It also brought mail and took cream back to Kopu which took four hours.
Ranchers along the valley were also dependent on the train to bring mail and needed supplies.
Two daily stage lines brought mail and people to the town and business was very good.
One of the letters was delivered by a Federal marshal bringing mail to a juror, who then told other jurors about the request.
There are few post riders now bringing mail from the south.
Meeting the trains became a daily activity in the village, with three arriving each day, bringing lumber, mail, and passengers.
The supply trains brought newspapers as well as mail, and he'd become an avid student of the project.
They hired a man to sail the Argo back to the island to bring mail and books to the family.
Our "new mailman," Richard, brought mail to my husband and me for almost 15 years after the boys left to be on their own.
The train brought groceries and mail to the villages along its route.