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Business Goes On

Came Monday morning and all shops were back in business, despite boarded-up windows and losses in merchandise.

The Post Office, which had been classed unsafe, was transferred to various buildings in the city. The mail department took over the Army Hall, and was soon operating normally, including full P.O. box services.

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Cheerfully capitalising on the publicity of the quake, Pat Wheelan sets up a display of shoes outside his shop, featuring a large placard on the iron-covered windows.

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Inside the Gas Company's showroom, complete with boarded-up windows, a customer contemplates a purchase.

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Peel Street took on the appearance of a ghost town with the fronts of its shops covered by boarding

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The Post Office entrance was well barricaded

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Postman Len Malkinson sets off on his round from his new headquarters.

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Ken Hadler sets up temporary mail boxes in the foyer of the Army Hall

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Well established in their new home, mail room staff "Slim" Whaight (left) and Fred Ransley sort letters into district bags.

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