The Cyclopedia of New Zealand [Wellington Provincial District]
Dreyerton
Dreyerton, a small farming district in the Wairarapa North County, is seventy-four miles from Wellington, and seven miles from Masterton. The nearest railway station is Kopuaranga, and the conveyance thence is by road. In educational matters the wants of the rising generation are provided for by a public school, at which the average attendance is about forty. Mails for Dreyerton close at Wellington daily at 6.45 a.m., arriving at Dreyerton at 12.30 p.m. The return mail for Wellington closes at Dreyerton daily at noon, arriving at Wellington at 7.50 p.m. The residents in the district are chiefly engaged in farming pursuits.