View of Kimbolton Road, looking south-west. Photographed in 1949.

Feilding Post Office Staff photographed by Bray Photographers in 1905.

The Post Office buildings that were erected after the 1942 earthquake damaged the original building and clock tower. This photograph was taken on June 2, 1953, during the coronation celebrations.

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After a major earthquake in 1942, the Feilding Post Office tower was dismantled as it had suffered substantial damage. It was decided that the clock and bell would be stored until a new clock tower could be built. Most of the work was done by Army engineers, and a fund to rebuild the clock tower was started after World War II. For more information, see Pioneering to Prosperity 1874-1974: A Centennial History of the Manchester Block.

View of Manchester Square in Feilding. The Darragh building can be seen on the left side of the photograph, while the Feilding Post Office and Clock Tower can be seen towards the right.

The appearance of the clock tower dates this photograph between 1902 and 1942.

View of Manchester Square, showing the Post Office clocktower in the background.

After a major earthquake in 1942, the Feilding Post Office tower was dismantled as it had suffered substantial damage. It was decided that the clock and bell would be stored until a new clock tower could be built. Most of the work was done by Army engineers. For more information, see Pioneering to Prosperity 1874-1974: A Centennial History of the Manchester Block.

This photograph shows the Feilding Post Office on the corner of Kimbolton Road and Manchester Square.

The exact date and creator of this image is unknown, but it is thought to have been taken in the mid 1930's, as the Madge bus on the left of the building suggests.

This photo shows a group of mailcoaches outside the Feilding Post Office, set to deliver mail in Apiti, Waituna, and Rongotea. The date and creator of the photograph is unknown, but it was likely taken in the early 1900's, just after the building was erected, and before post by train became widespread in the region.

Town Clock - Post Office 13th April, 1904. As the time fixed for starting the new "Town Clock" approached, His Worship the Mayor addressed the gathering. "He was sure the residents of Feilding were pleased that the clock was at last completed. The reason for the delay was that Messrs. Littlejohn and Son, had six clocks to make for various parts of the Colony." The Mayor also stated that Feilding having a clock was mainly due to the ladies of Feilding having raised 245 pounds, which was handed to the Government in February, 1902, the said amount then having been subsidised by Public Works Estimates, Spetmeber, 1902. Mrs Goodbehere then started the clock (by means of a rope), which immediately rang out the hour of three. Ref.Feilding Star Newspaper Research Feilding and Districts Historical Society 1997.

Army engineers dismantling the Post Office clock tower after the 1942 earthquake.

The original Edwardian Post Office was badly damaged in an earthquake in 1942. It was replaced in or around 1950. The speaker appears to be Mayor C.B. McClure.