Royal jSgKs Mail COACH TO LEVIN. J. 11. STANSELL . . Proprietor. I HE ONLY SERVICE that has i kept up continuous intercourse with the outer worid. Distance from Foxton to Levin Station about 14 miles, the road going through the pr ttiest scenery in the district. During the neurly four years service over the Wirokino Ferry, the mail has been delivsred everg day, m spite of floods). As showinn THE ADVATAOB oT Tlttß ROtJIB, 6Ve.y during the week of the late Heavy flood, the mails and £7 passengers were conveyed by boat and vehicles. The route by boat was both safe aud an enjoyable change to the passengers m fact like a picnic, and all Who travelled expressed themselves well pleased with the arrangements made. On the breakdown of the railway servioe on Easter Monday, occa sioned by the heavy flood, this Levin route wns tin only way open to passengers from Palmerston to Foston. 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 C. ach was run through the flood to Levin as well as a vehicle in the afternoon to Kereru, with the Manager of the New Zealand Estates Company and the fc?ecretai*y of the Wellington Freezing Company as passengers, who failed to succeed in crossing «t the Shannon Ferry in the morni'iig. Single Fares, 4s ; Betukn (available 1 month), Gs. The Coach leaves Whyte's Hotel, Foxton, every week day at 5.30 a.m., for Levin, ditching the train to Wellington at 8.0 a.m. The Coach leaves Levin Hotel at 1J.15 a.m. on the arrival of ih« train from Wellington, reaching Foxton at 12 15 \>.m. Passengers by this route will reach Wellington by mid-day, and at a cost, of only 17s return. ' NO TOUTS OR AGENTS BE-' QUIRED. [a card.] THOS. bTcBUMP, DABRISTER & SOLICITOB, Palmerston North. Visits Foxton and Otaki Court. YATES New Season's Seeds JUST ARRIVED. SEED POTATOES. Cfi. RHODES, Grocer, Ironmonger and General Agent.
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Manawatu Herald, 14 September 1895, Page 2
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339Page 2 Advertisements Column 3 Manawatu Herald, 14 September 1895, Page 2
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