Pukekura park history 1875- 1899
1875
20 1 1875 Hughes asks question. (TH)
19-5-1875 -Establishment of public recreation grounds in province. (TH)
12 6 1875 Public Reserves Board reallocation of land for recreation. (TH)
19 6 1875 Provincial Council discussion re change of land. (TH)
26 6 1875 2nd reading of Botanical Gardens Bill. (TH)
26 6 1875 Kelly letter to Superintendent. (TH)
26 6 1875 Petition presented to provincial council re rec ground. (TH)
30 6 1875 Provincial Council postpone Botanic Garden Bill. (TH)
30 6 1875 Town Board meeting re accepting Rec Ground. (TH)
3 7 1875 Recreation Ground bill passes. (TH)
28 7 1875 Naming of first Board of Trustees of Rec. (TH)
31 7 1875 Official naming of Board of Trustees of Rec. (TH)
4 8 1875 First Recreation Ground Board meeting. (TH)
11 8 1875 Recreation Ground Board meeting. (TH)
18 8 1875 Recreation Ground Board meeting. (TH)
25 8 1875 Recreation Ground Board meeting. (TH)
8 9 1875 Recreation Ground Board meeting. (TH)
11 9 1875 Suggestion that Acclimatisation Society to have section of Rec. (TH)
22 9 1875 Recreation Ground Board meeting. (TH)
13 10 1875 Recreation Ground Board meeting. (TH)
27 10 1875 Recreation Ground Board meeting. (TH)
1876
26 2 1876 Recreation Grounds Board meeting. (TH)
8 3 1876 Recreation Grounds Progress Update. (TH)
11 3 1876 Request for Sections 1065 and 1084 from Public Trust Board. (TH)
15 3 1876 Recreation Grounds Board meeting. (TH)
29 3 1876 Recreation Grounds Board meeting. (TH)
12 4 1876 Recreation Grounds Board meeting. (TH)
22 4 1876 Recreation Grounds Board meeting. (TH)
3 5 1876 First mention of Liardet Street Entrance. (TH)
6 5 1876 Proposed Road through Recreation Ground (Public Trust Board). (TH)
10 5 1876 Recreation Grounds Board meeting. (TH)
17 5 1876 Road through Recreation Grounds. (TH)
20 5 1876 Fundraising Suggestions. (TH)
20 5 1876 notice of opening day. (TH)
24 5 1876 notice of opening day. (TH)
24 5 1876 Recreation Grounds Board meeting. (TH)
31 May 1876 Opening Day Ceremony. (TH)
7 6 1876 Recreation Grounds Board meeting. (TH)
14 6 1876 Request of Trees from Harbour Board Land. (TH)
17 6 1876 Request to Town Board for work on Liardet Street. (TH)
12 7 1876 Recreation Grounds Board meeting.(TH)
22 7 1876 introduction of botanic garden act to parliament. (NZ Mail)
26 7 1876 Taranaki Botanical gardens Bill 2nd Reading in legislature. (TH)
9 8 1876 Recreation Grounds Board meeting. (TH)
16 8 1876 Improved access from Liardet Street. (TH)
16 8 1876 Recreation Grounds Board meeting. (TH)
23 8 1876 Fundraising Advert. (TH)
23 8 1876 Taranaki Botanical gardens Bill 1st Reading in house. (TH)
13 9 1876 Recreation Grounds Board meeting. (TH)
13 9 1876 Taranaki Botanical gardens Bill 2nd Reading in house. (TH)
4 10 1876 Taranaki Botanical gardens Bill Passes in house. (TH)
1877
6 1 1877 Recreation Grounds Board meeting. (TH)
3 7 1877 botanical gardens board re prison labour for lake. (TH)
4 7 1877 Town Council discussion re Main Lake help in Recreation Ground. (TH)
8 8 1877 Recreation Ground requesting money from Borough Council. (TH)
9 8 1877 Fire in the Recreation ground. (TH)
11 9 1877 Recreation Grounds Board meeting. (TH)
22 9 1877 Recreation Ground Update. (TH)
3 10 1877 Payments from Town Board. (TH)
3 10 1877 Trespass Notice in Vines. (TH)
4 10 1877 Damage to Vines. (TH)
16 10 1877 Larrikins in the Recreation Ground. (TH)
9 11 1877 Recreation Grounds Board meeting. (TH)
16 11 1877 Ad for Clearing Paths in Recreation Ground. (TH)
14 12 1877 Fundraising for Recreation Ground. (TH)
18 12 1877 Account of Fundraising Bazar. (TH)
1878
3 1 1878 Recreation Grounds Board meeting. (TH)
6 2 1878 Recreation Grounds Board meeting. (TH)
7 2 1878 Donations to Board. (TH)
14 2 1878 Dam Work Proceeding. (TH)
8 4 1878 Bazaar committee Advert. (TH)
26 4 1878 Dam Work Proceeding and Pleasure Boat Gift. (TH)29 4 187
Recreation Grounds Board meeting. (TH)
16 May 1878 Nicoll builds an outrigger. (TH)
25 5 1878 Recreation Grounds Board meeting. (TH)
25 5 1878 Boat christened on the lake. (TH)
28 5 1878 Letter to Editor re Acclimatisation Proposal. (TH)
1 6 1878 Letter to editor re Acclimatisation Society. (TH)
13 6 1878 Description of Dam Work carried out. (TH)
20 7 1878 Recreation Grounds Board meeting. (TH)
31 8 1878 Recreation Grounds Board meeting (Dam). (TH)
17 9 1878 Advert – Tender for Deepening Bye Wash. (TH)
19 9 1878 Recreation Grounds Board meeting. (TH)
21 9 1878 Advert for Custodian Position. (TH)
19 10 1878 No Boating on Sundays. (TH)
31 10 1878 Bazaar Advert. (TH)
5 11 1878 Advert for Fundraising Bazaar. (TH)
8 11 1878 Fundraising Bazaar. (TH)
9 11 1878 Fundraising Bazaar. (TH)
12 11 1878 Fundraising Bazaar a success. (TH)
1879
15 1 1879 Public meeting about formation of Swimming Club. (TH)
21 1 1879 Recreation Grounds Board meeting – Bathing shed. (TH)
23 1 1879 Public meeting about Bathing House. (TH)
25 1 1879 Public meeting about Bathing House. (TH)
