Useful References

Horowhenua Chronicle, 22 July 1911, Page 1

Useful References

— -— -9 FOR ■ TRAVTSLLERS ArTD fll-AT-HOME fSOPLE. Stenmenj tear© Wellington fefr ChristchurcS prfccfe'cnlly every eTenins in the week. Afternoon trains from ' evin connect with them. There- are frequent trips fo porta further sontli, such aa Dnncdin and The Bluff. Steamers leave Wetlrngton for Sydney dlrodfc on Friday of every we?k, and anyone who finds that day inconvenient may get to Svdney from Auckland, whence a steamer leaves every Monday, after havina; voyaged up from Wellington via Napier and GKsrjorne. The inward flteamers from Sydney to 'Wellington go on to sontßern norts, and from The Bluff they steam up to Melbourne and Met on to Svdney. As a means of enabling the sender of a letter addressed to a place r.broad to prepay the postage on a reply, tie. Department fosnes reply eon pons on payment of a fee of Id. These coupons may Se exeilnged for a postage stamp of 'Hie value of 2sd in any country wSJcK adopts the scheme. New Zealand's popalaflon, Including th'aS of the Oook Islands nndother dependencies, is nnw well over one million. In June, 1808, fhe eeMmatefl population of London was 1,718,787. The rateable valae of properly In England and Wales Eas rlaeii each year since 1874. The Bgnres are na follows:— In 1874, x , .1H,8W,«H. In 1888, '£148,817,944. In 1894, £101,188,678. In 1908, £218, 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.