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The Cyclopedia of New Zealand [Nelson, Marlborough & Westland Provincial Districts]

Hotels

Hotels.

Commercial Hotel (Thomas Palmer, proprietor), Revell Street, Hokitika. This hotel was established in the year 1875, and acquired by the present proprietor in July, 1904. It is a two-storied building of wood and iron, and contains thirty-six rooms, including twenty-six bedrooms, three sitting rooms, a dining hall, capable of seating fifty guests, and a billiard room. Mr. Palmer was born in the year 1870, in County Antrim, Ireland, was educated in Belfast, and brought up to a mercantile life. In 1887, he went to Melbourne, Australia, by the s.s. “Cusco,” and was for about four years engaged in mining at Mount Morgan. Mr. Palmer subsequently gained experience in dairying in South Australia for two years. He afterwards came to New Zealand, and was dairy manager of the Mangatainoki Factory for two years, and. later, of a Teranaki factory for two years, Mr. Palmer was then for three years manager and secretary of a dairy factory in North Otago, whence he removed to the West Coast, and took up a similar position at the Tetara Flat Factory. In 1904, he bought the freehold of the Commercial Hotel in Hokitika. Mr. Palmer was for some time secretary of the Grey Valley school committee. He married a daughter of Mr. Andrew Todd, of Mount Morgan, Queensland, in the year 1893, and has two sons and two daughters.

Occidental Hotel (Mrs M. Woolhouse, proprietress), Wharf Street Hokitika. This hotel has been established for many years. It was at one time known as the “Swan,” and was conducted by Mr. Lynch, but was acquired by its present proprietress in the year 1903. The hotel stands on freehold land, and was re-built in the year 1900. It is a two-storied building of wood and iron, and contains twenty rooms, including eleven bedrooms, four sitting rooms, a commercial room, and a dining room capable of seating twenty guests. There is also a six-stalled stable in connection with the hotel.

The Occidental,' Hotel.

The Occidental,' Hotel.

Red Lion Hotel (John James Melntosh, Proprietor), Gibson's Quay, Hokitika. This hotel was established in the year 1865. It is a two-storied building of wood and iron, built on a freehold section, and contains thirty-three rooms, including twenty bedrooms, four sitting rooms, and a dining-room capable of seating
Mr. J. J. McIntosh.

Mr. J. J. McIntosh.

fifty guests. The stables connected with the establishment contain three loose boxes and six stalls. Mr. J. J. McIntosh acquired the Red Lion Hotel in 1901. He is the eldest son of Mr. George McIntosh, was born in the year 1867 in Invercargill, brought by his parents to the West Coast at an early age, and went to school in Hokitika. For a number of years Mr. McIntosh followed farming pursuits, and still holdss a farm at South Beach. He is a member of the fire brigade, vice-president of the Hokitika cricket and football clubs, captain of the Hokitika Aquatic and Cycling Club, a member and steward of the Westland Racing Club, vice-president of the Hokitika Swimming Club, a member of the committee of the Acclimatisation Society and Tourist Department, and treasurer of the Westland Agricultural and Pastoral Association. As a Freemason, Mr. McIntosh is a member of Lodge Kilwinning, Hokitika. He married a daughter of Mr. D. McPhee, of Woodstock, in the year 1898, and has five daughters.

Southland Hotel (Edward O'Connor, proprietor), Revell Street, Hokitika. This hotel was established in the very early days of the gold-fields, probably in 1865. It is built of wood and iron and contains twelve rooms; six of these are bedrooms, two are sitting rooms, and there is a dining room capable of seating thirty guests.

Mr. Edward O'Connor , Proprietor of the Southland Hotel, was born in County Kerry, Ireland, in the year 1848. He attended school in his native county, and sailed for Melbourne in the ship “Champion of the Seas,” in 1866. In the following year he landed at Hokitika, and engaged in gold mining for a few years. After a trip to Australia, where he spent three months in Queensland and seven months in Victoria, Mr. O'Connor returned to the page 514 West Coast, where he followed mining and contracting till 1879, when he became licensee of the Imperial Hotel. Six years later he bought the freehold of the Southland Hotel, which he has since conducted. Mr. O'Connor was married in April, 1879, to Miss Chasman, of County Kerry, Ireland, and has four sons and four daughters.