This image show the construction of Northcote Office Park, on Grey Street, by Fletcher Challenge and Corporeal Holdings Ltd.
The negative comes from a file compiled by M. D. (David) Evans when working for the PNCC Planning Department. Evans was employed as planning assistant from 1955 to 1968, Deputy City Planner from 1968 to 1978 and Senior Planning Officer (Design and Development) from 1978-1988.
This photograph shows construction nearing completion on a six-storey building on the corner of Rangitikei Street and Te Marae o Hine The Square. The building was designed by the architects Gillman Partners Ltd and constructed for the Bank of New Zealand.
The negative comes from a file compiled by M. D. (David) Evans when working for the PNCC Planning Department. Evans was employed as planning assistant from 1955 to 1968, Deputy City Planner from 1968 to 1978 and Senior Planning Officer (Design and Development) from 1978-1988.
Local historians weekly "Back Issues" article in the Manawatū Standard. The life story of Constance Abraham (1864-1942). Mother of seven, community leader in Palmerston North and accomplished sportswoman.
The Lido swimming pool is situated on 10 acres of land previously owned by the old Awatapu Golf Club. The pool was planned in 1964, building got under was 23 January 1965 and was officially opened 15 November 1966. The Lido consists of indoor and outdoor pools.
Local historians weekly "Back Issues" article in the Manawatū Standard. The history of radio listening since 1924. By the 1930's, it is estimated that more than half of New Zealand homes had a radio. Tuning in to the 'wireless' became a communal activity, bringing people together at the same time of day.
A J Berryman purchased the music shop business of J P Leary in The Square in 1920, carrying on this business. In 1932 he purchased a section in Broadway Avenue and constructed new premises. Two years later these were enlarged to cover practically the whole of his section of land. In 1934 Berryman’s opened up a sports department and expanded the radio service department. The building remains and is still used for retail.
99.4 FM Kiwi Music Week. Interviews, Live to Airs, Giveaways. 100% kiwi music all week. April 10th-16th. 99.4FM radio Massey.
Part of a collection of posters that were displayed at The Stomach, Lombard Street, venue for Creative Sounds Society Incorporated.
A large variety of subjects are depicted in the collection, but family, rural life and travel are the most prominent themes. The exact location of the photographs in the Young Collection is unknown, but W J Young lived on a farm in Mt Stewart, Rangitikei, and some of the photographs include his house. The Young family were apparently avid travellers and photographs later in the collection feature scenes from Rotorua, Auckland, Whanganui, as well as other unidentified locations. The portraits are all unidentified, but are presumably of members of the Young family. The photographers parents were George Henry (b 1833) and Jane McDowell (b 1842, d 1916). They came to New Zealand in 1877. The same year, they bought the home farm on Mt Stewart and called it Kilrudden after Kilrudden House, the home of the McDowell family in Ireland. The couple had four children: Ann (b 1873), Margaret (b 1876), John (b 1878) and William James (b 1880). William James married Mary Elizabeth Thompson and they had four children: Doris (b 1914, d 1989), George (b 1916, d 1991), Royden McDowell (b 1925, d 1992) and Noel William (b 1927, d 2013).
This booklet discusses the various uses of natural gas, including for water heating, space heating, cooking appliances and using CNG (compressed natural gas) in vehicles. It included a separate insert outlining the installation and usage costs associated with conversion to natural gas.
This photograph was taken by the Manawatu Evening Standard to illustrate fashion, but it was not used. The women are unidentified, but the location appears to be the Woodville Racecourse.
This photograph was created by William James Young in the early 20th century. The tram is crossing Queen Street, with the Direct Supply Company (D.S.C.) store visible on the corner.
A large variety of subjects are depicted in the collection, but family, rural life and travel are the most prominent themes. The exact location of the photographs in the Young Collection is unknown, but W J Young lived on a farm in Mt Stewart, Rangitikei, and some of the photographs include his house. The Young family were apparently avid travellers and photographs later in the collection feature scenes from Rotorua, Auckland, Whanganui, as well as other unidentified locations. The portraits are all unidentified, but are presumably of members of the Young family. The photographers parents were George Henry (b 1833) and Jane McDowell (b 1842, d 1916). They came to New Zealand in 1877. The same year, they bought the home farm on Mt Stewart and called it Kilrudden after Kilrudden House, the home of the McDowell family in Ireland. The couple had four children: Ann (b 1873), Margaret (b 1876), John (b 1878) and William James (b 1880). William James married Mary Elizabeth Thompson and they had four children: Doris (b 1914, d 1989), George (b 1916, d 1991), Royden McDowell (b 1925, d 1992) and Noel William (b 1927, d 2013).
