Useful References

Horowhenua Chronicle, 21 July 1911, Page 1

Useful References

FOR TRAVELLERS AND fAY-AT-HOMB PEOPLE. Steamers leave WeTHnjffcoH for Christchnrcfi practically every evening in the week. Afternoon trains from * evin connect witK them. There are freqnent trips to porta fnrther sontE, snch aa Dnnetfm 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 up from Wellington via Napier and CHtffiorne. The inward steamers fronf Sydney to Wellington go on to sonftiern ports, and from The BTnff tfh'ey steam np to Melbonrne and later on to Sydney. As a means of enabling the sender of a letter addressed to * place abroad to prepay the postage on a reply, tlie Department lasnefi reply conpona on payment of a fee of Id. These conpons may fee ©ieKfcng?d for a postage stamp of the value of S|d in any conntry wBcE adopts the scheme. New Zealand's population, Jnclnding that of the Cook Islands and other, dependencies, is now well over one million. In Jnne, 1908, the esHmafed popnlation of London was 1,788,757. The rite able v&lne of property in England and Wales Has "risen each year since 1874. The Bgnres are fis follows:— In 1874, x!lB,8W l MI. In 1888, £148,817,»44. In 1894, £1fi1,18J,578. In 1908, £812, 757, '450. The total rateable valne in 1874 represents an average of £4 17s 6d per head of popnlation, while in 1908 the average was £8 per bead.