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Levin's Success and Prosperity § V •E i ylN> the cMef town betw62a Wellington and Palmerston North, pleasantly situated between the ' ' S I t 2; aiaruas and the .West Coast, is one of New Zealand's very happiest and most promising towns * I II Twenty years ago Levin was nowhere upon the map, a few years later th© first few cottages' * I IJI a PPeared in clearings in the dense bush, and during the past fifteen or sixteen years the town's - 1 « '""■ Pro.giess and success have been solid antt steady. To-day the population of Levin Borough is i - *i, „ , estimated at 2,500, and the Mayor (Mr. Thomae Hobson) is undoubtedly on right ground when Z--1 derfuliv f P rtiia f f*T, ? earS hence of very much greater Population. Here is a town, centred in a won- I = ™wi?* « district, still m the making, and, with therefore an advantage over older New Zealand towns = * mThl V° + t ™, grown ™™mi toe thought on ths part of those who builded them of the possibilities i I of the future; Levin is very much alive to her prospects, and lays her plans accordingly. = - fa™V™ V!i- * • '■ Ut "is a very great deal-' ttte best climate makes life most worth living, and makes ■ i nW7£S * f ls*™? ProsPerity most certain, and, rightly or wrongly, for other districts are bound to argue i 1 vet Zfn tZ \%!F? mai"tains ? hat Her situation, removed from the stormy conditions of Cook Strait and I | yet upon the mildest coastline of the Dominion, gives her the climate ideal, good to live in, good to work in, I I 'A FAVOURED DISTRICT. i I causft^ri^v^^^wl 1101;^^ 611111^011' the <*airman of the Harbour Board has maintained, be- 1 = Ifl ? m ' bUt- the city has grown up the P°rt is where tt is- s° with *"« business i i always the-L^ anTf U " °WeS ife Steady pr°Srsss t0 the « uality of the land round aboSvSta i * exnerts t T,/™V *? S*^ of those who *uilt and build the town. The land nearby is considered, by * § **P t^rt^ b be t the *est panning land in the Dominion, and proof is given of this claim by the success I S butter ?n t£ Yi^f* ",* dairy stories in competition in the widest market. "Levm makes the bes? I I StaL^S!* iS t«° gan We" WOrth crying ' *a°ked.as « to'liy the proof of test and comparison The I I PaXS^ ! i K i™il°L'!?tJ!J£ St the land is given over t0 dairy farming, but poultry farming is also carried on exten5 SlftV^fn Cof id6ral)le success ' *cc farmin S also *ei«3 of; some importance in the district. TheGoverS- i * fnd vonnH™Zr T"' I*™ 1 containill S 800 acres, is within five mates' drive of the railway static I = f*L?™™J*T • m 311 parts of the D°iainion meet there every year for special training in modern i I s»"xssees r^s^ss^K£" settlement *** *»■*««**«■ «*% «-s ] I _ HYDRO-ELECTRIC POWER. I -1 land butTfhP ?,L^ ro'^ ectri(; P°Wer Uas already mßant much t0 Levin and the surrounding farming I lana, but a^ the benefits of ample power are more widely appreciated, so progress must step forward again § i riki ?r, th ß .^fv, T eJ?, by the Hor°whenua Power Board is a wide and important one, including PaeS i = f^hmJSfri 1* T? t ko, maru in the north, and consequently the.Maugahao generating station lifs^rittrtn S I mate?v 12 o^' Z£ bW^™ -°/ tMS diStrict is in^* vicinity of £7,000,000, and the population apTro^ I S- to™S Jtw ?♦"* SaS ltS aim the supply of P°WGr and of heat^g and lighting for the bowughs I 1 and SHf foS i™ 6a ', power.for PUWng Plants and factories and lighting for the farmer, and power I | ana lighting foi the Important flasmilling industry established in several parts of its district. I I _ . . . ■ THE SPIRIT Or THE TOWN. 1 I BorougrCoimc°f Uto atc eat?r forTt^ t^" °Sl "^ live pubUc todies and in addition to its I i i I borough; and the other of i?4™ooitetT^STf^' TT End foot Path surfacing throughout the i k offices, and shops. election of an up-to-date block containing the municipal theatre, |

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Evening Post, Volume CIX, Issue 63, 17 March 1925, Page 14

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Page 14 Advertisements Column 2 Evening Post, Volume CIX, Issue 63, 17 March 1925, Page 14

Page 14 Advertisements Column 2 Evening Post, Volume CIX, Issue 63, 17 March 1925, Page 14

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