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The idea behind the event, first held on January 21, 1995, is to celebrate the anniversary of the arrival on the site of Feilding of the first immigrants brought to the Manchester Block by the Emigrants and Colonists Aide Corporation. Passengers from the ship 'The Duke of Edinburgh' are recorded as having arrived on January 22, 1874.
For the whole of 1999, debate raged about the advisability of building a new clock tower to house the 98-year-old clock removed from the original Post Office and stored 50 years ago. Due to the persistence of the organising committee and the support of the District Council and many Feilding residents, Manchester Square has an Edwardian tower and the clock tower bell rang in the beginning of 2000 as the climax of a huge Millennium party.
Food and Fibre Minister John Luxton officially opened the Feilding Livestock Centre's new $500,000 cattle rostrum. Completely re-modelled after fire last year disrupted work on upgrading the facility, the new centre's inclusion of electronic data display and processing puts it among the country's most advanced buildings of its kind. The refurbished centre has been operating successfully for about a month already.
Picture of the Warehouse and Price Chopper 2. Looking towards town - McDonalds, KFC, BP, over the railway line - Manawatu Muffler, RSPCA,Green Things 3. Liquorland 4. RSPCA,Auto one,Green Things
Central District Field Days are held at Manfield Autocourse every March.
Opening of the Technology Block at Feilding Agricultural High School by Prime Minister Helen Clarke
Children's Wardrobe is situated in Manchester Street, in the main shopping area.
Ross Smithers standing outside his shop: Short & Smithers Jewellers Established 1901. The shop was situated in Manchester Street.
Situated on corner of Kimbolton Road & Warrick Street. Writeprice's carpark is shown. Houses have now been built here.
Westfield Motor group car yard is situated on the corner of Fergusson S& Staffords Street, Feilding
Ingram & Worsley Ltd - Farm bikes, Dirt Bikes & Jet Ski's. Suzuki & Kawasaki Dealers. Located in Weld Street, Feilding
Feilding Garden place was situated in East Street (nearly opposite Feilding Intermediate)
Feilding Rural Day -2001 Every year Feilding's Rural Day is run in October. "Where the farm meets the townfolk". Lots of events are run, as well as livestock are on display.
Whittaker's Peanut Slab/MG Car Club Classic Race Meeting Manfield 1993. All Ford race; Gary Doyle, Manawatu, in his Mustang No.52 leads Alex Wilson's (Lower Hutt) Anglia V8 and two Wellington Drivers
Situated on the corner of Kawakawa Road and South Streets. Now the Coach House Museum
