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

Kai-Iwi

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Kai-Iwi.

Kai-Iwi is a sheep-farming settlement seven miles distant from Wanganui. It stands 122 feet above the level of the sea. The Wanganui water-works are about ten miles from the settlement on the Okehu stream. The business premises of the village comprise a store, a blacksmith's shop, and an hotel. The railway station, which is ninety-five miles from New Plymouth, is in charge of a stationmaster, who also conducts the local post and telegraph office. There is a public school, with an average attendance of thirty-five children, and services of the Presbyterian Church are held every third Sunday by the minister from Wanganui. Dairy-farming is carried on at Kai-Iwi, and there is a local creamery, but sheep-farming is the more extensive industry. At the census of 1906 the population was about 150. The settlement forms part of the Waitotara riding of the County of Waitotara, and is in the Rangitikei electorate of the provincial district of Wellington.

Moore, George Frank, Sheepfarmer, Bushy Park, Kai Iwi. Mr Moore is a well-known successful breeder and exhibitor of prize stock. His father, who established the Bushy Park stud, had a similar reputation. Since the death of this gentleman, and the subsequent death of one of the sons, Bushy Park has been conducted by Mr G. F. Moore. The original stock of Hereford bulls were imported from Australia, and the cows from the Auckland Stud Company. In 1906 Mr Moore purchased the whole of Mr James Stuckey's herd of Hereford cattle, comprising ninety-four cows and heifers, twenty-seven heifer calves, and ten bull calves. He also imported the bulls “Ensign” and “Colon'st,” the former of which has never been beaten in a show ring. As an owner of racehorses Mr Moore is also known, and among his best performers may be mentioned, “Dante,” “Troubadour,” “Catapult,” “Dusky Morn,” “Armistice,” “Helen Portland,” “Fontenoy,” and “Colleen,” The following are records of Mr Moore's exhibits at various shows: at the Wanganui show, in 1904, “Sweet Simon,” “Oriana,” “Miss Penelope,” and “Carrara,” as thoroughbred horses, won respectively three firsts and a third; “Royal William,” “Royalty,” “King Billy,” and “Inspector,” as Hereford cattle, won two firsts and two seconds, while a cow and calf won the first and champion in the Hereford cow class; in the fat cattle class a first and second were also gained. At the 1905 Wanganui Show “Oriana” won the first and champion as a thoroughbred filly, “Carissima” was second, and “Helen Portland” third, while “Catapult” gained a first as a three-year-old colt; a first and second was gained with two draught horses; “Knight Errant 4th,” as a two-year old Hereford bull, won first and championship prizes, “The Trump” won another first prize, “Jasper” and “Loyal” each won seconds, and two Hereford cows got second and third; in the fat cattle class six firsts and one second were gained. At the Hawera show, in the same year, “Oriana” won first and champion prizes as a thoroughbred filly, with “Helen Portland” as second; “Knight Errant 4th”, as a Hereford bull, gained a first and championship, and a first was won in the fat cattle class. At the Palmerston Show, also in 1905, “Oriana” was again the first and champion two-year old filly, while “Helen Portland” took second place; in the fat cattle class three firsts and a champion prize were awarded. In 1906, at Masterton, “Helen Portland” took first place as a two-year old filly, and in the fat cattle class five firsts, a champion prize, one third, and a “very highly commended” card were gained. At Palmerston, in the same year, “Oriana” won the first and champion prizes as a three-year old filly; “Bancor” (imported) was first and champion as a draught stallion; among the stud cattle, “Ensign” (imported) was placed first and champion as a Hereford bull, with “Knight Errant 4th” second; in the fat cattle class a championship, nine firsts, and a second were gained. At Christchurch, in 1906, Mr Moore gained a third prize for a fat bullock. At the Wanganui show, in the same year, “Oriana”once more won first and champion honours, “Koran” was first as a two-year old colt, and “Bancor” took second prize as a draught stallion; in the Hereford stud cattle
Two Five-year-old Show Prize Winners (Mr. G. F. Moore).

Two Five-year-old Show Prize Winners (Mr. G. F. Moore).

page 621 class “Ensign” was first and champion, with “Knight Errant 4th” as second, “Daisy” came first as a yearling heifer, and “Cynthia 6th” was second as a Hereford cow; in the class of fat cattle a championship, nine firsts, three seconds, and three thirds were awarded to Mr Moore. At Hawera, “Oriana” repeated the Wanganui honours, “Bancor” was again judged the first and champion stallion, ‘Ensign’ won another first and championship as a Hereford bull, with “Daisy” second as a yearling heifer, and “Amethyst 321st” first and a championship as a cow; in the fat cattle class a championship, three firsts, two seconds, and two thirds were gained. At the Taranaki show “Bancor” was once more placed as the first and champion draught stallion. In 1907, at Masterton, “Koran,” as a two-year old thoroughbred colt, won the first and champion prizes, and “Bancor” took second prize as a draught stallion; in the Hereford stud cattle class “Sirdar” (imported) was judged the first and champion bull, “Amethyst 234th” the first and champion cow, “Confidence” the first yearling bull, and “Cynthia 7th” first as a yearling heifer; in the fat cattle class nine firsts, two seconds, and one third were awarded. The records of the Bushy Park herd of Hereford cattle have gained for Mr Moore a high place among the successful breeders of the Dominion.