Post office buildings - New Zealand - Manawatū-Whanganui Region

Date: [ca 1900-1910]

By: Walker, A (Mr), active 1968; Radcliffe, Frederick George, 1863-1923; C M (Photographer), active 1905; Muir & Moodie (Firm); Pratt, A A, active 1900s

Reference: PAColl-6639

Description: Postcards of ferries at wharves in Auckland, interior and exterior of St John's Cathedral in Napier, Waihi from Martha Hill, bowling green on the Domain at Te Aroha, Lyttelton at regatta time, Lyttelton harbour, Opera House, St Luke's Danish Church and All Saints Church and the Municipal Buildings, Palmerston North; the Triangle, Dunedin; Auckland Hospital, Grafton Road; Palmerston North Post Office; a view over Auckland from Mount Eden; the bridge over to the Cafe Continental; Hastings Street, Napier; Perry Street, Masterton with a hall on the right; tea kiosk in the park, Masterton; two carts on the road to Lansdowne, Masterton; the tramline to Onehunga, Auckland; Queen Street, Auckland; and Auckland harbour and wharves. Source of title - Title supplied by Library Arrangement: Negative at 151877 Quantity: 5 b&w original photographic print(s). 16 b&w photo-mechanical print(s). 14 colour photo-mechanical print(s). Physical Description: Postcards

Date: [ca 1930]

From: Fry, Patricia Susan, 1924- :Family Scenes in Wellington and Manawatu by W T G Cody and Internal Affairs photographs of Royal Tours

Reference: 1/4-061516-F

Description: Raetiti Post and Telegraph Office, photographed circa 1930 by Wellington Thomas Gordon Cody. Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Silver gelatin print 16.6 x 21.9 cm

Date: [ca 1890-1950]

From: Smytheman, V :Photographs from World War II and an album of New Zealand scenes

By: Collins, Tudor Washington, 1898-1970

Reference: PAColl-0531-1

Description: Scenic views of New Zealand including a number of the glass houses and parks of Wanganui and New Plymouth. There are also an old photograph of W Stack's Hotel in Hastings with men and horses outside (in poor condition); a woman in what may be a 1930 Chrysler Plymouth with another snow away from the tyres; the gravestone of Julius von Haast; Queen's Wharf, Wellington showing a recently returned troop transport ship; an orchestra performing at the 1907 Christchurch exhibition; men of the No. 19 Platoon with a car at the summit of the Rimutakas; postcard from P B Davis to Mr A French showing a group of First World War soldiers with the message that they are about to leave for France; and six children at the base of a large Maori carving with a bell attached at Ohinemutu. Arrangement: Negative housed at 1/2-053380 Quantity: 50 b&w original photographic print(s).

Date: [ca 1890-1945]

From: Estate of W Wilson :Photographs of the Wilson family and Eketahuna

By: Crown Studios (Wellington, N.Z.); Thomson, Richard John James, 1890-1977; NZ Camera-Craft Company; Valerie Studios (Wellington, N.Z.); Kinsey, William Henry Scott, 1860-1931

Reference: PAColl-0436-1

Description: School photographs, one from Eketahuna District High School 1938; roll of honour for Eketahuna District High School; G Dawson and M(?) Ramsay in their navy uniforms 28th Feburary 1940; Mr Hornblow and Mrs Dickson at a formal dinner; the Queen Mother at a gala event on the upper gallery of a theatre; the Queen Mother with Bishop Owen; Mrs Wilson and Miss C M Wilson in front of radio equipment; John Dawson's graduation photograph; Mr Wilson leaving his house in a top hat; the post office at Eketahuna before 1934; two photographs of William Muir Wilson's grave; a group photograph of nine men in business dress (uncaptioned); and a postcard of Eketahuna in the snow. Arrangement: Negatives housed at 1/2-065853 to 065863 Quantity: 28 b&w original photographic print(s). 1 item(s) of photographic ephemera.