The lane is named for hydrangea, hydrangea macrophylla. An exotic plant found in Aotearoa New Zealand.
The aerial image is a derivative of the Palmerston North City Council online mapping Geographic Information System (GIS).
In Milson, a number of streets around the Clearview Reserve and off Clearview Drive are themed on plants found in New Zealand. This area was subdivided by Fair Investments Ltd. between 2002-2006, D.P. 91090.
During 1970, Palmerston North gas supply changed from using coal gas, manufactured at the Napier Road gasworks, to using natural gas, piped from the Kapuni gas field in Taranaki. Natural gas first arrived in the city on 23 June 1970 and the Napier Road gasworks ceased operations on 22 November 1970.
A 14-page booklet describing the activities of the Gas Department during the conversion from coal gas to natural gas.
The way is named “The Cutting,” a railway term referencing excavation in a land rise in order to lay railway tracks. There is a deep cutting at the rear boundary of this street, on the North Island Main Trunk. November 2018.
The aerial image is a derivative of the Palmerston North City Council online mapping Geographic Information System (GIS).
From the 1920s it was acknowledged that the Palmerston North Railway Station and goods shed were no longer large enough for purpose. Services to and from the station, and the rails through the centre of town, were also causing traffic congestion. The solution was to move or 'deviate' the railway around, instead of through, the city.
Milson became suburb in 1925. At request of landowner Mr Henry Vile it was named after Mr Robert Milson an early settler who had owned the block of land. The Railway Department purchased 37-acres of Mr H Vile’s property and built dwellings there for workers on the upcoming railway deviation.
The Milson railway deviation was to branch off at Longburn and run along the northern side of Palmerston North, later joining with the New Plymouth and Napier Lines. Twin lines would run between the Milson Suburb and Boundary Road (later Tremaine Avenue) where the new station was proposed. The station was originally planned for Rangitikei Line.
Deviation work started in 1926 but stalled during the depression.
Work recommenced on the Milson cuttings in 1937. There were two excavations. A main cutting started about half-way along Boundary Road (later Tremaine Avenue) and extended under the bridge at Milson’s Line. The second was further from the city where the two lines diverged. “The Cutting Way” is situated along the second cutting. About 60 men were employed to carry out the work.
Railway worker, Mr JB Blenkhorn, lost his life in an earthfall while working on a Milson cutting in June 1938. The work gang were sitting having lunch under a clay bank, when it broke. A huge fall of earth came away from the 10-foot bank. Another member of the gang, Mr Jack Chapman, was seriously injured.
Spoil from the cuttings was used in the base of the excavations to form the rail roads, it also lined the sides of the tracks in gradients that were later metalled. The remainder was manoeuvred into two large mounds. These were removed to where spoil was required at other points of the tracks, and 70,000 cubic yards was reserved for filling at the station site.
This photograph was created by William James Young in the early 20th century. The woman appears to be on the tower of St Matthew's Anglican Church, Hobson Street, Auckland.
A large variety of subjects are depicted in the Young collection, but family, rural life and travel are the most prominent themes. The exact location of the photographs in the Young Collection is unknown, but W J Young lived on a farm in Mt Stewart, Rangitikei, and some of the photographs include his house. The Young family were apparently avid travellers and photographs later in the collection feature scenes from Rotorua, Auckland, Whanganui, as well as other unidentified locations. The portraits are all unidentified, but are presumably of members of the Young family. The photographers parents were George Henry (b 1833) and Jane McDowell (b 1842, d 1916). They came to New Zealand in 1877. The same year, they bought the home farm on Mt Stewart and called it Kilrudden after Kilrudden House, the home of the McDowell family in Ireland. The couple had four children: Ann (b 1873), Margaret (b 1876), John (b 1878) and William James (b 1880). William James married Mary Elizabeth Thompson and they had four children: Doris (b 1914, d 1989), George (b 1916, d 1991), Royden McDowell (b 1925, d 1992) and Noel William (b 1927, d 2013).
