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In days gone by a memorial fountain at the Trafalgar and Hardy Street intersection was a well-known landmark. It was, that is, until July 28, 1906, when it was wrecked by a gas explosion. And here's a chuckle. Two workmen smelled gas coming from one of several jets on the fountain, and lit a match to ascertain the source. Whoomph! They found it!

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Nelson's Post Office, barely recognisable shortly after its completion in 1906. It was opened by the then Prime Minister, Sir Joseph Ward, on December 3 of that year. It cost ten thousand pound to build.