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casket, presentation

On display
human history
  • Other Name

    Auckland and Suburban Drainage Board Opening of Main Outfall Works at Orakei, 1914 (descriptive name)

  • Description

    presentation casket: Auckland and Suburban Drainage Board Opening of Main Outfall Works at Orakei, 1914

    presentation made to Sir James Parr during his term of office as Mayor of Auckland

    engraved: AUCKLAND & SUBURBAN DRAINAGE BOARD / OPENING OF THE MAIN OUTFALL WORKS ORAKEI / MARCH 25TH 1914 / PRESENTED TO / HIS WORSHIP MAYOR OF AUCKLAND / C.J. PARR ESQ. / CHAIRMAN OF THE BOARD / BY / The Drainage Engineer And the Contractors / [lists 27 names] MEMBERS OF THE BOARD

  • Place
  • Associated Place
  • Accession Number
    1932.597
  • Other Id

    col.2382.27 (colonial)

    18834 (ethnology)

    13694 (Asset Register)

  • Department
  • Display Room
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