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Encyclopedia Britannica



THAMES

This article appears in Volume V26, Page 725 of the Encyclopedia Britannica.

Encyclopedia Britannica - Main :: TAV-THE
THAMES , a seaport and gold-
mining
  centre in North
Island
 , New Zealand, in the county and at the mouth of the river of its name, on the Firth of Thames, a deep inlet of the Hauraki Gulf of the
east
 
coast
 . Pop. (1906) 3750. It comprises under one municipality the
settlement
  formerly called Grahamstown, with its suburbs Shortland and Tararu. It lies 42 M. S.E. of Auckland by the steamer-route, a pleasant journey among the islands of the Gulf. There is also railway communication with Auckland (but by a circuitous route of 120 m.), and with the neighbouring districts by branch lines. The harbour is good; the
industries
  include foundries, shipbuilding yards and saw-mills. The sea fisheries are valuable, a large
part
  of the yield being exported to Auckland. The inland
district
  watered by the Thames river is auriferous; Waitekuri (40 m.) and Karangahake (28 m. S. of Thames) are centres of operations. The small town of Te Aroha (32 M. by rail), on the river, besides being the centre of
mining
  and agricultural
industries
 , is a favourite
health
  resort on account of its hot medicinal springs. The river is navigable for steamers of light
draught
 . The scenery along its course is pleasant, and at Ohinemuri (20 M. from Thames) it flows through a fine gorge.


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