Title: The Cyclopedia of New Zealand [Otago & Southland Provincial Districts]

Author: Cyclopedia Company Limited

Publication details: The Cyclopedia Company, Limited, 1905, Christchurch

Part of: The Cyclopedia of New Zealand

License: Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 3.0 New Zealand Licence

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Kapuka is on the Waimahaka or Seaward Bush line of railway. It is fifteen miles from Invercargill, and had a population of ninety- page 897 seven at the census of 1901. It forms a part of the Waihopai riding of the county of Southland, and is in the electoral district of Mataura. The district has a number of sawmills, a dairy factory, a public school and a post office, and the settlers are engaged chiefly in sawmilling, dairying and mixed farming. In addition to the railway, good metalled roads connect Kapuka with Woodlands and Invercargill. The local post office receives and despatches daily mails, and there is a telephone bureau.