Useful References

Horowhenua Chronicle, 20 July 1911, Page 1

Useful References

FOR TRAVELLERS ANI) fA\-"AT-HtTME PEOPLE. Steamers lenve Wellington far Christ oh nrch practically every inj? in the week. Afternoon trains from ' evin connect with them. There rtq frefjnent tups ft) ports fnrther south, sneh aa Dnned!n and The Blnff. Steamers leave "Wellington tor Sydney direct on Friday of every week, and anyone who finds that dav inconvenient may c;et to Sydney from AncMand, ttKence a fitejimer leaves every Monday, after having voyaged np from Wellington via Napier «nd Gisborae. The inward steamers from Sydney to Wellington go on to southern ports, fine from The Blnff they steam np to Melbonrne and later on to Sydney. • . , As a means of enabling the sender of a letter addressed ffl * place abroad to prepay the postage on a reply, the Department issnea "reply conpons on payment of ft fee °* Id. These conpons may b® exchanged for a postal?® stamp of the of 2|d in any country wEfcE r.dopts the scheme 1 . New Zealand's population, inclndinp: t-fc&t of tlifc Oook Tilwids r.nd other dependencies, is now well over on<> million. Tn -Tnne, I§oß, the estimated popnlntion of London was 3,798.787. The rateable value of property in England and Wales 5m risen each yenr since 1874. The Bgnres BTe ?!S follows: — In 1874, x!18.6*8,6ir. Tn 1888, £148.R27,544. In 1594. £1(11.189,578. Tn 1903. £512, 757, '450. The total rateable valne in 1874 represents an average of £4 17s fid per head of popnlation, while in 1908 the nvernsce was £6 per bead.