Work began on the deviation of the railway line to the outskirts of Palmerston North in 1926 but it was not completed until 1959.
The lane is a combination name. It acknowledges Ashhurst the town and Grove Road – which the lane branches off. February 2020.
The aerial image is a derivative of the Palmerston North City Council online mapping Geographic Information System (GIS).
The way is named for the cabbage tree, tī kōuka. A native plant of Aotearoa New Zealand. March 2017.
The aerial image is a derivative of the Palmerston North City Council online mapping Geographic Information System (GIS).
In Milson, a number of streets around the Clearview Reserve and off Clearview Drive are themed on plants found in New Zealand. This area was subdivided by Fair Investments Ltd. between 2002-2006, D.P. 91090.
The grove is named for banksia integrifolia, banksia. An exotic plant found in Aotearoa New Zealand.
The aerial image is a derivative of the Palmerston North City Council online mapping Geographic Information System (GIS).
In Milson, a number of streets around the Clearview Reserve and off Clearview Drive are themed on plants found in New Zealand. This area was subdivided by Fair Investments Ltd. between 2002-2006, D.P. 91090.
The avenue is named for bouvardia, bourvadia longiflora, 'humboldtii'. An exotic plant found in Aotearoa New Zealand.
The aerial image is a derivative of the Palmerston North City Council online mapping Geographic Information System (GIS).
In Milson, a number of streets around the Clearview Reserve and off Clearview Drive are themed on plants found in New Zealand. This area was subdivided by Fair Investments Ltd. between 2002-2006, D.P. 91090.
The court is named for azara microphylla, the vanilla tree. An exotic plant found in Aotearoa New Zealand.
The aerial image is a derivative of the Palmerston North City Council online mapping Geographic Information System (GIS).
In Milson, a number of streets around the Clearview Reserve and off Clearview Drive are themed on plants found in New Zealand. This area was subdivided by Fair Investments Ltd. between 2002-2006, D.P. 91090.
The court is named for buttonwood, conocarpus erectus. An exotic plant found in Aotearoa New Zealand.
The aerial image is a derivative of the Palmerston North City Council online mapping Geographic Information System (GIS).
In Milson, a number of streets around the Clearview Reserve and off Clearview Drive are themed on plants found in New Zealand. This area was subdivided by Fair Investments Ltd. between 2002-2006, D.P. 91090.
The close is named for crabapple, malus. An exotic plant found in Aotearoa New Zealand.
The aerial image is a derivative of the Palmerston North City Council online mapping Geographic Information System (GIS).
In Milson, a number of streets around the Clearview Reserve and off Clearview Drive are themed on plants found in New Zealand. This area was subdivided by Fair Investments Ltd. between 2002-2006, D.P. 91090.
The way is named for dogwood, cornus. An exotic plant found in Aotearoa New Zealand.
The aerial image is a derivative of the Palmerston North City Council online mapping Geographic Information System (GIS).
In Milson, a number of streets around the Clearview Reserve and off Clearview Drive are themed on plants found in New Zealand. This area was subdivided by Fair Investments Ltd. between 2002-2006, D.P. 91090.
The grove is named for foxglove, digitalis purpurea. An exotic plant found in Aotearoa New Zealand.
The aerial image is a derivative of the Palmerston North City Council online mapping Geographic Information System (GIS).
In Milson, a number of streets around the Clearview Reserve and off Clearview Drive are themed on plants found in New Zealand. This area was subdivided by Fair Investments Ltd. between 2002-2006, D.P. 91090.
The court is named for coprosma. An exotic plant found in Aotearoa New Zealand. March 2017.
The aerial image is a derivative of the Palmerston North City Council online mapping Geographic Information System (GIS).
In Milson, a number of streets around the Clearview Reserve and off Clearview Drive are themed on plants found in New Zealand. This area was subdivided by Fair Investments Ltd. between 2002-2006, D.P. 91090.
