PATEA IN THE MAKING
JX MX M(? MX w() ' 1 PROSPERITY FROM WASTES OF THE PAST
MX MX BV MX My Rv The present borough of Patea covers an area of 1420 acres and is roughly two miles in width. The population totals, approximately, 1130. One hundred years K? ago swamp, flax and sandhills formed a desolate waste. The hand of man transSy formed that into the thriving export outlet of one of the richest provinces in New K< Zealand. That accomplishment was coloured with incident. No centre of populak) tion, away back in those early sailing ship and bullock-dray days, came through -J unscathed. Patea faced its full share of troubles, had its troops, its garrison houses, its good timesand its bad. When the butterfat lands of Taranaki came into their own its value as a port was enhanced a hundredfold. The story of Patea in the making is one that will fit well into New Zealand history, as the following skeleton outline will she M 0 MX
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Wanganui Chronicle, Volume 74, Issue 241, 12 October 1931, Page 13
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169PATEA IN THE MAKING Wanganui Chronicle, Volume 74, Issue 241, 12 October 1931, Page 13
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