The Cyclopedia of New Zealand [Wellington Provincial District]
[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.