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Block VII of Town of Levin, Waiopehu Survey district

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

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