On the
4th December 2013, a list of anniversaries was included, I wonder how many will be recognised by the readers of 2013?
Other news of the day included:
- The Hamilton show was being held and Mr W G Hall's imported bull called Lord Nelson, took championship honours.
- Mining News: The Waitangi Mine was being worked. A sample taken from one reef showed an assay value of 41s a ton
- School rolls and average attendances for the month were: Waiokaraka School Roll 497 - average attendance 467.7; Parawai School Roll 449 average attendance 434.1 and Tararu School Roll 78 - average attendance 73.1
- Billiard Saloon - Mr Charles Birch had opened a new parlour next to the Exchange Hotel in Shortland. There were six full size Alcocks Tables. There were two private tables available.
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Part of a 1947 V C BROWNE photo of the Richmond to Willoughby Street section of Pollen street
The Brian Boru Hotel far left, Coakley's Store on the far right, with the Exchange Hotel in the centre (flat front - no veranda) |
Earlier in the year, in February the Auckland Weekly News published a photo reminding people of what the township looked like in the 1860s. The description read:
A harbour side view of Thames in the early days: The old mining town in the mid eighteen sixties, as many of those participating in last week's ceremony remember it.
