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The Nelson Photo News

 

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Candids Around The Port

Port Nelson is always a busy place and there's usually plenty of pictorial subject matter in that area. "Photo News" takes a wander around the port to meet some of the workers there.

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Manning a Nelson Harbour Board forklift is Danny Talbot

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Touching up the paintwork on the W. J. Scott were Victor Stewart and Ken Dabinett

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A cask of hides is swung aboard the Portland

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There's an easier way of handling pallets of apples than lugging them around by hand. Operating the N.Z. Apple and Pear Marketing Board's straddle machine is Max Miller. The machine can carry five loaded pallets

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Also manning paint brushes on gear for the W. J. Scott were Jack Fenaughty (a technician) and Charlie Somervail

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Working hard on the wharf were Les Rackley and Jack Prosser

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And down in the hold there was also a bit of sweat flowing

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We found Bill Roberts welding on the Picton ferry terminal construction job for Dorman Engineering

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A beautiful 45ft Tahitian-design, ferro-cement motor-sailer, which will eventually grace Nelson's private fleet, is being built for Brian Kidson. Hard at work on the cabin is David Ching