More Info →Crew of HMS New Zealand, Railway Station (Weraroa), 1913

Object type:Image

Description: Written with blue ballpoint pen on piece of paper attached to back - Visit of the starboard crew of H.M.S. New Zealand. Local & Boy’s Training Farm cadets. In middle foreground the Levin Troop of the Manawatu Mounted Rifles. 1913

On reverse side of this piece of paper is a photocopy of an article that appeared in “The News”, Wednesday, October 12, 1977 about this event, including a picture of this photo.

Stamped on back with black ink - Horowhenua Historical Society. Acc. No. Date

Crew of HMS New Zealand welcomed outside Levin Railway Station (Weraroa), 1913 1 B&W photo print, mounted (yellowed)

Crew of HMS New Zealand (centre) are lined up in 3 ranks facing the station Local & Boy’s Training Farm cadets (left, beside the station). Levin Troop of the Manawatu Mounted Rifles (foreground). Large crowd (with bicycles, horses & buggies).

Appeared in “The News”, Wednesday, October 12, 1977

Any use of this image must be accompanied by the credit “Horowhenua Historical Society Inc.”