New Zealand Gazette – 1897 – No. 105

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✨ Post and Telegraph Department Appointments and Office Openings



Dec. 23.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 2229

Officers appointed.

General Post and Telegraph Department,
General Post Office, Wellington, 15th December, 1897.

His Excellency the Governor has been pleased to make the following appointments in the Post and Telegraph Department.

W. C. WALKER,
For the Postmaster-General and Electric Telegraph Commissioner.

PERMANENT.

Name Position Office Date
Bowen, Daisy Agatha Assistant and Messenger Levin 1 Oct., 1897
O'Leary, Denis Cadet Waihi 20 July,

Correction: Mr. Hugh McKenzie is appointed a telegraphist at Wellington from 1st September, 1897, not 1st December, 1896. (See New Zealand Gazette of the 21st October, 1897, page 1917.)

NON-PERMANENT.

Name Office District Date
Postmasters and Telegraphists.

Railway Officers.

Name Office District Date
Appleby, John Thomas ... Hornby 10 Mar., 1897
*Brown, William Arthur (Telephonist) Putaruru Auckland 4 Oct.,
Denby, Frank Kaikoura North Napier 29 Sept.,
Harrison, Alexander (P.M. and Telephonist) Jackson's Greymouth 18 Oct.,
Wright, Thomas (P.M. and Telephonist) Harben Westport 16 Oct.,
Postmasters.
Name Office District Date
Allen, Charles Ernest Hansen Pukeroa Wanganui 1 Nov., 1897
Checkley, Tom Hinemoa Wellington 6 Oct.,
Fairburn, Frederick Ernest Otoroa Auckland 1 Nov.,
Hansen, Christian Motu Gisborne 3 Nov.,
Kirtlan, Esther Takahue Napier 1 Nov.,
Limbrick, William Isaac Patangata ... 24 Oct.,
May, Georgians Waipara Christchurch 11 Oct.,
Reid, Richard Charles Alfriston Auckland 1 Nov.,
Russell, George Henry Marsden Greymouth 16 Oct.,
Saunders, Jeannie Aparima Invercargill 13 Oct.,
Strachan, Barbara Southburn Timaru 1 Oct.,
Swinburne, Henrietta Emma Tarukenga Auckland 13 Nov.,
White, George White's Point Westport 1 Nov.,
White, James Opitonui Auckland 1 Nov.,
Postmasters and Telephonists.
Name Office District Date
Atkinson, Walter Waimate North Auckland 1 Nov., 1897
Drewett, Euphemia Waharoa Auckland 1 Nov.,
Lucas, John Alexander Muriwai Gisborne 23 Oct.,
Pickersgill, John Georgetown Oamaru 15 Oct.,
Telegraphists.
Name Office District Date
*Caverhill, John Scott Hawkeswood Christchurch 11 Oct., 1897
Field, Edward Huitson (Assistant) Farewell Spit Nelson 16 Aug.,
*Gibb, Helen Georgetown Oamaru 15 Oct.,
*Godtschalk, Henry Hukanui Wellington 22 Oct.,
Semmens, Gideon John (Assistant) Farewell Spit Nelson 26 May,

*Now Postmaster and Telephonist.

Offices opened.

Post and Telegraph Department,
General Post Office, Wellington, 15th December, 1897.

THE following particulars of offices opened are published for general information.

W. C. WALKER,
For the Postmaster-General and Electric Telegraph Commissioner.

Name District Date
Post-offices Opened.

| Aparima | Invercargill | 13 October, 1897 |
| Hinemoa | Wellington | 6 October, |
| Otoroa | Auckland | 1 November, |
| Peep-o'-Day | Wellington | 19 November, |

Money-order Office and Post-office Savings-bank Opened.

| Te Mata | Auckland | 16 December, 1897 |

Telephone-offices Opened.

| Hedgehope | Invercargill | 30 November, 1897 |
| Peep-o'-Day† | Wellington | 25 November, |
| Pemberton† | Wellington | 25 November, |
| Rangiwahia† | Wellington | 25 November, |
| Waipu Junction| Auckland | 13 November, |

Telephone Bureau Opened.

| Omata | New Plymouth | 23 November, 1897 |

*Separate from post office.
†Also post-office.
‡No post-office here.



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🚂 Appointments in the Post and Telegraph Department

🚂 Transport & Communications
15 December 1897
Appointments, Post and Telegraph, Permanent, Non-Permanent, Postmasters, Telegraphists
31 names identified
  • Daisy Agatha Bowen, Appointed Assistant and Messenger at Levin
  • Denis O'Leary, Appointed Cadet at Waihi
  • Hugh McKenzie, Correction of appointment as telegraphist at Wellington
  • John Thomas Appleby, Appointed at Hornby
  • William Arthur Brown (Telephonist), Appointed at Putaruru
  • Frank Denby, Appointed at Kaikoura North
  • Alexander Harrison (Postmaster and Telephonist), Appointed at Jackson's
  • Thomas Wright (Postmaster and Telephonist), Appointed at Harben
  • Charles Ernest Hansen Allen, Appointed Postmaster at Pukeroa
  • Tom Checkley, Appointed Postmaster at Hinemoa
  • Frederick Ernest Fairburn, Appointed Postmaster at Otoroa
  • Christian Hansen, Appointed Postmaster at Motu
  • Esther Kirtlan, Appointed Postmaster at Takahue
  • William Isaac Limbrick, Appointed Postmaster at Patangata
  • Georgians May, Appointed Postmaster at Waipara
  • Richard Charles Reid, Appointed Postmaster at Alfriston
  • George Henry Russell, Appointed Postmaster at Marsden
  • Jeannie Saunders, Appointed Postmaster at Aparima
  • Barbara Strachan, Appointed Postmaster at Southburn
  • Henrietta Emma Swinburne, Appointed Postmaster at Tarukenga
  • George White, Appointed Postmaster at White's Point
  • James White, Appointed Postmaster at Opitonui
  • Walter Atkinson, Appointed Postmaster and Telephonist at Waimate North
  • Euphemia Drewett, Appointed Postmaster and Telephonist at Waharoa
  • John Alexander Lucas, Appointed Postmaster and Telephonist at Muriwai
  • John Pickersgill, Appointed Postmaster and Telephonist at Georgetown
  • John Scott Caverhill, Appointed Telegraphist at Hawkeswood
  • Edward Huitson Field (Assistant), Appointed Telegraphist at Farewell Spit
  • Helen Gibb, Appointed Telegraphist at Georgetown
  • Henry Godtschalk, Appointed Telegraphist at Hukanui
  • Gideon John Semmens (Assistant), Appointed Telegraphist at Farewell Spit

  • W. C. Walker, For the Postmaster-General and Electric Telegraph Commissioner

🚂 Offices opened by the Post and Telegraph Department

🚂 Transport & Communications
15 December 1897
Post-offices, Telephone-offices, Money-order Office, Post-office Savings-bank
  • W. C. Walker, For the Postmaster-General and Electric Telegraph Commissioner