31 1 1879 Public meeting about Bathing House. (TH)
1 2 1879 Bathing House Design Proceeding. (TH)
8 2 1879 Recreation Grounds Board meeting. (TH)
12 2 1879 Bathing Shed plans. (TH)
4 3 1879 Paradise Ducks Released into Lake. (TH)
6 3 1879 Tender for Erection Bathing House. (TH)
11 3 1879 Recreation Ground Board meeting (AGM). (TH)
28 3 1879 Notice of Erection of Bathing House. (TH)
1 4 1879 bathing Shed update. (TH)
7 4 1879 Notice of Swimming Competition. (TH)
8 4 1879 Fundraising drama performance for bathing shed. (TH)
9 4 1879 Swimming competition given go ahead. (TH)
10 4 1879 Swimming Competition Account. (TH)
11 4 1879 Bathing Shed fundraising. (TH)
23 4 1879 Fundraising for Bathing House. (TH)
24 4 1879 Fundraising for Bathing House. (TH)
17 5 1879 Recreation Grounds Board meeting. (TH)
8 7 1879 Recreation Ground Board meeting. (TH)
9 7 1879 R H Thompson named on Committee (TH)
9 7 1879 Town Board donation (TH)
16 7 1879 Recreation Ground Bye Laws. (TH)
6 8 1879 Letter to Editor re State of Grounds. (TH)
1 10 1879 Eels caught in Recreation Grounds. (TH)
6 10 1879 Recreation Ground Board meeting. (TH)
3 11 1879 Call for a Meeting with intention of forming a Swimming Club. (TH)
7 11 1879 Forming of Swimming Club. (TH)
5 12 1879 Swimming Clubs first Competition. (TH)
9 12 1879 Advert for Swimming Competition. (TH)
1880
3 1 1880 Recreation Ground Board meeting. (TH)
5 1 1880 Davidson appointed to replace King. (TH)
6 2 1880 Swimming Club Meeting. (TH)
7 2 1880 Recreation Ground Board meeting. (TH)
7 2 1880 Fundraising show (TH)
16 2 1880 Government Donation. (TH)
24 2 1880 Swimming Club Competition Handicaps. (TH)
4 3 1880 Swimming Competition Results. (TH)
13 3 1880 Sir William Fox fundraising lecture. (TH)
5 5 1880 Board goes to Council Cap in Hand for Funds. (TH)
3 6 1880 Letter to Editor re Lack of Funds for the Recreation Board. (TH)
8 6 1880 Borough Council – Notice of Motion for Council to take over Rec. (TH)
10 6 1880 Acclimatisation Soc urged to make a donation to the Rec. (TH)
23 6 1880 Motion to take over rec withdrawn. (TH)
28 6 1880 Plea for Funds for the Recreation Board. (TH)
2 7 1880 Fundraising Bazaar. (TH)
8 9 1880 Notice of Motion for Council to Take over Rec withdrawn. (TH)
11 9 1880 Major Atkinson sends Donation. (TH)
16 9 1880 Major Atkinson sends Donation. (TH)
17 9 1880 Recreation Ground Board meeting. (TH)
12 10 1880 Receipt of Vitis Californica seeds. (TH)
12 10 1880 Trout ova for Rec. (Patea Mail)
3 11 1880 Footbridge to be erected on Gill Street for Recreation Ground. (TH)
13 11 1880 Recreation Grounds presented with Water Lilies. (TH)
1881
11 1 1881 Promenade Concert. (TH)
12 1 1881 Promenade Concert. (TH)
13 1 1881 Fireworks display. (TH)
17 2 1881 Aquatic Sports Results. (TH)
17 2 1881 Fancy Fayre advert. (TH)
17 2 1881 Water Polo in lake. (TH)
25 2 1881 Fancy Fair write up. (TH)
26 2 1881 Funds from Fancy Fair. (TH)
28 2 1881 Returns from Fancy Fair. (TH)
30 5 1881 Recreation Grounds Board meeting. (TH)
7 6 1881 Request permission to get dirt from Liardet St. (TH)
28 6 1881 Mitchinson offers plants to Recreation ground. (TH)
5 7 1881 Earth to fill swamp in park. (TH)
25 7 1881 Improvements to park. (TH)
27 7 1881 Citizens concerns over state of Recreation ground. (TH)
17 8 1881 Recreation Ground Board meeting – Colson resigns. (TH)
30 8 1881 Minstrels show for Recreation Ground Funds. (TH)
14 9 1881 Recreation Grounds Board meeting. (TH)
14 9 1881 Tener for filling swamp. (TH)
17 9 1881 Work to proceed on filling swamp. (TH)
22 9 1881 Lecture on Electricity to raise Funds. (TH)
8 10 1881 Bathing House – Dogs Banned. (TH)
11 10 1881 Bathing house ad and Dog ban (TH)
13 10 1881 musical entertainment. (TH)
15 10 1881 Recreation Grounds Board meeting. (TH)
28 10 1881 plants from Melbourne. (TH)
31 10 1881 musical entertainment advert (TH)
1882
16 1 1882 Fight in the park. (TH)
6 2 1882 Annual Swimming Tournament Ad. (TH)
6 2 1882 Rec Board told to stop removing earth from Liardet St. (TH)
7 2 1882 Bellringer blames Recreation Board for state of Liardet Street. (TH)
9 3 1882 Swimming competition results (TH)
8 4 1882 Recreation Grounds Board meeting. (TH)
22 4 1882 Rescue at the Lake (TH)
15 6 1882 Dr Hector donates plants. (TH)
4 7 1882 Recreation Ground Board approaches council for money. (TH)
5 7 1882 Boards financial position clarified in deposition to council. (TH)
25 7 1882 Salmon in the lake. (TH)
8 8 1882 Borough council debate Rec funding. (TH)
28 8 1882 Letter to editor re Recreation Grounds. (TH)
30 8 1882 State of finances and improvements to grounds. (TH)
5 9 1882 Letter from Board to Town Council re handing over control. (TH)
21 9 1882 Recreation Ground Board meeting. (TH)
22 9 1882 Juvenile Fancy Dress Ball. (TH)
5 10 1882 Juvenile Fancy Dress Ball Account. (TH)
13 10 1882 Recreation Ground Board meeting. (TH)
16 10 1882 Paratawhiti ferns donated to Recreation Grounds. (TH)
17 10 1882 Results of Juvenile Fancy Dress Ball. (TH)
