Cable Street
2 council reports at 1 address on Cable Street, Wigram, on record since October 2023.
Where it runs
Each report dot is the average of the spots reports were filed from, where reporters stood on Cable Street, not the street’s surveyed line. The strong outline is Wigram.
From the air, then
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The numbered spots
- 24 Cable Street, 2 reports
What got reported
- Graffiti & vandalism, 2 reports
Year by year
- 2023, 1 report
- 2025, 1 report
Documents that name it
Records on the shelf that name Cable Street, 43 in total; the 6 earliest:
- EXPRESS" TELEGRAMS (Marlborough Express, 08 November 1876) · Papers Past ·
…y roy 3 eight ran and it was won by half a length time 3min 40f sees wellington nov 8 tha cable steamer agnes returned after performing best portion of her task having laid 37 miles of cable she will…
- News of the Week. (Otago Witness, 24 January 1880) · Papers Past ·
…ganui and the slackness of the current the new cable will wear many years longer than the cable stretched between wakapuaka and wellington where the bottom is rocky and the current strong esferring to…
- CHRISTCHURCH. (Colonist, 25 April 1882) · Papers Past ·
…oubles have partly arisen being in receipt of their full subsidy and having withdrawn the cable steamer agnes fr6mthes waters in pursuance of the ame agreement there is no obstacle in the way of new s…
- INTERPROVINCIAL. (Akaroa Mail and Banks Peninsula Advertiser, 18 December 1885) · Papers Past ·
interprovincial christohokcii december 37 the cable steamer sherad osborne was not successful in picking up ihe solute bay end of the cable yesterday andjis…
- LOCAL AND GENERAL (Wanganui Chronicle, 28 July 1890) · Papers Past ·
…le agency company limited a telegram from wellington sayss that lord onlow has received a cable stating the earl of jersey succeeds lord carrington as governor of new south wales the funeral of mr tho…
- ANGLO-COLONIAL NOTES. (Auckland Star, 12 September 1895) · Papers Past ·
…bhe fieby flavour whioh has been complained of in some of bhe new zealand butters the new cable steamer a number of tenders have been eenb io for the new cable steamer and are under consideration but…
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As it was reported
Latest on record
- Graffiti on a fence, building or structure at 24 Cable Street, 26 Mar 2025
- Graffiti at 24 Cable Street, 12 Oct 2023
Questions, answered briefly
In Wigram, Christchurch, New Zealand.
2 reports at 1 address, most often graffiti & vandalism (2).
2023, the record covers 2 separate days somebody filed something about it, through 2025.
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