ILLUSTRATIONS.
This is the photograph of the Explorers’ Monument on its original site in Weld Street. It is now on Cemetery Hill, overlooking the Tasman Ocean. It is a memorial to Henry Whitcombe, Road Surveyor, drowned in Teremakau river, May 6, 1863; Charlton Howitt, Explorer, drowned Lake Brunner, September, 1863; Charles Townsend, Government Agent, drowned, Grey River, October 9, 1863; George Dobson, Surveyor, murdered, Grey-Arnold road, May 28, 1866.
A photograph of the Seventies of Revell Street. Alcorn’s corner is on the right, and on the left may be seen the Corinthian Hall to which reference is made in this booklet.
A photograph of the Seventies of Revell Street.
Erected at the time of the Jubilee of Westland, 1914, to the honor of the Pioneers of Westland. The monument bears a notable inscription.