TIMARU.

New Zealand Graphic, Volume XI, Issue 44, 4 November 1893, Page 374

TIMARU.

THIS is the point of divergence for Mount Cook, Timaru is an important and flourishing town.

Architecturally it is an entire contrast to Oarnaru. It has quarries of its own ; but the Timarn stone is a very dark blue, and the town has a somewhat gloomy, but very solid appearance. Timaru has a great future before it, inasmuch as it is the outlet ot a vast and fertile agricultural district. To prepare for this, its inhabitants have constructed a harbour. Heavy seas always run here, which makes it exceedingly dangerous to vessels. One of the saddest shipwrecks in New Zealand records occurred here not long since, when many valuable lives were lost. The buildings about Timaru, if not exactly handsome, are at any rate very substantial, and some of them are of striking proportions. The New Zealand Loan and Mercantile Agency Company and the National Mortgage and Agency Company are well represented in this respect. The public schools and the new High Schools are a credit to the town. There are also an excellent athenreum, a theatre, and churches representative of the various denominations.