# 16 January in the Christchurch archive

114 Christchurch records dated 16 January across the years, the feed’s ledger also filed 1,502 reports on this date.

114 records shown, each link goes to the institution that keeps the original.

- [Page 8 Advertisements Column 2 (Lyttelton Times, 16 January 1856)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/LT18560116.2.13.2), 1856-01-16, Lyttelton Times
- [Page 10 Advertisements Column 3 (Lyttelton Times, 16 January 1856)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/LT18560116.2.15.3), 1856-01-16, Lyttelton Times
- [Page 8 Advertisements Column 2 (Lyttelton Times, 16 January 1858)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/LT18580116.2.16.2), 1858-01-16, Lyttelton Times
- [Page 8 Advertisements Column 3 (Lyttelton Times, 16 January 1858)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/LT18580116.2.16.3), 1858-01-16, Lyttelton Times
- [Page 8 Advertisements Column 4 (Lyttelton Times, 16 January 1858)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/LT18580116.2.16.4), 1858-01-16, Lyttelton Times
- [Page 1 Advertisements Column 4 (Lyttelton Times, 16 January 1858)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/LT18580116.2.2.4), 1858-01-16, Lyttelton Times
- [Page 1 Advertisements Column 2 (Lyttelton Times, 16 January 1861)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/LT18610116.2.2.2), 1861-01-16, Lyttelton Times
- [Page 1 Advertisements Column 3 (Lyttelton Times, 16 January 1861)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/LT18610116.2.2.3), 1861-01-16, Lyttelton Times
- [Page 1 Advertisements Column 4 (Lyttelton Times, 16 January 1861)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/LT18610116.2.2.4), 1861-01-16, Lyttelton Times
- [Page 6 Advertisements Column 4 (Lyttelton Times, 16 January 1861)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/LT18610116.2.23.4), 1861-01-16, Lyttelton Times
- [Page 6 Advertisements Column 5 (Lyttelton Times, 16 January 1861)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/LT18610116.2.23.5), 1861-01-16, Lyttelton Times
- [Page 7 Advertisements Column 4 (Lyttelton Times, 16 January 1861)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/LT18610116.2.24.4), 1861-01-16, Lyttelton Times
- [Page 8 Advertisements Column 2 (Lyttelton Times, 16 January 1861)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/LT18610116.2.25.2), 1861-01-16, Lyttelton Times
- [Page 8 Advertisements Column 4 (Lyttelton Times, 16 January 1861)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/LT18610116.2.25.4), 1861-01-16, Lyttelton Times
- [Page 2 Advertisements Column 2 (Lyttelton Times, 16 January 1861)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/LT18610116.2.3.2), 1861-01-16, Lyttelton Times
- [CHRISTCHURCH RACES. (Hawke's Bay Herald, 16 January 1869)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/HBH18690116.2.9.1), 1869-01-16, Hawke's Bay Herald
- [CHRISTCHURCH RACES. (Timaru Herald, 16 January 1869)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/THD18690116.2.11), 1869-01-16, Timaru Herald
- [Page 1 Advertisements Column 4 (Star, 16 January 1869)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/TS18690116.2.2.4), 1869-01-16, Star
- [CHRISTCHURCH. (Auckland Star, 16 January 1873)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/AS18730116.2.11.6), 1873-01-16, Auckland Star
- [Page 1 Advertisements Column 5 (Star, 16 January 1873)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/TS18730116.2.2.5), 1873-01-16, Star
- [News of the Week. (Otago Witness, 16 January 1875)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/OW18750116.2.40), 1875-01-16, Otago Witness
- [BIRTHS. (Colonist, 16 January 1875)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/TC18750116.2.8), 1875-01-16, Colonist
- [Christchurch. (Bruce Herald, 16 January 1877)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/BH18770116.2.18), 1877-01-16, Bruce Herald
- [CHRISTCHURCH. (Manawatu Times, 16 January 1878)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/MT18780116.2.10.9), 1878-01-16, Manawatu Times
- [CHRISTCHURCH PRESBYTERY. (Star, 16 January 1878)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/TS18780116.2.13), 1878-01-16, Star
- [CHRISTCHURCH. (Star, 16 January 1878)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/TS18780116.2.6.1), 1878-01-16, Star
- [CHRISTCHURCH CRICKETERS. Christchurch, January 15. (West Coast Times, 16 January 1878)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/WCT18780116.2.6.4), 1878-01-16, West Coast Times
