THE BOOM TOWN
I Tokoroa's Coming Generation I \ „ "Tokoroa has a school population of nearly 1LS0 pupils. Witli births f averaging five weekly and a constant flow of newcomers to Tokoroa, I "» t school accommodation for approxi- [ inately 2200 children must be availp able within the next few years," said | Mr J. Currie, chairman of the ToW koroa School Committee, in a recent interview. The population of Tokom roa, the residential area for the l people of the Kinleith pulp, paper | and timber industries, is progressing !' towards the 6000 mark. Mr Currie said that the South Auckland Education Board has plans in hand for a unique educational scheme to. be erected on 40 acres of land already acquired at Tokoroa. There will be three schools, a posr-primary, an intermediate and a primary school with six football fields and two hockey grounds and five residences for teachers all on the one area. ^ Plans have been approved for a primary school to be located at Amesfield, a new residential and industrial area adjacent to Tokoroa.
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Taupo Times, Volume IV, Issue 163, 11 March 1955, Page 9
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173THE BOOM TOWN Taupo Times, Volume IV, Issue 163, 11 March 1955, Page 9
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