Whakarongo ‘Bridge to Nowhere”. The last remnant of the Whakarongo Deviation, the unused railway bridge/ culvert, behind 29 Kelvin Grove Road… As at April 1999 and after some debate, it is fated to be preserved as a lawn ornament. ‘A Time of Transition’ by Val Burr, page 22. See Also: Ian Matheson City Archive Research File A175/ 316

Sheep dipping on the 'Siberia' Station, near Ashhurst. The Station was owned by the Harding family from 1906 to 1915, although they had leased the land for some years prior to these dates.

Many of the people in this photograph are unidentified. Back row: With one of his daughters (probably Cissie or Alice) on his shoulder, Thomas Wilmer McKenzie (third from right). Front row: Mrs Snelson (third from right); Mrs Leah McKenzie (fourth from right).

Mr. and Mrs D Black, Mayor and Mayoress of Palmerston North, open 'Totaranui' in The Square. “Totaranui”, constructed at 49 Fitzroy Street c1875, was built for Peter Manson, a sawmiller, farmer and Borough Councillor, and his family. It was bought by the Pascoe family in 1908 and in 1970 the family gifted it to the Palmerston North City Council. It is said to be one of the oldest building still in existence in Palmerston North. It was sited in The Square for the centenary and is now part of the museum complex at Te Manawa.

Milson Aerodrome, Palmerston North, became the headquarters of Union Airways (later merged with National Airways Corporation which became Air New Zealand) when the Palmerston North – Dunedin service was inaugurated 15 January 1936. The three Union airways aeroplanes (DH 86 Express) from left: ZK-AEH; ZK-AEF; ZK-AEG.

View taken looking South towards the Tararua Mountains. Tremaine Avenue (then Boundary Road) runs across the centre of the photograph on this side of the city and is noticeably underdeveloped compared to today. Flygers Line is running right from the bottom left hand corner and the Mangaone Stream is visible in the foreground.

A permanent branch office was established in Palmerston North in 1919 with this particular building opening in 1922. An additional storey on a portion of the premises and extensive improvements on the ground floor of the building were carried out in the 1930s. The front of this building was demolished in August 1978, replaced with a new front section, completed December 1979.

The Reverend James Duncan came to Foxton from Wanganui as a missionary in 1848. In the late 1850s he resigned his position as a missionary and became employed as a Minister in the district. He is credited with being the founder of Foxton, which originally grew up as a white settlement around a Maori pa. Duncan became Moderator of the Presbyterian Church of New Zealand and died 13 December 1907.

The Imperial Troops arrived by train and disembarked in The Square, after which they paraded at the Showgrounds. Large crowds attended the display.

Cattle and horse judging and a tractor parade in the main arena at the Agricultural and Pastoral Association Showgrounds in Palmerston North. The Annual Show was held yearly in November. The Showgounds were first used for A & P shows in Palmerston North in 1886.

Reverend Father P.C. Costello died in Palmerston North 7 December 1912. The funeral was very large with 50 priests from all over the district attending. The procession is shown at the corner of Broad Street (now Broadway) and The Square.

This rail crash occurred two km from the Palmerston North Railway Station on the run to Wellington. The only injuries sustained were those of the driver Mr Mayo while the seven passengers and Wally Wallbutton escaped unscathed. See Manawatu Evening Standard 27 August 1981.

This engine was the Palmerston North Fire Station's latest purchase in 1981, at a cost of $120,000. It had a fire speed gear box and could pump water at the rate of 65 litres per second. Once fitted with the necessary equipment, it was intended to fight all house fires in the district.

This Post Office was erected in 1889 on the corner of Main Street West and The Square. In 1905, it was moved around the corner to face onto Main Street West and a new Post Office was built. This earlier post office was then used an an extension of the new building, sorting country deliveries and customs parcels, until 1989-1990 when it was moved to the Victoria Esplanade to function as the tea rooms.

A new $600,000 Library building in Feilding was designed by architect, Lindsay Durrant, and was officially opened by the Mayor of Feilding, Mr. Ged Corrick on 27 September 1980.

Armistice Day celebrated the end of World War One, and remembered those members of the armed forces who were killed during World War One. In Rongotea 8oo people joined a parade, including cadets, scouts, 13 dairy electric trucks conveying a Red Cross party, a combined choir, and a bus and motor cars.

