Christchurch Star
- Lyttelton - 150 Years -
Sesquicentennial - December 2000 -
Special Edition
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p1 - Title Page
p2 - Progress and perserverance at the port
- always something of interest to see around the port.
photos - Lyttelton at the
turn of the century -
a homeward
bound steamer leaving Lyttelton c. 1903
advert - Lyttelton Port
Company - proud sponsors of Celebration Lyttelton.
p3 - The key to prosperity -
photos - an early drawing of Port Lyttelton
it wasn't all beer and skittles
aboard immigrant ships - life could be uncomfortable and food was often
poor.
Charlotte Jane at sea in a
painting by F.McGregor
adverts - Rat &
Roach bar and grill
Irish Pub,
Lyttelton,
Tranz Rail
p4 - Whakaraupo and "the people of the land"
- Bridle Path first access to the Plains
photos -
The Harbour of Lyttelton, 17 December 1850 showing passengers landing
from the Cressy, from a drawing by Wm. Fox
an early view of
Lyttelton township
Teynham built in
1851 survived the big fire of 1870 was thought to have once been a
smuggler's den.
adverts - Lyttelton
Engineering - McKay shipping
Ltd.
Lyttelton Health
Centre - Royal Hotel est 1851
Lyttelton
Information Centre - Lyttelton Club inc
and Four Ships restaurant
p5 - Hard times in harsh prison
- Reminiscences of First Regatta -
photos - Lyttelton Gaol
c. 1903
Mr Matthew Michael
Cleary, Governor of Lyttelton gaol in 1888
adverts - Canterbury
Brewery - Ferrymead Historic
Park
John
Rhind, proud to support "The journey over the Bridle Path"
December 16th
Pacific Shipping -
p6 - Commitment to serving the Community -
photos - The flourishing
Lyttelton Township in 1875
The Lyttelton
township takes shape in the early 1860's
adverts - Banks
Peninsula Marine Ltd - Volcano Cafe
Karmikfish Artscafe - Fulton
Hogan Canterbury
Bundy
Real estate - Chapman Tripp
-
Port
Patisserie - The Lyttelton liquor Shop
p7 - Rail Tunnel opens port to Canterbury Province
- Travel on the Inter-Islander
photos - tunnelling in
progress at the Lyttelton end of the rail tunnel which was started in
1860 and completed in 1867
sailing has
been a popular sport and pastime on Lyttelton Harbour since the early
1900's
adverts -
Headwaves - Shell Port Motors
- SuperValue - Ikon Antiques
The
Deluxe Cafe and Bar - Bells
Pharmacy - Satchmo
Lyttelton
Historical Museum Society Inc. - Buddle
Findlay - Lyttelton Engineering
p8 - Lyttelton - the province's birthplace
- John Robert Godley - farewell address
1852 - Canterbury - a vision fulfilled
photos - Port of
Lyttelton late 1800's
Clock tower
on the old Lyttelton Post Office building was a conspicious landmark -
until it was removed in the 1940's was considered an
earthquake risk
Lyttelton and
Canterbury celebrated the port Centennial in 1950 this is the cover of
the offical Centennial Day souvenir produced by the Lyttelton
Centennial Committee
adverts - Independant
Fisheries Ltd - Grant Camp, Lyttelton Dry
Dock - Maritime Safety
- Sea Cruises Ltd -
Black cat
cruises - Lyttelton Sailing
School - Coastline Adventures
- Fox 11 sailing ship
Christchurch
Press - 15 December 2000 -
Canterbury 150 years - supplement -
p1 - Celebrating our
Province - Our past - Our present -
Our future
p2 - Land of
Opportunity -
stories &
photos of Josie King, Thomas Cunliffe, Annabel Ramsay, Anna Chartres and Lucy Keenan
photo
- Snowy hills from the main road to Ashburton
p3 - Turning Point
- -
photos - drwing by
A.C.Barker on 16 June 1850
walking
the bridle path 1951
advert - Ballantynes
p4 - Changing Times
-
photos - laying tramlines in Cathedral Square 1905
at the seaside Christmans
1925
a hand made cutting 4 miles
north of Parnassus 1930
Riccarton road runs through
Hagley Park
Electric trams will soon be
running, it is 1905 and poles are erected to carry the power
Nurses outside their
headquarters Durham st, 1914.
p6 - A New Life
- - Christchurch - the
settlement built on a stream.
photos - Deans
farm at Riccarton 1851
Park tce,
Christchurch as painted by William Fereday ---- winter 1889
adverts - Hurunui
Heritage
The
Riccarton Bush Trust.
