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From a collection of photographs assembled by the late Mr Jim Martin, who was in the motor haulage business in the 1920's with Mr Harry Monk, this picture is of one of their early vehicles on the old Tarewa Hill, now eliminated by the new highway.

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A party travelling from Gisborne to Wairoa in 1925 stops to free its truck from a large rut. Owner of the vehicle, the late Mr Henry Gardiner, is standing with pick in hand. Others pictured are: Ernie Cassidy (in cab), Tod Dolman, Stuart Howard, Noel Hawkins, Lang Bradley, Hughie Twigley, George Twigley, and Paul Sceats.

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Monk and Martin's "Pneumonia Cab", a Nash Quad, carrying a load of wool.

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Trucks parked on a steep section of the Parakanapa Hill.