Useful References

Horowhenua Chronicle, 11 September 1911, Page 1

Useful References

, <yFOR TR AVKLI.BRfc AND XAf-AT-HOME PEOPLE Steamers i«av* Wellington for Chriirtchnrch pr&ctically every «renin£ in the wwk. Aft*MTioon trainß from evin connect with them. There are freqnent trips t» ports fnrther south, snob fus Dnnedin and The Blnff. fit-p«,raerß leave Wellington for Sydney direct oil Friday of every w«*>k, and anyone who finds thWt dnv inconvenient may eet to Sydney from Auckland, whence a stoamer le«v€« every Monday, after having voyaged np from Wellington via Napier and Gisborne. The inward- steamers from Bydney to Wellington go on to southern porta, and from The BlnS they steam np to Melbourne and Inter on to Bydn<*y. As a means of enfthllnj? the sender of a letter addressed fo ft place abroad to prepay tbe poatag* on a reply, tSe Department !b»h<m reply conpons on payment *f a fw of Id. These conpons may be ©xehMife& for k postage stamp of the valne of SH in any country wBTcS riopta the flohemo New gpaland's pr/palittlon, lnclndinjz that of the Oook I«l»nds and oth«r dependenciM). is now well over on* million. In Jnne, 181 ; fhe estimated popnlation of London was 1.711,787. The rateable > sine of property In England and Wales 8m risen ®*ch year sfno* 1874. The flgnires aire M follows'!— In 1874, x!I®JHT*,BII. In 1888, £145.817.844. In 1884. £181.1J18,875. Tn 1808, £111, 757, 4150. The total rateable valne In 1874 represents an nverjiste of £4 17s fid. per head of popnlation, while in 1908 the average wss £8 per bead