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1) Mother and daughter were the first of the settlers in Levin block.
Other women who set example by tenacity and courage.

Into the unknown they came - the wives of the pioneers. Here was a strange land - rough, untamed, bush-clad country. But there was no time to ponder over the comforts they had left behind. There was work to be done. The land must be cleared and a home must be built to shelter them and their families. They worked alongside their husbands for they were a sturdy breed and were undaunted by the lack of home amenities, hospitals, medical services, places of entertainment and suchlike. Mostly it was a long track to the nearest neighbour.

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March 1959

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black stallion,
bob and jim bradley,
bush surgery,
dr. kennedy's surgery,
fairfield estate,
fancy knitting,
first settlers,
flesh needle,
g. b. speak,
hallensteins,
influenza epidemic,
levin block,
maori wars,
mccormick tractors,
mcdonald family,
metal roads,
mr. f. best,
mr. hector mcdonald,
mr. r. butt,
mrs. b. m. goldsmith,
mrs. bowen,
mrs. brown,
mrs. christina prouse,
mrs. elizabeth charlotte smithson,
mrs. joyce,
mrs. ostler,
needle work,
penny-farthing bicycle,
sicro engineering co. ltd.,
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