Inscription on reverse reads: “Donated by Mr E White, Jenkins Town Clerk…Mr T Hobson Mayor, Lady Alice & Sir Charles Fergusson, Mrs Hobson, Mr Linklatter M P, Frank Parker, Walter Bishop (dark hat) rear”

A group of local personalities and dignitaries pose outside a wooden building with Sir Charles and Lady Alice Fergusson. Those in the photograph include Mr Jenkins (the Town Clerk), Mr T Hobson (Mayor), Mrs Hobson, Mr Linklatter (M.P.), Frank Parker and Walter Bishop.

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Inscriptions on reverse read: “Mrs N Kircaldie 7/77. Mr Field’s initals were W H” and “Capt. Kebbell. N Z M retired. With Major G M Burlinson’s compliments. 18/11/07.”

Seven local dignitairies standing alongside a train in 1907. The man in the centre of the photograph is Basil Gardiner the first Mayor of Levin. To his left is Major Burlinson of the Weraroa Boys’ Farm. To his left is John Kebbell an early European settler in Horowhenua and to the far right is W H Field M P. The three men on the left of the photograph are unidentified.

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