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The Cyclopedia of New Zealand [Wellington Provincial District]

Scarborough

Scarborough.

Scarborough is a small settlement two miles from Pahiatua. The nearest telegraph office is at Pahiatua. Mails for Scarborough close at Wellington on Monday, Wednesday, and Friday at 6.45 a.m., arriving at Scarborough on Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday at 9 a.m. The return mail closes at Scarborough on Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday at 11.30 a.m., arriving at Wellington on the same days at 10 p.m.

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The Scarborough Co-operative Dairy Company, Limited, Scarborough. Mr. F. W. Greville, managing director; Mr. Angus Cameron, manager. This factory was established in 1895, and is fitted up with all the latest appliances for the making of butter. The output is about a ton and a half per week. The manager, Mr. Angus Cameron, was born in Blenheim in 1876, and educated in that town. He learnt the butter-making trade at the Blenheim dairy factory, and soon acquired a knowledge of the business. For about a year he was in charge of the Koromiko factory, and in 1896 came to the North Island to take, the management of the Scarborough factory.

Scarborough Creamery.

Scarborough Creamery.