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Doing a roaring trade as a balloon salesman at the Cook Hospital garden party at the Morris Convalescent Home was Mr Alan Webster, pictured in comical attire surrounded by his clients.

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Prior to the national elections, the leader of the Labour Party, Mr A. H. Nordmeyer, paid a visit to Gisborne. He is seen with men of the Old Folks Home during a visit to the institution. At left is the manager of the home, Mr S. W. Riley.

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The town clock wreathed in scaffolding for its new paint job last month.

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The heaviest cargo item to be handled by the Gisborne branch of N.A.C. for 3 years, a 900lb Rotex high speed metal printing unit from England, being unloaded at Darton Field. Now installed in the processing department of "Photo News", for making lithographic plates, the Rotex is the only machine of its type in New Zealand.