The court is named for boronia. An exotic plant found in Aotearoa New Zealand.
The aerial image is a derivative of the Palmerston North City Council online mapping Geographic Information System (GIS).
In Milson, a number of streets around the Clearview Reserve and off Clearview Drive are themed on plants found in New Zealand. This area was subdivided by Fair Investments Ltd. between 2002-2006, D.P. 91090.
This image was taken for a story that ran in The Manawatu Evening Standard on 3rd December 1965 "David Dowthwaite (head boy Ross Intermediate)"
Lyndhurst Street was a Mr Frederick Bryant subdivision. His wife, Mrs Mary Ann Bryant, was born near Tunbridge Wells, Kent, England, and the Bryant family moved there in 1899. This road is named after the street, Lyndhurst Gardens, in the Southborough district of Tunbridge Wells. To learn more about the Bryant's, look at Bryant Street.
The first image is a derivative of this Palmerston North Borough map from 1923 by HR Farquar, Civil Engineer and Licensed Surveyor. It shows the original road formed in 1912, by Mr Fred Bryant, D.P. 2626, section 293.
The second image is a derivative of this NZ Cadastral Map - Town Series: Palmerston North Map 4 from 1961 by the Lands and Survey Department, New Zealand. It shows Lyndhurst Street after its extension in 1925, by Mr Frederick Needham, D.P. 7316 section 312.
Lyndhurst Gardens was formed in the 1880s by Mr William Willett and his son. It was part of a subdivison that started with Eton Avenue. The street wasn't originally named Lyndhurst Gardens, it was called Dalkeith Gardens until 1911. "Gardens" is a common street suffix in the United Kingdom.
The name is likely inspired by Lyndhurst, a village in the New Forest National Park, Hampshire, England. The recorded history of Lyndhurst (Saxon for ‘lime-wood’) began in 980 when a royal manor by that name was granted to the Abbey of Amesbury, Wiltshire. King William I, William the Conqueror, made New Forest a royal hunting ground by 1075. Lyndhurst was to become the administrative capital of the area.
Hatton, S. (2023, January 31). Lyndhurst Gardens, NW3. The Underground Map Project. https://www.theundergroundmap.com/article.html?id=23254
Lyndhurst Parish Council. (Last updated 2024, July 8). Village history: a brief history of Lyndhurst. Government UK.
https://www.lyndhurst-pc.gov.uk/history/village-history/
In November of 1912 correspondence from Mr F Bryant to the council, requested takeover of Lyndhurst Street. The borough engineer reported that the street had been completed in compliance with council conditions. Councillor Seifert did not agree. In October 1914 he advised that the street metal was not properly broken, and Lyndhurst Street should not be taken over until the metal was at an appropriate size. The engineer responded that rather than have inspection at the time of metalling, it was far cheaper to break the stones later. The street was taken over by the borough council.
Sewerage works were carried out in 1916 and were extended by eighteen chains (chain = 66 feet/20.12 metres) in 1921, under a water and sewerage loan. In July 1926 services to the Lyndhurst Street extension were delayed until the summer months, due to a large influx of subsoil water making winter work impractical.
Water tables were cleared in November 1919 and several times in the years to follow. The street did have trouble with accumulated surface water in the 1930s due to the uneven settling of the concrete kerb and channel. This was remedied by lifting the channel. The replacement of one-inch mains with four-inch mains in 1929 also helped manage stormwater in the Lyndhurst Street extension.
In May 1921 Lyndhurst Street was proposed as part of the town's new bus transit route. This was confirmed and municipal bus services started in September. To learn more about the introduction of public buses, look at this history of Cuba Street, where the first municipal bus barn was built.
Within the first month of services, suggestions were made in regard to changes to timetabling, to better work around town activities; the best locations for parking of buses; and, that a bugle be sounded to indicate when a bus was approaching each pick-up point (bus stop).
Small changes in timetabling often resulted in immediate pushback. For example, in October 1922 the 5:40pm Lyndhurst Street bus was cancelled. After complaints it was reinstated the following week. Then in July 1923, at a meeting of the Central School District, it was clear that ten minutes made a difference. A motion was carried to ask the council to revert back to the 8:45am departure time in Lyndhurst Street, as the new 8:55am time was making children late for school.
