OTIRA SETTLEMENT
Otira is situated between two lofty mountain ranges, the names of which are Goat Range and Mount Barfen. There is only one main road, which leads north to Greymouth, south to the gorge, and thence to Christchurch. Otira is mainly a railway settlement, as it consists of 42 railway houses, including a few “baches” in which the carpenters stay. At the north end of the settlement there are the railway social hall and tennis courts, while at the south are the fire brigade sheds and the school.
At the tunnel end of the valley there are many houses, and rem-
nants of houses to be seen, which were there in the old coaching settlement.
Our height above sea level is 1139 ft, and, therefore, we obtain more fresh air than the townsfolk. Otira is not as high as Arthur’s Pass, which is 1278 ft higher than Otira. —NORMA MADDEN.
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Press, Volume LXXIII, Issue 22243, 6 November 1937, Page 3 (Supplement)
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