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The Cyclopedia of New Zealand [Otago & Southland Provincial Districts]

The Farmers' Rest Hotel

The Farmers' Rest Hotel (James Smart, proprietor), Oreti Plains. This hotel was erected in 1886. The building is constructed of wood and iron, and contains twelve rooms, five of which are visitors' bed-rooms. There are comfortable sitting rooms, and a dining-room, which will accommodate fourteen persons. There is also good stabling, and a large grazing paddock. Mr Smart was born in 1863, in Oamaru, where he was educated and brought up as a butcher. He afterwards went to Australia, where he was in business as a butcher for some years, four of which were spent in Melbourne. Subsequently he returned to New Zealand, and went into the hotel business in 1901. He was lessee of the Gap Road Hotel till 1903, when he acquired the “Farmer's Rest.” Mr Smart was married, in November, 1883, to a daughter of Mr George Humphrey, of Kaitangata, and has one son and one daughter.

Mr. J. Smart.

Mr. J. Smart.