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1) One of Levin's early sawmills.
Prouse family moved into Levin sawmill: sons tell of walk into settlement
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It was a bright sunny day following a hard mid-winter frost in the year 1891 when two young lads walked down the railway line through areas of dense bush into the settlement of Levin. Accompanying them was their father, Mr. James Prouse, who, together with his brother, Mr. Richard Prouse, was to establish a sawmill in the large tract of bush they had acquired.

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March 1959

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belmont,
coach service,
darkie bennett,
dr. e. t. g. miller,
early tragedies,
fascinating equipment,
first baker,
first bootmaker,
first butcher,
first class matai,
first post office,
first publican,
gorrie's mill,
miss h. e. bowen,
mr. charlie roe,
mr. fred roe,
mr. h. s. prouse,
mr. herrin,
mr. hicks,
mr. j. p. prouse,
mr. james prouse,
mr. kent,
mr. laurie williamson,
mr. martin,
mr. peter arcus,
mr. peter bartholomew,
mr. richard prouse,
mr. smithson,
mr. w. ryder,
mrs. bowen,
mrs. t. g. vincent,
mrs. white,
ohau,
oldest residence,
railway cottage,
roslyn road,
second sawmill,
temperance hall,
the levin meat co. ltd.,
wainui-o-mata,
well digger,
whiteman's valley,
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