20 10 1882 Proposal of recovering part of swamp for lawn (TH)
27 10 1882 Proposed Improvements to Recreation Grounds. (TH)
27 10 1882 Tender accepted for Swamp Reclamation. (TH)
2 11 1882 Donations of fish. (TH)
6 11 1882 Promenade Concert. (TH)
6 11 1882 Recreation Ground Board meeting. (TH)
7 11 1882 Programme for volunteer band. (TH)
25 11 1882 Improvements update. (TH)
29 12 1882 promenade concert review. (TH)
1883
6 1 883 Recreation Ground Board meeting – Bandstand. (TH)
16 1 1883 Black Swans donated to Rec – one dies on route. (TH)
17 1 1883 Advert banning dogs from Rec – will be shot. (TH)
1 2 1883 Advert for Ye Olde English Fayre. (TH)
6 2 1883 Ye Old English Fayre. (TH)
7 2 1883 Ye Mercury paper page 1 (Puke Ariki ARC2011-141)
7 2 1883 Ye Mercury paper page 2 (Puke Ariki ARC2011-141)
7 2 1883 Ye Mercury paper page 3 (Puke Ariki ARC2011-141)
7 2 1883 Ye Mercury paper page 4 (Puke Ariki ARC2011-141)
9 2 1883 YE OLDE ENGLISH FAYRE. (TH)
9 2 1883 Ye Old English Fayre. Advert (TH)
10 2 1883 YE OLDE ENGLISH FAYRE. (TH)
12 2 1883 YE OLDE ENGLISH FAYRE. (TH)
12 2 1883 Ye Old English Fayre Advert (TH)
13 2 1883 YE OLDE ENGLISH FAYRE. (TH)
21 2 1883 Annual Swimming Tournament Programme. (TH)
21 2 1883 Receipts from Ye Old English Fayre. (TH)
23 2 1883 Huges Pond – Dam breaches. (TH)
24 2 1883 Recreation Ground Board meeting. (TH)
28 2 1883 Tender for lawn extension. (TH)
1 3 1883 Annual swimming tournament results. (TH)
6 3 1883 Boards Balance Sheet for 1882. (TH)
17 3 1883 Lake drained and Prussian carp lost. (TH)
21 3 1883 Lake Drained for Dam Repair. (TH)
6 4 1883 Plant Donations. (TH)
24 4 1883 First mention of The Poet’s Bridge. (TH)
26 4 1883 Eucalyptus and Golden Wattle seeds received. (TH)
12 6 1883 Supply of blue gum seeds. (TH)
13 6 1883 Reply to supply of blue gum seeds. (TH)
18 6 1883 Recreation Ground Board meeting – Poet’s Bridge. (TH)
20 6 1883 Advert for Design of Poets Bridge. (TH)
25 6 1883 Clarifying bridge construction. (TH)
12 7 1883 Last call for designs of The Poet’s Bridge. (TH)
14 6 1883 Six designs for The Poet’s Bridge. (TH)
16 7 1883 Design of The Poet’s Bridge selected. (TH)
19 7 1883 Board meeting bridge design chosen. (TH)
21 7 1883 Tenders for The Poet’s Bridge Erection. (TH)
23 7 1883 Working plans of bridge complete. (TH)
27 7 1883 Clarification of bridge building material. (TH)
4 8 1883 Tenders received for bridge construction. (TH)
7 81883 Hooker & Campbell awarded Bridge Construction. (TH)
3 9 1883 Sunflower Minstrels Show Advert. (TH).
4 9 1883 Sunflower Minstrel show. (TH)
22 9 1883 Sunflower Minstrels Show proceeds. (TH)
29 10 1883 Open air concert during Govenor’s visit. (TH)
19 11 1883 Bridge update. (TH)
1884
22 1 1884 Ben Bolt Drama fundraising. (TH)
26 1 1884 Ben Bolt Drama Advert. (TH)
31 1 1884 Ben Bolt Drama fundraising. (TH)
8 2 1884 Write up of Ben Bolt show. (TH)
9 2 1884 Recreation Ground Board meeting. (TH)
20 2 1884 Call for opening day of The Poet’s Bridge. (TH)
22 2 1884 Recreation Ground Board meeting. (TH)
28 2 1884 Details of bridge construction. (TH)
29 2 1884 Announcement of Bridge opening. (TH)
6 3 1884 Arrangements for Bridge Opening Ceremony. (TH)
11 3 1884 Bridge opening ceremony. (TH)
11 3 1884 Poison laid for stray dogs. (TH)
13 3 1884 Bridge named after racehorse. (TH)
19 3 1884 Boards accounts for 1883. (TH)
5 4 1884 Bathing season tickets. (TH)
8 5 1884 Borough Council funding. (TH)
20 9 1884 Barretts Cannon. (TH)
20 9 1884 Donation of gate promised. (TH)
20 9 1884 Recreation Ground Board meeting. (TH)
29 9 1884 Recreation ground unsuitable for cricket. (TH)
9 10 1884 Cannon mounted in Rec and plant donation. (TH)
3 11 1884 Fireworks display and concert. (TH)
20 11 1884 Childrens bathing area. (TH)
27 11 1884 Dam repaired in the Hughes pond. (TH)
28 11 1884 Letter re bathing in lake. (TH)
1 12 1884 Recreation Ground Board meeting. (TH)
1 12 1884 Request to build boat shed. (TH)
5 12 1884 J Revell (Blacksmith)completed making of gates. (TH)
1885
21 1 1885 Letter complementing Recreation Ground. (TH)
30 1 1885 Swimming Club organising Competition. (TH)
2 2 1885 Naming of Recreation Ground Egmont Park Suggested. (TH)
4 2 1885 Advert for swimming gala. (TH)
7 2 1885 Bunting installed for swimming Carnival. (TH)
7 2 1885 Ladies Bathing Area provided. (TH)
7 2 1885 Liardet St gates under construction – Ladies bathing area being used(TH)
7 2 1885 Near Drowning in the Lake. (TH)
10 2 1885 Chew Chong offers flagstaff. (TH)
11 2 1885 Plaque to be ordered for The Poets Bridge. (TH)
11 2 1885 Recreation Ground Board meeting. (TH)
11 2 1885 Visitor offers garden seats for park. (TH)
12 2 1885 A thousand people attend swimming tournament – Results. (TH)
27 2 1885 Accounts for 1884. (TH)
2 3 1885 One of Furlong’s lake statues destroyed. (TH)
3 3 1885 Tender for flagstaff erection. (TH)
7 3 1885 Recreation Ground Board meeting-Egmont Park name adopted. (TH)
