Wanga History

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Across
  1. 3. The Ward ? was built in 1903.
  2. 4. 17 ? have been selected from the Wanganui Rugby Football Union, including Moke Belliss, Peter Henderson & Bill Osborne.
  3. 5. In 1911, Arthur ? from Wellington made three attempts to take off from the river in a three-cylinder seaplane.
  4. 6. Marton town has had a ? church since 1876.
  5. 8. ? influence has been strong in the lowland regions, especially around Turakina.
  6. 12. The Royal Whanganui ? ? was built in 1889.
Down
  1. 1. Place where Peter Snell set a new world record for the mile (3m, 54.4s).
  2. 2. In 1934, the Wanganui Aero Club’s 4 women members flew de Havilland ? to meet & escort Jean Batten.
  3. 7. Name of recreational property with homestead and 100 hec of native forest.
  4. 9. Development of skiing facilities at ?, above Ohakune on Mt Ruapehu, began in 1962.
  5. 10. Whanganui Regional ? houses the historic 21-metre canoe Te Mata o Hoturoa.
  6. 11. In the 2010s, the Wanganui ? Club was one of the country’s oldest.