Myra Tylee, post messenger

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Myra Tylee, post messenger

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Myra Tylee with her bicycle standing front of Katikati Post Office in around 1919. She was employed as a messenger to deliver telegrams for the Post Office. Standing at the window is Miss Daisy Wright, the postmistress. The first Post Office was built in 1885 and was situated next to the Courthouse and Police Station. The townsfolk of Katikati were keen to communicate, as by 1894 over 300,000 letters, telegrams and packages were handled in the town’s Post Office. On September 28th 1934, Katik...

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c1919

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http://westernbay.recollect.co.nz/nodes/view/3594

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Katikati Post Office / Turn Back Tuesday

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