9 3 1885 Change of Name to be confirmed. (TH)
17 3 1885 Remaining lake statue blown over. (TH)
17 3 1885 W Bennett collected money for Rec. (TH)
31 3 1885 Name suggestion. (TH)
8 4 1885 Captain Davidson commits suicide. (TH)
8 4 1885 Captain Davidson Inquest. (TH)
11 4 1885 Permission given for Football in the Recreation grounds. (TH)
11 4 1885 Recreation Ground Board meeting. (TH)
25 4 1885 Chew Chong flagstaff. (TH)
7 5 1885 Donation of seven Seats. (TH)
12 5 1885 Government appoint F P Corkill to Board. (TH)
23 5 1885 Large tree planting from donation. (TH)
8 6 1885 New Path to be made by Strawberry Patch. (TH)
9 6 1885 Carp to be put in lake. (TH)
7 7 1885 Board successful in cultivating Australian golden Wattle. (TH)
18 7 1885 Recreation Ground Board meeting- vases – flagpole seats. (TH)
18 7 1885 Request for boundary survey. (TH)
18 7 1885 Thinking about angling licenses. (TH)
30 7 1885 Large vases for rec ground. (TH)
24 8 1885 Tree donation from Mitchinson and Messenger (Pohutukawa). (TH)
25 8 1885 Trout found in lake. (TH)
5 9 1885 Gravel put in Lake for trout. (TH)
12 9 1885 Mitchinson donates water lily plants. (TH)
21 9 1885 More plant donations. (TH)
30 9 1885 150 Puriri donated by Captain Wilson. (TH)
3 10 1885 Iron garden seats from UK. (TH)
5 10 1885 Box planted round lake. (TH)
12 10 1885 More plant donations. (TH)
21 10 1885 Recreation Ground Board meeting. (TH)
24 10 1885 Notice of fireworks display. (TH)
6 11 1885 Account of Fireworks display. (TH)
17 11 1885 Garden seats and seats around Flagstaff. (TH)
17 11 1885 Recreation Ground Board meeting – Bandstand. (TH)
30 11 1885 Swamp reclamation for cricket and rugby. (TH)
11 12 1885 Moonlight Band Concert ad. (TH)
14 12 1885 Request for bandstand. (TH)
19 12 1885 Recreation Ground Board meeting. (TH)
1886
18 1 1886 Boy eats poisonous tutu berries. (TH)
1 2 1886 Larrakins throwing glass in lake. (TH)
1 2 1886 Recreation Ground Board meeting. (TH)
2 2 1886 Swimming tournament programme. (TH)
23 2 1886 Aquatic sports results. (TH)
27 2 1886 Bathing times questioned. (TH)
27 2 1886 Bathing times questioned. (TH)
12 3 1886 Bandstand estimate requested from Scott bros. (TH)
23 3 1886 Claffey catches poacher. (TH)
30 3 1886 Donation given for Park seats. (TH)
5 4 1886 Strawberry trees damaged. (TH)
10 4 1886 Lake cleaning and extension. (TH)
10 4 1886 Recreation Ground Board meeting – Gates finished. (TH)
12 6 1886 Recreation Ground Board meeting – Rotunda. (TH)
9 7 1886 Trees to be planted. (TH)
26 7 1886 Black wattle trees hit by frost. (TH)
26 7 1886 Trout in the lake. (TH)
4 8 1886 An overview of improvements. (TH)
12 8 1886 Fundraising for rotunda. (TH)
14 8 1886 Recreation Ground Board meeting – Section 1086 purchased. (TH)
21 8 1886 Fancy dress ball fundraiser for Rotunda. (TH)
3 9 1886 List of fireworks for upcoming display. (TH)
9 10 1886 Recreation Ground Board meeting. (TH)
12 10 1886 Dead horse buried outside entrance to Recreation Ground. (TH)
27 10 1886 Flagstaff struck by lightening. (TH)
30 10 1886 Swimming Club AGM. (TH)
11 11 1886 Plant donation. (TH)
13 11 1886 Board meeting, ladies bathing hours and fishing licenses. (TH)
13 11 1886 Red flag introduced for ladies bathing. (TH)
15 11 1886 Complaint about cost of firework display entry. (TH)
17 11 1886 Firework display write up. (TH)
22 11 1886 Bandstand to proceed. (TH)
22 11 1886 Recreation Ground Board meeting. (TH)
26 11 1886 Davis duped by boys fishing. (TH)
3 12 1886 Fishing in the lake. (TH)
6 12 1886 Recue at the lake. (TH)
22 12 1886 Recreation Ground Board meeting. (TH)
29 12 1886 Donations for band performance – incl buttons etc. (TH)
1887
4 1 1887 Fireworks display write up. (TH)
4 1 1887 Tender accepted for clearing foundation for rotunda. (TH)
7 1 1887 Recreation Ground Board meeting-Petition for evening swimming. (TH)
10 1 1887 Promise of deer for the park. (TH)
13 1 1887 Trout hard to catch. (TH)
17 1 1887 Swimming tournament handicaps. (TH)
19 1 1887 Aquatic Sports day results. (TH)
7 2 1887 Pine trees blown down. (TH)
1 3 1887 Rotunda earthworks finished. (TH)
12 3 1887 One of Barrett’s cannon’s put in the grounds. (TH)
17 3 1887 Damage to rotunda base. (TH)
29 3 1887 Starlings released in park. (TH)
2 4 1887 Rotunda setting concrete trampled. (TH)
25 4 1887 Recreation Ground Board meeting. (TH)
21 6 1887 Rotunda base used for band Victoria’s 50th jubilee. (TH)
6 7 1887 Poet’s Bridge defaced. (TH)
25 7 1887 Five acres of land offered. (TH)
20 8 1887 Recreation Ground Board meeting. (TH)
30 8 1887 Receipt of cannon. (TH)
9 9 1887 Fundraising for the Recreation Grounds. (TH)
25 11 1887 Mollyhawk presented to Recreation Grounds. (TH)
10 12 1887 Injured Mollyhawk to be put down. (TH)
10 12 1887 Recreation Ground Board meeting. (TH)
17 12 1887 Athletics Clubs consider using Recreation Grounds. (TH)
17 12 1887 Committee formed to organise Fancy Fair. (TH)
22 12 1887 First meeting of Fancy Fair committee. (TH)
1888
