Fig. 222.—Laying the foundation stone of the Provincial Buildings, Customhouse Quay, 1872. Sir Wm. Fitzherbert is a prominent figure. The end of the Post and Telegraph Office to the left and the Oddfellows Hall, etc., in the centre.

Fig. 223.—Provincial Buildings, Customhouse Quay. The back portion, showing three large windows (built in 1872) is embodied in the present 3-storied building now (1929) occupied by the Government Life Insurance Company. The formation of the windows and the ornate architraved windows and doors may be seen from the interior of the Chamber, which was empty at the time of writing, and is approached by the main corridor.

Fig. 224.—The Hutt, 1904. Showing the fifth Hutt Bridge, and the Hutt township to the left. A new concrete bridge was opened by the Rt. Hon. Sir Joseph Ward, Bart, P.C., Prime Minister in 1929 (“Evening Post,” 14/3/29). The “Post” shows views of the 4th, 5th and 6th bridges. The fifth was opened by the Right Hon. Richard Seddon on the 8th April, 1904.

Fig. 225.—Trentham Camp and Upper Hutt District, 1914–1918. Reproduction from a photo received from Lewis Gunner Charles Keith Kilgour Ward, 8th Contingent, Hawke's Bay Company, Wellington Regiment, who was killed in action at La Basse Ville, 27/7/17 (Nelson College Journal, “Nelsonian,” Roll of Honour, July, 1918, No. 1, Vol. XXXIV., pp. 54 and 69. Also. Col. Weston's “Three Years with the New Zealanders,” pp. 174–211).
“All that we had, we gave;
All that was ours to give;
Freely surrendered all,
That you in peace may live.
In trench and field, and many seas we lie,
We, who in dying shall not ever die,
If only you, in honour of the slain,
Shall surely see we did not die in vain.”

Fig. 226.—Anzac Corner, 1928. Showing the temporary Cenotaph erected on the same spot where the early settlers attended Divine service 88 years ago. (See Fig. 34A, page 97.) The John Ballance statue (Parliament Lawn) is shown. The low buildings on the right (adjoining the Hotel Cecil) are a portion of Burrett's printing offices. Golders Hill is to the left background.