College House celebrates 150 years
p7 - Toughing It
-
photos - The Cressy
arrives at Lyttelton 27 December 1850.
adverts - Chapman Tripp,
Canterbury Sesquicentenary Music Festival
Anglican Diocese of
Christchurch - Canterbury Aero Club
- WestpacTrust
p8 - Settling In
- - Christchurch's unique character over 150
years -
photos - 1st
night in Canterbury sketch 17 December 1850 by
W.H.Raworth -----
John
Robert Godley's house in Lyttelton.
a sketch of
settler women sewing
especially
sworn in constables take over the tram yards during the 1932 strike.
p10 - Rural
Backbone -
photos -
Cooksfoot harvesters on Banks Peninsula 1895
inside St Leonard's
Station woolshed about 1900
looking down to
Davauchelle's ----
adverts - Caxton
Press - Canterbury Museum -
Hiatt Chambers - Canterbury Pilgrims & Early
Setlers Association Inc.
p11 - Pattern of
Land -
photos - a 5 horse team
drawing a header-harvester, Yaldhurst 1944
wheat
arrives at a Christchurch mill 1932
the
Timaru Post Office which still has its tower
adverts - Royal Hotel,
Lyttelton - Garden City Crematory
- Canterbury Horticultural Society - Canterbury
cancer Society -
Christchurch City Libraries
p12 - Knowledge
Lost -
photos - New Brighton
WEA at the Kaiapoi Pa in the 1930's
adverts - Fishers Fine
Arts - The Press -
p13 - Being
Political -
photos - Dan
Sullivan, Christchurch MP and Mayor
Thomas
Taylor, Christchurch Mayor and Liberal MP.
Election night 1905,
20,000 people packed the Square to find out the results.
Prime
Minister Sydney Holland
adverts - Christchurch
Symphony - Warners Hotel
p14 - The Magic of
Words -
photos - Samuel
Butler, Denis Glover
Margaret Mahey,
adverts -
Blackwell Motors - Bremners - John
Rhind -
p15 - Buildings of
Grandeur -
photos - preparing the
site for the Government Buildings in 1910
Interior of the
Town Hall beginning to emerge 1970
Cobb & Co's
office with carriages about to depart 1872
S. and A. Luttrell,
architects as the King Edward Barracks girders go up in
1905
looking down
Colombo st in 1925
adverts - Court
Theatre, "Kiss Me Kate"
Christchurch Girls' High School 1877 - 2000
p16 - Red and Blacks,
Go Canterbury -
photos - Canterbury
Rugby - pride in the red and black
Inter-school cricket 1915, Christchurch Boys' High
School and Christs College
Tennis
action 1925 - players in the 1925
Canterbury Ladies Golf tournament
The
match against Otago in which Canterbury regained the Ranfurly
Shield 1950 -----
p17 - Christchurch's
Golden games - 1974 - Just
Canterbury - Forty Canterbury
Curiosities -
photos - opening of the
1974 Commonwealth Games
Garden party in
city 1915
adverts - Automobile
Assoc. - The Hurunui
Canterbury, Alpine Pacific Triangle touring route.
p18 - Arts
leader -
photos - Students at
Canterbury University's School of Art in 1951 ------
Robert McDougall Art Gallery
Judging entries for the annual exhibition ---- 1948
Rudolph Gopas,
self-portrait 1975
Influence, from an exhibition by Christchurch sculptor neil Dawson 1989
adverts - Rangi - Ruru
Girls' school - Canterbury Junior Football
Assoc.
p19 - Back to the
Future - Canterbury: Land of Contrasts
- Its in the Water - A
Region of Distinction -
photos - Sir
James Stewart -
Garry Moore
-
Vicki Buck
adverts -
Red Bus - Ferrymead Historic Park
p20 - Copy of
The Press Monday September 26th 1881
Births -
FRANCIS -
on 24 September 1881 at Chelsea Cottage, Conference st, to wife
of F.W.Francis - a daughter
PIMM - at Wheatsheaf
Hotel, Head of the Bay, on 11 September to Mrs
E Pimm - a son
Marriage -
KENNEDY -
MORRIS - on 13 September at Barbadoes st.Church, Joseph Kennedy
of Halswell to Annie eldest dau. of Benjamin Morris,
Kaiapoi.
Death -
PIERCE - on 24th, Thomas
Roger, of John St, Ferry rd, gardener, aged 84
years eld. son of late William Pierce of Colombo Cottage, Colombo
st
South,
Christchurch.
Beverley Evans
Christchurch NZ
14 February 2011