Dawn Jack (left), Torino Lyne and children outside the flats behind the fire headquarters where they live to be closer to their husbands' work at the Central Fire Station at 200 Kilmore Street.
Captain E. D. Gerard, of Army District Headquarters, an explosives expert, handling a 3in mortar bomb found by police divers in the Avon River near the Wainoni Bridge. It turned out that it was a...
Rocks falling from a cliff above Moa Bone Point Cave at Redcliffs following a dynamite charge explosion in an attempt to dislodge a rock outcrop in the area.
A hydraulic platform is used to place dynamite charges at a cliff near Shag Rock and Redcliffs.
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...
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.
Tony Fomison with a selection of Māori rock drawings he traced from locations across the South Island. The drawings are to be displayed at the Canterbury Society of Arts Gallery on Gloucester Street...
Māori rock drawings with writing, traced by Tony Formison from locations across the South Island. The drawings are to be displayed at the Canterbury Society of Arts Gallery on Gloucester Street.
Archaeological dig consisting of eight foot square grids at Wairau Bar in Marlborough.
Mr O. Wood operating a warp mill.
A team of students carrying out a stretcher drill in an ambulance as part of the St John Ambulance competitions at Hagley High School. Pictured are Ian Paul (left), Frank Watson (obscured), David Cain...
Cadets taking part in an annual competition at the St John Ambulance headquarters on Peterborough Street. Pictured is the "patient" A. Malaquin being treated by, from left, B. Chidgey, R. Spence and C...
St John Ambulance cadets taking part in an annual competition at the St John Ambulance headquarters on Peterborough Street. Pictured are, from left, Corp. C. Walker (obscured), Graeme Prenice, Ron...
A St John Ambulance member tends to a "victim" with a broken leg in a simulated disaster amongst the ruins of Limes Hospital. Done under emergency lighting as part of a civil defence training exercise...
A St John Ambulance member tends to a "victim" in a simulated disaster amongst the ruins of Limes Hospital. Done under emergency lighting as part of a civil defence training exercise.
View of a tractor driving along a ridge in a field as part of testing.
A model of a tractor being used as part of a demonstration of tractor safety to a group of students.
The Epworth wing of the Methodist Central Mission Hospital for the Aged, at 15 Dublin Street on the corner with Park Terrace and Bealey Avenue.
The recently completed block of the Salvation Army home at 62 Poulson Street, Addington.
Exterior of the Mary Potter Hospice, Calvary Hospital on Caledonian Road on the corner with Bealey Avenue in Richmond.
View of the front entrance to the Mary Potter Hospice for the Aged Sick on Caledonian Road.
Nicola Dickson (left) and Lissa Dyer, pupils at Avonside Girls' School, dressed as Ballerinas during end of year celebrations.