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Ohinemuri Regional History Journal 50, September 2006

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Mrs N. S. Climie, M.B.E. The First Editorial--1964	Rev. L. M. Rogers, M.A. President's Foreword--1964	The proposed route through Paeroa from the Junction Wharf (left) towards Waihi. Paeroa-Waihi Light Rail Link

The route under Karangahake township. Paeroa-Waihi Light Rail Link	The Waihi terminus in Kenny Street-Hasard Street. Paeroa-Waihi Light Rail Link	Train Number 338, the 4 p.m. mixed from Thames to Paeroa at Hikutaia. The engine is shunting at the goods shed, the guard supervising the operations. December 22, 1947. (J. W. Sutherland photo). Hikutaia Railway Station

Chief Taraia Ngakuti Te Tumuhia. An Unique Piece of Hauraki History	The restored waka taurapa or stern post. An Unique Piece of Hauraki History	Domain Rotunda. Paeroa’s Band Rotundas

Railway Reserve Rotunda. Paeroa’s Band Rotundas	Kaihere ferry. Memories of the Hauraki Plains Ferries	Puke ferry. Memories of the Hauraki Plains Ferries

Ian A. Martin. Obituaries	Paeroa with Opatito Road in the foreground across to Taylor’s Avenue. The Flood of All Floods	Waikino from the air after the Ohinemuri River swept through the hamlet late on Monday, April 13. The Flood of All Floods

Household effects in Menzies Place waiting tobe collected and taken to the rubbish dump. The Flood of All Floods	Farmland from Paeroa to Kopu was inundatedwith flood water. The Flood of All Floods	Karangahake at the height of the gold mining, c 1900 [the railway station looks to be recently completed, therefore after 1904 - E].

Karangahake, 1946.	The majestic stair case which connected the Talisman House with the main road. Talisman House	Talisman House, c 1900. Talisman House

Moresby Avenue and Hollis Bush, Waihi, c 1900.	Waihi Gold Mining Company’s No. 5 shaft showing the Cornish Pumphouse. This structure is currently being moved to a safer position.	Playing bowls at the Domain, c 1907. Paeroa Bowling Club Centenary

The Domain Bowling Pavilion, built in 1907 and destroyed by fire in June 1999. Paeroa Bowling Club Centenary	The pedestrian suspension bridge at Mackaytown was erected in 1906 to give access to the “flag station” on the Paeroa-Waihi railway line. In February, 1944, the Ohinemuri County Council was informed that the Public Works Department had no further use for the bridge and the council decided to demolish the structure.	The original Paeroa Golf Clubhouse on its present Rotokohu course. Proud Record Set By Paeroa Golf Club

The second new clubhouse which was opened in March, 1969. Proud Record Set By Paeroa Golf Club	Opening of the Alley Memorial Park, Hikutaia, January, 1923. These four men were among the most prominent of the many who played their part in the establishment of this fine sports complex for bowls, tennis and croquet. They are from the left Mr F. Maxwell , Mr J. Elliott, both members of the first committee, Mr W. H. Alley, donor of the land from his adjacent farm and first president, and Mr Hugh Morrison, green superintendent.	Can any reader assist with the identification of this painting of Karangahake? Please contact the Editor, 07 862 8486.

The centre of Paeroa and Belmont Road from the Post Office balcony, c 1976.	A general view of Waitekauri, c 1900. Showing in the foreground is the 40-stamp mill and cyanide plant of the Waitekauri Gold Mining Company. On the left is the huge waterwheel, the biggest in the North Island and built in the early 1880s, which was the driving power of the complete process. Inside Front Cover	The Waihi Manual and Technical Block, c 1900. Now the Waihi Gold Mining Museum. Inside Back Cover

Morning assembly at the Waihi District High School, c 1900. Inside Back Cover