In the 1950s there was a fashion for public clocks, copying American examples. There were 2 other clocks in New Zealand. Mr Hurst was a member of Napier's Thirty Thousand Club, an organisation whose goal it was to advance the welfare of Napier. Hurst was also a photographer and was chairman of the council's town planning committee.
It's beautiful work! You can find them here and there in this part of the world; there's one near where my father lives.
ReplyDeleteI wouldnt mind seeing them sometime :)
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