Back Issues: Telegrams, toll calls and terrific piles of mail

Description

Local historians weekly "Back Issues" article in the Manawatū Standard. History of Christmas time at Palmerston North Chief Post Office from 1906 to 1988. Many people, including schoolchildren, were employed at the Post Office at Christmas time as the demand for all services was at its highest. Handling and delivering Christmas mail and parcels required a lot of extra staff. The telephone exchange handled Christmas toll calls, all had to be manually connected. The telegraph office dealt with additional telegrams, for Christmas and for summer weddings.
Palmerston North Chief Post Office was a place important to the city's economy and the employment of its citizens.

Identification

Content type

Born digital

Relation

Manawatū Standard

Date

November 27, 2021

Digitisation id

2023Pa_IMCA-DigitalArchive_041931

Format

Born Digital

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IMCA Digital Archive