Date: [1925-1929]

From: Field, William Hughes, 1861-1944 : Papers

Reference: 73-128-086

Description: Identified persons entered under Name; includes history of the post office at Ohau up to 1925; notes on railway management; circulars re the Labour Party for Reform Party candidates circulated by the New Zealand Welfare League; letters from the Minister of Railways re proposals to extend services in the North Island and on change to train timetable; employment request; notes by Field on political meeting of Waite at Lawrence from `Otago daily times'; mental hospital staff rates of pay; speech, A D McLeod on land settlement; heavily annotated clippings on the state of the nation from the Prime Minister's address; various notes etc relating to the election; notes on various political meetings including those of Dyson and Sievewright and other papers Quantity: 1 folder(s).

Date: [ca 1880s]

By: Burton Brothers (Dunedin, N.Z.)

Reference: PA7-38-09-1

Description: View of Victoria Avenue looking west towards the Watt Fountain and the Post Office belltower. The building in the foreground to the left is a bank. Photograph taken by Burton Brothers, ca 1880s. Loose page from Wairakei album Inscriptions: Photographer's title on negative - bottom left - 4047 - The Avenue - Wanganui. Burton Bros, Duned[in] Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Albumen print 14.8 x 19.7 cm on loose album page 23.8 x 29.5 cm

Date: 1973

From: Eiby, George Allison, 1918-1992 :[Wellington sketchbook]. October 1971-July 1973.

Reference: E-478-f-027

Description: View of wooden house and Turakina Post Office sited on the main road at Turakina Quantity: 1 watercolour(s). Physical Description: Ink and watercolour, 280 x 355 mm

Date: 1923

From: Moore, Robert Percy, 1881-1948 :Panoramic photographs of New Zealand

Reference: Pan-1483-F

Description: Panoramic view of the township of Rongotea. Small fenced park around a war memorial in the centre of the image. Various businesses and public buildings across the image from the left, including the Rongotea Post office on the far left, a building under construction next door, the Excelsior Tea Rooms, S J Teaz (Family butcher), Eggers & Thompson (Co-op Store), A 1 Bread, and J. Glover & Sons (Blacksmiths & coach builders). There is a group of people on the far left including two boys (one with a bicycle), 5 men (one on a bicycle and one on a horse) and there are two cars (Number plate of the one on the far left: WN-1949). Photograph taken by Robert Percy Moore. Inscriptions: Photographer's title on negative - Panorama of Rongotea. N.Z. 5.6.'23; Marginal notes on negative - Rongotea Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Panoramic negative 24.7 x 110.8 cm

Date: 1922 - 1929

By: New Zealand. Department of Lands and Survey; Seymour, C, active 1922-1929; University of Auckland. Department of Geography

Reference: MapColl-832.45bje/[192-]/Acc.24330

Description: A base cadastral map with topographic features of Eketahuna and Mauriceville Counties has been used to identify the sealed, highway, metal and clay roads which are referred to in a key. Names of settlements have been added in both Maori and English languages. Some Post Offices are marked. A note states that two roads join in the adjoining Masterton County. Signature of C. Seymour bottom right of map. Note printed on bottom right of lithograph states: For boundaries of Eketahuna and Mauriceville Counties see N.Z. Gazette, 1917, p.2515; Borough of Eketahuna N.Z. Statutes, 1906,No. 15 (local). Base map: Plan of the Counties of Eketahuna and Mauriceville. Wellington [N.Z.]: Lands and Survey Department, 1922. Title supplied by cataloguer. Quantity: 1 map(s). Physical Description: Ink and colourwash on lithograph, linen backed, coloured, scale [1:63 360], 63.1 x 100 cm.

Date: ca 1940s

From: New Zealand Free Lance : Photographic prints and negatives

Reference: PAColl-7171-05

Description: Post and Telegraph Office, on the corner of Oxford and Queen Streets, Levin, (circa 1940s?). Shows a public telephone box. Photographer unidentified. Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Silver gelatin print 15.8 x 20.8 cm

Date: [ca 1890s]

By: Schaef, Arthur Waldemar, 1867-1940

Reference: PA4-0815

Description: Stereoscopic photograph of the Post Office, Palmerston North, taken by Arthur W Schaef Inscriptions: Recto - beneath image - Post Office, Palmerston North; Backing board recto - right of image - New Zealand Graphic Series; Backing board recto - left of image - Photograph by A W Schaef Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Albumen print

Date: ca 1890

By: Schaef, Arthur Waldemar, 1867-1940

Reference: PA4-0985

Description: Stereoscopic photograph of Wanganui Post Office, taken by A W Schaef ca. 1890 Inscriptions: Recto - beneath image - Wanganui Post Office; Recto - right of image - New Zealand Graphic Series; Recto - left of image - Photograph by A W Schaef Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Albumen print

Reference: 1/2-031092

Description: Quantity: 1 b&w copy negative(s).

