12/42
9	Hastings and Torran Homestead (private-bag delivery)	28	Daily	..	Motor-truck	Williams and Creagh, Ltd.	106 0 0 \| 31/12/42
10	Hastings and Waiwhare Homestead (private-bag delivery)	60	Twice weekly	..	Motor-truck	L. T. Haycock	20 0 0 \| ..
11	Hastings, Whanawhana Homestead, and Kobatunui (private-bag delivery)	68	Thrice weekly	..	Motor-truck	(Deptl. officer)	.. \| ..
12	Havelock North and Avery’s (private-bag delivery)	20	Thrice weekly	..	Bicycle	I. A. Wright	60 0 0 \| 31/12/42
13*	Havelock North and Pukahu	4	Daily	..	Motor-car	C. A. Sigvertsen	.. \| ..
14*	Havelock North and Waimarama (part private-bag delivery)	74	Thrice weekly	..	Motor-car	Mrs. E. D. Bassenden	.. \| ..
15	Junction Napier-Gisborne and Kaiwaka Roads and Tareha	44	Thrice weekly	..	Foot	J. Mahony and Sons, Ltd.	39 0 0 \| ..
16	Makotuku Railway-station and Post-office	300 yd	As required	..	Motor-truck	J. McCosh	570 0 0 \| 31/12/42
17	Napier and Arapawanui Station (private-bag delivery)	46	Weekly	..	Motor-truck	N.Z. Railways Road Services (Deptl. officer)	64 7 0 \| ..
18	{Napier and Fernhill (part rural delivery)— Napier, Greenmeadows, and Taradale Puketapu, Fernhill, Hastings, Hau-moana, Pakowhai, and Meeanee	10 67	Twice daily Daily	.. ..	>Motor-car Omnibus	(Deptl. officer)	.. \| ..
19	Napier, Clive, and Hastings	25	Twice daily	..	Motor-van	(Deptl. officer)	.. \| ..
20	Napier: Delivery of postmen’s overflow bags	..	As required	..	Motor-van	(Deptl. officer)	.. \| ..
21	Napier: Delivery of parcels within a radius of two miles from Chief Post Office	..	As required	..	Motor-van	(Deptl. officer)	.. \| ..
22	Napier Railway-station and Chief Post-office, Breakwater, Port Ahuriri, and vessels at wharves	..	As required	..	Motor-van	Napier - Wairoa - Gisborne Transport, Ltd.	2,883 0 0 \| 31/12/42
23	Napier: Clearance of receiving-boxes	318	Daily	..	Motor-truck	(Deptl. officer)	.. \| ..
24	Napier, Bay View, Tangoio, Tutira, Putorino, Kotemaori, Raupunga, Mohaka, Wairoa, Whakaki, Nuhaka, Morere, Wharerata, Bartlett’s, Muriwai, Manutuke, Makaraka, and Gisborne. (Service to provide for conveyance of all mails at night between Napier and Gisborne. Leave Napier 7 p.m., arrive Gisborne 5 a.m. ; leave Gisborne 7 p.m., arrive Napier 5 a.m.)	..	As required	..	Motor-car	Hawke’s Bay Motor Co., Ltd.	250 0 0 \| 31/12/42
25	Napier, Puketapu, Rissington, Patoka, and Puketitiri	70-78	Five times weekly, except Puketapu thrice weekly	..	Motor-car	Hawke’s Bay Motor Co., Ltd.	400 0 0 \| 31/12/42
26	Napier, Bay View, Eskdale, Te Pohue, Te Haroto, Tarawera, Rangitaki, and Taupo	196	Daily	..	Motor-car	J. Legarth	164 0 0 \| 31/12/42
27	Norsewood and Ngamoko (rural delivery)	39½	Daily	..	Motor-truck	J. T. Begley	185 0 0 \| 31/12/42
28	Nuhaka, Waikokopu, Opoutama, Kopuawhara, and Paritu	38	Daily	..	Motor-truck	Bluck’s Transport	36 0 0 \| ..
29	Nuhaka and Mahia	30	Daily in summer months, twice weekly in winter months, thrice weekly in spring and autumn months	..	Motor-truck	(Deptl. officer)	.. \| ..

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

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🚂 Postal District of Napier Schedule (continued from previous page)

Domain🚂 Transport & Communications
KeywordsPostal services, Napier, Contractors, Schedule, Mail routes
👱🏽 Names

14 names identified

G. Beckett, Contractor for Frasertown and Clydebank rural delivery
J. MacLean, Contractor for Hastings parcel and packet delivery
J. T. Doherty, Contractor for Hastings Railway-station and Post-office
J. T. Doherty, Contractor for Hastings and Mahora South rural delivery
A. W. Renouf, Contractor for Hastings, Fernhill, and Maraekakaho services
J. Mills, Contractor for Maraekakaho and Glen Lyon Station rural delivery
L. T. Haycock, Contractor for Hastings and Waiwhare Homestead private-bag delivery
I. A. Wright, Contractor for Havelock North and Avery’s private-bag delivery
C. A. Sigvertsen, Contractor for Havelock North and Pukahu service
E. D. Bassenden (Mrs.), Contractor for Havelock North and Waimarama service
J. Mahony, Contractor for Junction Napier-Gisborne and Kaiwaka Roads and Tareha service
J. McCosh, Contractor for Makotuku Railway-station and Post-office
J. Legarth, Contractor for Napier, Bay View, Eskdale, Te Pohue, Te Haroto, Tarawera, Rangitaki, and Taupo service
J. T. Begley, Contractor for Norsewood and Ngamoko rural delivery

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