IMPORTANT EXTENSIONS and alterations to the premises of the Union Bank of Australia, Limited, on Lambton quay, Wellington, are planned. The above pictures show the bank's buildings in Wellington since 1839, the first premises being shown at the top right-hand corner. Beneath it are seen the second premises, occupied m 1851, at the Corner of Lombard and Manners streets, and at the bottom right the first building on Lambton quay, erected in 1876 and destroyed by fire in 1906. Top left, doors of the Chubb safe brought to New Zealand in 1839 and still in use by the Union Bank. Bottom right, a £1 note issued at Sydney and dated at Britannia (Petone) on March 24. 1840.

Poverty Bay Herald, Volume LXIII, Issue 19133, 30 September 1936, Page 14

IMPORTANT EXTENSIONS and alterations to the premises of the Union Bank of Australia, Limited, on Lambton quay, Wellington, are planned. The above pictures show the bank's buildings in Wellington since 1839, the first premises being shown at the top right-hand corner. Beneath it are seen the second premises, occupied m 1851, at the Corner of Lombard and Manners streets, and at the bottom right the first building on Lambton quay, erected in 1876 and destroyed by fire in 1906. Top left, doors of the Chubb safe brought to New Zealand in 1839 and still in use by the Union Bank. Bottom right, a £1 note issued at Sydney and dated at Britannia (Petone) on March 24. 1840.