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January 1920
The Dilworth School, which has previously held its school camps at Puketutu Island, Papatoetoe, Torbay and Takapuna, establishes a permanent camp site at Weymouth. The annual school camp is held there until 1933.
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9 February 1920
The Tuakau Athletic and Sports Club is formed.
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9 February 1920
Landowner Mr Gilbert Wilson offers a three-acre plot of land, which includes the site of the Puke-o-Kiwiriki pa on Red Hill, to the Papakura Town Board in trust for the people of Papakura.
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9 March 1920
Edgar Ashcroft succeeds W.A. (Alexander) Bell as Manukau County Clerk. Ashcroft, who had been appointed Bell's assistant in September 1914, goes on to hold the top job for almost 39 years. He is succeeded by Ron Wood in September 1959.
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9 March 1920
About this time, Manurewa's first purpose-built picture theatre is licensed (see also 8 April 1939).
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11 March 1920
The Waiuku Athletic Club is founded. This affiliates with the Northern Athletic Union, a professional sporting body (see also 19 August 1936).
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18 March 1920
Public tennis courts are opened at Waipipi (at this time the small rural community supports two rival tennis clubs).
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30 March 1920
Manukau County Council receives a petition forwarded by Otahuhu Borough Council from local residents concerned with the increasing pollution of the Mangere inlet by wastes from the slaughterhouses and chemical works along its eastern shore (see also 16 August 1927)
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April 1920
About this time Howick's first rugby club is formed. It is active until about 1934, when an amalgamation with the Whitford club is proposed (see also 8 August 1945).
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1 April 1920
Papatoetoe becomes an independent town district. Proposals are soon made to form a borough (see also 10 June 1946).
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10 April 1920
Ratepayers in the Hunua Valley meet in the public hall to discuss the formation of a local rabbit board.
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13 April 1920
The Franklin Football Referees' Association is formed, later renamed the Counties Referees' Association.
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27 April 1920
During the visit of HRH Edward Prince of Wales to New Zealand, the royal train stops briefly at Pukekohe. The Prince is presented to local dignitaries, replies to an address of welcome, inspects assembled returned soldiers and schoolchildren, and shakes hands with a small girl, the daughter of Mr Frank Perkins, chairman of the Pukekohe School Committee (see also 26 February 1927).
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8 June 1920
A Mr Lucas applies to Manukau County Council for permission to harvest wattle trees growing along the verges of Finlayson Road, Manurewa.
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8 June 1920
Settlers at Orere complain about the effect on their recently formed road of bullock teams carting timber from the Auckland Harbour Board's new timber mill in the Orere valley (the mill closes in 1925).
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July 1920
A four-acre commercial lemon orchard is planted on the slopes of Titi Hill at Mauku.
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21 July 1920
Local market gardeners form the Pukekohe District Produce Growers' Association. After initial enthusiasm, this ceases to function by or before 1924 (see also 24 July 1930).
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22 July 1920
Formation of the Kawakawa Bay to Orere Road is completed. By July 1923 the road has been metalled as far as the site of the present Orere Hall, although the route remains a difficult one for some years. In 1926 work proceeds on developing the road beyond Orere towards Matingarahi (see also 14 February 1930).
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21 August 1920
Manurewa ratepayers approve a loan for the Town Board to acquire a four-acre bush section on the Puriri Park Estate and an eight-acre plot of farmland on the 'Jellicoe Estate'. These are what become respectively the Hill Road Reserve, later Manurewa Native Bush Reserve, and Jellicoe Park (see also 4 July 1921).
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22 August 1920
An Open Brethren assembly is established at Mangere. This is the first Open Brethren Assembly in South Auckland, although there are already Exclusive Brethren assemblies in Manurewa and Papatoetoe. Further Open Brethren assemblies are established within the region at Pukekohe in 1921, Dury in 1922, Pokeno in 1924, Papatoetoe in 1924, Waiuku in 1929, Otahuhu in 1933, Manurewa in 1948, Howick in 1962, Otara in 1964, Papakura in 1966, and Pakuranga in 1971.
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