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Royal J&SBSS Mail COACH TO LEVIN. J. R. STAtfSELL .. Proprietor. "P HE ONLY SERVICE that has 1 kept upjjuontinuous 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 delivsred every day, m spite of floods, As showine lUfc t idvatage of this route, even during the week oi the lnfce heuvy flood, the liiaila and passengers were conveyed by boat and vehicles. The route by boat was both safe aud au enjoyable change to the passengers in f act like a picnic, and all who travelled expressed themselves well pleased with the arrangements made. On the breakdown of the railway seitice on Kasier Monday, occa sioued i.y the heavy flood, ihis Levin route was th- only way open to passengers from Palmerston to Fo < ton. Fixe Foxtou residents were driven in the (.'oach from 1 eviil on Tuesday morning, 16th April, after having previously endeavoured to get ovei from Shannon. On Monday, the 15tb April, the usual Coach was run through the flood to Levin as well as & Vehicle in the afternoon to Rermi, 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 1 month), os. The Coach leaves Whyte's Hotel, Foxton, every week day at 5.30 a.m., for Levin, catching ihe train to Wellington itt 8.0 a.m. ' The Coach leaves Levin Hotel at. 1J.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. B. CRUMP, DARRISTGE & SOLICITOR, 4 Palmerston North. Visits Foxton and Otaki Court. Fop Sale, or to Let, Flaxmill situate at Poroutawhao, Terms very easy. W. B. RHODES HAS ON SALEBelting, Packing, Flax Machinery, Belt Laces, Castor Oil, and ail Mill Requisites. Cash Buyer of Hemp. W. B. RHODES, Qvocev, Ironmongev, 6c General Commission Agent. IGHSNT FOR— Standard Insurance Coy., Evening Post, Sporting Review Weekly Press tft Referee, Aucklaud Weekly News, Booth McDonald & Co.'s and R. M. Orosbie's Flax Machinery. FOXTON STATE SCHOOL! Week ending October 11th, 1895. Average Attendance ... 198*6 „ Absentees ... 60 4 dumber on Roll ... 259 W. S. Stewart, Head Master.

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Manawatu Herald, 12 October 1895, Page 2

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413

Page 2 Advertisements Column 4 Manawatu Herald, 12 October 1895, Page 2

Page 2 Advertisements Column 4 Manawatu Herald, 12 October 1895, Page 2

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