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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Kennington is the name of a postal district, which includes the townships of Clapham and Brunswick, and the district of One Tree Point. The main road from Invercargill northward through Woodlands and Edendale traverses the district, and also the Invercar-gill-Dunedin railway line. One Tree Point is the name of the flag station, six miles from Invercargill, and stands at an elevation of fifty-four feet above sea level. The district known by this name is in the Waihopai riding of the county of Southland, and, at the census of 1901, had a population of fifty-two. The township of Brunswick is also in the same riding, and had a population of eighty-three, while the township of Kennington is in the Awarua riding of the same county, and had a population of fifty-six at the last census, with an additional twelve in the immediate vicinity. The whole district is in the electorate of Awarua. The community is chiefly agricultural and pastoral, but the district has also a fellmongery, an edge-tool factory, a flaxmill, and a creamery. The public school has ninety-three names on its roll, with an average attendance of seventy-nine. A convenient public hall was erected in 1903, and there is also a Primitive Methodist church in the locality. The local post office dates from 1887, and the telephone from 1892. Two mails are received, and despatched, daily, at Kennington.