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Party of deerstalkers returning home.Blaketown lagoon.1862.Dobson Car Rest Home. -ALBUM-Oddfellows Hall ReeftonWilsons / Harris' Hotel ReeftonThe Reefton School of Mines 1886Albert Street under flood - Percy K. Wah with bike.. 1936.
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Violet Myrtle Sharp 1916-1994 wife of Terrance Arthur Thomas Hutchins Albert Bamfield Sharp, Manager of Co-Operative Store, Globe HillRunanga now and then *PHOTO ALBUM*Greta Frances Magee 1912-1988 with her brother Ronald Stanley Magee 1914-1940, and their cousin Violet May Collis.Reefton.ALBUM - Sarah Havill with Kowhitirangi twins Mark & Sarah .1922.James Magee 1861-1944 and wife Minnie (Dalton) 1862-1946.Charlotte "Myrtle" (Magee) 1894-1975 and brother Alfred "Alf" Baden Magee 1900-1987, children of Minnie (Dalton) & James Magee of Reefton,James Magee and wife Minnie (Dalton) of Sinnamon St, Reefton with their daughter Vera Susan Jones .NZ RUGBY LEAGUE TOUR . ENGLAND - BLACKBALL GREATS AGAINST EACH OTHER. BROTHERS DO BATTLE.Cron`s house at Haast. ca.1934.Okuru Football Team that played Jackson Bay on Nolan`s Airstrip.ca.1938.Members of the local Air Training Corps Squadron during a presentation at the Army Drill Hall, Greymouth.March,1966. Football Cabaret at Granity.March, 1966.Reefton resident Grant McAlpine outside the back door of his Grandparents` house & cousin Audrey Jones.1939.Albert Bamfield Sharp 1890-1968 Taxi DriverRELOCATING the 1904 RAILWAY SIGNAL BOXPORT OF GREYMOUTH. Ca. 1930's.Mary Henrietta Atkin 1872-1966Clement Parfitt Store, Werita Street, Greymouth accountThe Alpine Rugby Club - Albert Alfred Kennedy Sloan of the Lyell is 2nd from the end ca.1880's.ALBUM - Cobden - Kohinoor Schoolboy Presentation of Trophies - Ken McMullen presents Kevin Franklin with a cup.1969.Greymouth Gas Company staff 1927Old Greymouth radio station with black face and Uncle Mickey. Mick Spiers.KUMARA RUGBY LEAGUE CLUB. 1937.Old Ford Motors and the Post office .Greymouth.Fallen girders holding up traffic on the Weheka Road, South Westland.1939.Loading logs onto a waiting lorry at Kowhiterangi.17 APRIL,1935. A touring motorist prepares lunch from the back of his car.28 Mar,1929.A Ten Miles Walk Across The Mountains From Canterbury To Westland.26 July,1928.Loading provisions and mail for Fox Glacier when the road was impassible because of slips. 7 June 1928.Signal station ,Blaketown tiphead.Greymouth.1903-11-26.The Runanga Rail yard and station with Seddon Terrace in the background *PHOTO ALBUM*School garden competitionFleet of coal punts, Grey RiverRoss 1960sRAILWAY CONSTRUCTION - A CUTTING ON THE BLACKKBALL- NGAHERE RAILWAY, 1906. A WATERFALL ON CASCADE CREEK, BURNETT'S FACE , DENNISTON.1904.The main street of Okarito, a gold mining township in South Westland.1904.THE ENTRANCE TO OTIRA GORGE, WESTLAND.1905-09-07.Hokitika taxis 1953/54Hokitika District High School 1958Pot decorated with black sand goldCountry road through the Westland bush, 1966.A man standing next to stacked timber in a timber yard at Ross.1947.A view of Greymouth, showing the shipping.1903-11-26.SHIPPING TIMBER ON AN INTERCOLONIAL VESSIL AT GREYMOUTH.1907-02-28.Tom Malcolm, Charlie Henderson and ___? at Mark and John Shaw Gold Claim - Waitahu, Reefton.Westport Wahines at Tanes night celebrations - Westport.Loco outside Ruru sawmillCar radio aerial flags

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