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

Mokihinui Mine

Mokihinui Mine.

Mokihinui Mine is the terminus of the Westport-Mokihinui branch line of railway, and lies thirty-one miles to the northward of the port. It is in the Karamea riding of the county of Buller, in the electorate of Motueka, and in the provincial district of Nelson. Mokihinui Mine is at the top or northern end of the beautiful Mokihinui valley. It has a sawmill, and a small coalmine, which is worked on the co-operative system, by a number of miners, who have a coal lease of 100 acres. The mine was commenced in 1903, and a seam, averaging about five feet in thickness, is worked. There is a remarkably pretty cascade in the settlement, and the hills rise abruptly from the small portion of level ground that is available. Since the 1st of December, 1903, there has been a post office at the residence of one of the settlers. There is an hotel in the settlement, the population of which was included, at the census of 1901, under Mokihinui Valley.

The Mokihinui Mine Post Office was established on the 1st of September, 1903, and the postal work is conducted at the residence of the postmistress. Mails are received and despatched three times daily. The work of the telephone bureau, established in 1902, is carried on in a separate building.

Mrs Agnes C. Johnston , who has been postmistress at Mokihinui Mine since the opening of the office, was born in Nelson, where she was educated. She was married, in the year 1886, to Mr. Samuel J. Johnston, enginedriver at Mr. Hobbs' sawmill, at Mokihinui Mine, and has a family of two sons and four daughters.