Oh, you should have seen Reefton in 1888. It glowed. It was illuminated by the future.
In August of that year — and I am confident I have my facts right because I am quoting directly from the town's own website — Reefton became the first place in New Zealand and the Southern Hemisphere to have a public supply of electricity, even before the fashionable s…
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