Useful References

Horowhenua Chronicle, 15 April 1911, Page 1

Useful References

FOR TRAVILLIRSAND TAT-AT-HOME PEOPLE. Steamers leave Wellington for ChristchnrcE practically every wrening in the week. Afternoon trains from Levin connect wrUh them. There are freqnent trips to ports further south', enoh as Dunedin and The Bluff. Steamers leave Wellington for Sydney direct on Friday of every week, and anyone who finds that day inconvenient may apt to Sydney from Auckland, wfience a steamer leaves every Monday, after having voyaged np from Wellington via Napier and Gieborne. The inward steamers from Sydney to Wellington go on to southern ports, and from The Bluff tfo'ey steam np to Melbourne and later on fa Sydney. As a means of enabling tne eenoer of a letter addressed to a place abroad to prepay the postage on » reply, the Department issues reply coupons von payment of a fee of Id. These coupons may be exoh'Mifced for a postage stamp of the value of 2Jd in any country wfiloK adopts the scheme. New Zealand's popnUßon, Including thai of thft Cook Islands and other* dependencies, is now well over one minion. In June, 1908, the estlmia'Eed population of London was 4,718,757. The ra!6eahle value of property in England and Wales Bas risen each year since 1874. The figures afe ae follows , .— In 1874, £118,e?e,681. In 1888, £149,557,§44. In 1894, £iei,1W,578. In 1908, £818, 757, 450. The total rateable value in 1874 represents an average of £4 17s 8d per head of population, wfifle in 1908 the average was £8 per head.