Queenstown

/ ˈkwiːnzˌtaʊn /

noun

The couple will leave George behind for a two-day tour of Dunedin, Queenstown, and Christchurch, all on South Island.

When the Titanic left Queenstown on April 11 the total number of persons employed on board in any capacity was 885.

It happened to be Friday, and, as usual in the early summer, the train was crowded with emigrants on their way to Queenstown.

That is the chief lesson one learns—and one has barely time to take it in—between Queenstown and Sandy Hook.

Let us test who of our party shall lose the fewest meals from New York to Queenstown.

It surely cannot be quite an unaccustomed event for a steamer to arrive at Queenstown at that time of night!

April 19, 2024tortuous

[tawr-choo-uhs ]

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