The Birth of Palmerston North

Author: Ian R Matheson

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Contents

Section 1 (3.9 MB): Front Cover; Evening Standard; Papaioea; The Contrast of a Century; Important Dates in History of Palmerston North; How Manawatu Was Named.

Section 2 (5.2 MB): The Rangitane People; A Settlement is Born; Survey of the Town; Land Sale, Settlement; The Progress of 1871.

Section 3 (6.5 MB): The First City Fathers; 361 People Paid Palmerston North's First Rates; Panorama of The Square 93 Years Ago; Some Pioneer Homes; Early Portraits; Changing Styles Down the Years; Scandinavians Pioneered the Settlement; Record of 100 Years Ago.

Section 4 (3.9 MB): Communications and Transport; The Railway; Motor Vehicles And . . . . . . The Aeroplane!; Communications.

Section 5 (4.7 MB): Early Shops, Factories; Timber Meant Big Business for District; Flax - Major Source of Wealth.

Section 6 (9.2 MB): Pastoral Industries; Breaking in the Land; The Big Burn; Ploughing the Soil; Arable Farming; The Grass Seed Industry; Dairying Important to District; Growth of the Dairy Industry; Sheep Farming in Area; Freezing Works; Meat for the City.

Section 7 (6.2 MB): The Growing Borough; Four Sought Seat in House; Members of Parliament; The City's 22 Mayors; Four Town Clerks in 93 Years.

Section 8 (8.8 MB): Community Facilities; The First Churches; Law, Order Comes to District; A Night to Remember; Faltering Start for Fire Brigade; A Hospital for the City; A City Of Learning; Water and Sewers; The Coming of Gas and Electricity; The Early Theatres; Gardens, Reserves of the City; Metropolitan Status in 21st Century; Back Cover.