Story: Local and regional government

Nelson Education Board, 1908 (2nd of 2)

A. T. Maginnity at the opening of Nelson Central Girls' School.

The chair of the Nelson Education Board, A. T. Maginnity, was the guest of honour at the opening of Nelson Central Girls' School in 1908. In that year the board ran 113 schools, with over 5,000 pupils, in the Nelson and Buller districts.

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Auckland City Libraries - Tāmaki Pātaka Kōrero, Sir George Grey Special Collections
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Mark Derby, 'Local and regional government - Local authorities multiply', Te Ara - the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, http://www.TeAra.govt.nz/en/photograph/35379/nelson-education-board-1908 (accessed 27 April 2024)

Story by Mark Derby, published 20 Jun 2012, updated 1 Feb 2015