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The Cyclopedia of New Zealand [Wellington Provincial District]

Medical Hall

Medical Hall (E. F. Levy, proprietor), Main Street, Mangaweka. Established September, 1896. Bankers, Bank of New Zealand, Bulls. A really good stock of all kinds of drugs and patent medicines and sundries in kept, and in connection with the dentistry Black and white photograph of the Medical Hall department there is a first-rate set of forceps by Hutchison, of Sheffield, of the latest and most improved pattern. There is a handsome dispensing screen, with carvings, etc., and shop drawers, manufactured by Messrs. Scoullar and Chisholm, of Wellington. The consulting room at the back of the shop is nicely furnished for the use of visitors. Dr. Smith, of Hunterville, attends here every Tuesday from 2 to 5 p.m. The room contains a small library of standard medical works. Mr. Levy is the agent for Messrs. Leith and Ross, homœpathic chemists, of Vere Street, London, and a handsome page 1297 some case of their goods adorns the centre of the shop. Mr. Levy was born at Brixton, near London, in January, 1865, and educated at Wellesley House, Brighton, and at Brondesbury College, Kilburn, England. Coming to New Zealand in 1882 by the “Loch Linnhe,” he bought letters of introduction from Messrs. Grimwade and Co., druggists, London, to Mr. T. W. Kempthorne, of the New Zealand Drug Company. Before making up his mind as to the best locality for business, Mr. Levy thought it wise to wait a year or two, being variously employed in the meanwhile until in 1888 he entered into business at Herbertville, Hawkes Bay. Finding that business was not good, however, and hearing of the rise of Mangaweka, he decided to settle there. Among the list of proprietary preparations are his Blood. Purifier, “Tuna” for toothache, “Colodine” for corns, “Neuralgia and Quinine and Iron Tonics,” cough mixtures, liver tonic, pills of all kinds, soothing syrups, headache powders, and many others. Mr. Levy was commissioned a Justice of the Peace in 1894.