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...

Creator:      Leanne Croon Hickman
Place:          Palmerston North
Date:          November 27, 2021

This image was taken for a story that ran in The Manawatu Evening Standard on 25 February 1961 "The test room of the new telephone exchange will be the receiving point for complaints when the installations are completed. The picture shows a teleph...

Creator:      Manawatu Evening Standard
Place:          Main Street, Palmerston North
Date:          February 25, 1961

This image was taken for a story that ran in The Manawatu Evening Standard on 1 July, 1963. "Stating the telephone number required to an operator will soon be a thing of the past at Foxton. This automatic telephone exchange is well on the way to c...

Creator:      Manawatū Evening Standard
Place:          Foxton
Date:          July 1, 1963

This image was taken for a story that ran in The Manawatu Evening Standard on 23 April 1963 "Modern automation came into being at the Sanson telephone exchange at 1 p.m. yesterday as Miss Glenys Murray disconnected the last cord from the old switc...

Creator:      Manawatu Evening Standard
Place:          Shannon
Date:          April 23, 1963

This image was taken for a story that ran in The Manawatu Evening Standard on 06 October 1960 "A party of children from the Oroua Downs School showed much interest in the operations of Station 2ZA this morning. Here a technician explains how a stu...

Creator:      Manawatu Evening Standard
Place:          George Street, Palmerston North
Date:          October 6, 1960

This image was taken for a story that ran in The Manawatu Evening Standard on 07 April 1961 "The manual switchboard at the Palmerston North Chief Post Office is seen here in operation. With the cut-over to the new exchange, it will be replaced wit...

Creator:      Manawatu Evening Standard
Place:          Main Street, Palmerston North
Date:          April 7, 1961

This image was taken for a story that ran in The Manawatu Evening Standard on 23 June, 1959. "The coaxial cable which is at the moment being laid from Wellington to Palmerston North is very near the end of its journey, it is on its last stage now....

Creator:      Manawatū Evening Standard
Place:          Church Street, Palmerston North
Date:          June 23, 1959

This image was taken for a story that ran in The Manawatu Evening Standard on 23 April 1963 "Modern automation came into being at the Sanson telephone exchange at 1 p.m. yesterday. In this picture (from the left) are Mr. D. Glen, chief technician ...

Creator:      Manawatu Evening Standard
Place:          Sanson
Date:          April 23, 1963

This image was taken for a story that ran in The Manawatu Evening Standard on 06 April 1961 "Seen in the special classroom in the new telephone exchange are trainees being instructed in the use of new equipment. One of the instructors is pointing ...

Creator:      Manawatu Evening Standard
Place:          Main Street, Palmerston North
Date:          April 6, 1961

This image was taken for a story that ran in The Manawatu Evening Standard on February 24 1961 "Two banks of batteries for the emergency power supply for the new telephone exchange are at present being installed. Each bank consists of 25 batteries...

Creator:      Manawatu Evening Standard
Place:          Main Street, Palmerston North
Date:          February 24, 1961

This image was not published in the Manawatu Evening Standard, taken on 8 July, 1963. "Linton telephone subscribers, 160 in all some with as many as ten on a party line will now have no difficulties. The fully automatic telephone exchange was offi...

Creator:      Manawatū Evening Standard
Place:          Linton
Date:          July 8, 1963