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The Cyclopedia of New Zealand [Taranaki, Hawke's Bay & Wellington Provincial Districts]

Tikorangi

Tikorangi.

Tikorangi lies fifteen miles to the eastward of New Plymouth, and fourteen miles to the southeast of Waitara. Its name is also the name of a riding in the county of Clifton. Tikorangi is in the Waitara survey district of the Taranaki land district, and was first occupied in the year 1865 by military settlers. Regular services are held every Sunday at the local Anglican church. There is a public school in the township, a public hall, and a good library of one thousand volumes. Tikorangi has a post and telegraph office, and a telephone bureau. At the time of the native troubles, there were several Maori pas in the neighbourhood of the village.

F. W. Furkert, photo. A Crag on Mount Egmont.

F. W. Furkert, photo. A Crag on Mount Egmont.

The Tikorangi Public School is conducted in an old building, which is said to have been erected during the time of the Maori disturbances. The land, on which there also stands a teacher's six-roomed residence, is about an acre in extent. The average attendance is twenty-five. Mr. Isaac Moody West is headmaster.

Crump, Walter, Farmer, Tikorangi. Mr. Crump was born in Devonshire, England, and was brought up to farming by his father. He came to New Zealand in the ship “Rakaia,” in 1879, landing in Wellington, and shortly afterwards acquired his present property, which contains about 400 acres. Mr. Crump devotes his attention chiefly to dairying; he milks as many as eighty cows daily, and sends the milk to the local factory. He has also a fine property of 600 acres in the Otaraoa block, Waitara.

Mr. W. Crump.

Mr. W. Crump.

Foreman, John White, Farmer, Tikorangi. Mr. Foreman is referred to in another article as chairman of the Clifton County Council.

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Tikorangi Bridge. Murgatroyd, photo.

Tikorangi Bridge. Murgatroyd, photo.