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INVERCARGILL

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Originally appearing in Volume V14, Page 718 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.

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INVERCARGILL , the See also:

CHIEF (from Fr. chef, head, Lat. caput)

chief See also:

TOWN

town of Southland See also:

COUNTY (through Norm. Fr. comae, cf. O. Fr. cunte, conk', Mod. Fr. comae, from Lat. comitatus, cf. Ital. comitato, Prov. comtat; see COUNT)

county, See also:

South See also:

ISLAND (O.E. ieg =isle, +land')

Island, New See also:

ZEALAND (also SEALAND Or SEELAND; Danish Sjaelland)

Zealand, 139 M. by See also:

RAIL

rail S.W. by W. from See also:

DUNEDIN

Dunedin. Pop. (1906) 7299. It lies on a deep See also:

ESTUARY (from the Lat. aestuarium, a place reached by aestus, the tide)

estuary of the south See also:

COAST (from Lat. costa, a rib, side)

coast named New See also:

RIVER

River See also:

HARBOUR (from M.E. hereberge, here, an army; cf. Ger. Heer and -beorg, protection or shelter. Other early forms in English were herberwe and haiborow, as seen in various place names, such as Market Harborough.. The French auberge, an inn, derived through

Harbour, which receives several streams famous for See also:

TROUT (Salmo trutta)

trout-fishing. It is the centre of the large grazing and farming See also:

DISTRICT

district of Southland; and has a number of factories, including breweries, foundries, woollen See also:

mills and See also:

TIMBER

timber-See also:

WORKS

works. The See also:

plan of the town is rectangular, with wide streets; and there is a See also:

FINE

fine open reserve. The harbour is deep and well sheltered, but the greater See also:

PART

part of the See also:

trade passes through the neighbouring See also:

BLUFF (a word of uncertain origin; possibly connected with an obsolete Dutch word, blaf, broad)

Bluff Harbour, on which is Campbelltown, 17 M. S. of Invercargill by rail. Bluff Harbour is the See also:

PORT

port of See also:

CALL (from Anglo-Saxon ceallian, a common Teutonic word, cf. Dutch kallen, to talk or chatter)

call and departure for steamers for See also:

Melbourne and See also:

Hobart. Exports are See also:

WOOL, WORSTED AND WOOLLEN MANUFACTURES

wool, preserved See also:

MEAT

meat and timber. The district of Southland was surveyed in 1841, but was reported unfavourable, and See also:

settlement was delayed till 1857. Southland was a See also:

SEPARATE

separate See also:

province between 1860 and 187o, but, failing financially as such, rejoined the See also:

PARENT, SIMON NAPOLEON (1855– )

parent province of Otago.

Invercargill became a See also:

MUNICIPALITY

municipality in 187;1, and there are five suburban municipalities. The town is the See also:

REGULAR

regular starting-point of a See also:

JOURNEY (through O. Fr. jornee or journee, mod. Fr. journee, from med. Lat. diurnata, Lat. diurnus, of or belonging to dies, day)

journey to the famous lakes Wakatipu and Te Anau, which are approached by rail.

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