7 1 1888 Fancy fair Committee. (TH)
11 1 1888 Fancy fair committee meeting. (TH)
18 1 1888 Ladies meet for fancy fair. (TH)
27 1 1888 Recreation Ground Board meeting. (TH)
4 2 1888 Recreation Ground Board meeting. (TH)
18 2 1888 Donations for Fancy fair called for. (TH)
9 3 1888 Meeting of men involved in fair. (TH)
21 3 1888 Fancy fair preparation. (TH)
27 3 1888 No fireworks at fair. (TH)
28 3 1888 Fancy fair in park abandoned – moved indoors. (TH)
29 3 1888 Fancy fair write up. (TH)
11 4 1888 Recreation Ground Board meeting. (TH)
2 8 1888 Recreation Ground Board meeting. (TH)
1889
21 1 1889 Harry Atkinson offers swans to park. (TH)
26 1 1889 Recreation Ground Board meeting. (TH)
26 1 1889 Recreation Ground Board meeting. (TH)
4 2 1889 Atkinson’s swans put in lake. (TH)
18 2 1889 Peahens gifted to park. (TH)
25 2 1889 Peahens stolen. (TH)
25 2 1889 Black Swan gifted to Recreation Grounds. (TH)
25 2 1889 Nuisance under the Tree. (TH)
9 3 1889 Peacock joins peahens. (TH)
15 6 1889 Recreation Ground Board meeting. (TH)
20 6 1889 Dispute over boundary at brooklands. (TH)
10 7 1889 Mr. R Cock appointed to board. (TH)
15 7 1889 Visit by General Strange. (TH)
20 7 1889 Concert advert for park fundraising. (TH)
9 8 1889 Letter to editor looking for support of Recreation Ground. (TH)
10 8 1889 Fundraising concert ad. (TH)
12 8 1889 Claffey helping with fundraising. (TH)
12 8 1889 Letter to editor looking for support of Recreation Ground. (TH)
27 8 1889 Holdsworthy Road and Jones road issue. (TH)
3 9 1889 Concert offer to raise money. (TH)
12 10 1889 Meeting called to consider options to improve sportsground. (TH)
14 10 1889 Sports committee formed. (TH)
18 10 1889 Moses the swan injured by dog. (TH)
18 10 1889 Terms of Sports committee set. (TH)
21 10 1889 Sports committee formed. (TH)
4 11 1889 T K Skinner produces plans for sportsground. (TH)
5 11 1889 Molly hawk presented to park. (TH)
8 11 1889 Sports Committee start fundraising to fill in swamp. (TH)
18 12 1889 Progress on swamp clearance. (TH)
30 12 1889 Call for tenders to fill swamp. (TH)
1890
4 1 1890 Recreation Ground Board meeting. (TH)
4 1 1890 Update on athletics ground. (TH)
14 1 1890 George bros win tender to build sports track. (TH)
28 1 1890 Aquatic sports committee. (TH)
28 1 1890 Aquatic sports programme. (TH)
28 1 1890 Water lilies in lower pond. (TH)
30 1 1890 takings from Aquatic sports. (TH)
30 1 1890 Jubilee Aquatic Sports results. (TH)
8 2 1890 Education Board – section 1084 exchange in park. (TH)
11 2 1890 Fennel in the park. (TH)
17 2 1890 Recreation Ground Board meeting. (TH)
18 2 1890 Improvements to main gate. (TH)
22 2 1890 Account of band concert and Fireworks display. (TH)
26 2 1890 Recreation Ground improvements. (TH)
1 3 1890 Entrance gate update. (TH)
3 3 1890 Inaugural Sports meeting. (TH)
7 3 1890 Gate Improvements postponed. (TH)
19 3 1890 Sports Ground update. (TH)
24 3 1890 Working bees to clear hills around Sports Ground. (TH)
5 4 1890 Lifeboat in grounds for sports day. (TH)
5 4 1890 Sports meeting update. (TH)
8 4 1890 Results of inaugural Sports meeting. (TH)
12 4 1890 Stephen Maloney missing (TH)
14 4 1890 Maloney murder suspect spotted (TH)
16 4 1890 Maloney murder rumours (TH)
22 4 1890 Pair of fancy ducks from canterbury. (TH)
10 5 1890 Big trout in lake. (TH)
20 5 1890 Swans leave lake. (TH)
9 6 1890 Lost swans found. (TH)
10 6 1890 Recreation Ground Board meeting. (TH)
21 8 1890 Ad for November athletics meet. (TH)
6 9 1890 Appeal for funds for Liardet Street gate. (TH)
13 9 1890 Plant donations. (TH)
8 10 1890 Ornamental gate erection started. (TH)
31 10 1890 Advert for fundraising bazaar. (TH)
3 11 1890 Lifeboat being repaired. (TH)
11 11 1890 Bazaar in aid of park a huge sucess. (TH)
25 11 1890 New Entrance at Liardet Street completed. (TH)
20 12 1890 Tender notice for erection of Band Rotunda. (TH)
23 11 1890 Bazaar takings. (TH)
1891
12 1 1891 Band Rotunda tender accepted. (TH)
16 2 1891 Band Rotunda arrives. (TH)
16 2 1891 Jubilee sports day programme. (TH)
26 2 1891 Fire at the bathing shed. (TH)
27 2 1891 Fire at the bathing shed court case. (TH)
2 3 1891 Band Rotunda not as ordered. (TH)
9 3 1891 Donations for gates at Recreation Ground. (TH)
9 3 1891 Gates at Liardet St entrance. (TH)
17 3 1891 Fire at the bathing shed court case. (TH)
23 3 1891 Letter to the editor. (TH)
24 3 1891 Jubilee programme. (TH)
25 3 1891 Sports track almost finished. (TH)
28 3 1891 Jubilee celebration preparation. (TH)
31 3 1891 Jubilee sports day review. (TH)
1 4 1891 Completed Band Rotunda used during Jubilee. (TH)
9 4 1891 Money from jubilee. (TH)
15 4 1891 Advert for Athletic and military exhibition. (TH)
16 4 1891 Fire at the bathing shed court case. (TH)
17 4 1891 Athletics and military games. (TH)
18 4 1891 Salisbury put on bread and water. (TH)
20 4 1891 Review of athletic and military exhibition. (TH)
29 4 1891 Salisbury sentenced. (TH)
29 5 1891 Full list of sports ground sponsors. (TH)
