He pārongo atu anōJ. P. Leary's printing office, The Square

Description

Joseph Poulter Leary, pictured, was the first printer in Palmerston North, and the proprietor of the “Manawatu Times’, the first newspaper to be printed in town 1875. By 1879 Leary had sold 'The Times” to J B Dungan, and carried on his printing business. J P Leary was a brother to Richard Leary, the first chemist in Palmerston North. J P Leary died in Palmerston North in 1921.

Tautuhi

Momo rauemi

Image

Pākanga

Public Photograph Collection Bc 1

Date

circa 1884

Tautuhi matihiko

2009N_Bc1_BUI_2298

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