Railway Publicity Photo WAIROA’S BIG DAY. —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 railcar 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. C o l eman , M.P., for the Gisborne district.
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Gisborne Herald, Volume LXVI, Issue 19982, 6 July 1939, Page 14
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104Railway Publicity Photo WAIROA’S BIG DAY.—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 railcar 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., for the Gisborne district. Gisborne Herald, Volume LXVI, Issue 19982, 6 July 1939, Page 14
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