Better Than New Orleans

New Orleans, U.S.A., among many other cities in the world, distributes a walk-by-yourself-sightseeing-tour leaflet in which a two or three-hour stroll can cover quite a lot of historical ground. One follows the map on the leaflet and from the numbered points gains much interesting information about the city's past. With the establishment of a number of bronze plaques by the Gisborne Regional Committee of the N.Z. Historic Places Trust anyone in Gisborne can take a walk and actually stand on a number of very outstanding local sites. There are 11 plaques in all. The plaques bear the legend of each site and the map

shows the location of each site. No.l—First Land For Gisborne Township. No.2—First Area Of Land Purchased. No.3—Old Passenger Wharf. No.4—Captain Read's Main Store. No.5—Captain Read's Courthouse. No.6—Blockhouse and Defensive-Trench. No.7—Star Of Canada. No.8—Wyllie Cottage. No.9—Captain Cook's Landing Site. No.10—Waikahua Cottage. No.ll—Cook Memorial Park. Why not take your "Photo News" with you and go for a Sunday stroll? Some of the sites as they stand today are pictured on the next page.