Man and woman in canvas deckchairs under a tree. House and garden in the background.
Man and woman in canvas deckchairs under a tree with a dog. Fence and corner of house in the background.
Warren Chamberlain (left) and James Rich connecting the under ice pipes at Opawa Big Apple Rink.
Portrait of Rudolf Gopas an artist from Sydenham, smoking a pipe.
Newspaper caption: The fatal accident at the Otira Tunnel, Midland Railway: Collapse of a sill at the Bealey end: Men Imprisoned: Scenes and Incidents. The problem of getting refreshments to them was...
Newspaper caption: The Arthur's Pass tunnel accident. Doyle and Duggan were given up for dead when tapping was heard on the pipe. The tapping was replied to and the pipe, a five-inch one, was cut. A...
Newspaper caption: Electric Power Works at Lake Coleridge. The pictures given on this page show the progress that is being made with the harnessing of Lake Coleridge to supply the city of Christchurch...
Newspaper caption: The Midland Railway. Scenes at the Otira end of the Arthur's Pass tunnel. The accompanying pictures were taken very recently, and they describe the work as it is to-day. The Otira...
Newspaper caption: These large pipes were taken into the tunnel in sections, joined together inside, and used to pump bad air out of the ‘cuddy' where the rescue party was working. At 6.30 am on...
Newspaper caption: Pipes driven through the earthfall enabled the rescuers to keep in touch with Archer and Daly. Air was pumped through the small one (left), and food passed through the larger pipe...
Views of K. L. Morgan, secretary of the International Federation of Park and Recreation Administration at Christchurch Airport.
Photograph published without additional caption.
Newspaper caption: The Midland railway: two views at the Arthur's Pass tunnel works.
Newspaper caption: Piercing the Southern Alps: Views at the Arthur's Pass tunnel works, Otira, the connecting link in the East to the West Coast railway. The generating works at Holt's Creek.
Newspaper caption: Works nearing completion at the Lake Coleridge hydro-electric power station.
Water pipes being prepared for installation along Fitzgerald Avenue near the corner with Gloucester Street.
Pipes for a water scheme laid out at Lyttelton Harbour.
Truck with Hume concrete pipes on the site of a new factory in Alexandra.
"Initially, I thought this photo was of my grandad Cyril with his sister Mavis. Of course, I only remember him as an old man (actually a grumpy old man). So when I first saw this photo and thought he...
A gaspipe crossing the Heathcote River on Ashgrove Terrace.
Spun concrete pipes, the largest made in New Zealand, to be railed from the factory of Hume Industries Limited on Carmen Road in Hornby.
[Frames 31 to 33] Children playing in large concrete pipe. [Frames 34 and 35] Children playing in concrete maze.
Newspaper caption: Additional electric power for Christchurch: New works at Lake Coleridge. The extra generating power of the new plant will be 15,000 k.w., making a total of 27,000 k.w., or more than...
Portraits of A. P. Ryan, meteorologist at Christchurch Airport.