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      <f ns="6" title="File:Figure 1. The Recreation Ground Lower Hutt pre 1934 showing the pavilion. -Ref. Hutt City Council Archives, Arch 39114, Hutt Rec-.jpg" />
      <f ns="6" title="File:Figure 10. The remains of the roof and sides of the first carriage. Reference Nelson family archive.jpg" />
      <f ns="6" title="File:Figure 10. The smoking ruins of the Grandstand, 30 September 1998. Ref. Parks and gardens, PL12-3-HR-1 4, Hutt City Council Archives.jpg" />
      <f ns="6" title="File:Figure 11. New Zealand soldiers, US Marines and hospital staff, carrying out rescue work. Reference Nelson family archive.jpg" />
      <f ns="6" title="File:Figure 11. The new Hutt recreation Ground Grandstand. Ref. PL12-3-HR-1 4, Hutt City Council Archives.jpg" />
      <f ns="6" title="File:Figure 12.1. Hutt Recreation Ground Queen Elizabeth II commemorative Golden Totara Tree and plaque. Photos, W.R. Nelson, Wellington, 2014.jpg" />
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