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Weaving machine, Millers Limited display at the Industries Fair

19 August 1971

A weaving machine at the Millers Limited display at the ...

Millers Limited exhibition at the Industries Fair

30 August 1971

E. Carlton operates an automatic loom at the Millers Limited ...

Brush making machine

30 August 1971

Demonstration of a brush making machine by I. Pullar at the ...

Chitty Chitty Bang Bang car

6 September 1971

Penny Haslemore, 12, with the car used in the film, Chitty ...

Confiscated crayfish traps

18 June 1971

Confiscated crayfish traps being unloaded at Lyttelton from ...

White Star Motor Inn

24 November 1971

Exterior view of the White Star Motor Inn after completion but ...

Largest spun concrete pipes in New Zealand

12 June 1970

Spun concrete pipes, the largest made in New Zealand, to be ...

Meccano Club robot at Industries Fair

22 August 1970

David Gilbert, of the Christchurch Meccano Club, with Charlie ...

Mobile employment advisory service

23 January 1979

Labour Department supervising employment officer, B.A. Davey ...

Ministry of Works switchboard

7 June 1979

Barbara Pauling (left), Beverley Berrichi and Carole Peacocks at ...

The Whitcoulls packaging plant in Hornby

10 April 1979

Adjustments being made to the six colour printing press at the ...

Aulsebrook employees

5 August 1978

Aulsebrook workers leaving the factory on the corner of St Asaph ...

Caxton Press printing presses

10 April 1978

Director Leo Bensemann with printing presses at Caxton Press at ...

Woolworths and Keystore supermarkets, Hornby

5 October 1978

The car park at Woolworths, Hornby, which is also used by ...

Driving a battery powered car

3 March 1976

Battery powered Enfield car produced by Amalgamated Batteries ...

Battery powered Enfield car

3 March 1976

A battery powered Enfield car at Amalgamated Batteries Limited, ...

University designed electric vehicle

18 November 1976

Battery powered vehicle designed by the University of ...

Garden City SuperValue, Merivale

27 July 1970

A view of the new entrance to Garden City SuperValue supermarket ...

Shifting a printing press

16 April 1971

Moving a printing press from the printing department of the ...

Century SuperValue

June 1970

Checkout counters at Century SuperValue supermarket on Edgeware ...

Andersons Foundry

27 January 1979

Sam Taase with steel being melted at Andersons Foundry on ...

Andersons Engineering boilers

27 January 1979

Boilers under construction at Andersons Engineering Limited ...

Mitchells Gully gold battery

27 January 1979

Preserved gold battery at Mitchells Gully, Charleston.

Lyttelton port Clark van carrier

23 September 1976

A Clark van carrier at Lyttelton Harbour shortly after being ...

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