More Info →Page 54 - Levin 75th Jubilee Supplement

Object type:Multi-page

Description: Photo at left:

The printing factory of The Chronicle about 1920. All the machines were driven from a long shaft running along the right-hand side of this picture.

In the foreground, formes are being made up ready for the machines.

This part of the building is still [1981] occupied by printing machines, but of a much more modern type.

Photo at left:

Tar-sealing of Queen Street West, Levin

From left: E.M. Mortensen, W.G. Clark, F.E. Parker, F. Lowe, F.G. Roe, H. Channings (borough overseer), T. Hobson (Mayor),F.J. Ramsay (power board secretary), A. Skitrop (Union Asphalt Co who supplied bitumen) and C.S. Keedwell.

New church marked jubilee year:

The Golden Jubilee of Levin in 1956 was marked by the Catholic Community with the laying of the foundation stone of the present. St. Joseph's Church in Weraroa Road, on the 4th March by Archbishop P. T. McKeefry, to replace St. Andrews Church in Mako Mako Road, built in 1898.

Contains:

The Golden Jubilee of Levin
St. Joseph's Church
Archbishop P. T. McKeefry
St. Andrews Church
St. Michaels at Poroutawhao
Parish Priest, Father D. J. Moosman

The first telephone exchange:1907:

The first telephone exchange at Levin opened on August 7, 1907 in the Post Office, with just 46 subscribers able to call each other from their own homes.

Thompson House:

Under the guiding hand of the then Mayor, Mr Laurie Roberts and the vision of Cr (Mrs) Pat Hamid, the establishment of Thompson House as a memorial trust for arts, crafts and culture came about in 1974.

Contains:

Mayor, Mr Laurie Roberts
Cr (Mrs) Pat Hamid
Thompson House
Dr S. J. Thompson

Interlude:

Interlude (Inc), well known throughout the central North Island during the past few years, has become a unique theatre concept in the Horowhenua.

Contains:

Interlude (Inc)
Avonvalley Theatre
QEll Arts Council
Horowhenua County Council
Ms P. Cattell

She set type:

Mrs Plimmer came to Levin as a young girl when her father, Mr W. C. Nation, moved his newspaper from Shannon to Levin.

Contains:

Mrs Plimmer
Mr W. C. Nation
Wairarapa Standard
Manawatu Farmer