Eoyal J|Hp| Mail COACH TO LEVIN. J. R. STANSELL .. Proprietor. . BE ONLY SERVICE that has i kept up continuous iutt-rcoiirse with the outer world. Distance from Foxtou to Levin btation about 14 miles, the road goiug through the pr ttiest sceuery in the district During the nearly four years' service over tho Wirokino Ferry, the mail has been delivsred every day, in spite o:f floods. As showing THE ADVATAUE OF THIS ROUTE, even during the week of the late heavy iiood, the mails and 27 passengers were 1 conveyed by boat and vehicles. The route by boat was both safe and au enjoyable change to thepassorgers in fact like a picnic, and all who travelled expressed themselves well pleased with the arrangements made. On the breakdown of the railway sorvico on Easter Mouday, occasioned 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 Coach from Levin on Tuesday morning, 16th 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 r. vehicle iv 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 ; Return (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 tbo 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. BTCRUMP, HARRISTtiR & SOLICITOR, Palmerston North. Visits Foxton and Otaki Court. " A HAPPY NEW YEAR TO ALL." W. B. RHODES, Grocer, Ironmonger & General Commission Agent, Main-street, Foxton. For sale, about fifty porkers. Terms on application. W. B. RHODES.
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Manawatu Herald, 7 January 1896, Page 2
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