TO HOUSE THE TROOPS.—At one time there were many evidences of the early military occupation of Auckland. Possibly the best known to-day is the Old Stone Jug, on the Great North Road, where the militia was in barracks for some weeks at the conclusion of the Maori War. Photograph shows one of the old stone buildings so popular in the days of Auckland’s youth. This one was used as a military barracks.
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Sun (Auckland), Volume III, Issue 654, 4 May 1929, Page 17
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72TO HOUSE THE TROOPS.—At one time there were many evidences of the early military occupation of Auckland. Possibly the best known to-day is the Old Stone Jug, on the Great North Road, where the militia was in barracks for some weeks at the conclusion of the Maori War. Photograph shows one of the old stone buildings so popular in the days of Auckland’s youth. This one was used as a military barracks. Sun (Auckland), Volume III, Issue 654, 4 May 1929, Page 17
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