30 5 1891 Organising fundraising opera. (TH)
16 6 1891 Recreation Ground Board meeting – Fookes land purchase. (TH)
2 7 1891 Description of Recreation grounds. (TH)
4 7 1891 Fillis Street land bought (Fookes). (TH)
13 7 1891 Peacock presented to the park. (TH)
3 8 1891 Donation to board. (TH)
10 8 1891 Board meeting land purchased Bayley donates cannon. (TH)
14 8 1891 Donations for planting. (TH)
20 8 1891 Kidd brought in to help with planting. (TH)
20 8 1891 Plant donations. (TH)
28 8 1891 Native plant donation. (TH)
10 9 1891 TRV Band Farewell Concert. (TH)
12 9 1891 Kidd supervising Plantings. (TH)
12 9 1891 Peacock missing. (TH)
14 9 1891 Taranaki refugee fund donation. (TH)
18 9 1891 Death of J T Davis. (TH)
18 9 1891 inquest part 1 of J T Davis. (TH)
21 9 1891 Funeral of J T Davis. (TH)
6 10 1891 Kidd helps with tree planting. (TH)
12 10 1891 Recreation Ground Board meeting. (TH)
13 101891 September planting list. (TH)
26 10 1891 Grass seed laid on sports track. (TH)
28 10 1891 Donation via Criterion Hotel. (TH)
31 10 1891 Emu offered to board. (TH)
7 11 1891 Recreation Ground Board meeting. (TH)
14 11 1891 Board reject Emu offer. (TH)
21 12 1891 Collis takes photos of grounds with new camera. (TH)
23 12 1891 Collis selling new stereo photos of park. (TH)
31 12 1891 Request for bulbs for the park. (TH)
1892
12 1 1892 Recreation Ground Board meeting. (TH)
12 1 1892 Reducing hill on Carrington Road from curators house (TH)
19 1 1892 Memorial to J T Davis. (TH)
21 1 1892 Bulbs wanted + list of annual subscribers. (TH)
8 2 1892 Recreation Ground Board meeting. (TH)
12 2 1892 Annual subscriptions. (TH)
16 4 1892 Easter Monday Sports Day programme. (TH)
19 4 1892 Sports Day Results. (TH)
20 4 1892 Opening flower beds to schools. (TH)
22 4 1892 Recreation Ground Board meeting. (TH)
4 5 1892 Modifying main lake. (TH)
9 5 1892 Fernery at waterfall. (TH)
9 5 1892 Recreation Ground Board meeting. (TH)
11 5 1892 Board to consider carriage track round ground. (TH)
12 5 1892 Tenders for concrete work on lake outlet. (TH)
13 5 1892 Public asked to plant flower beds. (TH)
21 5 1892 Mrs hursthouse takes charge of one Flower Bed. (TH)
4 6 1892 Recreation Ground Board meeting. (TH)
9 6 1892 Committee agree to allow football and cricket on sports field. (TH)
9 7 1892 Recreation Ground Board meeting. (TH)
21 7 1892 Fern donation from John Wheeler. (TH)
5 9 1892 Recreation Ground Board meeting- maze offered. (TH)
12 9 1892 Peacock killed. (TH)
12 9 1892 Plantings in the park. (TH)
15 9 1892 Cricket club lays down pitch. (TH)
6 10 1892 Juvenile sports day. (TH)
6 10 1892 Maze description. (TH)
10 10 1892 Recreation Ground Board meeting. (TH)
17 10 1892 Swimming club reformed. (TH)
5 11 1892 Recreation Ground Board meeting. (TH)
7 11 1892 Arrangements for juvenile sports day. (TH)
7 11 1892 Maori canoe offered. (TH)
7 11 1892 New bridge – offer to superintend construction. (TH)
10 11 1892 Juvenile Sports Day results. (TH)
14 12 1892 First cricket match. (TH)
1893
3 1 1893 Note of Collis photo of Recreation Grounds. (TH)
25 1 1893 Recreation Ground Board meeting. (TH)
27 1 1893 Letter to editor – Cannon hill faced. (TH)
28 1 1893 Swimming competition organised. (TH)
30 1 1893 Court case re dogs in park (newton king). (TH)
2 2 1893 Aquatic Sports programme. (TH)
6 2 1893 Easter Monday Athletics sports programme. (TH)
11 2 1893 Recreation Ground Board meeting. (TH)
27 2 1893 Collis photo using new process. (TH)
3 3 1893 Aquatic Sports results. (TH)
6 3 1893 Recreation Ground Board meeting – Kiwi gifted. (TH)
17 3 1893 Cavill swimming exhibition. (TH)
29 3 1893 Whale bones arriving. (TH)
4 4 1893 Athletic sports a success. (TH)
8 4 1893 Plants and whale bones stolen. (TH)
10 4 1893 Corkill charged with taking dog into grounds. (TH)
12 5 1893 Captain Mace donates plants. (TH)
22 5 1893 Fountain lake, maze article. (TH)
15 6 1893 Plants donated. (TH)
7 7 1893 Flooding in park. (TH)
11 7 1893 Recreation Ground Board meeting. (TH)
22 7 1893 Plant donations – Arden helping with planting. (TH)
14 8 1893 Recreation Ground Board meeting. (TH)
30 8 1893 Taranaki v Auckland rugby game. (TH)
6 9 1893 Recreation Ground Board meeting (boatshed and new bridge). (TH)
20 9 1893 Unusual planting. (TH)
21 9 1893 Misses Albu’s concert. (TH)
30 9 1893 Promenade Concert. (TH)
2 10 1893 Misses Albu’s concert promotion. (TH)
3 10 1893 Write up of concert in park. (TH)
7 10 1893 Fundraising for the Recreation Grounds. (TH)
9 10 1893 E.M. Smith donates black swan. (TH)
10 10 1893 Recreation Ground Board meeting. (TH)
13 10 1893 Fundraising concert. (TH)
13 10 1893 Fundraising concert review. (TH)
21 10 1893 Funds received. (TH)
4 12 1893 New lower lake filled. (TH)
4 12 1893 Recreation Ground Board meeting – Whale bones – Maze. (TH)
18 12 1893 Goldfish released into new lake. (TH)
30 12 1893 New Year’s sports day
1894
2 1 1894 First Annual Athletics Carnival. (TH)
8 1 1894 Lake pics on chinaware. (TH)
