1) Land was cheap and terms generous for a settler who was willing to clear his holding from bush.

First class town, suburban and rural land in the centre of one of the most fertile tracts of flat country at prices varying from £2 to £6 an acre. That was the offer made by the Crown Lands Office in 1889 after the Government survey of the Levin area.

2) Survivors of massacre first to clear bush.

The clearing where the Ostlers - the first family in the Levin block - settled, was the refuge of Maori survivors of Te Rauparaha's massacre.

3) Terms of settlement on land in 1889.

"Charming, romantic township". This is the description above the sale notice of another block of block near Levin, put

up for auction by T. Kennedy, MacDonald and Co, on instructions from the Manawatu Railway Company.

1) History of an early trading firm.

The passing of a colourful personality in the trading world in the early days of Levin is noted in a copy of "The Chronicle" of February, 1949. He was Mr. Thomas Bevan, born 85 years previously. His parents were prominent in the early days of New Zealand.

2) Town clerk needs to be a diplomat.

Being a town clerk brings tasks which requires skill as a diplomat. You meet all sorts of people and you get some strange jobs to do in all of which versatility and quick thinking play a big part.

1.Manawatu railway company's vision speeded Levin district's development.

The saga of the Wellington and Manawatu Railway Company's pioneer railway enterprise which, more than any other single act of private enterprise, expedited the opening up and development of the Manawatu, must always hold a place of pride in the history of Levin and the Horowhenua district. In those far-off days there was no Welfare State, as we know it today, and in many fields of progress the pioneers had to be prepared to back up their visions and faith in their new country with their own hard-won savings.

2. Levin personalities in earliest days.

The first Dairy Factory in Levin was situated in Weraroa Road between where the Horowhenua College now stands and Queen Street. The manager was Mr, A. J. Galishan. He was probably also the first cyclist in the area.

3. This date would have made firemen town's pioneers.

A slightly perplexing exhibit recently came to light during a hunt for early records. This is a copy of the by-laws, rules and regulations of the Levin Fire Brigade, printed in Wellington in 1921.

4. Maoris missed their train after night-long vigil.

A group of Maoris waited at the Levin Railway station, then at Roslyn Road crossing.

5. Weraroa at the turn of the century.

In the years round 1900 Weraroa was the main centre.