The Cyclopedia of New Zealand [Wellington Provincial District]
Makakahi
Makakahi.
Makakahi, a farming district in the Pahiatua County, is 106 miles from Wellington, and four miles from Pahiatua. Conveyance is by rail to Eketahuna or Woodville, and thence by coach. Education for the rising generation is provided by a public school, at which the average attendance is about thirty-five. Most of the residents are engaged in farming pursuits. Mails for Makakahi close at Wellington daily at 6.45 a.m., arriving at Makakahi at 3.30 p.m. The return mail closes daily at Makakahi at 11 a.m., arriving at Wellington at 7.50 p.m.
page 1009Makakahi Public School. This school consists of one good, well-lighted room, 26 feet by 21 feet. It was opened on the 2nd of June, 1891, by Miss A. Falla, with an average attendance of seven. The average has now reached forty-seven, with a roll strength of fifty-eight. The standards up to the sixth are taught. Since May, 1894, the school has been in charge of Mr. Walter Britland, who is assisted by Miss Annie Gregg, daughter of Mr. Richard Gregg, sheepfarmer, of Glengregg, Makakahi. The inspectors have been pleased to report well of the school, and Mr. Britland and his assistant evidently take great interest in their work.
Mr. Walter Britland, Headmaster of the Makakahi Public School, was born in Wellington on the 9th of March, 1870, and was educated at the Newtown School under Mr. Lillington and Mr. Hulke. In 1894 he obtained his certificate, D2, and was appointed to the above school. He was trained in his profession a the Newtown School, Wellington, where he taught for nine years. Mr. Britland is a son of Mr. Joseph Britland, of the Rock Road, Makakahi, one of the many sheep farmers of that district.
Mr. R. Gregg and Family.
Mr. R. Gregg's Homestead, Makakahi.
Quirk Bros., Sheepfarmers of Makakahi, hold 950 acres, all grassed, and about four acres ploughed. Their 2600 sheep are of the Romney-Lincoln variety. Their stud flock of sixty breeding ewes (Lincoln) is referred to on page 23, Vol. I., “New Zealand Flock Book, 1895.” Messrs. Quirk Bros. are also breeders of pure shorthorn cattle and horses of the Clydesdale breed. Their father, who died in September, 1896, came to the Colony in 1858, and was for many years well known in the Ohariu Valley.