New Zealand: Thames Valley and Coromandel
May 24, 2022 0:05:49 GMT
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Post by skid on May 24, 2022 0:05:49 GMT
Ngatea post office
Richard Wooders recently posted a picture of the old Ngatea Post Office Circa 1950's on his website “The Way We Were”. This was the second Post Office. The first Post Office was described by Vic Murray in the Ohinemuri Regional History Journal 18, June 1974
“Just beside the hall, was the original post office, opened in 1912, looking like a 10 x 10 ft shack. A portion of the old hall, was pointed out to me recently behind some more modern buildings, but the old post office disappeared after the new one was opened with much pomp and ceremony some time in 1922. It was modern for its day and, although much larger than its predecessor was still tiny compared with the one which serves the town and district now.”
And a replica was built by Hauraki Plains College Students and now sits at the front of the college.
The land ballot at Ngātea was in May 1910 when the settlement was known as the Orchard (after the Māori-grown peach and quince trees in the area) (see more information in the article Memories of Ngatea School by Elsie Evans Ohinemuri Regional History Journal 10, October 1968)
In 1920 Hauraki Plains County was established, the first chairman being Mr. J. C. Miller. It was about the same time that Ngatea gained its present name and ceased to be known as the orchard.
It would be interesting to know if anyone has a cancel with “Orchard”. This is not in my version of Wooders book.
The replica of the first Post Office
The second Post Office as it is today
The current post office
Richard Wooders recently posted a picture of the old Ngatea Post Office Circa 1950's on his website “The Way We Were”. This was the second Post Office. The first Post Office was described by Vic Murray in the Ohinemuri Regional History Journal 18, June 1974
“Just beside the hall, was the original post office, opened in 1912, looking like a 10 x 10 ft shack. A portion of the old hall, was pointed out to me recently behind some more modern buildings, but the old post office disappeared after the new one was opened with much pomp and ceremony some time in 1922. It was modern for its day and, although much larger than its predecessor was still tiny compared with the one which serves the town and district now.”
And a replica was built by Hauraki Plains College Students and now sits at the front of the college.
The land ballot at Ngātea was in May 1910 when the settlement was known as the Orchard (after the Māori-grown peach and quince trees in the area) (see more information in the article Memories of Ngatea School by Elsie Evans Ohinemuri Regional History Journal 10, October 1968)
In 1920 Hauraki Plains County was established, the first chairman being Mr. J. C. Miller. It was about the same time that Ngatea gained its present name and ceased to be known as the orchard.
It would be interesting to know if anyone has a cancel with “Orchard”. This is not in my version of Wooders book.
The replica of the first Post Office
The second Post Office as it is today
The current post office
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