By June 1925 of a total of 45,909 passengers for the month, 4,153 were recorded on the Lyndhurst Street route. Six months later the Transit Committee recommended extending the Lyndhurst Street route as far as the corner of Armstrong and Featherston Streets, with an increase in fares. The fares increase was unpopular and in February 1926, traffic manager, Mr Peter Gardener Patton, successfully recommended lowering children’s fares on all routes. He felt that existing concession tickets made adult travel reasonable.
Around 1928 the Lyndhurst Street route became known as the Takaro bus route.
In 1925 Mr Frederick Needham laid the Lyndhurst Street extension, alongside the Bryant Street extension and Burns Avenue.
While footpaths in Lyndhurst Street received regular attention from 1915, there were two notable usages that impacted these. Residents were concerned about Lyndhurst Street being used as a route for sheep and cattle on their way to sales at the showgrounds. As late as September 1940 complaints were made on the danger to children and damage to footpaths and grass verges. The second was high use due to being on the municipal bus route, although this impacted the roadway more.
The Takaro Progressive Association was active in the late 1920s and 1930s in pursuing the tar-sealing of Lyndhurst Street and Lyndhurst Street extension, particularly in the sections travelled by municipal buses. In November 1932 for example, the association particularly pointed out the dust nuisance for residents from buses. By 1936 they also highlighted the use of the street by heavy transport lorries, avoiding central city traffic. From 1935 to 1940 the street was tar-sealed in sections as borough finances permitted.
In March of 1929 electrical transformers were built at the corner of Lyndhurst and Featherson Streets and the corner of Cuba and Lyndhurst Streets. Four years later the latter, a 50 k.v.a transformer, was replaced with a 100 k.v.a. transformer. Also, in 1933, low tension distribution lines were increased in size in Lyndhurst Street to meet the growing load.
Gas mains were enlarged in Lyndhurst Street in 1936 to increase capacity to meet demand. Thirteen chains of 4-inch pipes were laid to improve gas pressure to cookers and heaters. Replacement of pipes continued in 1937.
Mr James Blake purchased section 293, allotment 53, 6 Lyndhurst Street c. 1913. He appears to have lived there with his parents Mrs Margaret and Mr Samuel Blake, and younger sister Margaret (jnr). Mr J Blake was born in Woodville in 1887. During his time in Palmerston North, he worked as a drapery assistant for Collinson and Cunninghame Ltd.
In May 1916 he signed up with the New Zealand Expeditionary Force, to serve with 29th Ambulance, New Zealand Medical Corps. Mr Blake listed his mother and sister as dependents on his recruitment papers (his parents later divorced). He trained at the Awapuni training camp in 1917. To learn more about the camp, read Poppy Place for the Awapuni Medical Corps Memorial by Evan Greensides.
His sister Margaret died in June of that year at Palmerston North Hospital; she was 23 years old.
Private Blake embarked on the HMHS Marama in September of 1917. The ship was outfitted with over 500 beds for wounded soldiers. Pvt. Blake made three trips on the hospital ship, before his discharge in 1919.
Initially he returned to his former position at Collinson and Cunninghame Ltd. However, he sold the Lyndhurst property to Mrs Bridget Mary Rose, wife of Mr William Edwin Rose of Nikau Farm, Konini, (near Pahiatua) in 1919; and by 1921 was residing in Kiritaki, Dannevirke.
There he took up farming. He married Miss Olive May Williams (b.1896, Timaru) in 1937 and the couple continued farming until retirement.
Mrs Olive May Blake died in June 1961, aged 65 Years. Mr James Blake died August 1972 at the age of 84 years. Husband and wife are interred at Mangatera Cemetery, Dannevirke.
Mr and Mrs Charles Francis Cronin lived on Lyndhurst Street, section 293, allotment 52 from c. 1913 to c.1918.
Mr CF Cronin was born in 1891 to Mrs Mary and Mr Patrick Cronin. He married Miss Lucy Winifred Bradbury, born 1892 to Mrs Eleanor Sophia and Mr Roland Keats Bradbury, in 1913. The couple had three children; Gerald Charles b.1916, Joan Winifred b.1917, and Lucy Eileen b.1921.
