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Mackay Street, Greymouth, during flood.1936. Hallenstein Brothers Greymouth branch premises on the corner of Albert Street - in flood. 24 June 1905.Forestry workers ,South Westland. Westland Racing Club's midsummer meeting, held at Hokitika on January 5.1914.South Westland bush road.Mr Watkin reading a 1905 comic at his Cobden home.Cobden branch of the Westland Savings Bank replaced by a second mobile branch.View of Granity and Coast Line from Millerton Track.1936.West Coast visitors arrive at the Faith, greeted by Sheep and dog.Haast.Plunket Nurse on West Coast District work.The Avenue, West Coast Road.ca.1879-1898.The West Coast Road.1879.Pounamu boulder headed to GreymouthMaurice “Mocky” Brereton Kiwi #466 obituaryDenniston.Westport bowls 1972Cobden whitebaitersFlooded shopping area, Greymouth.1903.Kilgour's Union Hotel,Mawhera Quay, Greymouth.ca.1867-1874.Millers House, Greymouth.ca.1867-1874.GREYMOUTH .ca.1890`s.Hamilton and Nichol and Union Bank of Australia - Mackay St opposite Volunteer Hall,Greymouth.ca.1867-1874.Murchison bombMickey Mouse letterbox, CobdenAitken cousins.2018.Joseph Breeze , Volunteer Fireman - son of John Jerome Breeze, town cryer of Hokitika.1890.Ross Christmas tree fund annual dance, 1964Betty and Albert Dense Wedding day Dec 1940Protest for Preston Road floodwall, GreymouthPounamu boulder at Westland Recreation Centre, 2008 Jim Manera and Elsie Manera , with Dianne and Ken Smith - Ross Christmas tree fund annual dance in 1964.The Steeples near Cape Foulwind, West Coast.1891. ALBUM - Government deer-stalkers on the West Coast - wartime demand for hides makes culling doubly important.1940.Keas in captivity at Haast Pass.1940.The Alma Glacier and icefall, near the Franz Josef Glacier - The Sterling Rocks appear in the background.1938.Conservation land fight/protestThe Noble familyView of wooded countryside near Te Kinga.1938.A large kahikatea, on the edge of bush on the West Coast, with a person off to the right amongst the forestry slash.Gold Nugget Hotel, Shanytown, beer order on postcard *PHOTO ALBUM*ALBUM - COBDEN BRIDGE. 1886--1975 - Passing a bus was a challengeALBUM - Jade Prospectors hut known as Jade Inn in the Arahura River catchment.Craig Smith - Grandson of Lorrie Smith,tanker driver.ca.1950`s.Arthur's Pass resident Marie McFarland surveys the landslide and rockfalls triggerea by the earthquake. The rocks blocked State Highway 73 and the Otira River near Candys Bend A glacier between Whataroa and Franz Josef of the Main Divide, Westland.1934.Vehicles loaded onto trucks for transportation from Arthurs Pass to Otira .1934.Private J. J. Caliari, of Kanieri, Westland - Died of influenza at Samoa.1919.A Dobson man walked away from this crashed 1946 Ford V/8 Sedan.Reefton's first flush toilet, used by King Edward VIIIHokitika Primary School Infants Room 5, 1967

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