A group of nine young soldiers, outside an army tent, during World War One. "J" Battery was a local Territorial Battery formed in 1911. Bill Davey is front row centre.

The abattoir opened on 5 December 1906. The Palmerston North Borough Council took the business over as a municipal venture in 1917, until in April 1951 it was handed over to a company of butchers to lease. It was demolished in 1969 and the land subdivided for housing in the rapidly growing Awapuni area of Palmerston North.

This photograph shows a large crowd at the winter meeting in front of the main totalisator building (TAB) at the Awapuni Racecourse. The decision to begin race meetings in Palmerston North was made at a meeting of sportsmen in October 1880. D H McArthur was President. The first race couse was situated at the end of Park Road and met there from July 1883 until 1903 when the Awapuni Race course was brought into commission (due to erosion at the previous site). A branch railway was laid in 1905 to carry patrons into the race course.

A re-enactment of the arrival of early pakeha settlers to Palmerston North began an 8 day celebration to mark the 75th anniversary of the Borough of Palmerston North. People dressed in period costume for the day's events, beginning at the Fitzherbert River. Miss Astin, a member of the Palmerston North Business Girls' Club is holding the baby (a life sized doll).

This painting shows the drawing room of “Moerangi”, owned by Mr F.J. Nathan. Originally, the home belonged to Mr William Park and was called the “Wattles’. In 1967 the building was demolished.

The Lychway, a funeral home, was built in 1956. After the building was demolished the land has been converted to a car park for UCOL staff & students. A temporary market for vegetable sales is open on Saturday mornings.

The New Zealand Dairy Farmers Union established this factory in 1893. It was bought by Joseph Nathan Co. Ltd who began the first dried milk operations in New Zealand. 'Glaxo' became the brand name for their baby milk product and Glaxo Laboratories was formed in 1937. The factory continued operating until 1973, when Glaxo centred all their production at Botanical Road, Palmerston North.

The Youth Institution at Linton, was built for just under $5 million, and introduced a new concept in “treating’ its inmates. The Institution accommodated 96 permanent male residents between 15 - 23 years of age. It also had a 24-cell remand unit for males of the same age group.

This Railway Station in Main Street was demolished in 1964 after the new Railway Station off Tremaine Avenue became operational. The building on the far end of the platform was an extra refreshment booth.

This photograph shows a derailment on the Palmerston North - Napier Line, Keith Street Palmerston North. About eighteen wagons were derailed.There were a spate of attempts to derail trains on the line, through the use of debris on the line, objects thrown at the drivers and one case of shots being fired.

This fire station was built in 1926, replacing an earlier one near by which was in use 1910-1926. The Fire Brigade was established in Palmerston North in 1883.

A road throught the Gorge was constructed 1871-1872 linking Manawatu with Wairarapa and Hawkes Bay. Telegraph lines, as seen, were installed through the Manawatu Gorge in 1879 – 1880.

Bill Hughes (PNBC Foreman) is standing on the left and J R Hughes (PNBC Engineer) is standing on the right. J R Hughes became Borough Engineer in 1919 and still held the post in 1937. This appears to be the Awapuni area beside the old sewage ponds.

The Miranui Flaxmill, near Shannon, was the largest flaxmill built in New Zealand, in 1907. At its height in 1926 it employed about 300 workers. Dick Webb, Mill Manager, is seated on the ground holding his daughter, in front of the first row of men.

The Main Science Building of Massey Agricultural College was designed by Lippencott and built by the Fletcher Construction Company in time for the beginning of the 1931 academic year. Excavations were dug out by hand and carted away in drays and trucks. Two of the contractors, identified on the trucks, were the NZ Express Co., which owned the Dennis, 1/2 ton model truck, and W ("Brum") Smith, Sand and Gravel Contractor, which also owned the 2 drays in the photograph. The Main Science Building remains in use at Massey University today, as the 'Old Main Building'. Idenitifed men: Jack Stevens (5th from left, standing on the terrce); Arthur Cooksley (7th from left, standing on the terrace); Tom Dougherty of Steelbenders, Palmerston North (16th from left, standing on the terrace); 'The Boss' of Fletcher Construction (standing extreme right, on the terrace); Dan Sullivan (standing with shovel on the left)

A midsummer festival named 'Carnival of the Lake’ was held at the lake on Centennial Drive. As part of the festivities, the Manawatu Thistle Caledonian Society held its 24th Highland Gathering. There were piping event, highland dancing and miniature band displays.

