Sunday, November 6, 2011

Sydenham Post Office



former
Sydenham Post Office
340 Colombo Street, Sydenham, ChristchurchHistoric Place - Category II
Registered 26 November 1981

Sir Joseph Ward will deliver a speech at Waimate on Friday evening. He will speak at Oamaru the following day and will be in Christchurch next Monday, when he will lay the foundation stone of the public buildings in Cathedral Square and that of the post office at Sydenham.
Grey River Argus, 16 November 1911, Page 4


The Prime Minister is expected to arrive early this evening by motor-car from Oamaru. To-morrow, at 11 a.m., he lays the foundation stone of the Government's new departmental buildings in Worcester street, and at 3 p.m. lays the foundation stone of a new post office at Sydenham.
Hawera & Normanby Star, Volume LXII, 20 November 1911, Page 5






above and below - the old Sydenham Post Office, 18 May 2003.



below - 8 May 2011







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