This image was taken for a story that ran in The Manawatu Evening Standard on 22 June, 1963. "It is hard on feet and hands working in mud and slush conditions on cold mornings as these Post Office Department employees well know. Here they are seen...

Creator:      Manawatū Evening Standard
Place:          Palmerston North
Date:          1963-06-22T00:00:00+00:00

A group of about fifteen soldiers holding picks and planks of wood are shown practising digging trenches. It was probably taken at the Awapuni Racecourse, which was home to one of New Zealand’s largest training camps in World War One, and was the ...

Place:          Awapuni
Date:          1914 to 1918

A group of about thirty soldiers practise different techniques for carrying wounded colleagues within the confines of a narrow trench. It was probably taken at the Awapuni Racecourse, which was home to one of New Zealand’s largest training camps i...

Place:          Awapuni
Date:          1914 to 1918

Mr Bill Hughes (Borough Foreman) is standing on the left (with hat), J R Hughes is standing behind him (wearing a suit). J R Hughes was Borough Engineer from 1919-1937. This photograph appears to be taken beside the old sewage ponds at Awapuni.

Creator:      Whalley and Co., Crown Studios,
Place:          Palmerston North
Date:          circa 1920

Samuel Jickell was the Palmerston North Borough Engineer from 1904-1919. This photograph shows a sewer pipe being lain in a swamp. The 24" sewer is being laid at a depth of 15' to the inlet.

Creator:      Samuel Jickell
Place:          Palmerston North
Date:          1905

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.

Creator:      Whalley and Co., Crown Studios
Place:          Palmerston North
Date:          circa 1920

Samuel Jickell was the Palmerston North Borough Engineer from 1904-1919. This photograph shows a sewer pipe being lain in a swamp. The 24" sewer is being laid at a depth of 15' to the inlet.

Creator:      Samuel Jickell
Place:          Palmerston North
Date:          1905

Mr Bill Hughes (Borough Foreman) is standing on the left (with hat), J R Hughes is standing on right (wearing a suit). J R Hughes was Borough Engineer from 1919-1937. This photograph appears to be taken beside the old sewage ponds at Awapuni.

Creator:      Whalley and Co., Crown Studios,
Place:          Palmerston North
Date:          circa 1920

Samuel Jickell was the Palmerston North Borough Engineer from 1904-1919. This photograph shows a sewer pipe being lain in a swamp. The 24" sewer is being laid at a depth of 15' to the inlet.

Creator:      Samuel Jickell
Place:          Palmerston North
Date:          1905

Samuel Jickell was the Palmerston North Borough Engineer from 1904-1919. This photograph shows a sewer pipe being lain in a swamp. The 24" sewer is being laid at a depth of 15' to the inlet.

Creator:      Samuel Jickell
Place:          Palmerston North
Date:          1905

Left is J R Hughes (PNBC Engineer), right is Bill Hughes (PNBC Foreman). This appears to be the Awapuni area beside the old sewage ponds.

Creator:      Whalley and Co., Crown Studios
Place:          Palmerston North
Date:          circa 1920