Collection	Marlborough Province - down the decades from early days
Photographer	Brayshaw, Norman Henry
Description	A black and white photograph of a gentleman, Lord Bledisloe, holding his hat in his right hand and standing beside a man standing on his chopped block of wood holding his axe. Written on the front of the photograph is, "Bledisloe - 28? March? c932". Information as typed by Norm Brayshaw: "Rai Area. Lord Bledisloe at the Rai woodchopping contests in 1932." Copied by Norm Brayshaw in 1960 from A.M. Hale's Rai canvass. Includes a negative. A scan of this photograph will be used in the Changing European History Gallery 2 display in commemoration of the Marlborough Provincial 150th anniversary on 1 November 2009. ................................................................................................................................................................................Caption 51 Governor General Lord Bledisloe meets a champion at Rai Valley's wood-chopping contest in 1932. William Brownlee's timber empire ended in 1915. Not all millable trees had gone; several reserves remained such as that at Pelorus Bridge. There was still scope for small companies to mill the less densely wooded hillsides until the 1970s. 2009.067.0043
Year Range from	1932
Object ID	2009.067.0043
Object Name	Photograph
People	Bledisloe, Governor General, Lord
Place	Marlborough/Rai Valley
Subjects	Rai Valley
Title	Lord Bledisloe at Woodchopping Contest 1932

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