Date: ca 1875

By: Murray-Oliver, Anthony Audrey St. Clair Murray, 1915-1986

Reference: PAColl-3172

Description: Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s) in one envelope.

Date: ca 1890

From: Campbell, Eve, fl 1976 :Stereographs

By: Schaef, Arthur Waldemar, 1867-1940

Reference: PA4-0715

Description: Stereoscopic photograph of Wanganui Post Office, taken by A W Schaef ca. 1890 Inscriptions: Recto - beneath image - Wanganui Post Office; Recto - right of image - New Zealand Graphic Series; Recto - left of image - Photograph by A W Schaef Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Albumen print Provenance: Donated by Mrs E Campbell, July 1976

Date: ca 1937-1950

From: Jones, Winifred, fl 1950-2004 :Photographs relating to Frederick Jones

By: Phillips, Edward Arthur, -1966

Reference: PA1-o-1230

Description: Album containing photographs relating to the work of Frederick Jones as Postmaster General and Minister of Defence, including photographs of opening ceremonies for post offices around New Zealand, the Jones family, the Achilles arriving at Auckland, and Jones meeting various personalities. Album also contains souvenir items from the opening of the Chief Post Office, Dunedin. Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s). Physical Description: Black leather bound album 24.5 x 31.2 cm

Date: 28 Nov 1984

From: New Zealand Post Office Oral History Project

By: Armstrong, Benjamin Murray, 1899-1990; Fyfe, Judith Mildred de Visme, 1944-

Reference: OHInt-0070/01

Description: Ben Armstrong recalls family background, childhood memories of Ngamatapouri where parents ran a general store, education, Waitotara Primary School, early employment as a message boy at Waitotara Post Office at the age of 13, Mrs Taylor the Postmistress, lack of training, visits of Head Office inspectors, work clothing, wages, Post and Telegraph Association, move to Waverley as postman in 1914, routines, Post Office examinations, work at Wanganui Telephone Exchange, interest in Morse code, work in the Telegraph Gallery in Wellington 1916, Jock Cameron an instructor at the Gallery. Describes working at the Ohakune Post Office 1917 as a telegraphist, Mangaweka Post Office 1918, the town, social life, influenza epidemic 1918, peace celebrations 1918; work in telegraph, savings bank, engineers' office at Wanganui 1921-1924, marriage after moving to Levin, post office work in small offices, lack of electricity at Taupo up to the 1940s, work as senior telegraphist at Levin, female employees, Maori employees, changes in equipment, Depression in 1930s, team spirit in Post Office, social life. Discusses duties during World War II as part of garrison force at Fanning Island, and later duties back in NZ. Recalls work as Postmaster at Taupo Post Office 1946-1954, retirement. Compares Post Office in 1950s to early days. Finishes with stories from his working days. Venue - Tauranga Interviewer(s) - Judith Fyfe Venue - Ben Armstrong's home at Rimu Street, Tauranga Accompanying material - Attached to printed abstract a copy of Chapter 4 from the book 'Harvey come quick' by Dorothea Joblin - contains reference to Ben Armstrong Arrangement: Tape numbers - OHC-000739 - OHC-000742 Quantity: 4 C60 cassette(s). 1 printed abstract(s). 3.07 Hours and minutes Duration. Finding Aids: Abstract Available - abstracting complete AB-109. Search dates: 1899 - 1984