- [Page 1 Advertisements Column 2 (Auckland Star, 16 January 1879)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/AS18790116.2.2.2), 1879-01-16, Auckland Star
- [CHRISTCHURCH. (Star, 16 January 1880)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/TS18800116.2.16.1), 1880-01-16, Star
- [Untitled (Evening Post, 16 January 1882)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/EP18820116.2.13), 1882-01-16, Evening Post
- [CHRISTCHURCH. (Star, 16 January 1883)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/TS18830116.2.21.1), 1883-01-16, Star
- [Local & General. (Star, 16 January 1884)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/TS18840116.2.9), 1884-01-16, Star
- [No. 4 Pipelaying contract](https://www.canterburystories.nz/collections/maps-plans/christchurch-drainage-board/ccl-cs-93837), 1884-01-16, Christchurch Drainage Board, plans, maps and drawings
- [Page 1 Advertisements Column 7 (Star, 16 January 1885)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/TS18850116.2.2.7), 1885-01-16, Star
- [Page 2 Advertisements Column 5 (Star, 16 January 1888)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/TS18880116.2.17.5), 1888-01-16, Star
- [Page 1 Advertisements Column 2 (Timaru Herald, 16 January 1889)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/THD18890116.2.2.2), 1889-01-16, Timaru Herald
- [CHRISTCHURCH. (Star, 16 January 1890)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/TS18900116.2.12.1), 1890-01-16, Star
- [Page 3 Advertisements Column 3 (Akaroa Mail and Banks Peninsula Advertiser, 16 January 1891)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/AMBPA18910116.2.17.3), 1891-01-16, Akaroa Mail and Banks Peninsula Advertiser
- [CHRISTCHURCH. (Star, 16 January 1891)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/TS18910116.2.20.1), 1891-01-16, Star
- [THE INFANTICIDE CASE. (Star, 16 January 1891)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/TS18910116.2.37), 1891-01-16, Star
- [Local & General. (Star, 16 January 1893)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/TS18930116.2.33), 1893-01-16, Star
- [Death of a Jockey. (Nelson Evening Mail, 16 January 1894)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/NEM18940116.2.13.4), 1894-01-16, Nelson Evening Mail
- [CHRISTCHURCH. (Star, 16 January 1895)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/TS18950116.2.38.1), 1895-01-16, Star
- [Harman (Christchurch), an ex-Champion](https://kura.aucklandlibraries.govt.nz/digital/collection/photos/id/115453), 1897-01-16, Photographs / He Whakaahua
- [CHRISTCHURCH. (Star, 16 January 1900)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/TS19000116.2.33.1), 1900-01-16, Star
- [AN INTERESTING CAREER. (Star, 16 January 1900)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/TS19000116.2.4), 1900-01-16, Star
- [NOTES BY SLIP. (Otago Witness, 16 January 1901)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/OW19010116.2.113.1), 1901-01-16, Otago Witness
- [LETTERS FROM THE LITTLE FOLK. (Otago Witness, 16 January 1901)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/OW19010116.2.187.2), 1901-01-16, Otago Witness
- [KAIKOURA AND ITS NEIGHBOURHOOD. (Colonist, 16 January 1902)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/TC19020116.2.17), 1902-01-16, Colonist
- [CHRISTCHURCH. (Star, 16 January 1903)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/TS19030116.2.54.1), 1903-01-16, Star
- [SMALLPOX IN CHRISTCHURCH. (Feilding Star, 16 January 1904)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/FS19040116.2.20), 1904-01-16, Feilding Star
- [Smallpox in Christchurch (Southland Times, 16 January 1904)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/ST19040116.2.12), 1904-01-16, Southland Times
- [LOCAL AND GENERAL. (Star, 16 January 1904)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/TS19040116.2.68), 1904-01-16, Star
- [Page 6 Advertisements Column 2 (Star, 16 January 1904)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/TS19040116.2.84.2), 1904-01-16, Star
- [Page 6 Advertisements Column 3 (Star, 16 January 1904)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/TS19040116.2.84.3), 1904-01-16, Star
- [Untitled (Manawatu Times, 16 January 1905)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/MT19050116.2.10), 1905-01-16, Manawatu Times
- [Page 3 Advertisements Column 3 (Star, 16 January 1905)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/TS19050116.2.47.3), 1905-01-16, Star
