The Pamphlet Collection of Sir Robert Stout: Volume 78
Hawera
Hawera.
A town of over 2,000 inhabitants, with water, gas, electric light, and drainage, Hawera is the chief buisness centre of the Waimate Plains, which comprise a large area of agricultural land, not to be excelled for quality in any part of the colony. "The City of the Plains", as it is called, possesses also a fine recreation reserve of 25 acres, cricket ground, a capital racecourse where the Egmont Racing Club holds its meetings, bowling green, golf links, and is a convenient head-quarters for doing Mount Egmont. Capital trout fishing may be had in the Waingongoro and other rivers in the neighbourhood, and there are numerous interest-ing drives in the vicinity.