New Zealand Gazette – 1897 – No. 41

Page 951

✨ Post and Telegraph Department Notices



APRIL 29.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 951

Offices opened and closed; Designations changed and corrected.

Post and Telegraph Department,
General Post Office, Wellington, 20th April, 1897.

THE following particulars of offices opened and closed, and of designations changed and corrected, are published for general information.

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

Name. District. Date.
POST-OFFICES OPENED.
Beatrix Bay Blenheim 1 March, 1897.
Elaine Bay Blenheim 1 April, "
Hikuai Auckland 1 March, "
Hopai Blenheim 1 March, "
Hukanui Wellington 9 February, "
Koru New Plymouth 1 March, "
Nydia Bay Blenheim 1 March, "
Tallaburn Dunedin 26 February, "
POST-OFFICE CLOSED.
Matapu Wanganui 1 November, 1896.
MONEY-ORDER OFFICE OPENED.
Waikino Thames 24 March, 1897.
TELEPHONE EXCHANGES OPENED.
Gisborne* Gisborne 1 March, 1897.
Masterton* Wellington 6 March, "
TELEPHONE-OFFICES OPENED.
Bullendale† Invercargill 26 March, 1897.
Hukerenui† Auckland 20 March, "
Mangaweka† Wanganui 16 March, "
TELEPHONE-OFFICE CLOSED.
Plimmerton‡ Wellington 23 March, 1897.
TELEPHONE BUREAU CLOSED.
Plimmerton Wellington 23 March, 1897.
  • Open for one hour only, 9 a.m. to 10 a.m., on Good Friday and Christmas Day. Usual attendance on other holidays. † Now post and telephone (combined). ‡ Leaving Post-office open; lately combined.

DESIGNATIONS.

Description. Office (From) Office (To) District. Date.
CHANGED.
Post-office Hocquard's Te Puru Blenheim 1 April, 1897
Post- and Telephone-office Makakahi Konini Wellington 1 April, "
Post-office Mangawhara Hinuera Auckland 1 April, "
Post-office Moss Side Tarewa Napier 15 April, "
CORRECTED.
Post-office Harapipi Harapepe Auckland 1 April, 1897.
Post-office Kai-awa Kaiaua Thames 1 April, "
Post-office Mangare Mangere Auckland 1 April, "
Post-office Mangare Bridge Mangere Bridge Auckland 1 April, "
Post- and Telephone-office Papatoitoi Papatoetoe Auckland 1 April, "
Post and Postal-note office Wairangi Waerenga Auckland 1 April, "
Post-office Wangaparoa Whangaparaoa Auckland 1 April, "

Officers appointed.

Post and Telegraph Department,
General Post Office, Wellington, 20th April, 1897.

HIS Excellency the Administrator of the Government has been pleased to make the following appointments in the Post and Telegraph Department.

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

PERMANENT.

Name. Position. Office. Date.
Burton, John Junior Telephone Exchange Clerk Wellington 1 Dec., 1896.
Dempsey, Charles Junior Clerk Accountant's Br'ch, G.P.O. 27 Nov., "
Hoskins, Paul Donnellan Cadet Accountant's Br'ch, G.P.O. 12 Nov., "
Magee, Bernard Cadet Westport 1 June, "
Reynolds, Leonard Henry Cadet Circulation Br'ch, G.P.O. 7 Oct., "
Rodger, Jane Gibson Cadette Telephone Ex., Christch. 2 Nov., "
Wakelin, William Richard Sorter Accountant's Br'ch, G.P.O. 16 Nov., "


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🚂 Post and Telegraph Offices Opened, Closed, and Designations Changed

🚂 Transport & Communications
20 April 1897
Post-offices, Telephone exchanges, Designations, Openings, Closures, Corrections
  • W. C. Walker, For Postmaster-General and Electric Telegraph Commissioner

🚂 Appointments in the Post and Telegraph Department

🚂 Transport & Communications
20 April 1897
Appointments, Post and Telegraph Department, Clerks, Cadets
7 names identified
  • John Burton, Appointed Junior Telephone Exchange Clerk
  • Charles Dempsey, Appointed Junior Clerk
  • Paul Donnellan Hoskins, Appointed Cadet
  • Bernard Magee, Appointed Cadet
  • Leonard Henry Reynolds, Appointed Cadet
  • Jane Gibson Rodger, Appointed Cadette
  • William Richard Wakelin, Appointed Sorter

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