Kete records show that this company was owned by Lance Osborne and was trading in the mid 1960s. The company no longer trades, with many competitors setting up in the last forty years. The fact that a local company in a small town could move household furniture New Zealand wide would have been quite an achievement! Another slide from this firm boasts about the CB radios each truck carried, which would have helped drivers stay in touch during long distance moves.

The truck's bumper advertises daily runs from Levin, Shannon, Foxton and Palmerston North.

The second slide (also on Kete) shows a truck carrying industrial loads, so they didn't just do furniture removal work.

Kete records show that this company was owned by Lance Osborne and was trading in the mid 1960s. A big feature of the fleet was the fitting of 'radio telephone'- an early name for the CB 'Citizens Band' radios which kept travellers in touch before cell phones. They were all the rage for enthusiasts in the 1970s and 1980s, spurred along by movies about truck drivers!

Loading full honey boxes. Field's Apiaries 1967-68

Honey extracting shed on  the left and packing shed on the right. This was the new shed completed in time for the 1967-68 season. 

(boxes) loaded onto rear of the truck by hand. Each weighs about 25kg. We had no mechanical lifters, all manual lifting.

1967-68 season, Foxton area.

(boxes) loaded onto rear of the truck by hand. Each weighs about 25kg. We had no mechanical lifters, all manual lifting. (boxes) loaded onto rear of the truck by hand. Each weighs about 25kg. We had no mechanical lifters, all manual lifting.

We had no truck mounted mechanical lifter and had to manually lift the full honey supers (boxes) onto the back of the Ford truck, Each box weighed about 25kg

Loading up time at Tegel Foods.

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4.01am

This photograph shows a decorated truck and 13 women, possibly from Shannon, dressed in the clothing from 1840 through to 1940.

Unfortunately we do not have names for the people - so if you think you know them, please let Kete Horowhenua know. Thank you!

Photo provided by Kathleen Roach.

Names identified so far:

Back Row: _____, [1900] poss. Mrs C. Young_, _____, _____

Middle Row: [1901]_____,[1940]_June Roberts_?_, [date obscured], poss. Mrs Murray_, [18??]_____

Front Row: [1913]_Sybil Roach____, [1840]_____, [1880]_Mrs Enoch Chester_, [1895_____

Rugby Street – seal prior to reasealing a portion of road

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HJP 0371 Large heavy truck passing through Oxford & Queen Street Intersection 1-3-2019

This page, removed from a photo album has 4 photos from El Alamain. The writing has faded badly and is difficult to decipher:

Written below the photo at top left:

Refuelling an equipping

for Breakthrough of

Wadi Platoons Sept 1942

Written below bottom left photo:

Supply Point Alamain July 1942

Written below top right photo:

Trusty Q truck

Supply Point

Alamein

Written below the bottom right photo:

Relievers? Minqar Qaim,

Alamein June 28th 1942

HJP 0372 Large Tanker truck passing through Queen and Oxford Streets Intersection 1-3-2019

Black and white photograph.

Written on blue paper attached to back – C M/H

Lifting the replica of the railway engine “Foxton” off a truck in front of the Court House Museum.

Black and white photograph.

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Names on reverse of photograph

Long photo of nineteen flaxmill workers with the mill and a truck in the background. Amongst those appearing in this photograph are ? Sutton, Tim Cade, ? Haddock, Cryil Withers, Bob Coley, ? Newton, Bill Broad, ? Coley, ? Yorke, Bill Christie, Bill Nye and Wally Baker.

Photograph is damaged with fold marks.

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Colour photograph.

Traffic accident near the southern entrance to Foxton. Looking south with accident scene behind the “Drive To Survive” sign.

Colour photograph.

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Black and white photograph.

Written on back – Ad feature Shannon Bridge Old & New Shannon bridge.

Written on 2 green papers attached to back – C M/H

Old and new Shannon bridges over the Manawatu River at Moutoa, looking west.

Black and white photograph.

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Printed on front of mounting board, top right, with black ink: “P 121”

Written on back with black ballpoint pen: “Road to Mangahao Dam during construction, completed 3/11/24. G.L. Adkin photo”

The road to the Mangahao Dam, during its construction, 24 December, 1923. The road curves against the hill and has four trucks facing uphill and one facing downhill.

1 B&W photo print copy, mounted

See also 2000.559.0002 (original, dated 24.12.23).

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Black and white photograph.

Written on back - AH MH slug: mayor Malcolm & Betty Guy. Malcolm & Betty Guy (Mayor H.D.C.)

Written on blue paper attached to back – C M/H

Malcolm Guy, ex-mayor of the Horowhenua District Council, with wife Betty, standing beside small truck with adog on the back.

Black and white photograph.

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Inscription on reverse reads: “Queen St construction.”

A steam roller and truck being used during the construction of Queen Street, with the unidentified workmen taking a tea break at the steam roller.

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Inscription on reverse reads: “27 Aug. 1974. Last load of cut flax.”

Last load of flax from Moutoa Estate being transported by Stevens Bremner truck.

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A black dog lies on the bonnet of a truck owned by McFarlane Transport.

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An early model truck

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Colour photograph.

Manawatu Hunt hounds in Main Street Foxton with some “huntsmen”.

Colour photograph.

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Black and white photograph.

Written on back – Spring Fling Parade

Written on blue and green papers attached to back – C M/H

Foxton Union Parish float (bumble bee) in Spring Fling parade, c 1900. Several children are on the float wearing various costumes.

Black and white photograph.

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Shannon Meat Co. delivery truck. The truck appears to be a left-hand drive, with a boy in the drivers seat.

1 B&W photo print – small & badly faded

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