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Kōrero: Whanganui region

New Zealand Loan & Mercantile Agency Co. building, 1930s

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New Zealand Loan & Mercantile Agency Co. building, 1930s

Much of the New Zealand Loan & Mercantile Agency Co. business was in farm finance. When farm incomes fell in the early 1930s, many of its customers were unable to service or repay loans.

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Whanganui Regional Museum, Bethwaite Collection

Reference: 2005.56.40

Permission of the Whanganui Regional Museum must be obtained before any re-use of this image.

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Me pēnei te tohu i te whārang

Diana Beaglehole, Whanganui region – Hard times, easier times, 1920s–1960s, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/mi/photograph/19043/new-zealand-loan-mercantile-agency-co-building-1930s (accessed 4 June 2026).

He kōrero nā Diana Beaglehole, i tāngia i te 2 March 2009, updated 1 June 2015.