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The Cyclopedia of New Zealand [Wellington Provincial District]

Tompsitt's Family Hotel

Tompsitt's Family Hotel (William Tompsitt, proprietor) Manakau. This fine hostelry was established in 1890. It is a handsome two-story wooden structure, and contains in all twenty-nine rooms. On the ground floor will be found a convenient
Mr. W. Tompsitt.

Mr. W. Tompsitt.

dining-room, well appointed in every respect; there are also sitting-rooms and parlours. The excellent bedrooms, for which Tompsitt's Family Hotel is noted, are situated on the first floor. Behind the hotel are splendid stables. A full staff of servants will at all times endeavour to make travellers and visitors comfortable during their stay at the hotel. Mr. Tompsitt, the popular host, is well and favourably known in the Colony, and particularly through the Manawatu district. He is colonial, having been born in Melbourne. At the time of the West Coast rush he crossed over the Tasman Sea, arriving in Hokitika in 1866. After some years of experience in the Colony, Mr. Tompsitt established himself as a storekeeper in Otaki, and subsequently founded the first business in Manakau. He has for years been a farmer and grazier in the district, and has been successful in the rearing of thoroughbred stock. In racing he has long taken keen interest, and has attained celebrity as a handicapper. Mr. Tompsitt has also taken a lively part in shooting competitions. As a public man he has served the ratepayers for six years as a member of the Otaki Highway Board, of which he was for some time chairman. For five years he was a member of the Horowhenua County Council, and at different times he has been elected a member of school committees. Mr. Tompsitt has been most active in procuring the formation of roads in the township.