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

Mossburn

Mossburn is the terminus of the Lumsden-Mossburn branch line, which leaves the Invercargill-Kingston railway at Lumsden. The station is sixty-one miles from Invercargill, and eleven miles from Lumsden, and stands at an elevation of 959 feet above the level of the sea. Mossburn settlement is in the Mararoa riding of the county of Wallace, and is on the boundary of the electoral districts of Wakatipu and Wallace. The township itself is in the Wallace electorate. The population, as recorded at the census of 1901, was 176. Mossburn is on the south bank of the Oreti river, and a road extends southward towards the settlement of Nightcaps. The village has an hotel, two stores, a blacksmith's shop and a school. The business of the post office and telephone bureau is conducted at the store of Mr J. F. Dyer, and there is a tri-weekly mail service. page 1014 Monthly services are held by the Anglican church, and a missionary of the Presbyterian church frequently visits the settlers. Services are held in the local public school.