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The Cyclopedia of New Zealand [Wellington Provincial District]

Paraparaumu

Paraparaumu is one of the youngest settlements on the Wellington-Manawatu Railway, and is thirty-three miles from the Capital. The land was offered for sale in 1889, and every town and suburban section was bought. A few years ago the district was standing bush, but it is now nearly all occupied. The settlement is much in need of roads, but an attempt is now being made to remedy that defect. The sea-beach is excellent, Kapiti Island being right opposite, and breaking the force of the west wind. There is no hotel in the settlement, but an accommodation house is kept by Mrs. Wise. The Wesleyan and Roman Catholic Churches are represented at Paraparaumu, and the children of the settlement receive their education at a public school, at which the average attendance is about forty. There is a post and telegraph office. Mails for Paraparaumu close daily at Wellington at 6a.m., arriving at Paraparaumu at 8.50 a.m. The return mail closes daily at Paraparaumu at 10 a.m., arriving at Wellington at 1 p.m.