More Info →Special Constables from Horowhenua, Wellington, 1913

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Printed top right of photo, as caption - ‘Strike scenes, Well. NZ 1913’ ‘Zak’ series 19.037.

Written with black ballpoint pen on piece of paper glued to back: “Special constables from Horowhenua, led by Guy Kingdon [?], parade through Wellington to protect non-union labourers on waterfront. (ATL) 1913.”

Used in book – ‘Horowhenua County and its People’, page 194, with caption - Special constables from Horowhenua, led by Guy Kingdom, form part of contingent parading to protect non-union labourers on waterfront. S.C. Smith Coll. ATL

Special Constables from Horowhenua, led by Guy Kingdom parade down a Wellington Street in November 1913. Men on horseback lead the parade followed by a group of men on foot. Other men walk in numbers on the footpath alongside the parade.

1 B&W photo print copy, mounted

Used in book – ‘Horowhenua County and its People’, page 194

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

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