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Putaruru -- Facts, Info, and Encyclopedia article (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-24) |
 | | Roadmaking was commenced in the late 1880s but the (Line that is the commercial organization responsible for operating a railway system) railway, which was begun by the Thames Valley and Rotorua Railway Co., was the most important factor in the progress of settlement in the area. |
 | | The town of Putaruru was surveyed in 1905 and on 18 December an area of 50,987 acres (206 km²), which had previously been acquired from the Thames Valley Land Co. by the Crown and which included town allotments in Putaruru and Lichfield, was opened by ballot. |
 | | Putaruru was created a (An urban area with a fixed boundary that is smaller than a city) town district in 1926; on 1 July 1947 it was constituted a (One of the administrative divisions of a large city) borough. |
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