Royal jfgffira? Mail COACH TO LEVIN. J. R. RTANSELL . . Propriktor. THE ONLY SERVICE that ho,s I kept up continuous intercourse with the outer world. 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 TitE advatage op this route, evey during the week of the late heavy flood, the mails and 27 passengers Were couveyed by boat and vehicles. The route by boat was both safe and an enjoyable change to thepasseugers 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 by the heavy flood, this Levin route was tin only way open to passengers from Palmerston to Fo?ton. Five Foxton residents were driven in the Coach from Levin on Tuesday morning, lGth April, after having previously endeavoured to get over from Shannon. On Monday, the 15th April, the usual Coach was run through the flood to Levin as well as n vehicle in the afternoon to Ken-vu, with the Manager of the New Zealand Estates Company and the Secretary of the Wellington Freezing Company as passengers, who failed to succeed in crossing at the Shannon Ferry in the morning. Single Fares, 4s ; Return (available J month), Gs. The Conch 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 nt 13.15 am. 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, fURRISTER & 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.
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Manawatu Herald, 3 September 1895, Page 2
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335Page 2 Advertisements Column 4 Manawatu Herald, 3 September 1895, Page 2
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