Royal j||||^ Mail COACH TO LEVIN. J. K. STANSELL . . Proprietor. THE ONLY SERVICE that has 1 kept up continuous intercourse with the outer world. Distance from Foxton to Levin Station about U 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 GVerg day, in spite of floods. As showinn the at>va*aOe op this koxjte, evey 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 anenjoynblo change to the passengers in fact like a picnic, and all who travelled expressed themselves well pleased with the arrangements made. On the breakdown of the railway seivice on Easter Monday, occasioned by the heavy flood, this Levin route was the only way open to passengers from Pahnerston to Foxton. Five Foxton residents were driven in the Coach from Levin on Tuesday morning, 16th April, after having previously endeavoured to get over from Shannon. On Monday, the 16th April, the usual Ci ach was run through the flood to Levin as well as a Vehicle iv the afternoon to Ken-ru, with the Manager of die New Zealand Estates Company and the Secretary of the Wellington Freezing Company as pa?seugere, who failed to succeed in crossing .-tt the Shannon Ferry in the morning. SiN-ni,).; Fares, 4s ; ErcTims* (available 1 month), (js. The Crsich leaves Whyte's Hotel, Fo.Uon, cvovy week clay at 5.30 a.m., for Levin, catching the train to Wellington -A 8.0 a.m. The Coach leaves Levin Hotel nt 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 REv QUIttBD. [.V CARD.] THOS. bTcrUMP, DARRTSTEE & SOLICITOR, Pai.mkrrtox North. Visits Foxton and Ofcaki Court. YJBLTES' Net Season's Seeds JUST ARRIVED. SEED POTATOES. W. B. RHODES, Grocer, Ironmonger and General Agent.
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Manawatu Herald, 27 August 1895, Page 2
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336Page 2 Advertisements Column 4 Manawatu Herald, 27 August 1895, Page 2
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