Royal Jj^fl^ Mail COACH TO LEVIN. J. R. STANSELL . . Proprietor. PHE ONLY SERVICE that has 1 kept up continuous int. rcourse 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 deliv3red every day, in spite of floods. As showing THE ADVATAQE OP THIS ROUTE, 6VeU during the week of the late heavy flood, the mails and 27 passengers were conveyed by boat and Vehicles, The route by boat was both safe and an enjoyable change to the passer" gers 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 Easter Monday, 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 Coach 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 aucceed 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 at 8.0 a.m. The Coach leaves Levin Hotel at 10.15 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 17a return. NO TOUTS OR AGENTS REQUIRED. [a card.] THOS. B. CRUMP, BARRISTER & SOLICITOR, Palmerston Nortii. Visits Foxton and Otaki Court. The Editor of the Man a watu Herald, Foxton. Dear Sir,— l notice in your valus able columns that a gentleman, by name, E. S. Thynne (not unknown in Foxton), is advertising SHEEP DIP for sale. Now, sir, will you kindly inform your readers that I can sell them SHEEP DIP, or ANYTHING ELSE, as cheaply as anybody. You might also tell them that I am AGENT FOR— The Anohor S.S. Co.'s steamers Kennedy, Charle3 Edward, Waverley, Aorere, <fee, N.Z. Times and Mail, Evening Post, Sporting Review, Auckland Weekly Neion, Ohristchurch Press and Bejeree, and Standard Insurance Coy., and nobody CAN BEAT THE RATES. Yours truly, W. B ? RHODES.
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Manawatu Herald, 28 January 1896, Page 2
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