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The Cyclopedia of New Zealand [Wellington Provincial District]

Tokomaru

page 1120

Tokomaru.

The small and picturesque settlement of Tokomaru, situated seventy-six miles from Wellington on the Wellington-Manawatu line, is the centre of an agricultural district. The telephone office at Longburn is eight miles from Tokomaru. The settlement is in the Horowhenua County, and is in the Electoral District of Manawatu.

Mails close at Wellington daily for Tokomaru at 6 a.m., arriving at 11.10 a.m. Mails close at Tokomaru daily for Wellington at 6.30 a.m., arriving at Wellington at 1 p.m.

Tokomaru.

Tokomaru.

The Tokomaru Public School, which was established in 1893, has forty children on the roll, with an average attendance of thirty-three. A playground of six acres adjoins the school. Mr. Frederick William Gregory is the teacher.

The Tokomaru Creamery, which was established in 1894, handles about 600 gallons of milk daily. The cream is sent every morning by rail to the New Zealand Farmers' Dairy Factory, Wellington. Mr. Edward Griffiths is manager.