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DescriptionRIMU is a township situated five miles southward from Hokitika, and is in the Kanieri riding of the county of Westland, and in the electorate and provincial district of Westland. It received its name from the red pine timber, which formerly grew abundantly in the district.
In the year 1882 gold was discovered to the west of the present settlement; whereupon, in a very short time, 500 miners were on the field, and it was not long before there were six hotels, and two branch banks in the town.
About the year 1890 gold was discovered at Seddon's Terrace, to the east of Rimu, where sluicing has since been carried on with success. In 1905, extensive prospecting was conducted under the Consolidated Goldfields of New Zealand, Limited, with an intention to bring in water from the Arahura river for sluicing purposes.
The district of Rimu is a steady gold producer, and it is said that much larger returns could be obtained if additional water race facilities were afforded to the miners. The water used is derived from storage dams, which are supplied by rainwater. Rimu has two hotels, two bakeries, a butchery, a bootmaker's shop, and four stores, and also a literary institution and reading-room. There are Anglican and Roman Catholic churches in the settlement, and services are held by clergvmen from Ross.
There is also a Convent school, with an attendance of forty children; but otherwise Rimu is served by the Woodstock public school, about one mile distant. There are two sawmills in the district, and there is a regular coach service between Rimu and Hokitika.
The post office and telephone bureau are conducted in the branch store of Mr. C. J. E. Linnemann. Shooting for sportsmen is obtainable in the neighbourhood. At the census of 1901, Rimu had a population of 148, with an additional seventy-one at Rimu Flat.Map^[1]External LinkTHE CYCLOPEDIA OF NEW ZEALAND [NELSON, MARLBOROUGH & WESTLAND PROVINCIAL DISTRICTS]ContributorHeather Newby

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