Royal jctHNs' Mail COACH TO LEVIN, J. R. RTANSELL . . Proprietor. TTHE ONLY SERVICE that has 1 kept up continuous intercourse with the outer world. Distance from Foxton to Lfeviir Station about 14. miles, the road going through the prettiest scenery iv the district. During the nearly four years' service over the Wirokino Ferry, the mail has been delivered every day, in spite of floods. As showing THE ADVATAQK OP THIB RQtftfi, 6Ven during the week of the late heavy flood, the mails and 27 passengers were conveyed by boat and vehicles. The route by boat was both safe and an enjoyable change to thepasseDgers in fact like a picnic, and all who travelled expressed tfeernaelves well pleased with the arrangements made. On the breakdown of *$he railway service on Easter Monday, occasioned by the heavy flood, thia Levin route was tho only way open to passengers from Palnieraton to Foxton. Five Foxton residents wer'6 driven in the Coach from Levin pn^Tue'sday morning, lGth 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 Kermi, with the Manager of the New Zealand Es< tates Company and the yecretary of the Wellington Freezing Company as passengers, who failed to succeed in crossing at the Shannon Perry in the morning. Rintjt.k Fares, 4s ; Return (available 1 month), Gs. • The Coach leaves Whyte's Hotel, Foxton, every week day at 5.30 a.m., for Levin,, catching tho 'train to Wellington at 8.0 a.m. The Coach leaves Levin Hotel at 10. 15 a.m. on the arrival of the train from Wellington, reaching Foxton at 12.15 p.m. Passengers by this route will reach Wellington by mid-day, and at a cost, of only 17s return. NO TOUTS OR AGENTS' REQUIRED., [a card.] THOS. B, CRUMP, BARRISTER- &■ BOTitGt'iO% D Palmeeston North. Visits Foxton and Ofcaki Court. Mo Show. Everything GOOD. Everything CHEAP. Everything YOU WANT, ONLY ASK ; ;■ W. B. RHODES, AGENCIES— N.Z. Times, Evewuj Post, N.Z. Mail, Auckland WeeM-u News, Christchurch Press and He/arc, Standard Insurance Co., Booth, Macdonald . and Co. , K. M. Crosbie.
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Manawatu Herald, 4 July 1895, Page 2
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358Page 2 Advertisements Column 4 Manawatu Herald, 4 July 1895, Page 2
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