Reefton Post Office

THE REEFTON POST OFFICE

Is situated in Bridge Street. It is a substantial wooden building of one storey and contains four rooms, a large public office, and private quarters containing seven rooms.

There is also a private box lobby, with forty eight compartments.

A telephone exchange was established in December 1903 and there are

forty-five subscribers and six bureaux. Mails are received and despatched daily The staff includes the postmaster, four telegraph operators. a lineman, a letter-carrier and two messengers.

Mr CHARLES WHELAN was appointed postmaster at Reefton in the year 1901 He had previously been stationed at Alexander South and Tapanui.

The Cyclopedia of NZ

The first Post and Telegraph Office erected in 1878. It replaced an earlier Post Office on Broadway.

1960's

The Supervisor, George Wormington and Family lived on the top floor, the downstairs window on the left was the Private Boxes, foyer had the post boxes and postage stamp machines, the right window had the public counter and savings bank counters and the Postmaster George Williams office. Pretty sure the door . The telephone exchange was out the back on the left side.

Arthur Bass                                                                                     

  I worked there for two years when I left school as telegram and postman. But due to having to work on saterdays when I wanted to play rugby I left and moved to the forest service ,I remember well biking to Blackspoint and Crushington to deliver mail first thing in morning very icey, cold– and giving a ride to children on my bike from Crushington to Blackspont school one in the front mail bag and one on the back carrier . I met some great people doing this job who I am friends with to this day and it is a great pity that our mail system has gone the way it has.

Peter Wood

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  Scrapbook

Post 1968 earthquake the Oddfellows Hall on Bridge St became the temporary Post Office,