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All that was left of the Muriwai Post Office and Store after fire swept the building early this month. A week after this picture was taken, a new building had been erected and the owner, Mr Jack McDonald, was in business again.

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The store fire was the second in 12 months. This picture shows the temporary bar of the Muriwai Hotel, which was completely destroyed by fire on September 30, 1958.

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School holiday weather this year was not of the best, as many a harassed mother was well aware. But occasional days were fine, and here two schoolboys idly watch the dredge at work in the harbour basin.