Post office buildings - New Zealand - Hawke's Bay Region

Date: [ca 1925-1935]

By: Lovell-Smith, Hubert John, 1881-1948

Reference: PAColl-0451

Description: Photographs of Hastings and the surrounding area taken by H J Lovell-Smith. They include photographs of earthquake damage to shops in Hastings; the flooding of the Ngaruroro River; excavation of the site of the new swimming pool in Havelock North; a man and a boy sheltering from the rain outside a barbers shop; the Soldiers Memorial Hospital; Taradale Post and Telegraph Office with the library across the street; two men working on a steam locomotive; neon sign on Queen's Wharf, Auckland; wedding photograph of a couple named Harper and Ward (the groom was a minister); five men next to a crashed aeroplane on a snowy hillside; a Windsor chair made from New Zealand birch; schoolgirls leaving Hastings High School; a view across Hastings, possibly from the Clock Tower, over Railway Road and towards St Andrew's Church; two of the Cosy Buildings (possibly previously the Douglas Buildings), one when the picture theatre had the electric sign "Cosy" hanging from it and was showing the film Nurse Marjorie and the other without the sign and with the ground floor closed up; and the new Post and Telegraph Office built to replace the old one after the earthquake. Quantity: 40 b&w original photographic print(s).

Date: [ca 1900]

Reference: PAColl-0402

Description: Photograph of a girl standing outside the post office at Pukehou. There is a post box on the wall beneath one of the windows behind her and the other has advertising for Colman's starch. Photographer unidentified. 1/2-140075 Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Mounted print 154mm x 105mm

Date: February 1931

From: Wood, Kitty :Photographs of Wairoa Falls, Whakarewarewa, and aftermath of Hawke's Bay Earthquake in Napier

Reference: PAColl-1009-08

Description: The Wairoa Post & Telegraph Office after the Hawke's Bay Earthquake of 3 February 1931. Photograph taken by an unknown photographer. Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Silver gelatin print 68 x 111 mm

Date: [1940-1950]

By: Isdale, Alistair Murray, 1911-2001

Reference: MS-Group-0997

Description: Unpublished manuscript, presumably by Isdale; title continues; `...war worn territory, land of much beauty, till now isolated'. Also letters from Hammond to Harry written from Thorntons Bay, Coromandel, listing New Zealand books held by Hammond, and giving biographical information about illustrator Miss L A Daff (1948). The history of northern Hawke's Bay begins before Maori arrived, covers the Maori history of the area, tells of the arrival of Europeans, the missioanries, settlement and farming, establishment of local government business and services, looks at the contemporary position of Maori in the area, tourism, schools and other aspects. The decorated cover has a photograph of the Carroll Memorial Hall, Waihirere, illustrations of Maori design and photograph of a vessel on the back cover Source of title - Transcribed Relationship complexity - See J G Wilson's `History of Hawke's Bay' with which Isdale was involved Quantity: 2 folder(s) (one in a case folder). 0.03 Linear Metres. Physical Description: Holograph and typescript Provenance: Donor/Lender/Vendor - Purchased from Crows Nest Books, Hamilton, Apr 2001 The cover is illustrated in black and white ink and possibly pastel

Date: [1855-1951]

From: Alexander Turnbull Library : Miscellaneous items transferred from Printed Collections