Mrs Margaret Anne Mansford (on right) was the wife of Augustus Edward Mansford, 18th Mayor of Palmerston North (1931-1947). She died 3 September 1963 aged 80 years.

Taken from the top of the Fitzherbert Terrace and looking down towards the Manawatu River. Mr C J Monro owned the land on the left of the road and this hill was called Monro's Hill for many years. It is now usually referred to as Massey Hill, after Massey University who now owns the land on both sides of the road. In 1969, the road was considerably widened and a pedestrian subway was constructed under the road so that students from the hostels, on the land formerly owned by the Monros, could cross to the university campus.

Members of the Manawatu Golf Club gathered outside the Club House at Hokowhitu. From left. Back row: L Seifert; H R Cooper; Unknown; P Moore; Langford; G Moore. Front row: W Strang; A Seifert; Barrand; V Harman; L Abraham; H L Young.

A crowd of onlookers watching the departure of the last train from the Main Street Station. This Railway Station served Palmerston North from 1890 to 1963, when the station moved to Tremaine Avenue after the rail line was deviated from the centre of Palmerston North.

workmen construcat a chimney on the rear of a Foxton house located opposite the state school in Foxton.

This must have been taken before November 1906 because there is no clock in the tower. This post office was built on the site of previous one, on the corner of Main Street and The Square in 1906. The building was later extended along Main Street, and the tower was removed after the 1942 Wairarapa earthquake, as it was considered unsafe. The clock and chimes were put into storage until reinstated in a clock tower in The Square, which was completed in 1957. See also 2007p_go35_gor_0702 for another example in this series.

Valhalla, the Oden family homestead on Stoney Creek Road, was built in 1896. Behind the house is the old 'walk through' cow shed, complete with milk cans. Carl and Colleen Oden supplied Glaxo with milk from their small herd, until new regulations requiring the use of stainless steel milking equipment came into force, which proved non-viable economically. Colleen Oden was the first woman to qualify as an Artificial Insemination technician.

Construction of the second hall at Opiki is underway in this photograph. The first public hall at Opiki was burnt down in 1944 and this hall was constructed three years later to replace the original.

Shown here is the second gasworks, built by the Palmerston North Borough Council and opened 21 December 1923. The original gasworks were opened in 1889 on the corner of Cook and Main Streets. The Napier Road coal-based Gasworks went out of operation on November 1970, when Palmerston North was connected to a pipeline from the Kapuni gas field, Taranaki.

This engine provided the motive power for Mr George Craw’s flaxmill at Linton in 1904-1911. When the mill was destroyed by fire in 1911 the engine was hauled from Linton to Palmerston North where it was reconditioned by the firm of Adam Burgess in Rangitikei Street. It was sold to a new owner in the Wanganui district. This photograph shows the engine passing through The Square, Palmerston North, on route to Rangitikei Street. Ten horses were used at this stage of the journey, but to move the engine from the mill site to the main road a further two horses were used.

Mrs Nielsen has the pointed bodice, two-piece dress, tight sleeves, absence of bustle and comparative simplicity of the dress of the late 1870s.

Property of Bishop Monrad, former Prime Minister of Denmark, and family. Translated from Danish on rear of photograph, wrotten by Olga Monrad, daughte rin law of Bishop Monrad: “View from the living room window, the lawn nearest, flower border, further gardens with fence to the plain [paddock]. To the right the agoon with forest opposite and grazing [for] horses on the space in front. The garden has grown a lot since the photo and more stumps have been removed.”

This view of Rongotea was taken from Murray White's Radio Mast. It shows the Dairy Factory at the corner of Douglas Square and Thames Street (left), J G Glover's Blacksmith shop at the corner of Thames Street and Medway Street (right), Douglas Square (centre foreground) as well as a variety of residential properties.

Shown here is a view of the Fitzherbert Bridge from the Esplanade Gardens. This bridge was built by Fletcher Construction Company Limited during 1933 – 1935 at a cost of £34, 074. The bridge was officially opened by Viscount Galway the Governor General on the 20th of July 1935. In the foreground is the pergola, built c1916-1917 and demolished c1940.