At the end of intermission, just as cinema patrons were settling into their seats, the advertising slides were screened. The job of preparing, screening and storing these slides was usually the job of the apprentice projectionist. During the 'Carbon Arc' projector era (lasting until the 1960s) it took over four years to become a fully qualified projectionist so this was a job you got used to!

Each slide was only shown for a few seconds to avoid the glass cracking from the projector lamp's heat. This meant that audiences never got to ask- why does that man have so many chickens on the BBQ? Should he buy a bigger one? How many people does has he invited? Will the meat cook evenly or will everyone get food poisoning? Whatever the answers were he looks very pleased with himself....

With the rise of the supermarket the local butcheries often closed down. We have slides from Foxton and Foxton Beach butchers but neither trade in the towns today.

Companies records show that this business was registered on the 20th of June 1975 and was removed from the register on the 15th of June 1993. 

Long before the supermarkets dominated grocery shopping New Zealand had plenty of small town butchers! Cooks Quality Meats used this cinema advertising slide to promote itself during cinema intermissions. 

In 2021 a butcher was still trading at (or very near) 206 Oxford Street and the shop façade still reads 'Butcher'- so even though Cooks Quality Meats no longer exists the trade continued long after!

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.