Reference: MS-Papers-6058

Description: Comprises papers removed from `NZ Trades and Labour Conference Reports' (1895-1911) including notes by A G Bagnall, notes on 1904 conference, clippings, copy of letter sent to MPs after Auckland conference by W S Moxsom (1909), memorandum for W B Sutch re merging of Social Democratic Party with NZ Labour Party (1940), and circular letter for St Mary's Church, Karori (1951); words for song to the tune of the `Volga boatmen' of the NZASC (1942); correspondence between Turnbull and Robert McNab removed from McNab's `Murihiku' (1904, 1908); bill of exchange, Navy & Foreign, William Noble, paymaster (1873) removed from `Journal' of Commodore Goodenough (1876); errata to J G Wilson's `A History of Hawke's Bay' and clipping (removed from same); transcription of plate in Russell church for Augustus Hamilton in English and Maori; list of subscribers for Gudgeon's `Defenders of NZ' (1886); clipping removed from Elder's `Letters and journals of Samuel Marsden' (1934); typescripts of letter, Joseph Churches to his family, from `Letters from settlers and labouring immigrants...NZ Co's settlements...' (1843); note probably by Alexander MacKay from New Zealand Land Court `Important judgements...' (1879); notes re notes in T Musgrave's `Castaway on the Auckland Isles' (1865); letter H R H Balneavis to John Houston (1930) Also photocopies of notes by John Houston on sheets from the `The lore of the whare wananga' by Elsdon Best from Reserve Coll; notes from copy of Hooker's `Handbook of NZ flora' signed by Walter Mantell, copy going to reserve collection; notes from Reeves' `The Long white cloud' (copy owned by John Houston); notes on Napier Post Office (1969) Other Titles - History of Hawke's Bay by J G Wilson Other Titles - Murihiku by Robert McNab Other Titles - Defenders of New Zealand by T W Gudgeon Other Titles - Letters and journals of Samuel Marsden, ed by J R Elder Other Titles - Castaway on the Auckland Isles...Capt Thos Musgrave Quantity: 1 folder(s). Transfers: From Book Collections - - From Serials Collection -.

Date: [1920s]

Reference: PAColl-D-0689

Description: View looking along Hastings Street with the Hannah Building on left and Bank Of New Zealand and Napier Post Office on the right. Bestall's can be seen at the far end of Hastings Street. There is a tram in the immediate foreground, cars on the road and parked at kerb, and a number of pedestrians. Taken by an unidentified photographer, ca 1920s. Identified by comparing with 1/2-006602-F taken in 1921 Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: 400 x 545 mm mounted

Date: ca 1930s

By: Lovell-Smith, Hubert John, 1881-1948

Reference: 1/2-002734-F

Description: Hastings Post Office with A W Kummer & Co, florists next door and pedestrians, cars and bicycles in the street. Photograph taken by Lovell-Smith. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Film copy negative

Date: 1931 - 1999 - 2001

By: MacNab, Donald George, 1912-1996; Percy, Kevin, active 1990s

Reference: E-592-073

Description: Shows the old Napier Post Office on the corner of Shakespeare Road and Browning Street, burning. An elderly lady at the right is helped by two fireman. A man in white uniform stands at the centre. Two prisoners clear rubble at the left. Notes on verso indicate that the elderly woman had walked down the hill past the fire and was dazed and blistered. The prisoners who helped were later released for this work, except for one who escaped and was later recaptured and returned to prison. Other Titles - Don McNab One of a series of paintings made by MacNab, an eighteen-year-old student at Napier Technical College, immediately after the earthquake. He worked day and night for two days, and daily thereafter, to make a pictorial record of the event (See "Dominion", 27 January 1989, page 6). Quantity: 1 colour photo-mechanical print(s) on postcard. Physical Description: Photolithograph on postcard, 120 x 177 mm. Provenance: Purchased from Kevin and Judy Percy in 2001. Transfers: A video from the same provenance, in which Donald McNab talks about painting a collection of pictures after the earthquake, is held at OHColl-0794-1..

