Kete Horowhenua

Topic: Levin Borough Council Minutebook 1906-1908

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The Levin Borough Council had its first meeting Wednesday the 2nd May 1906 and its last meeting in 1989 when it was superseded the Horowhenua District Council.

The first meeting of the Levin Borough Council was held on Wednesday the 2nd May 1906 at 2 o’clock p.m. in Messrs Hudson & Easther’s Chambers, Queen Street.

According to the minutes which were hand-written into a leather-bound minute book (which the Council still has):

‘The Returning Officer (P.W. Goldsmith) presided and read from the N.Z. Gazette the order-in-Council constituting Levin a Borough, & authorising the election of the present Council.

‘The Mayor-elect Mr Basil Robertson Gardener then made the statutory declaration and took his seat amidst applause.’

The following Councillors made their respective declarations:-
·    Hugh Hall
·    Mr G. Hawkins
·    Mr A.B. Hudson
·    James Prouse
·    E.F. Levy
·    H. Dundas Mackenzie
·    Chas. H.L. Palmer
·    Richard Prouse
·    John Ryder.

The minutes from the first minute book have been typed up by volunteers for inclusion in Kete Horowhenua - while some of the original pages have been scanned into PDF files.

Minutes from May to December 1906:

Date	Pages	Notes	Date	Pages	Notes
2 May 1906	1-4	First meeting	11 May 1906	4-9	Special meeting
21 May 1906	10-14		28 May 1906	14-16	Special meeting
8 June 1906	16-24		18 June 1906	25-26	Adjourned
25 June 1906	27	Special meeting	25 June 1906	28-31	Adjourned from 18 June 1906
2 July 1906	31-35		16 July 1906	36-42
6 August 1906	42-45		20 August 1906	46-49
20 August 1906	50-51	Special meeting	3 September 1906	52-56
17 September 1906	57-61		20 September 1906	62-64	Special meeting
1 October 1906	64-68		15 October 1906	69-72
19 October 1906	75-76		5 November 1906	73-74 77-79
19 November 1906	80-84		23 November 1906	84-85	Special meeting
3 December 1906	85-88		17 December 1906	89-91
21 December 1906	92	Special meeting

Minutes for meetings 1 January 1907 - 16 December 1907:

Date	Pages	Notes	Date	Pages	Notes
7 January 1907	93-96		21 January 1907	96	Special meeting
21 January 1907	97-98		4 February 1907	99-101
4 February 1907	102-103	Special meeting	18 February 1907	104-106
4 March 1907	106-108		18 March 1907	109-112
27 March 1907	113-116		15 April 1907	116-118
1 May 1907	119-122		20 May 1907	123-127
3 June 1907	128-132		17 June 1907	133-136
1 July 1907	137-141		1 July 1907	142	Special meeting
5 July 1907	143-147		6 August 1907	148-151
19 August 1907	152-155		2 September 1907	155-158
16 September 1907	159-161		7 October 1907	162-166
14 October 1907	167-168	Special meeting	21 October 1907	168-171
4 November 1907	172-175		18 November 1907	176-179
2 December 1907	180-181		16 December 1907	182-184

Minutes for meetings 6 January 1908 - 16 November 1908:

Date	Pages	Notes	Date	Pages	Notes
6 January 1908	185-189	Special	6 January 1908	188-190
20 January 1908	191	NOT TYPED YET	3 February 1908	192-196	NOT TYPED YET
7 February 1980	197-198	Special meeting	17 February 1908	198-201
17 February 1908	201-202	Special meeting NOT TYPED YET	25 February 1908	203-204	Special meeting
3 March 1908		205-210	16 March 1908	211-213
25 March 1908	214-216	Statutory meeting	6 April 1908	217-219
4 May 1908	220-222		4 May 1908	223-225	Special meeting
6 May 1908	226	Annual Meeting	18 May 1908	227-229
1 June 1908	230-232		15 June 1908	233-236
6 July 1908	237-240		20 July 1908	241-244
3 August 1908	245-248		12 August 1908	249-250	Special meeting
17 August 1908	253-255		7 September 1908	256-260
7 September 1908	251-252	Special meeting	14 September 1908	260-261	Special meeting
21 September 1908	262-264		5 October 1908	265-268
19 October 1908	269-272		26 October 1908	273-274	Special meeting
2 November 1908	274-279		16 November 1908	280-283