COMMEMORATIVE PLAQUE AT CHRISTCHURCH BOTANIC GARDENS.—A photograph taken on Saturday, when a plaque was unveiled to record Mr W. S. MacGibbon’s gift of the new main fence in commemoration of the centenary of the gardens. Mr MacGibbon died last year, and the plaque was unveiled by his widow. From left are Mrs MacGibbon, the Mayor (Mr G. Manning), Mrs Manning, Cr. P. J. Skellerup (chairman of the City Council’s reserves committee), and Mr H. G. Gilpin (director of parks and reserves).
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Press, Volume CII, Issue 30065, 25 February 1963, Page 13
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81COMMEMORATIVE PLAQUE AT CHRISTCHURCH BOTANIC GARDENS.—A photograph taken on Saturday, when a plaque was unveiled to record Mr W. S. MacGibbon’s gift of the new main fence in commemoration of the centenary of the gardens. Mr MacGibbon died last year, and the plaque was unveiled by his widow. From left are Mrs MacGibbon, the Mayor (Mr G. Manning), Mrs Manning, Cr. P. J. Skellerup (chairman of the City Council’s reserves committee), and Mr H. G. Gilpin (director of parks and reserves). Press, Volume CII, Issue 30065, 25 February 1963, Page 13
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