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The Cyclopedia of New Zealand [Auckland Provincial District]

Waihou

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Waihou.

Waihou is the name of a railway siding and settlement 112 miles from Auckland, and within about two miles of Te Aroha. It is in the county of Piako, and has a population of about 100 persons. The township has daily mails, a telephone service, and a post office savings bank.

The Waihou Public School has accommodation for eighty children. There are 110 names on the roll, and the average attendance is 92. There is an area of eight acres attached to the school. The teacher in charge is assisted by one pupil and one ex-pupil teacher.

Mr. Herbert Cousins, Master of the Waihou School, was born in 1872, in Auckland, where he served a pupil teachership at the Beresford Street school. He was for a short time engaged in relieving work, and was in charge of half-time schools at Pungareri and Iaumea. He was again engaged in relieving work for two years, and was appointed to Waihou in 1897.

The Waihou Creamery (Ambury and English, proprietors), Waihou. This creamery was opened on the 10th of September, 1899. The plant consists of an eight-horse power steam engine, and two 400-gallon de Laval separators. There are thirty-one suppliers, who daily bring in the milk of about 700 or 800 cows. Mr. Thomas Wilson is the manager.

The Waihou Hotel (Oswald Francis Pilling, proprietor), Waihou. The original Waihou hotel was erected in 1877, but was burnt down in 1888. As rebuilt, the hotel is of wood, is of one storey, and has seventeen rooms, nine of which are bedrooms, and there are three sitting rooms. The present proprietor has conducted the business since 1897.

Mr. Oswald Francis Pilling was born in India in 1853. His father was a captain in the 70th Regiment, and he was brought to the colony by his parents when he was five years of age. Mr. Pilling joined the Militia at Howick in 1867, and he afterwards served in the Waikato Cavalry at Hamilton for about seven years. He began hotelkeeping at Raglan in 1896. Mr. Pilling was married, in 1892, to a daughter of Mr. J. Hemphill, of Mangarata.

Hemphill, Edmond, General Storekeeper, Waihou. This store was established about 1875, and has been conducted by Mr. Hemphill since 1898. The business of the local post, money order, telephone office, and savings bank is conducted on the premises. Mr. Hemphill was born in County Derry, Ireland, in 1871. He arrived in Auckland in 1886 by the ship “British Empire,” and was for five years employed in the Survey Department. After being three years in the Taranaki and Wellington districts, and for two years at Kaipara, he settled at Waihou.

Taylor, Thomas, Settler, Waihou. Mr. Taylor was born in 1827 in Croughton, Northamptonshire, England, and was brought up to the trade of a wheelwright. After coming out to Auckland in 1863, he joined the second Waikato Militia, and was transferred to the Commissariat Transport Corps stationed at Penrose, and then at Papakura, Drury, and Meremere. He served altogether three years till the corps was disbanded, when he received for his services the New Zealand war medal and also a section of land at Alexandria, where he settled for a time. Mr. Taylor was at the Thames from 1868 to 1880, when he removed to Waihou, and purchased 146 acres then in a valuable farm. Mr. Taylor has served several times on the local school committee. He was married on the 29th of May, 1849, to a daughter of the late Mr. R. Mason, of Walsoken, England, and has two sons and four daughters, all of whom are married, and there are forty-one grandchildren.

Pink Terraces, Rotomahana.

Pink Terraces, Rotomahana.