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The first bath house at Morere, before the area was developed by the Government, was not a very attractive building, as can be seen in this picture taken in 1906.

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Other than the large clock, which now stands in the Gladstone Road clock tower, the Gisborne post Office looked much the same in appearance as it did half a century ago.

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Some of the many hazards experienced by early travellers on the East Coast roads were wash-outs and rock falls. In this picture, taken on the road to Tolaga Bay in 1909, travellers have stopped their horse-drawn coach to clear the track of a large boulder.