THE FIRST CHRISTCHURCH BANK.—One hundred years ago, the Union Bank of Australia opened the first bank in Christchurch in this small gabled cottage in Cashel street. A plaque commemorating the centenary will be unveiled next Tuesday at the Hereford street branch of the Australia and New Zealand Bank, Ltd., which was formed in 1951 when the Union Bank and the Bank of Australasia merged.
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Press, Volume XCV, Issue 28180, 19 January 1957, Page 12
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64THE FIRST CHRISTCHURCH BANK.—One hundred years ago, the Union Bank of Australia opened the first bank in Christchurch in this small gabled cottage in Cashel street. A plaque commemorating the centenary will be unveiled next Tuesday at the Hereford street branch of the Australia and New Zealand Bank, Ltd., which was formed in 1951 when the Union Bank and the Bank of Australasia merged. Press, Volume XCV, Issue 28180, 19 January 1957, Page 12
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