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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

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county, New
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Zealand, on the E.
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coast of
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South
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Island, too m . S.W. of
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Christchurch by
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rail . Pop . (1906), 7615 . The slight inward sweep of the coast forms the
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Canterbury
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Bight, and the
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shore-
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line northward from Timaru is called the Ninety-mile
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Beach . The
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harbour is formed by breakwaters enclosing a space of 50 acres .
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Chief exports are
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wool,
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flour and frozen
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meat, and the
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industries are in connexion with these . Opals are found in the
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district . The
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Anglican
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church of St
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Mary is built of
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Oamaru and bluestone, with a roof of kauri
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wood .
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Caroline
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Bay, to the
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north, is a bathing resort . The volcanic
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soil is highly fertile . Timaru is the chief
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town in South Canterbury district, and the seat of the supreme and district courts .

A

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branch railway traverses the inland agricultural district .

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