The 1907-08 Fitzroy Town Board rating roll lists Raymond Smith as the owner of Lots 28a, 30a, 32a & 34a - the sections are all thought to be vacant at this time and had a combined rateable value of £135.
Raymond Smith soon sold lots 28a, 30a & 32a to well-known New Plymouth builder George W. Hartnell, who constructed three villas on the property - only number 15 survives, with those at numbers 13 and 17 since removed or demolished.
The 1908-09 rating roll lists Hartnell as the ratepayer for lots 28a, 30a & 32a - a combined rateable value of just £95 probably indicates that the sections were still vacant during early 1908. However, by the 1909-10 rating year, the combined value of the three sections had increased to £330 - indicating the construction of at least one of the villas.
Hartnell sold lots 28a and 32a to H. Jellyman, but retained ownership of lot 30A (this property) for a little longer, before it was acquired by Richard Jenkins, and then a Mr Webster.
Related items:
Fitzroy Suburban Sections (Part) 91 & 93, Taranaki Land Deed Index I1 Page 514. (Archives New Zealand)
Taranaki (Lot 30A) DP1831 Sheet 1 (1902), ICS Pre 300,000 Cadastral Plan Index (Imaged by LINZ)
Suburban Extension: The Fitzroy West Property (Taranaki Herald 2 May 1902)
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