1931

A general view of Victoria Square, Christchurch

February 26

Bowker Fountain in Victoria Square in operation.

April

First trolley buses in operation.

(no date)

Beginning of the Nurses Home building at Christchurch Hospital after yet another bitter debate over encroachment into Hagley Park.

Ralph Winterbourn begins New Zealand’s first systematic experiments in remedial teaching.

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