- [Page 1 Advertisements Column 2 (Ashburton Guardian, 16 January 1906)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/AG19060116.2.2.2), 1906-01-16, Ashburton Guardian
- [Page 2 Advertisements Column 2 (Star, 16 January 1906)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/TS19060116.2.22.2), 1906-01-16, Star
- [SCHOLARSHIP EXAMINATIONS. (Star, 16 January 1906)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/TS19060116.2.33), 1906-01-16, Star
- [VISIT TO CREYMOUTH. LOCAL ARRANGEMENTS. (Grey River Argus, 16 January 1907)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/GRA19070116.2.13), 1907-01-16, Grey River Argus
- [THE NORTHERN" SIDE OF CATHEDRAL SQUARE, CHRISTCHURCH. (Otago Witness, 16 January 1907)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/OW19070116.2.124.3), 1907-01-16, Otago Witness
- [Page 3 Advertisements Column 2 (Star, 16 January 1907)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/TS19070116.2.56.2), 1907-01-16, Star
- [BIRTHS. (Star, 16 January 1908)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/TS19080116.2.38), 1908-01-16, Star
- [Page 3 Advertisements Column 7 (Star, 16 January 1908)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/TS19080116.2.68.7), 1908-01-16, Star
- [Page 7 Advertisements Column 3 (Star, 16 January 1909)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/TS19090116.2.101.3), 1909-01-16, Star
- [Page 8 Advertisements Column 1 (Star, 16 January 1909)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/TS19090116.2.106.1), 1909-01-16, Star
- [Page 6 Advertisements Column 1 (Star, 16 January 1909)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/TS19090116.2.81.1), 1909-01-16, Star
- [Page 6 Advertisements Column 2 (Star, 16 January 1909)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/TS19090116.2.81.2), 1909-01-16, Star
- [Page 6 Advertisements Column 3 (Star, 16 January 1909)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/TS19090116.2.81.3), 1909-01-16, Star
- [Page 6 Advertisements Column 4 (Star, 16 January 1909)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/TS19090116.2.81.4), 1909-01-16, Star
- [Page 3 Advertisements Column 3 (Ashburton Guardian, 16 January 1911)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/AG19110116.2.31.3), 1911-01-16, Ashburton Guardian
- [LOCAL AND GENERAL. (Feilding Star, 16 January 1911)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/FS19110116.2.7), 1911-01-16, Feilding Star
- [Page 6 Advertisements Column 5 (Northern Advocate, 16 January 1912)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/NA19120116.2.40.5), 1912-01-16, Northern Advocate
- [OBITUARY. (Poverty Bay Herald, 16 January 1912)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/PBH19120116.2.9), 1912-01-16, Poverty Bay Herald
- [A busy street scene in Christchurch, the largest city in the South Island](https://kura.aucklandlibraries.govt.nz/digital/collection/photos/id/205386), 1913-01-16, Auckland Weekly News
- [BOWLING. (Colonist, 16 January 1914)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/TC19140116.2.30.3), 1914-01-16, Colonist
- [Page 6 Advertisements Column 3 (Colonist, 16 January 1915)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/TC19150116.2.32.3), 1915-01-16, Colonist
- [Page 1 Advertisements Column 4 (Akaroa Mail and Banks Peninsula Advertiser, 16 January 1917)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/AMBPA19170116.2.2.4), 1917-01-16, Akaroa Mail and Banks Peninsula Advertiser
- [UNIVERSITY SCHOLARSHIP EXAMINATIONS. (Hawera & Normanby Star, 16 January 1917)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/HNS19170116.2.27.2), 1917-01-16, Hawera & Normanby Star
- [SUDDEN DEATH. (Wanganui Chronicle, 16 January 1917)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/WC19170116.2.54.1), 1917-01-16, Wanganui Chronicle
- [ACCIDENTS AND FATALITIES (Otago Daily Times 16-1-1917)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/ODT19170116.2.62), 1917-01-16, Otago Daily Times
- [LOCAL AND GENERAL. (Wairarapa Daily Times, 16 January 1919)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/WDT19190116.2.17), 1919-01-16, Wairarapa Daily Times
- [The Christchurch Representative Cricket Eleven](https://kura.aucklandlibraries.govt.nz/digital/collection/photos/id/384253), 1919-01-16, Photographs / He Whakaahua
- [Page 10 Advertisements Column 3 (Evening Post, 16 January 1920)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/EP19200116.2.121.3), 1920-01-16, Evening Post
