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Hutt Valley History 36; Social Occasions 006; Day's Bay Pavilion and Variety Hall.
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PhotographerNational Publicity Studios?
DescriptionOne of a set of 64 images from what must have been a mid-1950s film-strip presentation by Lower Hutt City Council on over 110 years of progress.
Original description:-
"By 1919 the 'horseless buggy' was the conveyance to use when visiting the Trentham Races; or Days Bay Pavilion and Variety Hall."
Extracted from Wikipedia:-
Day's Bay House, seen here, was built in 1903 for ship-owner, J H Williams, turned ferry service and eastern-harbour property developer. The hotel operation met with only moderate success and in 1913 with its immediate surrounds, 4 acres, it was sold to Miss Gladys Sommerville so she might expand her successful Croydon School. In April 1919 the Wellington Diocesan Church Schools Board purchased Croydon (and also Mrs Swainson's school, renaming it Marsden). The rest of the grounds became Williams Park. In April 1919 the Wellington Diocesan Church Schools Board purchased Croydon; it was temporarily renamed Marsden. In 1940 Mr William Hutton Stevens leased the premises from the Wellington Diocesan Board and moved his day school, Wellesley College to Day's Bay. In 1965 the Diocesan Board regained management of the premises, keeping the name.
A3747 is similar to National Publicity Studios numbers, but may be someone else's.
Image has been darkened, with contrast reduced, to clarify detail at right.Geotag[1] Wellesley College
DescriptionOne of a set of 64 images from what must have been a mid-1950s film-strip presentation by Lower Hutt City Council on over 110 years of progress.Original description:-
"By 1919 the 'horseless buggy' was the conveyance to use when visiting the Trentham Races; or Days Bay Pavilion and Variety Hall."
Extracted from Wikipedia:-
Day's Bay House, seen here, was built in 1903 for ship-owner, J H Williams, turned ferry service and eastern-harbour property developer. The hotel operation met with only moderate success and in 1913 with its immediate surrounds, 4 acres, it was sold to Miss Gladys Sommerville so she might expand her successful Croydon School. In April 1919 the Wellington Diocesan Church Schools Board purchased Croydon (and also Mrs Swainson's school, renaming it Marsden). The rest of the grounds became Williams Park. In April 1919 the Wellington Diocesan Church Schools Board purchased Croydon; it was temporarily renamed Marsden. In 1940 Mr William Hutton Stevens leased the premises from the Wellington Diocesan Board and moved his day school, Wellesley College to Day's Bay. In 1965 the Diocesan Board regained management of the premises, keeping the name.
A3747 is similar to National Publicity Studios numbers, but may be someone else's.
Image has been darkened, with contrast reduced, to clarify detail at right.
Geotag[1] Wellesley CollegePart of
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Hutt Valley History 36; Social Occasions 006; Day's Bay Pavilion and Variety Hall.. Upper Hutt Libraries, accessed 03/05/2026, https://uhcl.recollect.co.nz/nodes/view/17267