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Feilding Post and Telegraph Office

Feilding Post and Telegraph Office

The telegraph office was often located in the same building as the post office, underlining the need for a common time. The building often had a public clock as well – as at the Post and Telegraph Office in Feilding.

About this item

Alexander Turnbull Library, F. G. Radcliffe Collection (PAColl-4950)
Reference: 1/2-006377; G
Photograph by Frederick George Radcliffe

Permission of the Alexander Turnbull Library, National Library of New Zealand, Te Puna Matauranga o Aotearoa, must be obtained before any re-use of this image.

How to cite this page:

Jock Phillips. 'Timekeeping', Te Ara - the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, updated 2-Mar-09
URL: http://www.TeAra.govt.nz/en/timekeeping/2/5