banded together, taking their case as far as the Privy Council in London, before winning back their licences in May 1905.

By 1905, the town had a population of over 2,000 and was home to two railway stations, two banks, a dairy factory, gas works, two cemeteries, a recreation reserve, two fire stations, a brass band, salt water bath, and a Mechanics' Institute. The town was protected by a company of the Permanent Artillery and the Garrison Artillery Volunteers.

A road tunnel linking Sawyers Bay with Waitati as part of a new north

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