Date: 23 Nov 1984

From: New Zealand Post Office Oral History Project

By: Berrett, Robert Angus, 1900-1996

Reference: OHInt-0070/03

Description: Bob Berrett recalls his family background and childhood. Details family farmhouse at Kai Iwi. Describes education, working as message boy at Kai Iwi Post Office in 1914 and also assisting Railway Station Master, duties, layout of office, salary, delivery of telegrams, work at Taihape Telephone Exchange 1915, shifts, female employees, the postmaster B T Missen, discipline, clothing, the telegraph branch, Post Office staff, training at Telegraph School, Auckland in 1916, Jimmy Allen, techniques of sending morse, details of duties as telegraphist at Mercer, Kawakawa and Matiere. Describes postal delivery, telephone receiver sets, social life, influenza epidemic in 1918, work as a telegraphist at Takapuna, Auckland in 1918, the telegraph office at Wellington, layout of telegraph room, sorting telegrams, work as a telegrapher at Tolaga Bay in 1920, describes district, local personalities, work as a telegrapher at Woodville in 1922, the district, the personalities, salary and promotion, work at Stratford and Westport, the depression in 1930s, first transmission of shortwave radio, work as postmaster at Norsewood Post Office, problems with water supply, hours of work, work as postmaster at Rawene Post Office, staff problems, social life, the Waimamaku Post Office, head office inspectors, social status, customs excise work, life at Pahiatua Post Office in 1950s, retirement. Mentions daughter Valerie married singer Noel Mangin. Venue - Blenheim Interviewer(s) - Hugo Manson Venue - Bob Berrett's home in Blenheim Arrangement: Tape numbers - OHC-000771 - OHC-000774 Quantity: 4 C60 cassette(s). 1 printed abstract(s). 3.30 Hours and minutes Duration. Finding Aids: Abstract Available - abstracting complete AB 111. Search dates: 1900 - 1984

Date: 11 Dec 1985

From: New Zealand Post Office Oral History Project

By: McNamara, Walter James, 1914-2000

Reference: OHInt-0070/21

Description: Walter McNamara gives details of his family background including his maternal grandfather's work on a bullock team and his father's work in timber mills all his life. Notes that his father was a saw handling champion. Describes how hard his mother worked, particularly during the Depression, her ability as a pianist and how she played piano in a dance band and also as background for silent movies. Recalls his childhood in Owhango. Discusses how his father lost his job during the Depression, relief work, some hunger and hunting for wild food. Recalls his active membership of the Labour Party as a result of the Labour Government's assistance during the Depression. Recalls an incident of corporal punishment, being taught to box, bullying at school and fighting at the mill. Notes that he disliked school as the teaching was poor. Recalls his early employment fencing, becoming a message boy at Raurimu Post Office 1929-1934, salary, personalities Bert Ewing, Ted Mather (postmaster), reasons for going into Line Branch, work hours, the operation of the railway travelling post office, rural mail delivery, remittance men, various duties, Post Office as a local information bureau, the sport of lazy stick, sly grogging, uniform, learning morse, Okutu Pa, social and sporting life. Describes working as junior lineman at Ohakune Post Office 1934-1938, duties, how telegraph and morse lines jointed, distinction between Post Office workers and linemen, gang sizes, accidents, social life, work as lineman in New Plymouth 1938-1941, describes main line, systems, phantom circuits, subscriber wires, regulated lines, callouts, Wellington / Wairarapa earthquake 1942, manpowered into army and worked in Signals section in Wellington during World War II, work as timber mill manager 1950s. Talks about returning to Post Office as lineman in 1959, reasons, changes in lines, telephones, insulators as targets, work as lineman New Plymouth Post Office 1959-1973, types of wood used as poles, impressions of Directors-General, retirement. Venue - New Plymouth Interviewer(s) - Hugo Manson Venue - At Walter McNamara's home at 9 Baring Terrace, New Plymouth Arrangement: Tape numbers - OHC-001236 - OHC-OO1239 Quantity: 4 C60 cassette(s). 1 printed abstract(s). 3.30 Hours and minutes Duration. Finding Aids: Abstract Available - abstracting complete AB 162. Search dates: 1914 - 1985

Date: 19 April 1968

From: Open Country Sound Recordings

Reference: OHInt-0002/211

Description: Syd Rooney of Seddon St. Carterton describes his job as postmaster of Mangahao Hydro on the magnificent salary of 140 pounds a year. Access Contact - see oral history librarian Venue - Wellington Interviewer(s) - Jim Henderson, presenter Venue - NZBC Studios, Wellington. Accompanying material - Script at MS-Papes-1239, folder 71 Quantity: 1 5" reel(s). 1 event(s). 14 Minutes Duration.