In the County of Wanganui, eighty-four miles from Wanganui and sixty-one miles from Ohingaiti—the nearest railway station and telephone office—Ohakune is on the road from Pipiriki to Tokaanu and the Hot Lakes District. Tourists are taking advantage largely of the facilities afforded by the river-steamers from Wanganui to Pipiriki to enjoy the lovely scenery of the “Rhine of New Zealand.” Mails are received and made up twice each week.

Ohakune Aided School, which was opened in 1896, has an average attendance of eleven. The standards are taught up to and including the fifth. Miss Manson is the teacher in charge.

Manson, G. F., Storekeeper, Ohakune. Born in the Orkney Islands in 1828, his early years being spent at Kirkwall, Edinburgh, Glasgow, and London, Mr. Manson came out to Sydney in 1853. When the Otago goldfields broke out he visited Gabriel's Gully, the Dunstan, and the Lake District, and carried on business at Arrowtown, the Lake, and Skippers. He afterwards moved to the West Coast of the North Island, and was in business at Patea, Waverley, and on the Murimotu Plains. In 1893 he removed to Ohakune, with the intention of making it his permanent home. Mr. Manson served in the Patea Light Horse and the Waverley Cavalry. He is married, and has eight children—three sons and five daughters.

Mr. G. F. Manson.