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1) AN EARLY COUNCIL "BLOW-UP" How overseer dramatically decided big controversy.

A dull thud shook Oxford Street one day in 1925. A cloud of dust and smoke rose from the centre of the intersection at Queen Street and one of Levin's most controversial edifices hit the road - a heap of shattered concrete and steel.

2) Road sealing scheme launched.

Start of street sealing.

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March 1956

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electric refrigeration (nz) ltd. frigidaire.,
large gas lamp,
mr. a. kitrop,
mr. c. blenkhorn,
mr. c. s. keedwell,
mr. charlie williams,
mr. f. e. parker,
mr. f. g. roe,
mr. f. j. ramsay,
mr. h channings (borough overseer),
mr. h. l. jenkins,
mr. harry channings,
mr. m. mortensen,
mr. t. hobson (mayor),
mr. w. g. clark,
south african war memorial,
union asphalt company,
whirokino road board,
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