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Record Identifier210-5Date Range1913DescriptionSection of page removed from a copy of The Auckland Weekly News, May 15 1913. Captioned photos on both sides. Front text: Left: "Berthed virtually in the heart of the city: The Union Company's new liner Niagara, lying at Queen Street Wharf, Auckland, on Saturday last. H Winklemann, photo." Note "Amokura in left foreground Right: "The finest passenger liner which has ever come to the dominion: RMS Niagara at Auckland. GA Walker, photo." Bottom text: "The visit of the Union Steam Ship Company's new liner Niagara created a great deal of interest in Auckland last week. The Niagara has a tonnage of 13,500 and is at once the largest and most luxurious vessel which has ever come south of the Line. The Niagara, which sailed on her maiden trip to Vancouver on Saturday evening, was berthed at the Queen Street Wharf, right in the centre of the city, and within a stone's throw of the Central Post Office." Rear text: Top left: "Changing pastures: A snapshot in the farming district of South Canterbury, NZ. W Ferrier, photo." Bottom left: "One of the rapidly growing towns of the North Island main trunk line: A panoramic view of Taumarunui, the principle town of the King Country, Auckland, as it appears to-day. WA Paterson, photo." Right: "One of the most important centres of the far Auckland east coast: Tokomaru Bay, as seen from the freezing works showing the workmen's quarters in the foreground. FA Hargreaves, photo."MediumLoose papers

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