The Cyclopedia of New Zealand [Wellington Provincial District]
Moutoa
Moutoa, one of the small farming centres of the Manawatu District, is distant some seventy-two miles from Wellington, and three miles from the Shannon Railway Station and Telephone offices. A passenger coach runs daily between Shannon and Montoa, meeting the trains.
Mails close in Wellington daily for Moutoa at 6 a.m., arriving at 11.30 a.m. Mails close at Moutoa for Wellington daily at 4.30 p.m., arriving in Wellington at 10.5 p.m.