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Front, rear and side elevation plans of the Palmerston North Clock Tower, with sound shell at the base. The clock in the Clock Tower, named Kerei Te Panau after a local Rangitāne chieftain, was originally housed in the Chief Post Office. Due to safety concerns both the tower and clock were removed from the Post Office after the 1942 Wairarapa earthquake, and the clock placed in storage. In 1953 Arthur Hopwood gifted the city of Palmerston North £10,000 to build a new tower in The Square to hold the clock and chimes. It was completed in 1957.

Identification

Object type
Physical Object
Relation
PNCC 4/8/2
Date
1953
Digitisation ID
2007Pl_PNCC4-8-2-M572-3_CLO_0532
Held In
"PNCC Archives"

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Letter from the Municipal Electricity Department regarding a replacement cross on the Palmerston North Clock Tower
Letter from Arthur Hopwood regarding his offer to the PNCC of a Clock Tower in the Square
Reserves Committee recommendation that PNCC approve the Lions Club Christmas project to decorate the Palmerston North Clock Tower
Letter from Town Clerk, PNCC, regarding increasing payments for Clock Tower maintenance
Memo from PNCC Works Directorate regarding repairs and maintenance of Palmerston North Clock Tower
Letter from the Town Clerk, PNCC, regarding the opening of the new Clock Tower in The Square
Newspaper article regarding Mike O’Donoghue who looks after the Clock Tower, Palmerston North
Letter from the Lions Club of Manawatu regarding a Christmas project to decorate Clock Tower
Letter from General Post Office, Wellington, to the Palmerston North City Council regarding maintenance of Post Office clock
Letter from the Palmerston North RSA, regarding concerns over the siting the Clock Tower in The Square
Engineer’s proposed plan of Palmerston North Clock Tower, The Square
Aerial view of central Palmerston North and beyond