This skimming station on the corner of Roberts’s Line and the Bunnythorpe-Kairanga Road was owned by J Nathan & Co. Ltd., of Wellington, and supplied cream to their butter factory at Makino, near Feilding. This photograph shows the long line of carts which was a typical sight at a skimming station in the early years of that century. The carts contained cans of whole milk, the skimming station separated the cream from the milk and the farmers then retuned home with skimmed milk for feeding to pigs and calves.

The Miranui Flaxmill, near Shannon, was the largest flaxmill built in New Zealand, in 1907. The scutching machine is the boxlike arrangement on the right comprising of six revolving wooden beaters to beat out any loose vegetable matter in the hanks of fibre. Workers feed flax fibre (on the floor)into the machine. The scutched hanks wait on the rail to be baled.

A family waits for a train in the Main Street Station in 1964. although the new station opened on Tremaine Avenue in 1963 the yards were still used, and the last train went through this station in June 1964.

The Palmerston North Art Gallery, administered by the Manawatu Art Gallery Society on behalf of the City Council, was opened by the Governor General Lord Cobham on 30 September 1959. A new Art Gallery was constructed as part of the Te Manawa complex in Main Street and opened in 1977. See 2009P_Bm22_BUI_2707, 2014N_Bm24_009560 and 2008N_Bm23_BUI_1828 for alternate views.

The man sitting on top of the dam is P W Anderson of Levin. Samuel Jickell was Palmerston North Borough Engineer from 1904-1919. This dam was originally completed in 1907 but was raised to 50 feet in 1912. It was officially opened February 17 1913. This enlarged dam remained in use until 1957 when a 100 ft high dam was constructed.

Kenneth Wilson was headmaster of Palmerston North High School, which opened in 1891 in Rangitikei Street. He also opened a private school in Wellington and was employed at Wellington College. Wilson died in 1913.

The horse drawn vehicle on the left of the photo is standing at the corner of Grey Street and Rangitikei Street. On the opposite side of the street are several landmarks of old Palmerston North. The Abraham and Williams building stood on part of section 266 while alongside the premises of Barraud and Abraham. Opposite this is the office of Bell's cordial factory and the Reid and Gray premises. Moving closer to The Square, a small wooden building with a wooden fence on either side is visible. This building has the word "Repairs" on its wall, so it may have been occupied by a boot repair business. It was the office of Matthew Henry for several years. The wooden fences marked the site of two large sale-yards (Matthew Henry's Saleyards and NZ Loan and Mercantile [further away]) while the shop of F H Burbush (saddler) can be seen in the distance, adjoining the wooden premises of the NZ Loan and Mercantile Agency Co Ltd. This firm erected a new two-storey brick building in 1903. Alongside the Loan and Mercantile premises is the two-storey wooden building (with ornate front and flagpole) owned by J Bett and used as a carriage building factory. Manson and Barr's hardware store also occupied some of this building. Tattersall's Stables are located next door. The Clarendon Hotel is visible on the opposite side of Cuba Street (section 262), which burnt down in 1904. In the centre distance is the old band rotunda and the two-storey Bank of New Zealand building (erected 1902), which stands on the corner of Fitzherbert Avenue and The Square.

It is thought the factory is Hume Pipes Co. (Aust) Ltd.

Six nurses pose outside of the Nurses Home. The Palmerston North Hospital was opened in 1893, and has been substantially altered and added on to, on the same site, over the years. The Nures Home was built in 1915, and enlarged in the late 1930s.

Three unidentified young men chopping down a Kahikatea tree thought to be in the Longburn area.

This postcard gives a clear indication of what the Esplanade Tea Kiosk looked like. The kiosk was built in 1909 and demolished in 1943.

A coloured postcard view of the Manawatu Gorge, viewed from the Ashhurst end. To the right can be seen the road, constructed through the Gorge in 1872, and to the left the railway line.

Awapuni Racecourse was the site of an army training camp during WW1. The text reads, "Photo taken on some previous occasion before we arrived. The large grandstand with small turret is where we are quartered - the front being covered with tarpaulins. The next building is our Headquarters from which the flag flies - that is where the officers have their quarters - the commandants office and the general office. The next - a smaller grandstand where we often assemble for lectures. The building further on is the caretaker's house. The course is in front of the picture. Jim."

Dahl family outside their house in Duke Street (now Princess Street). People identified from left: Leslie Dahl, Norman Dahl, Charles Dahl (behind fence, with bowler hat), Charles junior Dahl (with dog), 2 unknown women (with bicycles), Pearl Dahl, Mrs Frederick Johansen (mother of donor), Theodore Dahl (on tricycle), Justine Dahl.