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Silverstream railway bridge 2 (1903-1957); distant view downstream.Queen Street saleyards; cattle sale. Timber industry; Campbell's Sawmills Ltd, Karapoti; experimental logging tractor on bush tramway bridge. Upper Hutt Rugby Football Club 1928; juniors.New Zealand Railways locomotive, S 0-6-4 T class; number 213Timber industry; axemen at Narrow Neck, Whiteman's Valley.Beauty pageant audience, A & P show, 1967Biggs store, Main Street; interior. [P2-939-2195]Hapai club 8th birthday, Rugby gymnasium; Mawai Hakona Maori concert party and audience.Fire Brigade; new appliance handed over, 6 August 1938.The Upper Hutt District in the 1840s, by S.C. Brees Ōrongomai Marae 1998; Waitangi open day; Māwai Hakona whanau demonstrate the art of taiaha Army charter march 6, Main Street.Dunlop tyre assembly; cross-ply, small sizesLa De Da's, rugby gym, c. 1967Hazelwoods Women's Day fancy dress entrants.Upper Hutt Town Board office; corner of Main and Russell streetsKenneth Graham Rosson 21st.Rimutaka Incline; goods train and surfacemen engaged in track work. [P2-18-26]St Hilda's Anglican Church 1920s?, south side of Main Street.Soldiers, Trentham 1916 [P2-110-280]Fire; Benge & Pratt's store, Main Street; remains.Rugby league ball; group, with trophies. [P3-418-1647]Mounted rifles, Trentham. Line of mounted horses.Main Street, Upper Hutt, January 1948 (L6)Upper Hutt railway station 1955; under constructionSchool Patrol Christmas party.Woolworths Checkers of the Year competition 1966; audience
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Wendy Nicholson and mother Doris.John Allen to go on Outward Bound course sponsored by Central Institute of Technology Students' Union.Engagement; Trevor George Dry, Evelyn May Duncalf. [P1-3763-6153]Pinehaven Road residents; Mr. Bond with neighbours. Bach was later located in Pinehaven Road.Totara Park Road; No. 11; Barry Dinan's crane topples while removing a Phoenix palm.Maidstone Intermediate 1973 Rm03Hazelwoods Father Christmas 1967; cave with fairy Jacqui Gibbs. [P1-1406-3796]Wedding; Neville Cole, Catherine Haxton 11; bride, groom, parents and cake. [P1-4301-6691]Water skiing; barefoot skier Jason MacArthur, 14; first overall and first in tricks, WaikatoBrentwood School; Renee Campbell with her dinosaur Stegosaurus.Wellington Golf Club Ball, 1960sTexarkana, formerly Fergie's, 212 Fergusson Drive; opposite St Pat's; owner Nick MacDonald.Heretaunga Players; Among Those Present: Graeme Collins.Council staff; Terry Hawkins retires after collecting Upper Hutt rubbish for 16 yearsFirefighters display a turntable ladder appliance.Golf; AMP New Zealand boys' championships, Te Marua club; Daimin Bodnar, Dean Kingsbeer, Mike Moles; no play.Upper Hutt Bowling Club undated 007Upper Hutt Bowling Club undated 036Plunket fashion parade, RSA club-rooms.Softball; Hutt Valley under 9s rep team; Jason Rangiuia, Corey MacDonald, Troy Kahui, from Totara Park.Boys' Brigade 8th annual display; Life Boys shields.Katrina Garratt; Heretaunga College's second-most successful School Certificate candidate.Mawai Hakona; visit by native Americans B 8AMP General Manager Graham Lewis and Roger O'Brien of Hutt Independent Boys' School.21st birthday; Ian Codyre 2. Mother, Madge, at leftFancy Dress Youth Dance St John's HallDunlop people; Keith Goodman, production managerSilverstream Volunteer Fire Brigade wreath for Tom Coe's funeral; 1972Community Gallery; secondary schools' exhibition; Reihana MacDonald, and Heretaunga College's Jo Brehaut's work.Hazelwoods fashion parade 2; contestant.STC Social, 1965.South Pacific Tyres; Doug Clark, manufacturing manager, and Steve Matthews, production manager.Leo Ferris Motors staff, 8 Goodshed Road; Bernie Wilson, Leo Ferris and Russell Denzel.Carol Ross 21st. [P1-7240-9630]RSA opening social.Rugby; action in Upper Hutt-Avalon match, Maidstone Park.Upper Hutt Municipal Band, 1929.Girl Guides Upper Hutt Division; Biscuit Selling; 1974Rugby Club Social [P1-2325-4715]Christmas Parade 1997 004Civic Administration Building and Town Hall.Wellington Trades Fair; Upper Hutt court; compere Frankie StevensEngagement; Julie Hosie, Alan Percy Sunkel. [P1-4911-7301]Dunlop raw materials; mixing mills; chipped gear tooth from mill or mixer.Blockhouse; interior, prior to restoration; lower floor. [P2-606-1509]Rugby team; 3B, 1959; 'Griff Field'. [P1-6455-8845]Toy Library; Down's Syndrome two-year-old Jessica Anderson on one of the special needs toys.Hazelwoods Father Christmas 1966; cave; Grumpy and Sleepy.Parker baby girl.Lottie's Boutique, Princes Street; manageress Mrs Hilary Webber.
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