Title: The Cyclopedia of New Zealand [Wellington Provincial District]

Author: Cyclopedia Company Limited

Publication details: The Cyclopedia Company, Limited, 1897, Wellington

Part of: The Cyclopedia of New Zealand

License: Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 3.0 New Zealand Licence

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Traversing six miles of good road from Feilding, the tourist reaches Colyton, the centre of an extensive district, where there is a large number of farmers. The township, which has its sale-yards, where periodical stock sales are held, is in the County of Kiwitea, the Electoral District being Rangitikei. Colyton has its local telephone burean and postoffice, with daily mail service, where also postal notes are issued; it is also a school district in connection with the Wanganui Education Board, schools being also situated at Aratika and Pukoroa, in the immediate vicinity.