Useful References

Horowhenua Chronicle, 21 February 1911, Page 1

Useful References

FOR TRAVELLERS AND TAY-AT-HOME PEOPLE.

Steamers leave Wellington for Christchurch practically every evening in the week. Afternoon trains from Levin connect with them. There are frequent trips to # ports further south, such as Dunedin and The Bluff. Steamers leave Wellington for Sydney direct on Friday of every week, and anyone who finds that day inconvenient may get to Sydney from Auckland, whence a steamer leaves . every Monday, after having voyaged np from Wellington via Napier and Gisborne. The inward steamers from Sydney to Wellington go on t-0 gonthern ports, and from The Bluff they steam up to Melbourne ana later on to Sydney. As a means of enabling the sender of a letter addressed to a place abroad to prepay the postage on a reply, the Department issuea reply coupons on payment of a fee of Id. These coupons may be exchanged for a postage Stamp of the value of 2£d in any conntry which adopts the scheme. New Zealand's population, including that of the Cook Islands and other dependencies, is now well over one million. In June, "1908, the estimated population of London wais 4,795,757. The rateable value of property in England and Wales has risen each year since 1874. The fignres are as follows: — In 1874, Tn 1888, £145.527,944. In 1894, £161,139.575. In 1908, £212, 757, 450. The total rateable value in 1874 represents an average of £4 17s 8d per head of population, while in 1908 the average was £6 per bead. Willi.L'l ill'l /lII—