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Block VII of Town of Levin, Waiopehu Survey district

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Block IV is bounded by (clockwise from top of picture): Exeter Street, Bristol Street, Stanley Street and Salisbury Street. - Formerly Horowhenua No. 2 block. Surveyed by A.E. Ashcroft and T.L. Humphries - December 1888.

Block Section Name Date Address in 2010
VII 1 AE Rowden 14 Nov 1894

19 Exeter Street

21 Exeter Street

23 Exeter Street
VII 2 AE Rowden 14 Nov 1894

36 Salisbury Street

36A Salisbury Street
VII 3 HW Rowden
14 Nov 1894 34 Salisbury Street
VII 4 Marion E Hobart
14 Nov 1894 32 Salisbury Street
VII 5 Wm Tompsitt
14 Nov 1894

22 Stanley Street

20 Stanley Street
VII 6 Frank Le M Garland
14 Nov 1894 17 Exeter Street
VII 7 Frank Le M Garland 14 Nov 1894 16 Stanley Street
VII 8 Hoana Hohepa 14 Nov 1894

15 Exeter Street

13 Exeter Street

21 Bristol Street
VII 9 Mary McGovern
14 Nov 1894 19 Bristol Street
VII 10 17 Bristol Street
VII 11 Bridget O’Rorke 14 Nov 1894 15 Bristol Street
VII 12 Bridget O’Rorke 14 Nov 1894

13 Bristol Street

12 Stanley Street

14 Stanley Street

Notes:

Accoding to the Cyclopedia of New Zealand 1897:

'Garland, Frank L., Settler. Levin. Mr. Garland was born in Christchurch,
his parents having arrived in the early days of the Canterbury settlement.

He was for ten years in the employ of Messrs. Sargood, Son and Ewen;
but, leaving that firm, went to South Africa, where he was on the Stock
Exchange and acted as secretary for gold mining companies in
Johannesburg in its early days.

After some four years he came back to New Zealand, visiting Madagascar
and Mauritius on the return journey. Mr. Garland takes great interest in
the pastimes of the people, being a member of the Sporting Club and
also of the Levin Cricket Club:

In 1893 Mr.Garland took over the Levin Hotel, and conducted it with
great success for two or three years, at the end of which time he sold
out to Mr. Robert Buckeridge and settled down in-the district.'

He is shown in this photo (at right) as a supporter of the Wanderers Football Club in 1902