The first mail service by coach from Ross to Okarito.ca.1900.

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DescriptionThis photo shows the first mail service by coach from Ross to Okarito. The photo was taken outside the Westland Hotel in Hokitika, year unknown (1900s, or earlier?).

This photo was framed and owned by Jimmy Donovan.Date of Photoca.1890-1910Map^[1]ContributorCaroline Emily Donovan

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Location (city or town)RossOkaritoPersonJimmy DonovanEventThe first mail service by coach from Ross to Okarito.ca.1900.

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LinkFacebookDate Created1st February 2018CommentsLois Iacoppi
Great picture
Richard Howe
Wonderful photo. Hope it didn't rain that day though. OSH would have a field day there, if they were around.

Steve Jones
Hard days must have been along trip back then.

Anne Conaghan

Has the mail got any faster ???
David Meech
When letters were carefully written and grammar was a prerequisite rather than a suggestion.

Trish Barry Andrews
My earliest memories of the Westland Hotel is the door is where it is in this photo which lead into a long narrow public bar running along Revell St with windows high off the ground. Baz.

Lawrence Boul
The coach is marked 'ER', So Edward VII. 1901-1910

Alister Creamer
Awesome photo

Tony Warner
Looking a bit precarious those sitting sideways on top maybe just for the picture …if not hang on tight

Arthur Dehn
Always Men had hats on , women prim and proper

Hiria Apanui
Awesome photo. That would have been one hek of a journey I wonder how long it took them, I used to live in Okarito so I know the distance/ time by car...

Dyan Hansen
Hiria Apanui I read an interesting book a couple of years ago titled My Dear Bannie: Gerhard Mueller's Letters from the West Coast, 1865-6. Letters between Gerhard and his wife Bannie (nickname) painted a clear picture of pioneer life on the Coast. Lib… See more

Keith Ross
I was on holiday August 1943 school holidays at Barrett hotel next to Donvans Jimmys Jand a young girl came to stop at Jimmys would you know who that was

Kathleen A S Langi
His granddaughter, Thelma Scott from Karangarua, would have been 11 then. She died in 1945.

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The first mail service by coach from Ross to Okarito.ca.1900.

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