While living in Lyndhurst Street Mr C Cronin was a clerk in the goods office of the Palmerston North Railway Station. He was an active ratepayer enquiring about the asphalting of footpaths in 1916 and 1917. By 1919 the Cronin Family had moved to Oxford Street.
Mr Cronin was heavily involved in the performing arts as a singer and actor. He was a member of the Manawatū Savage Club, City Choir, Manawatu Scottish Society, and Operatic and Repertory Societies. He was part of the executive for the latter. The couple were also Rotarians, and Mrs Cronin was involved with the Palmerston North Townswomen’s Guild.
In October 1926 after twelve years with Palmerston North Railways, Mr Cronin was transferred to Taihape. This was short-lived, by December of 1926 Mr and Mrs Cronin set up a private company, Manawatū Loan and Discount Co., Ltd, situated in the C. Smith Buildings in Palmerston North. The business later moved to the AMP Buildings.
They lived in Hereford Street for a time before building a home at 26 Manapouri Crescent (later renumbered 36) in 1932. The Cronin’s participation in community life continued, and Mr Cronin also owned and raced several horses in the 1930s and 40s. They lived in Manapouri Crescent until c. 1946, later transferring the property to daughter, Mrs Lucy New.
The Cronin’s stayed in Palmerston North for the remainder of their lives. Mrs Lucy Winifred Cronin died in May 1972, aged 80. Mr Charles Francis Cronin died in December of 1989 at the age of 98. The couple are interred at Kelvin Grove Cemetery with their son, Gerald, who predeceased them.
Mr Leonard Original Pascoe of Elizabeth Street purchased section 297, allotment 75, Lyndhurst Street c. 1913. A house was built at 21 Lyndhurst Street in 1915 for Mr and Mrs LO Pascoe.
Born in Christchurch 1889 to Mrs Anne “Annie” Elizabeth and Mr Augustus Pascoe, Mr Pascoe was employed by the Palmerston North Railway Station in his early years in the town. He married his first wife, Miss Violet Myrtle Ehrhorn in 1914. She was born in 1894, Sanson, to Mrs Anna and Mr Henry Ehrhorn.
The couple had three children, two born while in Lyndhurst Street; Dorothy Mavis b.1915, Violet Averill b.1917, and Lorna Myrtle b.1920.
Mr L Pascoe rose to the position of engine driver for the railway, before resigning in May of 1918. By June he was employed by the Glaxo Factory in Bunnythorpe as a fireman. Mr Pascoe was balloted in mid-1918 and unsuccessfully requested an extension. He did not serve, as World War One ended in November that year.
The couple sold their Lyndhurst Street house to Mr Martin Sydney in 1919.
Mrs Violet Myrtle Pascoe died in November 1920, seven days after childbirth. Aged 26 years, she was interred at Terrace End Cemetery. Mr Pascoe remarried two years later to Miss Lily May Neilson, born 1891 in Palmerston North, to Mrs Barbara and Mr James Neilson. The Pascoes had two children; Jean Katherine b.1923, and Barry Leonard b.1932.
Mr Pascoe was elected to the Bunnythorpe School Committee in the early 1920s and served as secretary from 1921 to 1931. He was secretary of the school jubilee committee in 1933, and president of the school committee in the early 1940s. Mr Pascoe was also involved with the building of the Bunnythorpe Hall and remained part of the Hall Committee serving as secretary in 1942 and 1943.
He was a member of the Oroua Lodge of Druids, Palmerston North, becoming Vice Arch Druid from 1922 and was elected Arch Druid in 1923, after which he remained a member of the Royal Arch Chapter no.10. He had a keen interest in sport and was secretary of the Bunnythorpe Football Club from 1924.
Mr Pascoe remained employed by Glaxo Laboratories as an engineer for the remainder of his working career, retiring in the early 1940s due to ill-health.
Admitted to hospital for two months in 1943, Mr Leonard Original Pascoe died in June of 1944 after a lengthy illness. He was 55 years old. Mrs Lily May Pascoe continued to live in Bunnythorpe and died in September 1974, aged 82 years. The couple are interred at Bunnythorpe Cemetery.
