The Cyclopedia of New Zealand [Otago & Southland Provincial Districts]
The Railway Hotel
The Railway Hotel (George Sidney James. proprietor). Ngapara. Though this hotel is an old established one. the present building was only erected in 1895. It is of stone, two stories in height, and contains twenty-two rooms. including ten bedrooms, five “sitting-rooms, and a large and convenient dining-room. There is a stable at the back of the hotel, with five stalls and loose boxes.