_The Evening Post_, 22 March 1924:
HYDRO-ELECTRICITY
TAUMARUNUI WORKS OPENED
"COMING CITY WITH A GREAT
FUTURE."
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(BY TELEGRAPH.—PRESS ASSOCIATION.)
TAUMARUNUI, 21st March.
The hydro-ele[c]trical works erected by the borough at a cost of £521,000 [ca. $64M today] were officially declared open by the Prime Minister this afternoon in the presence of a large gathering of townspeople at #Piriaka, about five miles from #Taumarunui.
The works are said to be the second of the kind erected in the Dominion. The power generated will… supply the town and the district for many miles around. The power is obtained from the Wanganui River…
Mr. Massey… said that Taumarunui had made wonderful progress and was no doubt a coming city with a great future before it. He referred to the general development of hydro-electricity throughout the Dominion… later [in the power-house] the Prime Minister switched on the electric current amid loud applause.…
To-night the Prime Minister will be entertained to a dinner… and will later address citizens in Main street, which has been festooned with coloured lights for the occasion.
https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/EP19240322.2.114

#OnThisDay #OTD #PapersPast #HydroElectricity #PowerGeneration #WhanganuiRiver #NewZealand

Jerusalem, Wanganui River. From the series: Notes on the country I live in

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Jerusalem, Wanganui River. From the series: Notes on the country I live in

#Jerusalem #WanganuiRiver #moe_tahurangi #Kōtuia #Women #Rivers #Trees #photographicgelatin #photographicpaper #silver #workprints #gelatinsilverprints #WhanganuiRiver #undefined

http://api.digitalnz.org/records/40736346/source

Jerusalem, Wanganui River. From the series: Notes on the country I live in

#Jerusalem #WanganuiRiver #moe_tahurangi #Kōtuia #Women #Rivers #Trees #Cameras #silver #photographicgelatin #photographicpaper #workprints #gelatinsilverprints #WhanganuiRiver #undefined

http://api.digitalnz.org/records/40790326/source

'Te Wai-herehere', Koriniti (Corinth)

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Infant mistress (Mrs Parekowhai), Parikino Maori School

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[Two young women reading Te Ao Hou]

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January 25th celebrations, before the church service, Ratana Pa

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http://api.digitalnz.org/records/40721609/source

Enjoyed a day on the #WhanganuiRiver, jet boating 32km/ 55 min upstream in National Park to Mangapurua Landing, then 40 min walk to Bridge to Nowhere. River was only about 2m above normal level after #CycloneGabrielle (has been up by 15m in previous bad weather); some debris including a 🐄 corpse. So lucky to have some sun; only got wet when boat spun!

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