A huge crowd assembled at Wairoa on Saturday to witness the official opening of the Napier-Wairoa-Waikokopu section of the East Coast Railway. Top left, the rail-car Aotea arriving at Wairoa with the Ministerial party. Below, the Minister of Railways, the Hon. D. G. Sullivan (left), addressing the gathering. Seated, from the left, are Mr. A. T. Carroll, chairman of the Wairoa County Council, Mrs. Semple, the Hon. R. Semple, Minister of Public Works, and Mr. H. L. Harker, Mayor of Wairoa. Seated at the back is Mr. D. W. Coleman, M.P., member for the Gisborne district.
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Evening Post, Volume CXXVIII, Issue 2, 3 July 1939, Page 7
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96A huge crowd assembled at Wairoa on Saturday to witness the official opening of the Napier-Wairoa- Waikokopii section of the East Coast Railway. Top left, the rail-car Aotea arriving at Wairoa with the Ministerial parly. Below, the Minister of Raihvays, the Hon. D. G.Sullivan (left), addressing the gathering. Seated, from the left, are Mr. A. T. Carroll, chairman of the Wairoa County Council, Mrs. ■'Semple, the Hon. R. Semple, Minister of Public Works, and Mr. H.L. Harker, Mayor of Wairoa. Seated at the back is Mr. D. W. Coleman, M.P., member for the Gisborne district. Evening Post, Volume CXXVIII, Issue 2, 3 July 1939, Page 7
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