In the Hills of the Waimarino: The Human Story of the Development of the District |
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... trees which the gales sweep over . The forest on the western side of the mountains escaped those awful upheavals and continued to grow on through the ages trees with tall , straight barrels of tremendous girth . Beneath their canopy was ...
... trees which the gales sweep over . The forest on the western side of the mountains escaped those awful upheavals and continued to grow on through the ages trees with tall , straight barrels of tremendous girth . Beneath their canopy was ...
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... trees . I remember laburnums and hazel - nut trees , and we used to love searching for nuts missed by the adults amongst the fallen leaves . They had plenty of shelter belts and good apple , pear and plum trees . Their apples lasted ...
... trees . I remember laburnums and hazel - nut trees , and we used to love searching for nuts missed by the adults amongst the fallen leaves . They had plenty of shelter belts and good apple , pear and plum trees . Their apples lasted ...
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... Tree Hill " , so named from a cluster of pine trees growing near the old house site . Over subsequent years C. D. bought land in the Orautoha Valley adjacent to the McNie Estate , on the northern side of Middle Road , the Laird farm ...
... Tree Hill " , so named from a cluster of pine trees growing near the old house site . Over subsequent years C. D. bought land in the Orautoha Valley adjacent to the McNie Estate , on the northern side of Middle Road , the Laird farm ...
Contents
In The Beginning | 1 |
The Stage is set and the Curtain Rises | 18 |
The Punch family from 1893 | 35 |
Copyright | |
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