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a very good speech, his opening of the library gave him the chance to speak about the virtues of education, a subject close to his heart.

On July 10, after not finding the numbers in the House he resigned to let the Reformed Party’s William Massey become Prime Minister.

This produced a by–election won by Eltham mayor and businessman Charles Wilkinson who represented the Egmont electorate for two terms.

The people of the Egmont electorate lost him but with immediate appointment as High Commissioner in London during World War I, knew he took an interest in the boys from South Taranaki.

Tom MacKenzie was knighted in 1916 and represented New Zealand at the Peace Conferences, for his hard work internationally he was further awarded a KCMG in 1920.

Though he had but short tenure of the Egmont Electorate, Sir Thomas MacKenzie had been a good friend to South Taranaki. Puke Ariki cares for more than

110,000 images in the Swainson/ Woods Collection that were generated by the New Plymouth based businesses, Swainson’s Studios and Bernard Woods Studio, between

1923 and 1997. Many of the photographs are still unidentified.

Check our efforts online through our new ‘mobile friendly’ collection web browser: https:/ /collection.pukeariki.com/explore

If you can help identify this week’s photo, please phone the Taranaki Research Centre on 06 759 6060 or email the team at images@npdc.govt.nz

SWAINSON/WOODS In the 1960s, these five young boy scouts stood for a photograph in their uniforms. Can you help us identify who these young men are and where the picture was taken?