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The Cyclopedia of New Zealand [Canterbury Provincial District]

[Claremont]

Claremont is an undulating farming district, seven miles from Timaru, on the road to Cave and Albury. The population in the vicinity of the main road was set down at 240, in the census return of March, 1901. Claremont takes its name from a well known sheep station, which has been worked for many years. It is situated in the Claremont riding of the Levels county. There is a local school, and a post office, which is in daily communication with Timaru.

The Claremont Post Office was established about 1883, and is conducted at the Claremont schoolhouse, where mails are received and despatched daily by Mrs F. L. Black.

The Claremont Public School was established towards the end of the seventies, and for many years was the only school in an extensive district. The building is of wood and iron, and contains a classroom and porch, with accommodation for fifty pupils. There are thirty-six names on the roll, and the average attendance is thirty. Four acres of land are attached to the school, and there is a schoolhouse of five rooms on the property.

Mrs Flora Lucretia Black, Teacher in charge of the Claremont school, was born in Timaru, and educated at the Timaru Main School, where she served a pupil-teachership of four years. She received her present appointment in April, 1895.