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Originally appearing in Volume V28, Page 303 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.

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WANGANUI , the See also:

PRINCIPAL

principal See also:

PORT

port on the See also:

west See also:

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

coast of See also:

North See also:

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

Island, New See also:

ZEALAND (also SEALAND Or SEELAND; Danish Sjaelland)

Zealand, in the Waitotara 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, at the mouth of the Wanganui See also:

RIVER

river, 134 M. by See also:

RAIL

rail N. of See also:

Wellington. Pop. (1906) 8175. The See also:

TOWN

town is laid out in rectangular blocks at the See also:

FOOT

foot of See also:

low hills, from the See also:

SUMMIT

summit of which (as in See also:

Queen's Gardens) a splendid See also:

PANORAMA (Gr. -rap, all, and opa,ua, view)

panorama is seen, including the See also:

SNOW (in O. Eng. sndw; a common Indo-European word; cf. in Teutonic languages, Ger. Schnee, Du. sneeuw; in Slavonic snieg', Lith. snegas; Gr. vi4a, Lat. nix, nivis, whence the Romanic forms, Ital. neve, Fr. neige, &c.; Ir. and Gael. sneachd; the original

snow-clad See also:

MOUNT, WILLIAM SIDNEY (1807-1868)

Mount Ruapehu to the north-See also:

east. The river See also:

bar obstructs See also:

NAVIGATION (from Lat. navis, ship, and agere, to move)

navigation, the See also:

DEPTH

depth not exceeding 14 ft., so that large vessels must See also:

lie outside. The See also:

DISTRICT

district is agricultural and See also:

PASTORAL (from Lat. pastor, a shepherd)

pastoral, and See also:

WOOL, WORSTED AND WOOLLEN MANUFACTURES

wool and See also:

GRAIN (derived through the French from Lat. granum, seed, from an Aryan root meaning " to wear down," which also appears in the common Teutonic word " corn ")

grain are exported, as well as See also:

MEAT

meat and See also:

DAIRY

dairy produce, for which there are large See also:

REFRIGERATING

refrigerating See also:

WORKS

works. The Wanganui Collegiate School (See also:

Church of See also:

England) is one of the largest boarding See also:

SCHOOLS

schools in See also:

AUSTRALASIA

Australasia. The district was the See also:

SCENE (Fr. scene, Lat. scaena, Gr. oflvil, a tent or booth, a stage or scene)

scene of conflicts with the natives in 1847, 1864 and 1868, and in the beautiful Moutoa gardens a See also:

MONUMENT (Lat. monumentum or monumentum; from monere, to advise, bring to mind, remind; the German equivalent is Denkmal)

monument commemorates the See also:

BATTLE

battle of that name (May 14th, 1864). The See also:

settlement was founded in 1842.

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