Mr Frederick Crossley M.R.C.V.S., Veterinary Surgeon, began operating from the Woodfield Stables on Cuba Street in March 1918. From July 1918 until September 1926 he also operated from his residential address, 26 Lyndhurst Street. By November 1927 the Lyndhurst Street property was sold, and Mr and Mrs Fred Crossley moved to Wellington.
In 1924 Mr Herbert "Herb" Rasmus Jensen sold his farm in Karere (Awapuni) and lived in Stoney Creek (Whakarongo) for a couple of years. In 1927 Mr Herb R Jensen moved to 157 Lyndhurst Street (later renumbered 82). There he advertised his patented Mole Drain Plough. He was a contractor of heavy tractor work for excavations and fillings, specialising in mole draining.
Mr HR Jensen also operated as a farmers’ transport carrier and contractor from c. 1934 to c. 1940 carting livestock and farm produce, such as wool. By 1941 he had become the local agent for the Newport Oil Filter, working from his Cuba Street yard and residential address, 82 Lyndhurst Street. By the mid-1940s Mr H Jensen appears to have carried out mainly municipal contracting from his Cuba Street business.
The Takaro Wood and Coal Depot operated from 101 Lyndhurst Street on the corner of Featherston Street from 1924. It was operated by Mr Frank Grover until June of 1925 when it came under the management of Mr Hugh Vallance. At some stage in the early-1930s the address became 32 Featherston Street and this was renumbered 70 Featherston Street in 1936.
In November of 1927 Mr G Edwards opened a new butcher’s shop on the corner of Lyndhurst and Chelwood Street. By 1930 it was owned by Mr E Edwards, advertised as Takaro Central Butchery in local newspapers, and the following year as Takaro Butchery.
At the start of 1933 the interest in the business was sold to Mr Harold Toms, who was replaced by manager Mr Arthur William Scadden eight months later. The butchery was now named Takaro Butchery Ltd., of Chelwood Street.
By 1936 having successfully started its commercial activities with a grocery in Broadway Avenue, the Manawatū Co-operative Society Ltd., took over the Takaro Butchery, retaining Mr AW Scadden as manager. It was advertised as being situated on Lyndhurst Street. The society went on to purchase further butcheries in Terrace and West End.
In May of 1941 Mr A Scadden transferred to the West End Butchery to manage the store in his son’s absence. Mr George Arthur Scadden, manager, had left to serve in World War Two. The Manawatū Co-operative Society placed Takaro Butchery under the management of Mr Frank Trembath. The society was later known as the Consumers’ Co-operative (Manawatū) Ltd and had stores throughout Palmerston North.
To learn more about the Co-operative Society, read A small idea 50 years ago – today, a multi-million dollar business on page 2 of this jubilee edition of Co-Op Consumer Times.
Mr Alfred “Alf” Peter Jensen (late of Kairanga, Bunnythorpe) moved to 103 Lyndhurst Street (later renumbered 8) in 1928. He was a hay presser and agricultural contractor, offering hay baling, ploughing and harvesting work. He ran his business from his home in Lyndhurst Street until 1936 when he moved elsewhere in the city.
From 1937 a furniture factory operated from 133/134 Lyndhurst Street (appears to have later been renumbered 50). The cabinetmaker, Mr Pedersen, specialised in oak furnishings. This may, or may not, have been Mr Richard Andrew Pederson who ran a furniture factory in Chelwood Street from 1926 to 1930.
From 1944 the Emmanuel Congregational Church of Broadway Avenue, established a branch Sunday School at 89 Lyndhurst Street.
Prior to World War Two Mr Leslie William Ayers, a watchmaker and jeweller, operated his business from Cole’s Buildings on Te Marae o Hine the Square, and later the Library Buildings (until 1937). In 1944, after serving out World War Two within Aotearoa New Zealand and having returned to civilian life, he worked from his private residence 87 Lyndhurst Street watchmaking, repairing and engraving. He was also a member of the New Zealand Home Servicemen’s Association and president of the Manawatū Branch.
The addresses on Lyndhurst Street were renumbered in 1939. See p.161 to p.163 of the Rates Register of Street Numbers - Old and New.