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.

The Kapuka Post Office And Telephone Bureau are conducted at the store of Mr Charles Robinson, and daily mails are despatched to, and received from, Invercargill.

The Kapuka Creamery was established in 1900, and possesses machinery of the very latest type. There is a fine six horse-power Tangye's vertical engine.

Mr. Donald Noble Bissett , Manager of the Kapuka Creamery, was born in 1879, at Wallacetown, and educated there, and at Waianiwa. He worked on his father's farm for about five years, and picked up a knowledge of machinery and engineering at the Winton Meat Preserving Works, where he worked for some time. Mrs Bissett gained certificates for driving stationary engines, and spent a year at sea and a short time at Titiroa, before receiving his present appointment in October, 1903. Mr Bissett has taken a prominent part in running, eycling, and athletics generally, and has won many prizes. He served in the Oreti Rifles for three years, and was sergeant for part of that time.

Timpany Brothers , Sawmillers, Timpany's Siding, Kapuka. Head office, Invercargill. The Kapuka branch of Messrs Timpany Brothers is situated on the Seaward Bush railway line, sixteen miles from Invercargill. The mill has been established for about seven years, and possesses a complete plant, consisting of a twenty-two horsepower boiler, a thirty horsepower engine, a sawing plant, and two planers.

Mr. Robert Timpany , who resides in Yarrow Street, Invercargill, is in charge of the mill. He was born, in 1861, in the parish of Coylton, Ayrshire, Scotland, where he was educated. He landed at the Bluff in 1875 and worked at sawmills for some time before joining his brother in 1880, when the present firm—now one of the best known in the timber trade—was constituted. Since that time Mr Timpany has started and managed mills in various parts of Southland. He married a daughter of the late Mr W. Hogan, of Invercargill, and has three sons and three daughters.

Drake, William John , Farmer, and Traction Engine and Threshing Machine Proprietor, Kapuka Mr Drake was born on a station in Victoria on the 16th of September, 1859, and came to New Zealand when about four years of age. He was educated at Invercargill, and afterwards worked on his father's farm in the Kapuka district. In 1880 he took up land and started farming on his own account, and then bought his traction engine and plant. Mr Drake's property consists of 234 acres of open land, in addition to a bush section of eighty seven acres; and he carries on general farming, and does a good deal of draining and threshing. He has been a member of the local school committee for seven consecutive years. Mr Drake married a daughter of Mr Thomas Morton, of Seaward Downs, and has two sons and six daughters.