Kōrero: Rural services

Transporting mail (1 o 2)

Transporting mail

Men inspect damage to a cart carrying mail to Slope Point, Southland, in 1910. The combination of horse-drawn vehicles and bad roads made transporting mail between settlements a slow and difficult business.

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Alexander Turnbull Library, George Bull Collection
Reference: 1/4-009955; G

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

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Nancy Swarbrick, 'Rural services - Communications', Te Ara - the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, http://www.TeAra.govt.nz/mi/photograph/18559/transporting-mail (accessed 19 April 2024)

He kōrero nā Nancy Swarbrick, i tāngia i te 24 Nov 2008