Three Flax Mills
The three flaxmills are 1. Foxton Mill of A King & Co in right background with white water tank. 2. Star Mill, G Coley in right centre with tall smokestack. 3. Ora Mill, H Greig in right foreground with flax stacked in yard.
The three flaxmills are 1. Foxton Mill of A King & Co in right background with white water tank. 2. Star Mill, G Coley in right centre with tall smokestack. 3. Ora Mill, H Greig in right foreground with flax stacked in yard.
The Palmerston North abattoir was opened in Awapuni in December 1906. It was operated by the Manawatu Meat Company until February 1917, when it was purchased by the Palmerston North Borough Council. The Council operated the abattoir until 1969, when it was demolished.
Mr Henry H Stephens and his wife Francis Lawson moved to Apiti in 1894 and established the business, working it until their departure to Awahuri in 1908. Henry Stephens was also appointed a Justice of the Peace while in Apiti. Henry Stephens opened another store in Awahuri, trading in the same goods and services. He died in Awahuri in 1913.
The Manawatu River in flood near Palmerston North.
In 1952, Palmerston North celebrated 75 years since being proclaimed a Borough. A parade of decorated floats was part of the week long celebrations. The Palmerston North Hospital Board entered this float and were placed fourth in the Parade.
This photograph was taken on the corner of Cook Street and Main Street West, and looks towards and beyond The Square. On the left is the Railway Land Reserve. This land formerly held the Railway Station and yards, that were removed in 1964 when the deviation of the line to the edge of Palmerston North was finally completed.
Cylinder .9" x 18" Stroke, Gauge, 3'6". For the Manawatu County council supplied by Richardson & Blair 11 Grey Street, Wellington, New Zealand. Makers: Andrew Barclay, Sons & Co., Caledonia Works, Kilmarnock, Scotland. Records of the Industrial Locomotive Society show that engine 1197 was dispatched to Richardson & Blair for the Manawatu County Council 8.2.1910.
A horse and coach re-enactment was part of the celebrations involved in the opening of the Cobb and Co family restaurant. Cobb and Co. opened in the refurbished former Empire Hotel on the corner of Princess Street and Main Street east.
The Rangitikei Dairy Company’s first factory at Bulls was built in 1901 and replaced in 1925.
This postcard reads: "Am all alone tonight the family having left with the washing GY (?)". The image looks from the corner of Broadway Avenue down towards Church Street, with Main Street East on the left about centre of the photograph. From left: the side of the Bank of Australasia; W Reed Butchers; Red Bird Cycle Engineers; E Gascoigne: Grocer, Baker, Caterer; Dresden Piano Company and C. Smith Draper. In the distance, W F Durward's drapery business is visible on the site of the Plaza, Church Street (once home to the PDC building). The old Post Office (now the Esplanade Cafe) is on the corner of Main Street East and The Square.
Les Arnott , a well known building contractor of Palmrston North, purchased the cordial factory about 1924 and operated it for about 10 years as a part time business before leasing it to Mr Voitree and then to a Mr Rosser. Mr Arnott traded under the name of Griffiths, which was the name of the founder of the business.
The photograph shows two Ford Model T trucks loaded with gallon jars of cordial. The small truck was used for household deliveries in and around Palmerston North while the double-decker truck went to Pahiatua and Dannevirke. The man on the right is Percy Vining, who looked after the trucks and later went into business as motor mechanic and motor garage proprietor in Palmerston North. The other two people are unidentified.
The cordials manufactured by Arnott were lemonade, orange, cola, raspberry, creaming soda and ginger ale.
The cordial factory (seen in the background) was situated on the eastern side of Albert Street between Broadway Avenue and Grey Street, on the site once occupied by Richter, Nannestad & Co's sawmill and by a sash and door factory. The cordial factory building was still standing at 67 Albert Street and used as a storage shed in the 1980s, when the Arnott family still owned the building.
This Post Office stood on the corner of Wharf Street where it remained in use until a new building was constructed in 1909. The building was sold by tender and finally became incorporated in a private dwelling on the Borough boundary.
The fifth Mayor was of Palmerston North was Mr Ludolph Georg West, who held office for one term in 1886-1887. He was the second Scandinavian to become Mayor, being born in Denmark. In 1868 he arrived in the Palmerston North District and a few years later went into business as an architect and commission agent. He designed many of the prominent buildings of the early township. After his death in 1919, his son Ernst Vilhelm West continued the family business and also served on the Borough Council.
Massey Agricultural College was opened in 1928. This photograph looks across Riverbank Road in Fitzherbert towards the campus on the old McHardy property. Centre can be seen the Main Science building, with the Refectory to the left and 'Wharerata', still owned by the Russell family, to the right. In the foreground are the training and experimental farmlands on the 'Batchelar flats', the original site of the College.
The Willard Childrens' Home, originally in Fitzherbert Street (now Avenue), was run by the Women's Christian Temperance Union (WCTU) from 1920. In 1928 a residence in Russell Street was renovated and extended to become a new home, accommodating up to 25 children. Due to a lack of demand the home was passed to the Presbyterian Social Services Association in 1961, and was converted for use as a home for the Elderly.
Child Brothers Ltd, Carriers and Fuel Merchants, was established in 1919 by Edward G Child and his sons, W J Child & E W H Child. They opened the metal crushing depot and plant at the end of Albert Street near the Manawatu River c1927. The business later became known as Child Metal Ltd.
This re-sealing machine in use at the Palmerston North airport was one of the first of its kind to be built in New Zealand. Milson Airport also had an alternative grass runway for light planes to use. Beyond can be seen the terminal building.
‘The Wattles” was built for Mr William Park, stationer and Mayor of Palmerston North (1893-1895) in 1887, on a 4 acre section. The 20-room house was designed by Ernest Larcomb, a local architect, and constructed of native timbers. The property was particularly known for its gardens. In 1910 William Park sold the property to Frederick Joseph Nathan, another Mayor of Palmerston North, who renamed it 'Moerangi'. After it was sold by Mrs Nathan in 1946 it had numerous owners until it was demolished in 1967. The card was sent to Miss Kirkwood, C/- Mrs Mitchell, Weston, Oamaru, dated 21 January 1909.
William Davis Junior and May Jarvis (nee Jarvis) on their wedding day. From "Campbelltown Rongotea" (Vera Hunt, 2011), "They purchased Percy Lasenby's farm on Kaimatarau Road (Block 8, section 63 and 64) where they brought up 4 daughters. They both became involved in community affairs and were generous to all charitable organisations. Towards the end of their lifetime they moved to be with their family in Rotorua, where they passes away. Both are buried at Rongotea Cemetery."
Sergeant Barber was in the 23rd Company, Junior Cadets, and the 48th Company of Senior Cadets, both of which were Palmerston North Cadet Units. During World War One he was in the Rifle Brigade.
This second dam on the Turitea Stream was opened in 1907. In 1912, its height was raised to 50 feet.
This photograph shows an unidentified person hauling timber to the railway yard with a team of horses.
This Christmas card offers the Season's Greetings from the Girls College, Wanganui in 1894. Top, from left: Grounds, Gymnasium, Gymnasium, Dining Room. Centre: Pupils, Staff. Lower: Exterior of Building. Extreme lower right: Flower show in Dining room.