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The Cyclopedia of New Zealand [Auckland Provincial District]

Tauwhare

Tauwhare.

Tauwhare is the name of a district in the Waikato. It is reached by coach from Tamahere railway station, ninety-eight miles from Auckland, and has a scattered population.

Tauwhare Public School is conducted in a wooden building with a class room and a porch, and has accommodation for forty pupils. There are twenty-two names on the roll, and the average attendance is eighteen.

Miss Agnes Graham Kerr, who holds an E5 certificate, is the teacher in charge of the Tauwhare public school. She was born in Whangarei, where she was educated and passed her examination. Miss Kerr was appointed to her present position in 1896.

The Tauwhare Cheese Factory was established by Mr. H. Reynolds, the well-known promoter of this industry in the Waikato. The process of cheddar cheese-making is a simple one. After receipt of the milk it is weighed and rennet added in the vats to make it coagulate, then it is heated to ninety-eight degrees until it becomes curd. In the curd stage (after the whey is drained off) it is transferred to wooden racks, where it is stirred till all the whey is extracted, after which it is allowed to cool into blocks, this process being the “cheddarising.” After cooling for a couple of hours, it is run through the curd-cutting mill. The cheese is next aerated to the extent required, then salt is added and the blocks placed in wooden hoops and pressed. It is then stored in the cool chamber for about six weeks, when it is considered matured. The New Zealand Loan and Mercantile Agency Company, Limited, owns and works the Tauwhare Cheese Factory.

Mr. Alexander Beange, Manager of the Tauwhare Cheese Factory, was born at Mosgiel, Otago, in 1867, and educated at Wyndham, where he was brought up to farming. He has been connected with the dairy industry since 1890, when he gained his first experience at Wyndham Dairy Factory, and acted as assistant for four seasons. Then he removed to the Stratford Dairy Factory, Taranaki, and there he held the position of butter and cheese maker for two seasons. He was appointed to his present position at
Mr. and Mrs A. Beange.

Mr. and Mrs A. Beange.

page 762 Tauwhare on the 1st of January, 1898. Mr. Beange was married, in 1891, to a daughter of Mr. D. Murphy, of Ireland, and has three sons and two daughters.

Mr. Alexander Milne, formerly Manager of the Tauwhare Cheese Factory, was born in Otago in 1873, and gained his experience at the Wyndham and Oamaru cheese factories. He attended the Government dairy schools at Edendale and Stratford in order to gain further experience. Mr. Milne was afterwards for a number of years manager of the Tauwhare Cheese Factory.

Mr. and Mrs A. Milne.

Mr. and Mrs A. Milne.

Hobbs, John Close, Apiarist, Tauwhare. About fifteen years ago Mr. A. E. Hobbs began bee-keeping in quite a small way at Tamahere, but the industry has increased so steadily that there are now more orders than the present proprietor can supply. Mr. Hobbs adopts the best American methods for extracting honey, which is principally exported to London, an average of five tons being the annual output and realising about £40 per ton. Italian queen bees are both imported and reared. After the honey is taken from the comb, it is packed in 56-lb. tins, two tins to the case, for export. For family use there are 2-lb. tins with attractive labels and sold in the Auckland market. Bee-farming pays better in some districts than others, but the situation of the Tauwhare apiary is one of the best that could be found in Waikato for clover honey. Mr. Hobbs' apiary shows every evidence of skill and knowledge.

Mr. J. C. Hobbs' Bee Farm, Tauwhare.

Mr. J. C. Hobbs' Bee Farm, Tauwhare.

Tickelpenny, Samuel, Farmer, Tauwhare. Mr. Tickelpenny was born at Keddington, near Louth, in England, in 1829, and was brought up to country life. In 1854 he arrived in Auckland by the barque “Ashmore,” but spent about four years in the Nelson district, and was afterwards farming in Otago. At the time of the native disturbances he served in the Waikato Militia, and, as a corporal, received a sixty-acre grant. In 1871 he settled in the Waikato, and, after being about six years at Claudelands, Hamilton, he removed to Morrinsville, where he was engaged in farming for twelve years. It was in 1885 that Mr. Tickelpenny settled in Tauwhare, where he holds 250 acres, which he works as a dairy farm. He was married, in 1859, to a daughter of the late Mr. J. Hughes, of Otago, and has six sons and six daughters.

Botteley, photo.Mr. and Mrs S. Tickelpenny.

Botteley, photo.
Mr. and Mrs S. Tickelpenny.