Date: 30 Nov, 7 & 8 Dec 1984; 24 Jan, 1 Feb 1985 - 30 Nov 1984 - 01 Feb 1985

From: New Zealand Post Office Oral History Project

By: Mather, Samuel, 1903-1986

Reference: OHInt-0070/10

Description: Sam Mather recalls family background and religion in family. Discusses female employees in the Post Office, Maori employees, post-retirement work at Education Board, playing the cornet in the Waihi Federal Band, major illness in 1958 and earlier illnesses. Describes work as message boy at Otane Post Office in 1916, duties, hours, postmaster and other staff. Briefly discusses later involvement in Labour party in Onslow Electorate and mentions union newspaper Katipo. Talks about childhood, education, arrival in New Zealand in 1913, salary in first job (as message boy) in the Post Office, interest in photography, work as exchange clerk at Waipawa Post Office in 1918, shift work, effect of World War I on staffing, toll board, subscriber board, rotation and duty hours, pay rates, pressure, interest in morse, gifts from subscribers, effect of influenza epidemic in 1918, going to Telegraph School at Ponsonby, Auckland in 1920, life and expenses, Auckland picture theatres, speed of sending, quality of hand writing, working hours, personalities. Describes transfer to Engineers' Clerical Branch in 1924, procedure for obtaining a radio licence, murder of Ponsonby Postmaster - Brathwaite (?) in early 1920s, the 1920 railway strike, being a cadet at Opotiki Post Office in 1920, the postmaster - George Stephenson, playing in brass bands, an orchestra and a dance band, transfer to relief staff in Waihi in 1922, the postmaster - Hugh Dawson, Waihi as a place, the Waihi Brass Band, prohibition of alcohol in Waihi, anecdotes about gold. Talks about his transfer to Kaikohe in 1923, the Ngapuhi people, postmaster P J Eccleton, mail days, mail sorting, volume of mail, telegraph work, banking work. Discusses promotion, salaries and examinations while at the Engineers' Office, the usefulness of the experience for clerical work, radio inspection work. Talks about Post and Telegraph Association and election as chairman of the Auckland Section in 1930, salary cuts. Recalls and gives details of the Queen Street riot (Auckland) of 1932. Details the Post and Telegraph Association procession and public meeting, the role of John A Lee, J H McKenzie, Jim Edwards, unemployed group, atmosphere, looting, comparison with Auckland riot on December 1984. Discusses the de-recognition of the Post and Telegraph Association following the riot. Mentions the formation of the Post and Telegraph Officers Guild in the 1930s. Outlines the main issues fought for by the association. Describes attitudes of directors-general to the association, absence of strikes, the death benefit, leaving Post Office to become a full time secretary of the association in 1939, service in Wellington during World War II. Discusses influence of the association on senior appointments. Mentions Charles McFarlane, Dawson Donaldson, Walter Nash, Gabriel Wilkes, Outlines work as General Secretary from 1946-1958, wage reviews and superannuation fund in 1946, the Public Service Investment Society, contact with members of the association. Venue - Wellington Interviewer(s) - Judith Fyfe Venue - At Sam Mather's home at Ngaio, Wellington and Ward 25, Wellington Hospital Accompanying material - Copies of newspaper articles: 'Lifetime service to Post Office and its staff: fine record of Mr Mather' from The Standard, 16 April 1958; 'Past General Secretary honoured' from The Katipo, February 1976, p. 19; 'P S Employees farewell two', from unknown source. Arrangement: Tape numbers - OHC-000743-OHC-000745; OHC-000758; OHC-000760; OHC-000768-OHC-000769 Quantity: 7 C60 cassette(s). 1 printed abstract(s). 6.30 Hours and minutes Duration. Finding Aids: Abstract Available - abstracting complete AB 120. Search dates: 1903 - 1984

Date: 18 Dec 1984

From: New Zealand Post Office Oral History Project

By: Mahony, Francis Patrick, 1909-1999

Reference: OHInt-0070/09

Description: Frank Mahony recalls his family background, family mail delivery and carrying business - J Mahony & Sons Ltd, childhood in Napier, education, influenza epidemic 1918, early memories of the Napier Post Office, work as rural mail contractor, sorting and delivery procedures, the changes from horse to truck at J Mahony & Sons Ltd, competition, goods carried, early Post Office work, the Arapawanui mail and wool run in 1930, the routine, the hazards, reference to Archie Curtis, Stan Evans, Ella McKinnon (nee Dobson), Jack McKinnon, Petane, Tongoio, types of trucks, the depression 1930s, work on transformers, the Napier earthquake in 1931. Talks about the rural delivery service, changes in the Post Office, attitude of the Post Office towards himself, hospitality on the mail runs, Mrs Manning, mailrun passengers, the Tongoio Post Office, work during World War II, social life, Ridgemount Station, flood in 1938, other services for clients. Accompanying material - Handwritten notes (4 pages) about the background of the Mahony family; copy of 'Floods, slips don't stop the mailman' from the Hawke's Bay Herald-Tribune, 27 October 1984; copies of photographs of Frank Mahony and trucks, on Ridgemont (?) Beach 1936; sheet of blank memo paper with J Mahony & Sons Ltd letterhead. Venue - Napier Interviewer(s) - Judith Fyfe Venue - Frank Mahony's home at Napier Arrangement: Tape numbers - OHC-000761 - OHC-000763 Quantity: 3 C60 cassette(s). 1 printed abstract(s). 2.58 Hours and minutes Duration. Finding Aids: Abstract Available - abstracting complete AB 119. Search dates: 1909 - 1984

