More Info →"Best Boat Sets Off on First Leg" Foxton Beach River Race

This image was taken for a story that ran in The Manawatu Evening Standard on 26 December 1958: "L. Ward, who was awarded the prize for the best turned out boat and dress, sets out on the first leg of the Foxton Beach river race. The first part of the journey takes the competitors to Shannon, from where they will return to Palmerston North for the night before continuing on to Foxton tomorrow."