- [DOMINION TOURNAMENT. (Colonist, 16 January 1920)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/TC19200116.2.40.1), 1920-01-16, Colonist
- [MISS OPAWA" (Evening Post, 16 January 1922)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/EP19220116.2.104), 1922-01-16, Evening Post
- [MARRIAGES. (Evening Post, 16 January 1924)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/EP19240116.2.3), 1924-01-16, Evening Post
- [Page 4 Advertisements Column 1 (Ellesmere Guardian, 16 January 1925)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/EG19250116.2.16.1), 1925-01-16, Ellesmere Guardian
- [Page 3 Advertisements Column 3 (Evening Post, 16 January 1925)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/EP19250116.2.22.3), 1925-01-16, Evening Post
- [RADIO PROGRAMMES (Evening Post, 16 January 1928)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/EP19280116.2.20), 1928-01-16, Evening Post
- [CHRISTCHURCH FIRES (Evening Post, 16 January 1930)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/EP19300116.2.124.1), 1930-01-16, Evening Post
- [Page 1 Advertisements Column 2 (Ellesmere Guardian, 16 January 1931)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/EG19310116.2.2.2), 1931-01-16, Ellesmere Guardian
- [BOWLING (Evening Post, 16 January 1931)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/EP19310116.2.127), 1931-01-16, Evening Post
- [Acheron Diversion, Lake Coleridge spillway centre](https://www.canterburystories.nz/collections/archives/med/med-historical-photographs/ccl-cs-8183), 1931-01-16, MED Historical Photographs
- [Acheron Diversion, Lake Coleridge spillway centre](https://www.canterburystories.nz/collections/archives/med/med-historical-photographs/ccl-cs-8184), 1931-01-16, MED Historical Photographs
- [Acheron Diversion, Lake Coleridge spillway centre](https://www.canterburystories.nz/collections/archives/med/med-historical-photographs/ccl-cs-8185), 1931-01-16, MED Historical Photographs
- [Acheron Diversion, Lake Coleridge spillway centre](https://www.canterburystories.nz/collections/archives/med/med-historical-photographs/ccl-cs-8186), 1931-01-16, MED Historical Photographs
- [Acheron Diversion, Lake Coleridge spillway centre](https://www.canterburystories.nz/collections/archives/med/med-historical-photographs/ccl-cs-8187), 1931-01-16, MED Historical Photographs
- [FOURTH ROUND (Evening Post, 16 January 1933)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/EP19330116.2.170), 1933-01-16, Evening Post
- [Page 1 Advertisements Column 3 (Ellesmere Guardian, 16 January 1934)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/EG19340116.2.2.3), 1934-01-16, Ellesmere Guardian
- [Holiday time in the South Island: greeting the New Year in typical fashion at New Brighton Beach, Christchurch](https://kura.aucklandlibraries.govt.nz/digital/collection/photos/id/274339), 1935-01-16, Auckland Weekly News
- [PERSONAL NOTES (Evening Post, 16 January 1940)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/EP19400116.2.128.3), 1940-01-16, Evening Post
- [FIFTH ROUND (Evening Post, 16 January 1941)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/EP19410116.2.94), 1941-01-16, Evening Post
- [ROLL OF HONOUR (Evening Post, 16 January 1942)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/EP19420116.2.111), 1942-01-16, Evening Post
- [WAR EXPENSES (Evening Post, 16 January 1942)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/EP19420116.2.113), 1942-01-16, Evening Post
- [NAVAL AWARDS (Evening Post, 16 January 1945)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/EP19450116.2.78), 1945-01-16, Evening Post
- [Brian Gilberthorpe photo: 1961 Back](http://lianza.recollect.co.nz/nodes/view/3077), 1961-01-16, LIANZA
- [Brian Gilberthorpe photo: 1961 Front](http://lianza.recollect.co.nz/nodes/view/3078), 1961-01-16, LIANZA
- [Polemonium caeruleum](https://www.aucklandmuseum.com/discover/collections/record/968840), 1985-01-16, Natural Science
- [Notice of Intention to Remove Companies From](https://gazette.govt.nz/notice/id/2003-ds411), 2003-01-16, New Zealand Gazette
- [Billens Building, High Street](https://www.canterburystories.nz/collections/community/moatatamaira/ccl-cs-122432), 2007-01-16, Canterbury Stories
- [Stories in the sun, Cathedral Square](https://www.flickr.com/photos/christchurchcitylibraries/32883571058), 2019-01-16, Christchurch City Libraries Flickr
- [Notice of Intention to Remove Companies From the Register](https://gazette.govt.nz/notice/id/2025-ds208), 2025-01-16, New Zealand Gazette

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