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The Cyclopedia of New Zealand [Otago & Southland Provincial Districts]
Brown's
Brown's is the name of a farming district and small township on the Winton-Hedgehope branch line of railway. It is five miles from Winton, and has the district of Otapiri Gorge on the north, and North Forest Hill on the south. A good supply of limestone close to the railway station is industrially worked, and there are also brick and tile works in the neighbourhood. There is a local Presbyterian church, at which services are held fortnightly by the minister stationed at Winton. Brown's has a good hotel, a Caledonian Hall, erected by public subscription, a blacksmith's shop, and a general store, at which the business of the Post Office and Telephone Bureau is conducted. In the Hokonui district, to the north-east of Brown's, there are two or three sawmills at work, and the timber is taken by tramway to Brown's, the flag railway station at which is twenty-four miles from Invercargill, and stands at an altitude of 233 feet above the level of the sea. The settlement is in the electorate of Awarua, and forms part of the Winton riding of the county of Southland; and had a population of fifty-four at the census of 1901.