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The Cyclopedia of New Zealand [Otago & Southland Provincial Districts]

Winton Railway Station And Post Office

Winton Railway Station And Post Office . This building contains suitable accommodation for the transaction of postal and telephone business in addition to the stationmaster's office, waiting and porter's rooms, and a public lobby. The goods shed, which is 100 feet by 60 feet in dimension, is used for the large export trade of wool, grain, grass-seed, timber, and ecal, the latter being conveyed to Winton by the Hokonui branch, a small loop-line seventeen miles in length, and worked by horsepower. The railway station was opened for traffic in 1871, and the post office was built in 1873. The first stationmaster was Mr. Thomas White, who died at Winton in November, 1881.