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Hutt History Normandale Wm GOLDER

Sandra from Normandale

First teacher of the OLD Belmont school Lower Hutt was William Golder.
He was also a poet and is published in Paperspast living at the Top of Normandale Road ie 2 miles from the OLD Hutt Railway Station.
He also speaks in 1840 of a flax thrashing machine.
Photo is the view about where Golder Mountain Home with his printing press was situated.
Copy Normandale Times.

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