New Zealand Gazette – 1941 – No. 29

Page 869

✨ Postal Service Contracts



APRIL 7.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 869

POSTAL DISTRICT OF WANGANUI—continued.

Number of Service. Service. Total Mileage. Frequency. Mode of Conveyance. Name of Contractor. Annual Subsidy. Date of Termination of Contract.
40* Ratana Railway-station and Ratana Pa Daily Foot R. W. Waitai £ s. d.
41 Taihape and Bell’s Junction (rural delivery) 60 Thrice weekly Motor-truck Nicholl’s Motors, Ltd. 160 0 0 31/12/42
42 Taihape and Mangachane (rural delivery) 70 Thrice weekly Motor-truck G. W. Ryan 50 0 0 31/12/42
43 Taihape and Turangaarere (rural delivery) 25 Thrice weekly Motor-truck Nicholl’s Motors, Ltd. 120 0 0 31/12/42
44 Taihape, Ohutu, and Pukeokahu (rural delivery 64 Thrice weekly Motor-truck Nicholl’s Motors, Ltd. 160 0 0 31/12/42
45 Taihape Railway-station and Post-office As required Motor-truck F. J. Ireland 225 0 0 31/12/42
46 Turakina and Reynolds 4 Daily Bicycle H. Dowdle 30 0 0 31/12/42
47 Turakina and Turakina South 1½ Thrice daily except Wed. (two trips) Bicycle (Deptl. officer)
48 Turakina and Turakina Valley (rural delivery) 90 Twice weekly Motor-car or truck N. M. Sims 39 0 0
49 Utiku and Omatahe (rural delivery) 28½ Twice weekly Motor-truck W. Wong 48 0 0 31/12/42
50 Utiku Railway-station and Post-office 1 As required Foot W. M. O’Connor 39 0 0 31/12/42
51 Waitotara and Nukumaru (rural delivery) 10 Daily Motor truck or car Mrs. M. E. McConachy 75 0 0 31/12/42
52 Waitotara, Taumatahai, Makakaho Road, and Murphy’s (rural delivery) 82 Thrice weekly Motor-lorry W. A. Hurley 150 0 0 31/12/42
53 Waitotara Railway-station and Post-office 2½ As required Motor-car Mrs. M. E. McConachy 50 0 0 31/12/42
54 Wanganui and Brunswick (rural delivery 62½ Daily Motor-car H. H. Couchman 287 0 0 31/12/42
55 Wanganui and Carlton Avenue (one way only) 2 Twice daily Bicycle (Deptl. officer)
56 Wanganui and Gonville (one way only) 2 Twice daily Bicycle (Deptl. officer)
57 Wanganui (or Fordell), Kauangaroa, and Mangamahu 56 Daily Motor-bus A. J. Henley 174 13 0 31/12/42
58 Wanganui and Marton Junction Railway-station: Conveyance of letters-mails only from the south bound “Limited” and to the north bound “Limited” express trains and from the north bound Main Trunk Express 49 Daily Service car Martin and Vernon 110 0 0 (plus 1s. 6d. per bag in excess of three) 31/12/42
59 Wanganui, Matahiwi Landing, Koriniti, Rangata, Jerusalem, and Pipiriki 110 Thrice weekly Motor bus or truck Wanganui River Services 410 0 0 (plus £5 per day for transport by river if required) 31/12/42
60 Wanganui and No.’s 1 and 2 Lines (rural delivery) 214 Daily Motor-car J. Cant 70 0 0 31/12/42
61 Wanganui and Westmere (rural delivery) 344 Daily Motor-car Mrs. F. E. Matthews 218 0 0 31/12/42
62 {Wanganui and Raetihi (part rural delivery)—

