ROYAL SgPip^fe MAIL CO AC f I TO LEVIN. J. 11. RTANSELL . . PRofßii:foß. ■HP HE ONLY .SEIiVICE that has j kept up continuous intercourse with the outer world. Distance from -Eoxton to Levin Station about 44 nules, the road goii through the prettiest sconory iu the district. During tho nearly four years' service ovci* the Wirokino Ferry) the mail has been delivered .every day, in spite of floods. As showing THE ADVANTAGES OF THIS ROUTE, even during' the week of the late heavy flood, the mai's and 27 passengers Were conveyed by boat and Vehicles. The route by boat was both safe and an enjoyable change to the passer gers in fact like a picnic, and all who travelled expressed themselves well pleased with the arrangements made. On the breakdown of the railway service on Easter Monday, occasioned l>y the heavy flood, this Levin route was tha only way open to passenlgers from Pulmerston to Fovton. Five Foxton residents were driven in the 'Coach from L.evin on Tuesday morning, 16th April, after .having previously endeavoured to get ovei from Shannon. On Monday, the 15th April, the usual Coach was run through the flood to Levin as well as a vehicle in the afternoon to Keivru, with,, the Manage* of the New Zealand 'Es* tates Company and Ihe Secretary of tho Wellington Freezing Company as pa«sengtfrs, who failed to succeed in crossing at the Shannon Ferry in th£ morningi Single Fares, 4s ; Return (available 1 month), Gs. The Coach leaves Whyte's Hotel, Fo\ton, every week day at 5.30 a.m., for Levin, catching the train to Wellington at 8.0 a.m. * The Coach leaves Levin Hotel at IJ. 15 a.m. on the arrival of the train from Wellington, reaching Fotton at 12 15 p.m. Passengers --by this route will reach Wellington by mid-day, and at a cost, of only 17s return. NQ TOUTS OR AGENTS REQUIRED. No Show. Everything GOOD. Everything CHEAP, Everything YOU WANT, ONLY ASK. W. B. RHODES, AGENCIES-N.a. rhnen, Evening Post, v>. "Bf.Z. Mail, Auckland WmNs.sfew* t Christchurch Press and Referee, Standard Insurance Co., Booth, Macdonald and Co., B. M. Crosbie.
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Manawatu Herald, 11 May 1895, Page 2
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351Page 2 Advertisements Column 4 Manawatu Herald, 11 May 1895, Page 2
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