Sergeant I. M. Russell (left) and Lance Corporal J. Ryal with the remains of a 19th century shell dredged from Lyttelton Harbour and then cracked open at West Melton where it was found to not have a...
Firefighters and crowds outside Nu-Way Dry Cleaners in Colombo Street near the intersection with Cashel Street following an explosion.
Labour Department explosives consultant, Laurie Stephenson (left), watches P.O. Nee, a department safety inspector, fit a fuse into a stick of gelignite, during the final day of a course in the safe...
Remains of a damaged building at Anderson Limited after an explosion of a gas cylinder.
Damage to the bitumen delivery and blending tank at Shell Oil Company's bulk bitumen installation in Lyttelton, after it exploded.
New Brighton firefighters outside the New Brighton Fire Station.
The park with the Scott statue on the corner of Worcester Street and Oxford Terrace.
Blasting at Gollans Bay quarry.
An aerial view of the Christchurch gasworks showing the buildings, gasholders and machinery.
The Intermittent vertical chamber plant at the Christchurch Gas Company gas works.
Elderly patients and nurses at Coronation Hospital.
Operating machinery during the production of the Christchurch Star newspaper.
Operating a printing machine during the production of the Christchurch Star newspaper.
View of Christchurch Star offices on Kilmore Street seen from Oxford Terrace.
D. Hall (No. 2), B. Rule (No. 3) and N. Cooper (No. 6) in the Shrove Tuesday pancake race along Seaview Road in New Brighton.
The Art Handicraft building at Addington Show Grounds being relocated to another section of the grounds as part of general improvement works.
View of the attractions at the Canterbury Agricultural and Pastoral Association Show at Addington showgrounds.
The Ferris wheel at the Canterbury Agricultural and Pastoral Association Show at Addington showgrounds.
The Gough, Gough and Hamer display at the Canterbury Agricultural and Pastoral Association Show at Addington showgrounds.
Murray Thacker and the Bullock team from Okains Bay making its way along Armagh Street for the Agricultural and Pastoral Association's centennial show procession.
Les Gilsenan from Inangahua chopping in the jigger board chop at the Canterbury Agricultural and Pastoral Association Show.
A 1916 tractor leading a procession of tractors on Armagh Street as part of the Canterbury Agricultural and Pastoral Association Show.
An aerial view of the Canterbury Agricultural and Pastoral Association Show at Addington Show Grounds.
Doug Wilson, Canterbury Rugby League Board of Control chairman, points out the new show grounds embankments to Ivon Doak, the Canterbury Agricultural and Pastoral Association ground manager.