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Young Nick's Head across the bay is a vivid part of the memory of all Gisborne exiles and indeed of most visitors to Poverty Bay. This excellent photograph of the head was taken from a launch by Sholto Matthews, Matawhero, and qualifies for a three months' subscription to "Photo News".

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This picture has associations with a feature in September "Photo News" which recalled early efforts in the search for oil in Poverty Bay. A visitor from Wairoa is seen here scratching his head over an object which proved to be the cap of one of the oil bores. Photo from Mr A. J. McIntosh, Whatatutu.

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Little Riki Powdrell, of Turiroa, Wairoa, had a surprise awaiting her when she came home from school to find her pet sheep had twin black lambs. Photo by S. Gibson, Awamate R. D. Wairoa.

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These days the art of blade shearing is in danger of being lost. Picture from E. Finn, C/- Puke–kura Station, Waimata, shows shearer removing fleece the old way.

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Len Paulson, 528 Te Hapara Road, sends this snap of his 12 months old daughter Sandra investigating some of the wonders of the flowers that grow in the spring.