Rimu - Looking north.

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DescriptionRimu was a township situated five miles southward from Hokitika.Its name from the red pine timber, which formerly grew abundantly in the district. In the year 1882 gold discovered to the west of the present settlement; whereupon, in a very short time, 500 miners were on the field. About the year 1890 gold was discovered at Seddon's Terrace, to the east of Rimu, where sluicing had since been carried on with success.

In 1905, extensive prospecting was conducted underite the Consolidated Goldfields of New Zealand, Limd, 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 had 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 was also a Convent school, with an attendance of forty children; but otherwise Rimu was served by the Woodstock public school, about one mile distant. There were two sawmills in the district, and there was a regular coach service between Rimu and Hokitika. The post office and telephone bureau were conducted in the branch store of Mr. C. J. E. Linnemann. Shooting for sportsmen was obtainable in the neighbourhood. At the census of 1901, Rimu had a population of 148, with an additional seventy-one at Rimu Flat.PhotographerJames RingMap^[1]External LinkHOCKEN LIBRARYContributorHeather Newby

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