8 1 1894 Pea fowl donation. (TH)
9 1 1894 Water polo in the park. (TH)
11 1 1894 Results from Gymnasium sports day. (TH)
12 1 1894 sports results part 2 (TH)
7 2 1894 Recreation Ground Board meeting. (TH)
12 3 1894 Ad for citizens ball. (TH)
12 3 1894 Recreation Grounds Athletic Sports Day Programme. (TH)
31 3 1894 Balloonist Leila Adair advert. (TH)
31 3 1894 Notice of Madame Adair’s Balloon Jump. (TH)
6 4 1894 Football Tournament results – Adair balloon burnt. (TH)
7 4 1894 Recreation Ground Board meeting. (TH)
16 4 1894 Thinning out pine trees. (TH)
20 4 1894 Thinning out pine trees. (TH)
23 4 1894 Bathing shed broken into. (TH)
23 4 1894 Offer of assistance cutting down trees. (TH)
26 4 1894 Working bee successful. (TH)
27 4 1894 Working bee successful. (TH)
2 5 1894 Another working bee. (TH)
2 5 1894 Summary of work 1893 – Boatshed Bridge flagstaff cannons whale bones. (TH)
5 5 1894 Recreation Ground Board meeting. (TH)
9 5 1894 Arden to supervise working bee. (TH)
11 5 1894 Charles Francis drowned in lake. (TH)
14 5 1894 Charles Francis drowned in lake – inquest. (TH)
14 5 1894 Newton King donation for new bridge. (TH)
18 5 1894 Working bee a sucess. (TH)
29 5 1894 Another working bee. (TH)
7 6 1894 Sports Ground caretaker appointed. (TH)
9 6 1894 Recreation Ground board meeting. (TH)
12 6 1894 Planting on Fillis Street boundary. (TH)
4 6 1894 Purchase of section 1135. (TH)
9 7 1894 Recreation Ground Board meeting – Roy resigns. (TH)
8 8 1894 Recreation Ground Board meeting. (TH)
22 8 1894 Ad for china with park pictures on it. (TH)
28 8 1894 letter to editor re cricket pitch. (TH)
29 8 1894 W L Newman appointed to board. (TH)
8 9 1894 Recreation Ground Board meeting. (TH)
10 10 1894 Johnny Fro book goes on sale. (TH)
16 10 1894 Fishing licenses. (TH)
13 11 1894 Fireworks display Ad. (TH)
3 12 1894 Johhny Fro a fairytale book to raise funds for Mr. Hood. (TH)
11 12 1894 Board in financial difficulties. (TH)
11 12 1894 Recreation Ground Board meeting. (TH)
14 12 1894 Athletics Club 2nd annual carnival programme. (TH)
17 12 1894 Fireworks display advert. (TH)
18 12 1894 Firework display a success. (TH)
18 12 1894 Swimming club Clement Wiggins. (TH)
22 12 1894 Darby’s donkey difficult to ride. (TH)
1895
11 2 1895 Town Band concert in the Recreation Grounds. (TH)
26 2 1895 Fijian cricketers have a dip in the lake. (TH)
27 2 1895 Recreation Ground Board meeting. (TH)
1 3 1893 Eltham and Ngaire children picnic in the Rec. (TH)
6 3 1895 Easter Monday Sports Day programme. (TH)
6 3 1895 Notice of Working Bee. (TH)
15 3 1895 South Taranaki school picnic. (TH)
16 3 1895 Account of working bee. (TH)
16 3 1895 Board allowed to fence off part of racecourse. (TH)
20 3 1895 Garden seat donation. (TH)
21 3 1895 Annual Report of work carried out during 1894. (TH)
22 3 1895 Inglewood school outing. (TH)
5 4 1895 Surplus funds from sports day to go towards pavilion. (TH)
9 4 1895 Recreation Ground Board meeting. (TH)
10 4 1895 Fundraising afternoon tea for sports day. (TH)
22 4 1895 Fancy Dress rugby Match. (TH)
23 4 1895 Arden asking for plants donations for the park. (TH)
10 4 1895 Bylaws updated. (TH)
11 6 1895 Ladies thanked for providing refreshments at working bees. (TH)
24 6 1895 Jockey club gives park use of land. (TH)
16 7 1895 Recreation Ground Board meeting. (TH)
30 7 1895 Arbor Day planting of land from jockey club. (TH)
3 8 1895 Recreation Ground Board meeting. (TH)
8 8 1895 Arbor Day planting in the park. (TH)
13 9 1895 Recreation Ground Board meeting. (TH)
20 9 1895 Prof Furlong promotes Aquatic carnival in park. (TH)
21 9 1895 Sports Ground committee six year summary. (TH)
5 10 1895 Recreation Ground Board meeting. (TH)
7 11 1895 Assistance with Maze requested. (TH)
9 11 1895 Assistance with Maze requested. (TH)
21 11 1895 Winding up swimming club. (TH)
23 11 1895 Winding up swimming club. (TH)
7 12 1895 Maze work continues. (TH)
7 12 1895 Recreation Ground Board meeting. (TH)
16 12 1895 Suicide in the lake.(TH)
17 12 1895 Suicide in the lake – Inquest.(TH)
1896
13 1 1896 Rec Board’s notice of Claffey’s dismissal. (TH)
13 1 1896 Recreation Ground Board meeting. (TH)
18 1 1896 Darby Claffey’s Letter to TH about his dismissal from the park. (TH)
10 2 1896 Recreation Ground Board meeting. (TH)
7 3 1896 Charles Edgecombe appointed custodian. (TH)
7 3 1896 Recreation Ground Board meeting. (TH)
13 3 1896 Easter Monday Sports Day programme. (TH)
4 4 1896 Darby’s donkey sold. (TH)
11 4 1896 Recreation Ground Board meeting. (TH)
11 4 1896 Trouble between Claffey and Edgecombe. (TH)
15 4 1896 Darby Claffey issues an apology. (TH)
25 4 1896 Chairman’s Annual Report. (TH)
27 5 1896 Fundraising concert for recreation grounds. (TH)
13 6 1896 Mr. Harris Ford presented with clock. (TH)
13 6 1896 Recreation Ground Board meeting. (TH)
26 6 1896 Art Union prize description. (TH)
6 7 1896 Recreation Ground Board meeting. (TH)
22 7 1896 Fundraising football match. (TH)
