Royal &!gf|njs Mail COACH TO LEVIN. J. R. STAtfSELL .. Proprietor. HE ONLY SERVICE that has I kept up continuous iuttrcourse with the outer world. Distauce from Foxtorj to Levin Station abou 14 miles, the road going through the pr itiest sueiieiy in the d. strict During the ne»rlv four yea b service over the Wirokino Ferry. the mail has been delivered every day, in spite of floods. As showing THE ADVAT GE OF THIS ROUTE, even during the weeU or the late heavy flood, ttio mails and 27 passengers were conveyed by boat and vehicles Th« route by boat was both s*fe and 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 service on Easter Monday, occa sioned by the heavy flood, this Levin route was the only way open to passengers from Palmerston to Foxton Five Foxton residents Were driven in the < 'o&ch from Levin on Tuesday morning, 16th April, after having previously endeavoured to get ovet from Shannon. On Monday, the 18th April, the usual C< aoh 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 Secretary of the Wellington Freezing Company as passengers, who failed to succeed in crossing at the Shannon Ferry in the morning. Single Fares, 4s ; Eetubn (available 1 month), Gs. \ The Coach leaves Whyte's Hotel, Foxton, every week day at 5.30 a.m., for Levin, catching the train to Wellington «t 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 p.m. Passengers by this route will reach Wellington by mid-day, ami at a cost, of only 17s return. NO TOUTS OR AGENTS REQUIRED. [a card.] THOS. iTcftUMP, DARRISTER & SOLICITOR. D Palm: rston North. Visits Foxton and Otalri Court. W. B. RHODES, Grocer, Ironmonger & General Commission Agent, Main-street, Poxton. Agent for:— New Zealand Times New Zealand Mail Evening Post Auckland Weekly News Sporting Review Christchurch Press and Referee. The Standard Insurance Co. Booth & Macdonald's and Crosbie's Flax Machinery. AMD FOR ANYTHING ELSE YOU MAY REQUIRE -BO TOW. B. RHODES. THE MANAWATU HERALD. TO ADVERTISERS. AN TUESDAY, November 19th (Sports Day), the Herald will be published earlier than usual. FOXTON STATE SCHOOIT" Week ending November 15th, 1895. Average attendance ... 198 25 „ Absentees ... 64 75 Number on Roll ... 268 W. S. Stkwabt, Head Master.
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Manawatu Herald, 16 November 1895, Page 2
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419Page 2 Advertisements Column 3 Manawatu Herald, 16 November 1895, Page 2
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