Date: February 1931

From: Wood, Kitty :Photographs of Wairoa Falls, Whakarewarewa, and aftermath of Hawke's Bay Earthquake in Napier

Reference: PAColl-1009-11

Description: The Post Office, Napier, after the 1931 Hawke's Bay Earthquake. Photograph taken by an unknown photographer. Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Silver gelatin print 112 x 67 mm

Date: [1940-1950]

From: Isdale, Alistair Murray, 1911-2001: The Northern area; additional Hawke's Bay history

Reference: MSZ-0937

Description: The history of northern Hawke's Bay begins before Maori arrived, covers the Maori history of the area, tells of the arrival of Europeans, the missioanries, settlement and farming, establishment of local government business and services, looks at the contemporary position of Maori in the area, tourism, schools and other aspects. The decorated cover has a photograph of the Carroll Memorial Hall, Waihirere, illustrations of Maori design and photograph of a vessel on the back cover Arrangement: Loose papers from this volume at MS-Papers-7095 Quantity: 1 volume(s).

Date: [ca 1932]

From: Whitehead, Henry Norford, 1870-1965 :Negatives of Napier, Hastings and district

Reference: 1/2-049403-G

Description: Photograph taken by Henry Norford Whitehead. Source of descriptive information - Negative register and inscriptions on negative Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Silver gelatin glass negative, 1/2 plate

Date: [ca 1965-1976]

From: McLaughlin, Evelyn, 1916-1976 : Photographs relating to New Zealand post offices

By: McLaughlin, Evelyn, 1916-1976

Reference: PAColl-10240-4-08

Description: Photograph taken by Evelyn McLaughlin. Shows the exterior of the corner store and post office in Raupunga, Hawkes Bay. Title supplied by Library. Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s).

Date: 1931

From: Crown Studios Ltd :Negatives and prints

Reference: 1/2-191161-F

Description: The smoking Napier Post Office building after the fire had passed through the town, after the 1931 Hawke's Bay earthquake. Photograph taken by Crown Studios of Wellington. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Cellulosic film negative

Date: ca 1920

From: Smith, Sydney Charles, 1888-1972: Photographs of New Zealand

Reference: 1/2-046112-G

Description: Looking down a main street in Havelock North. The post and telegraph office is on the right. Taken by Sydney Charles Smith circa 1920. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s).

Date: 1931

From: Smith, Sydney Charles, 1888-1972: Photographs of New Zealand

Reference: 1/2-047309-G

Description: Fire damaged Napier Post Office after the 1931 Hawke's Bay earthquake. Photograph taken by Sydney Charles Smith. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Glass negative

Date: 1903

From: Bennett, Hemi fl 1950-1974 :Copy photograph of sketch of Paihia in 1835, photograph of prisoners of war from Omaranui at quarry at foot of Coote Road, Napier, 1866 and other photographs of Napier

Reference: PAColl-1761-02

Description: Shakespeare Road, Napier, taken 1903 by an unknown photographer. General Post Office on left, Clarendon Hotel on right. The building housing Victoria Fire & Marine Insurance, centre, also bears the words `Roope Brooking'. Horse drawn carts can be seen. Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Albumen print 5.4 x 9.5 cm, mounted on card

Date: ca 1913

From: France, Thelma Edith Minnie, 1907-2000 : Photographs

Reference: 1/2-103458-F

Description: Mail coaches at the Post and Telegraph Office, Hastings, circa 1913. Photographer unidentified. This postcard is from the "Clapham" Series and was possibly published by George Spencer Clapham, a bookseller and stationer in Hastings at this time. Inscriptions: On bottom of image: Mail coaches at Post Office Hastings 2701 "Clapham Series" Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Film negative

Date: [ca 1914]

From: Radcliffe, Frederick George, 1863-1923 : New Zealand post card negatives

Reference: 1/2-006085-G

Description: Scene outside the Havelock North Post Office, circa 1914, photographed by Frederick George Radcliffe. A Wolseley motorcar is on the left. A Douglas motorcycle is visible on the right. Inscriptions: Photographer's title on negative - bottom centre - Post Office. Havelock North. F.G.R. 4585. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Glass negative