More Info →Page 116 - Levin 75th Jubilee Supplement

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Description: Despatch Riders (Don Rs in the jargon) perform for 1956 jubilee crowd.

Research began early:

Horticultural research-in which Levin plays a vital national role-began in this area with the birth of the century.

Contains:

Horticultural research
Labour Department
Weraroa State Farm
Central Development Farm
Weraroa Laboratory
Weraroa Boys Training Farm
Kohitere

Hospital bus:

Levin is not a town to sit back and wait for things to be done.

Contains:

Mr N.C. Bourne
Hospital bus
Mr B. Johns
Mr T. Wardle

Post war development:

Modern horticultural research in the Levin area began with the demobilisation of the Initial Training Wing of the New Zealand Air Force on the site of the former Weraroa Boy's Training Farm in Kimberley Road after the Second World War.

Contains:

Weraroa Boys Training Farm
Horticultural Station
Horticultural Research Centre