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Originally appearing in Volume V26, Page 978 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.

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TIMARU , a seaport of Geraldine 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, New See also:

ZEALAND (also SEALAND Or SEELAND; Danish Sjaelland)

Zealand, on the E. See also:

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

coast of See also:

South See also:

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

Island, too m. S.W. of See also:

CHRISTCHURCH

Christchurch by See also:

RAIL

rail. Pop. (1906), 7615. The slight inward sweep of the coast forms the See also:

Canterbury See also:

BIGHT (O. Eng. bight, bend; cf. Ger. Bucht, a bay, and beugen, to bend)

Bight, and the See also:

SHORE

shore-See also:

LINE

line northward from Timaru is called the Ninety-mile See also:

BEACH

Beach. The 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 is formed by breakwaters enclosing a space of 50 acres. See also:

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

Chief exports are See also:

WOOL, WORSTED AND WOOLLEN MANUFACTURES

wool, See also:

FLOUR

flour and frozen See also:

MEAT

meat, and the See also:

INDUSTRIES

industries are in connexion with these. Opals are found in the See also:

DISTRICT

district. The See also:

ANGLICAN

Anglican See also:

church of St See also:

Mary is built of See also:

OAMARU

Oamaru and bluestone, with a roof of kauri See also:

wood. See also:

Caroline See also:

BAY

Bay, to the See also:

north, is a bathing resort. The volcanic See also:

SOIL

soil is highly fertile. Timaru is the chief See also:

TOWN

town in South Canterbury district, and the seat of the supreme and district courts.

A See also:

BRANCH (from the Fr. branche, late Lat. branca, an animal's paw)

branch railway traverses the inland agricultural district.

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