Wanganui, Makirikiri, Kakstahi, and Raetihi
Kakatahi and junction Parapara and Matahiwi Roads (part rural delivery)
Raetihi and junction Parapara and Matahiwi Roads (rural delivery)} | 120
16
30 | Daily
Thrice weekly
Twice weekly | Motor-car | T. D. Baker | 424 0 0 | 31/12/42 |
| 63 | Wanganui and St. Johns | 2 | Twice daily | Bicycle | (Deptl. officer) | | |
| 64 | Wanganui and Wanganui East (one way only) | 1½ | Twice daily | Bicycle | (Deptl. officer) | | |
| 65 | {Wanganui Chief Post-office and suburban offices—
Castlecliff
Gonville and Carlton Avenue
Wanganui East} | 35½ | Twice daily each way.
Twice daily inwards only
Once daily outwards ; thrice daily inwards | Electric-tram | Wanganui City Council | 81 0 0 | 31/12/42 |
| 66 | Wanganui: Clearance of town receiving-boxes and delivery of postmen’s overflow bags | 344 | As required | Motor-car | J. Glover | 398 0 0 | 31/12/42 |
| 67 | Wanganui: Delivery of parcels and packets which may be handed to contractor for delivery in the city and suburbs within an area (a) one mile from Chief Post-office, Wanganui, and Wanganui East business area in morning; (b) two miles from Chief Post-office, Wanganui, in afternoon | | Once daily | Motor-truck | W. G. Davison | 24d. per parcel | 31/12/42 |
| 68 | Wanganui Railway-station, Town Wharf, Up River Wharf, and Chief Post-office | 1 | As required | Motor-truck | J. Glover | 350 0 0 | 31/12/42 |
| 69 | {Waverley and Kohi (rural delivery)—
(a) Waverley and Kohi ..
(b) Kohi and Rangikura} | 18½
9½ | Daily
Thrice weekly | Motor-lorry | R. S. How | 125 0 0 | 31/12/42 |
| 70 | Waverley and junction Whakariki and Lower Moewaewa Roads (rural delivery) | 56 | Weekly | Motor-car or horse | T. Hughes | 65 0 0 | 31/12/42 |
| 71 | Waverley and Ngtuweria (rural delivery) | 22 | Thrice weekly | Motor-lorry | R. J. Bates | 84 0 0 | 31/12/42 |
| 72 | Waverley Railway-station and Post-office | 1½ | As required | Motor-car | R. S. How | 100 0 0 | 31/12/42 |

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


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🚂 Postal District of Wanganui Contracts (continued from previous page)

🚂 Transport & Communications
Postal services, Mail contracts, Subsidies, Wanganui, Rural delivery
19 names identified
  • R. W. Waitai, Contractor for Ratana Railway-station and Ratana Pa
  • G. W. Ryan, Contractor for Taihape and Mangachane
  • F. J. Ireland, Contractor for Taihape Railway-station and Post-office
  • H. Dowdle, Contractor for Turakina and Reynolds
  • N. M. Sims, Contractor for Turakina and Turakina Valley
  • W. Wong, Contractor for Utiku and Omatahe
  • W. M. O’Connor, Contractor for Utiku Railway-station and Post-office
  • M. E. McConachy (Mrs), Contractor for Waitotara and Nukumaru
  • W. A. Hurley, Contractor for Waitotara, Taumatahai, Makakaho Road, and Murphy’s
  • H. H. Couchman, Contractor for Wanganui and Brunswick
  • A. J. Henley, Contractor for Wanganui (or Fordell), Kauangaroa, and Mangamahu
  • J. Cant, Contractor for Wanganui and No.’s 1 and 2 Lines
  • F. E. Matthews (Mrs), Contractor for Wanganui and Westmere
  • T. D. Baker, Contractor for Wanganui and Raetihi
  • J. Glover, Contractor for Wanganui: Clearance of town receiving-boxes and delivery of postmen’s overflow bags
  • W. G. Davison, Contractor for Wanganui: Delivery of parcels and packets
  • R. S. How, Contractor for Waverley and Kohi
  • T. Hughes, Contractor for Waverley and junction Whakariki and Lower Moewaewa Roads
  • R. J. Bates, Contractor for Waverley and Ngtuweria