KIHIKIHI

Waikato Times, Volume XX, Issue 1665, 8 March 1883, Page 3

KIHIKIHI

v ; i I^&e;', anticipations' of a coming Land, Ckf^'he^'have inspired ' ottr settler?, 'jffiftKfflafly kltbre, immediately ■ intt'fcstcd ,ih ! the township; with the cou*iyfctwA nild sfcoure prosperity.?' 'Enich'and a}l have been looking f6t^ a lqng.time' past to the open'lig'upo'ftlmtsnl^ndk'l tract of country .OBLthfc'qbu'iii side of the Puniu river v and ' l&tenVtirig inland for many miles, ihe soil ' 'of , which 1 , in ihe/words'6'f Mr 6ryftci, is of excellent quality,' and admirably situated for settlement, By the successful workNative Minister "the country 'li'fS atjust hecii opened, and no apparent obstacles now exist to prevent ( Kihikihi , from advancipE. It is generally expected ?th'at a considerable portion of the busij'ft'dss at' present before the' Land Court at Cambridge will be adjourned from that long-favoured quarter to here; and that ."tlje, hearing of the adjourned cases will J^stniany months. 1 ''Our' business people have not been im.mindful of the increasing demand for .accommodation. The store which has recently been erected by Mr Ellis, late of ' A'o'fea, is, 1 believe, with only one exception excelled in,the Waikato, both stock ''and' building being of a tfature which,, would not, be out' of place' in the principal thorbughfare of the metro Mr Kllis dssems mucli creditjor the enterprise which he has exemplified, • and no douljfc those amongst whom -he has cast his lot? will not be backward in ' 'substantially appl-eciating the spirit which prompted him to open business here. Mrs' Cowboy's now hotel is now finished. As you gave a description of -tHis ljotcl in a former issue, I will not trouwd your readers with a second desscriplion It is certainly' a veiy comfortable establishment, and one, which from the accommodation itaffoids, would surprise the travelling public. The billiardroom is one of the finest furnished rooms • of its kind in the Waikato, and the table itself could not be excelled. Mr Mandeno,] imdor wjiosb'snper\jisioiii the ere'e*tion'of the building was carried out, deserves much • credit for, ( hi* design and workmanship. Mr W. H. Grace is having a commodious office erected adjoining the new hotel, and judging from this, I am led to believe he is as sanguine in hisaniicipations of the future progress •of Kihikihi as any other settler, if not doubly more so. ' Our race meeting on the 17th inst. firomises to bo a great success. An excelont course will have been got ready by that time, and every other preparation will have been made so as to ensure an excellent days' sport. The prizes are sufficiently large to attract large fields and create good sport; and wheiever good sport Uto he found 'there is imariably a good attendance. — (Correspondent.)