22 7 1896 Fundraising painting for Art Union. (TH)
1 8 1896 Help wanted for Arbor Day planting. (TH)
3 8 1896 Arbor Day Planting. (TH)
3 8 1896 Thinning out of pines – free firewood. (TH)
4 8 1896 Arbor Day Planting. (TH)
4 8 1896 Taranaki’s first interprovincial game v Nelson. (TH)
5 8 1896 Arbor Day Advert. (TH)
7 8 1896 Arbor Day Planting. (TH)
17 8 1896 Recreation Ground Board meeting. (TH)
17 8 1896 Thinning out trees. (TH)
31 8 1896 Cabbage tree blight in the Recreation Grounds. (TH)
7 9 1896 Recreation Ground Board meeting. (TH)
8 9 1896 swans – sports ground. (TH)
12 9 1896 Board allowed to take plants from meeting of the waters. (TH)
23 9 1896 Sheep put on Sports ground to tread on sown grass. (TH)
8 10 1896 Inaugural meeting NP Amateur Athletics and Cycling club. (TH)
13 10 1896 Recreation Ground Board meeting. (TH)
30 10 1896 Floral Fete advert. (TH)
4 11 1896 Floral Fete advert. (TH)
10 11 1896 Account of first floral fete. (TH)
11 11 1896 Floral display at main gate. (TH)
11 11 1896 Recreation Ground Board meeting. (TH)
14 11 1896 Amateur Athletics Meeting advert. (TH)
19 11 1896 Money from floral fete. (TH)
10 12 1896 Proposed mods for cycle track. (TH)
24 12 1896 Recreation Ground Board meeting. (TH)
1897
8 2 1897 Curator told to shoot dogs harassing swans. (TH)
15 2 1897 Curator finds body in main lake. (TH)
16 2 1897 Annie Way inquest (TH)
25 2 1897 Dissolution of Sports Committee – surplus money for drinking fountain. (TH)
6 3 1897 Recreation Ground Board meeting. (TH)
16 3 1897 R H Mace appointed assistant caretaker. (TH)
26 3 1897 Recreation Ground Board meeting -Annual Report. (TH)
d 5 4 1897 Repainting poet’s bridge. (TH)
5 4 1897 Repainting poet’s bridge. (TH)
8 4 1897 Letter to editor defending rec board. (TH)
15 4 1897 Black swans donated. (TH)
10 5 1897 Dispute with Star Football Club. (TH)
10 5 1897 Recreation Ground Board meeting. (TH)
12 5 1897 Dispute with Star Football Club. (TH)
12 5 1897 Recreation Ground Board meeting. (TH)
13 5 1897 Donation of ferns. (TH)
10 6 1897 Ad for Jubilee. (TH)
11 6 1897 Fountain progress. (TH)
12 6 1897 Ad for unveiling of fountain. (TH)
15 6 1897 Summary of all land purchases. (TH)
16 6 1897 Use of prison labour to get grounds in order. (TH)
18 6 1897 Fountain and land purchases. (TH)
21 6 1897 Ad for funds for land purchase. (TH)
23 6 1897 Unveiling Jubilee Water Fountain. (TH)
3 7 1897 Recreation Ground Board meeting. (TH)
20 7 1897 Sports ground dressing room built. (TH)
13 8 1897 Martha King leaves money in will. (TH)
4 9 1897 Recreation Ground Board meeting. (TH)
7 9 1897 Martha King second payment. (TH)
22 9 1897 Last Martha King payment. (TH)
28 9 1897 Floral Fete committee. (TH)
1898
2 7 1898 Recreation Ground Board meeting. (TH)
26 7 1898 plant donation. (TH)
6 8 1898 Recreation Ground Board meeting. (TH)
29 8 1898 Protecting swans. (TH)
1 8 1898 Claffey benefit concert. (TH)
10 9 1898 2000 plants in rec nursery. (TH)
10 9 1898 Recreation Ground Board meeting. (TH)
10 9 1898 2000 plants in nurseries. (TH)
8 10 1898 Recreation Ground Board meeting. (TH)
11 10 1898 Floral fete ad. (TH)
5 11 1898 Floral Carnival description. (TH)
5 11 1898 Recreation Ground Board meeting. (TH)
10 11 1898 3000 attend floral fete. (TH)
10 11 1898 Floral fete an unqualified success. (TH)
11 11 1898 Recreation Ground Board meeting. (TH)
18 11 1898 Profit from Floral Fete. (TH)
25 11 1898 Darby Claffey dies. (TH)
3 12 1898 Recreation Ground Board meeting. (TH)
12 12 1898 Clinton Hughes wedding. (TH)
1899
7 1 1899 Recreation Ground Board meeting. (TH)
7 1 1899 Swimming petition. (TH)
18 1 1899 Swimming Gala Programme. (TH)
21 1 1899 Forming Swimming Club. (TH)
23 1 1899 Stealing Water lilies. (TH)
30 1 1899 Swimming allowed 5-7. (TH)
10 3 1899 Swimming carnival Results. (TH)
8 4 1899 Recreation Ground Board meeting. (TH)
6 5 1899 Enough plants in nursery. (TH)
6 5 1899 Recreation Ground Board meeting. (TH)
9 5 1899 Council request representation on board. (TH)
3 6 1899 Custodian catches dog molesting swans. (TH)
6 1899 Recreation Ground Board meeting. (TH)
16 6 1899 Summary of Improvements including Manhattan Island. (TH)
26 6 1899 Honorary members and plant donations. (TH)
1 7 1899 Fundraising Ball. (TH)
8 7 1899 Recreation Ground Board meeting. (TH)
21 7 1899 Fundraising Ball Review. (TH)
5 8 1899 Recreation Ground Board meeting. (TH)
1 9 1899 Visit to Tarata collecting ferns etc. (TH)
18 9 1899 Recreation Ground Board meeting- exchange of section 1182 with jockey club. (TH)
28 9 1899 Meeting to organise Floral Fete. (TH)
7 10 1899 Recreation Ground Board meeting. (TH)
14 10 1899 Aquatic carnival ad. (TH)
30 10 1899 Aquatic carnival ad (TH)
10 11 1899 Floral Fete Review. (TH)
13 11 1899 Letter to editor re management of rec. (TH)
22 11 1899 Christmas carnival. (TH)
9 12 1899 Recreation Ground Board meeting. (TH)
19 12 1899 Concert in the park. (TH)
27 12 1899 Fireworks Display. (TH)
