Church Became A Post Office
The Havelock Post Office, on the Blenheim-Nelson highway, is not a church, as its appearance suggests, but it is believed that it was originally intended to be a church. About 85 years ago, during the gold r sh days, Havelock was a
3 boom town. There was much : t business to be transacted and the < people needed a Post Office very : urgently. s It is said that the plans and i. pre-cut timbers for two buildings, g a church and a Post Office, became • a i exchanged in transit from Eng- !
land. The local builder used the church plans when those for the Post Office could not be found. The 300 residents of Havelock would like to know where their real Post Office was built. They say it must be somewhere in the South Island.
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Press, Volume XCVIII, Issue 28896, 16 May 1959, Page 10
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