More Info →Opening of the Wellington and Manawatu Railway Company Line

On the back of this print was the caption, "opening of W & M Railway" and the handwriting seemed to be that of the donor's grandfather Mr L G West, who was Mayor of Palmerston North 1885-1887. A full account of this event can be found in the Evening Post, Volume XXXII, Issue 146, 4 November 1886, Page 2 (available at Paperspast)