 Colyton Hotel
Mr Gibson Millen,
applied to the Ashurst Licensing Committee for a publican's license
for The Colyton Hotel.
ASHURST LICENSING
DISTRICT. NOTICE OF APPLICATION FOR PUBLICAN'S LICENSE. I GIBSON MILLEN,
of Colyton, Settler, do hereby give notice that I desire to obtain mid
will, at the next Licensing Meeting to be holden at Ashurst on the tenth
day of June, 1892, apply for a certificate authorising the issue of a
Publican's License for a house situate at the corner of the Taonui and the
Feilding-Ashurst Roads, containing fourteen rooms, exclusive of those
required for the use of the family, and to be known as the Colyton Hotel.
Dated this second day of May, 1892. GIBSON MILLEN.
W. A. Sandilands,
Feilding, Solicitor for the Applicant
June 1892 - P
O'Shea is the new landlord
Feb 1893 -
J. McLaren purchased the Colyton Hotel from Millen who bought a
farm.
March 1893 - Mr C.
Siddels, of the Colyton Hotel, has sold out to Mr Peter Boisen, of
Palmerston North, and the latter takes possession on Thursday
next
COLYTON HOTEL: ON
taking over the above Hotel, situated in the centre of a large and fertile
grazing district, the Proprietor begs to intimate that every attention
will be paid to his customers and the travelling; public, The best brands
of Spirits, Wines, aii'l Ales always in stock. Good stabling. P. BOISEN,
Proprietor.
Feb 1894:
Licence transferred to Charles Alfred William Hunt on condition that the
licensee increased the stable accommodation to 12 horses and metalled the
stable yard.
Apr 1895: C Hunt
(went to the Provincial Hotel, Napier) sold out to D Barrett of Wanganui
The new proprietor
of the Colyton Hotel, Mr D. Barrett, announces to-day that he intends to
keep on hand only the very best brands of ales, wines, and spirits,
and hopes by civility, and attention to the requirements of residents in
Colyton and the travelling public, so merit a fair share of their
patronage.
Otago Witness: April 15 1896;
Colyton -
A GOOD SHEEP COUNTRY.
"After surmounting a somewhat lofty hill, climbed by a tortuous road cut from the sides thereof, the sinuous valley road of eight miles separating forest -clad, mountainous Raumai (formerly called Palmers) from the epen-gladed Colyton had to be negotiated. The route is capital for a bike, and I did the distance, in about 30 minutes, and yet had leisure to scan the beauties of the Valley, which has as many undulations as miles of corrugated iron, only a greater variety. As you sweep round the serpentines, panoramic views of green uplands well dotted by Lincoln cropping the rich, sweet grass thereon of cottages, villas, and more pretentious homes peeping out between stately firs, red gums, and other evergreens, of great woolsheds, sheep and cattle pens, many of them full of flocks undergoing the process of taking toe paring, and dipping; of clear water rivulets, whose sources spring up from the mountain heart somewhere to water well those downs and laugh gurglingly over sunny slopes to the lower country; of boulder jutting promontories, on the lower plateaus fly up with startled rush and whirr-s--s coveys of quail, and sometimes quite half a dozen pheasants at a time, come into sight. Then we come to the Cheltenham Company's Colyton Creamery, being capitally managed by Mr J. Tobeck. Inside, and outside, too, everything is neat, sweet, aud well kept. Mr Tobeck tells me the factory has existed for three years, and that he puts through 300gal daily from 17 suppliers, a Burmeister-Wains separator, capable of separating 300 gal an hour, being used, to the power of a 2 1/2 h.p steam engine. Up one more gentle rise, and the well-appointed house, the Colyton Hotel, a popular resort of wayfarers, run by Mr David P. Barrett, and from which eminence, a green rising knowe, the traveller may take a bird's-eye view of the beautiful country to the east the pastoral lands and stately homes of rich Cheltenham north-east, Feilding and its lordly pines and beautiful homes with, on the south, Tainui, Bunnythorpe, Auahuri, Campbelltown, Kairanga, and hilly Ashurst. The other business place of Colyton is that of Messrs Bramwell Bros., who carry on business as general Storekeepers here and at Feilding, supplying the squatters all around. A nicely situated farm is Hill View, the property of Mr Stephen Pudney, on the southern side of the Colyton-Ranmai road. Like many more, Mr Pudney is, improving -his land and beautifying his home." Dec 1896: Mr D. Barrett bas disposed of his interest in the Colyton Hotel to Mr D. Nicholas, late of the Hutt, who took possession yesterday (Sale price - £400 for goodwill and stock and furnishings at valuation) Aug 1899: Rangitikei Licensing Bench, at Feilding; Mr G. Nicholas aplies for a transfer.of his license for the Colyton Hotel, to James Prosser, his appointee. Dec 1900: Sale - Mr. James Prosser's interest in the lease and furniture of the Colyton Hotel, to Mr. James McErlean, late of the Manawatui Railway, Shannon and the lease and furniture of the Opunake Hotel, Opunake to a Wellingtonian Jun 1901: The Colyton Hotel was refused a license renewal and the license was transferred to Taihape. Police were asked for their opinion - did not think the closing of the house would cause sly grog selling "folks were not given to that sort of thing" or that the travelling public would suffer from the removal of the license. Jas. McErlean, licensee of the Colyton Hotel, when asked said "owing to the poorness of the trade he was unable to make the hotel pay and very few travellers called at the house." Constable Twomey, of Fielding in his next quarterly report, stated the conduct of the hotels had been good. The removal of the license of the Colyton Hotel had caused dissatisfaction amongst some of the settlers in the district, and a petition had been signed and sent to the Government to get a new license for the Colyton Hotel and the conditions re fire escapes, imposed a last meeting, had been complied with. He recommended that all two-storied hotels should be compelled to have balconies. The hotel burnt down 2 June 1904 All images and data used in this site
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