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Page 82
... Hill . Their first woolclips were also packed out this way . This route was not only shorter than the Ohura Road but , for many years , the section of Ohura Road from the Valley Road to the top of Short's Hill was a veritable quagmire ...
... Hill . Their first woolclips were also packed out this way . This route was not only shorter than the Ohura Road but , for many years , the section of Ohura Road from the Valley Road to the top of Short's Hill was a veritable quagmire ...
Page 146
... hill . Many years later when the Ministry of Works altered the line of the road they sliced off the top of that hill with bulldozers and built up the hollow in order to achieve an improved gradient ; so Vile's Mill once stood where now ...
... hill . Many years later when the Ministry of Works altered the line of the road they sliced off the top of that hill with bulldozers and built up the hollow in order to achieve an improved gradient ; so Vile's Mill once stood where now ...
Page 167
... Hill . Thus there was a semi - circle of roads from the Orautoha / Man- ganui Valley Road junction back to the foot of Short's Hill . The original name of this block , Pukekata , was altered to Pukekaha in June 1909. In the days when ...
... Hill . Thus there was a semi - circle of roads from the Orautoha / Man- ganui Valley Road junction back to the foot of Short's Hill . The original name of this block , Pukekata , was altered to Pukekaha in June 1909. In the days when ...
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In The Beginning | 1 |
The Stage is set and the Curtain Rises | 18 |
The Punch family from 1893 | 35 |
Copyright | |
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