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Manawatu Herald, 17 August 1895, Page 2

Royal j§N|iFJS Mail COAOtI TO LEVIN. J. 11. RTANSELL » . Pbopbiktob. Yhe only Service that has 1 kept up continuous intercourse with the outer worid. Distance from Foxton to Levin Station about 14 miles, the road going through the prettiest scenery in the district. During the nearly four years' service over the Wirokino Ferry, the mail has been delivered everg day, in spite of floods. As showinn TIIE ADVATAGE oP THIS ROUTE, 6Vey during the week of the Lite 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 the passengers in fa«t like a, picnic, and all who travelled exprnsaed themselves well pleased with the arrangements made. Ou the breakdown of the railway set vice on Easter Monday, occasioned by the heavy flood, this Levin mute was tha only way open to passengers from Palmerston to Foxton. Five Foxton residents were driven iv the « oach from Levin on Tuesday morning, 16th April, after having previously endeavoured to get ovei , from Shannon. On Monday, the 15th April, the usual C ach was run through the flood to Levin as well as a vehicle in the afternoon to Kerrrtt, with the Manager of the New Zealand Estates Company and the Secretary of the Wellington Freezing Company as passengers, who failed to succeed iv crossing ut the Shannon Ferry in the morning. Single Fares> 4s j Bsfcufett (available 1 momli)» Os. The Coach leaves Whyte's Hotel, Foxton, 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 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 RE> QUIRED. [a card.] THOS. bTcRUMP, rURRISTEE & SOLICITOR, Palmerston North. Visits Foxton and Otaki Court. YATES' New Season's Seeds JUST ARRIVED. SEED POTATOES. W. B. RHODES, Grocer, Ironmonger and General Agent.