Completion of the Manawatu Railway

A crowd of invited guests at the ceremony to drive the final spike in the Wellington - Manawatu railway line. The spike was installed by Governor St William Jervois near Otaihanga Road in Paraparaumu. 

An Evening Post article published the following day describes the events and the significance of the new railway. It mentions the attendance of a photographer from the company of Messrs. Wrigglesworth & Binns; it is possible they took this photo.