Title: The Cyclopedia of New Zealand [Wellington Provincial District]

Author: Cyclopedia Company Limited

Publication details: The Cyclopedia Company, Limited, 1897, Wellington

Part of: The Cyclopedia of New Zealand

License: Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 3.0 New Zealand Licence

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Telegraph Office.

Mr. Edward Packer Cowles, the Deputy-Registrar of Births, Deaths, and Marriages, and also Telegraphist, at Foxton, was born at Nelson, where he was educated at the Richmond Boys' School. He entered the Government service as a messenger in the telegraphic department on the 1st of June, 1883, and on the 1st of July, 1886, was appointed assistant to the postmaster at Richmond. Three years later he was appointed to the position of telegraphist at Wanganui, which he held for six months, and was appointed to his present position in Foxton in the month of January, 1890. About 1893 he was appointed deputy-registrar of births, deaths, and marriages for the district. Mr. Cowles is secretary of the local rowing club, a position which he has occupied for three years. He is also a member of the local tennis and cricket clubs. [Since the above was in type Mr. Cowles has been transferred to an important position on the staff of the Wellington Telegraph Office.]