ambitious railway engine, preceded arrival at the town. Experience has made me disbelieve the “first impression” theory, and I still hoped for better things even after the uncomfortable train, and a tea room, which had missed its place in the “Progress” march of the North.
The Whangarei Town Hall
The territory generally is one of possibilities more than achievements, but Whangarei itself is a monument to efficient municipal administration. Streets, drainage, water supply and lighting are equal, if not superior, to those in any similar borough in New Zealand.
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