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Description

The police station was opened by Peter Fraser (Minister of Police 1935-1949 and Prime Minister of New Zealand, 1940-1949) and Robert Semple (former Minister of Public Works) on 28/9/1938. It was designed by J.T. Mair, the Government Architect, and built by Bodell and Co. Ltd. See Ray Carter, Beyond the Call of Duty - A History of the Palmerston North Police District, Stylex Print. Palmerston North, 1988, p. 74.

Identification

Object type
Image
Relation
Public Photograph Collection Pol 11
Date
1983
Digitisation ID
2014P_Pol11_007562
Held In
Coolstore

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Taxonomy

Tags
1980s,
buildings,
cop,
heritage building,
historic places trust,
police,
Community Tags
historic places trust,

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