Shown here is a function conducted by the Manawatu Board of Control regarding the widening and straightening of the Manawatu Gorge. Mr J.A. Nash is speaking and immediately in front of him is Hon. J.G. Coates, Minister of Public Works.

Creator:      Whalley and Co., Crown Studios
Place:          Hawkes Bay Region
Date:          circa 1920 to circa 1923

Town Clerks, from left: L.F. Foote (Bluff); N.C. Harding (Hastings); J.R. Hardie (Palmerston North); C.R. White (Wanganui).

Creator:      Unknown
Place:          Hawkes Bay Region
Date:          circa 1940