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1) Meant to name Levin Taitoko,

Under the earliest conditions governing the sale of the Levin Block to the Government, the name of the settlement was to have been Taitoko. It was intended that a garden or park of 100 acres be one of the features of the new town.

2) Borough Councils down the years

A total of 89 citizens have served on the Levin Borough Council in the course of its 50 years. There has only been one woman on the council, Mrs. H.E. Bowen, who served 12 1/2 years from May 1935 to November, 1947, when she retired. There have been 10 mayors and five town clerks.

Identification

Date
March 1956

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Borough Councillors with road-building machine (steam roller), 1927
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Taxonomy

Tags
1905,
a. m. fox,
bath street,
borough council,
county clerk,
durham street,
horowhenua county,
horowhenua power board,
jean findlay,
levin fire brigade,
major kemp,
manawatu county,
metal pit,
miss. h. e. bowen,
moffat's estate agency,
mr. b. r. gardener,
mr. c. s. keedwell,
mr. f. e. parker,
mr. f. h. hudson,
mr. f. j. stuckey,
mr. h. l. jenkins,
mr. j harvey,
mr. jenkins,
mr. mcdonald's book,
mr. p. w. goldsmith,
mr. peter bartholomew,
muaupoko tribe,
otaki library,
oxford street,
ryder's hairdressers and tobacconists,
saxton street,
sewerage scheme,
shannon library,
stuckey street,
taitoko,
te hekenga,
weraroa library,
weraroa township,
Community Tags

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Related items

Page 12: 50th Jubilee Commemoration supplement
Page 23: 50th jubilee commemoration supplement
Aerial photo of Levin
Subdivision Plan of the Petersen Estate.
Page 10: 50th Jubilee Commemoration supplement
Gas Lights up Levin Borough
Page 17: 50th jubilee commemoration supplement
Page 34: 50th jubilee commemoration supplement
Borough Councillors with road-building machine (steam roller), 1927
Page 25: 50th jubilee commemoration supplement
8th Nov 1872
11th and 12th Nov 1872