Plate
Description
A ceramic plate which features a belt design surmounted by a crown and a scroll underneath. " NGAMOTU PALLADIUM / NEW PLYMOUTH " features on this design. " DURALINE / SUPER / VITRIFIED / IVORY / GRINDLEY / HOTELWARE Co. / ENGLAND / GIBSONS & PATERSON LD / WELLINGTON /10-46 " is marked on the base of the plate . The rim of the plate is fringed by twin red lines.
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Manufacturer
Printer
Printer
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This
plate,
which
is
associated
with
the
Palladium
tearooms
at
Ngāmotu
Beach
in
New
Plymouth,
was
among
a
collection
of
assorted
ceramics
purchased
at
an
auction
in
Whanganui
in
2010.
On
New
Year's
Day
1917
when
the
Palladium
had
just
been
opened,
Ngamotu
beach
was
grandly
billed
as
"
The
Playshore
of
the
Pacific
"
and
became
Taranaki's
favourite
beach
playground.
It's
New
Year's
picnics
drew
families
from
far
and
wide
and
as
public
and
private
transport
improved,
the
Ngamotu
beach
crowds
grew
thicker.
Ambitious
fund
raising
carnivals
began
about
1938
and
the
beach
became
a
top
spot
for
entertainment.
Excursion
trains
used
to
run
from
Whangamomona
and
from
South
Taranaki
and
up
to
45
school
and
church
picnics
were
held
at
the
beach
annually.
A
crowd
of
25,000
people
flocked
to
the
beach
in
1941
for
a
re-enactment
of
the
arrival
of
the
settler
ship
William
Bryan.
But
from
the
late
1950s
with
more
cars
and
more
counter-attractions
the
beach
began
to
suffer.
The
carnivals
declined
in
popularity
and
the
last
was
held
in
1966.
Accession number
PA2010.094
Collection type
Material
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