Royal jotRJIs Mail COACH TO LEVIN. J. R. STANSELL .. Proprietor. 1 HE ONLY SERVICE that has I kept up continuous intercourse with the outer" World. Distance from foxtou to Levin Station about 14 miles, the road going through, the pr itiest scene? y in the district During the neatly four years* service over the Wirokino Ferry, the mail has been delivered every day, in spite of floods. As showing fflfi Advatage of this koute, even during the week of the lute heavy flood, the mails and 27 passengers were conveyed by boat and vehicles. The route by boat was both safe aud an enjoyable change to thetmsseDgers 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 Ka*ter Monday, occa sioned \,y the Jieuvy flood, this Levin ■route Was the only way open to passengers fi-oua Palmersfcon to Fo-ton. Five Foxton residents were driven in the Coach from i evin on Tuesday morning, 16th April, after h^ing previously endeavoured to get ovei from Shannon. On Monday, the 15th April, the usual Ccach was run through the flood to Levin as well as a vehicle in the afternoon to Keren)* with the Manager of the New Zealand Es-* tates Company and the iSecretary of the Wellington Freezing Company as passengers, who failed to succeed in crossing «t the Shannon Ferry in the morning. Single Fares, 4s ; Retuhk (available 1 month), 6s. 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 thp 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. Dr. Lamb, Robinson street, Foxton W. B. RHODES, Grocer, Ironmonger & General Commission Agent, Main-street, Foxton. Agent for:— New Zealand Times New Zealand Mail Evening Post Auckland Weekly News Sporting Review Christchurch Press and Referee. ALSO, The Standard Insurance Co. Booth & Macdonald's and Crosbie's Flax Machinery. AND FOR ANYTHING ELBE YOU MAY REQUIRE -BO T0W. B. RHODES.
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Manawatu Herald, 21 November 1895, Page 2
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366Page 2 Advertisements Column 4 Manawatu Herald, 21 November 1895, Page 2
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