Page 2 Advertisements Column 4

Manawatu Herald, 7 March 1896, Page 2

Royal Mail COACH TO LEVIN. J. R STANSELL, ... Proprietor. THE ONLY SERVICE that has kept up continuous intercourse with t'uo outer wovld. Distuuco from Foxtou w Lev!n oiation aoou. 14 miles, the road going through tho pi-t-uiest scenery in the district. During the nearly four years' service over iho Wirokino Ferry, •■' c mail has been delivered every uay, in s^ite of floods. As showing xhe advataob of tins boUte, even during the week of the late heavy flood, the mails and 27 passengers were conveyed by boat and vehicles. Tho route by boat was both Bafe and an enjoyable change to the pa .pagers in fact like a picnic, and all who travelled expressed themselves well pleased with the arrangements made. On the'breakdown of the railway seivice on Easter Monday, occasioned by the heavy flood, this Levin route wm 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 ag a vehicle in the afternoon to Kereru, with the Manager of the New Zealand Estates Company aud the Secretary of the "Wellington Freezing Company as passengers, who failed to succeed in cross ; ng at the Shannon Ferry in the morning. Single Fares, 4s ; Return (available 1 month), 6s. The Coach leaves Whyte's Hotel, Fox ton, every week day at 5.30 a.m., for Levin, catching ihe train to Wellington at 8.0 a.m. Tho 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 REQUIRED. G. F. HAWKINS, BARRISTER, SOLICITOR, AND NOTARY, MAIN-STREET, FOXTON, & THE SQUARE. PALMERSTON NORTH. Money to Lend on Freehold, Leasehold and Chatlui Securities. EVERY Wednesday and Thursday Mr Hawkins may be consulted personally at Foxton, at MR ALF. FRASER'S, Main-street, Foxton. [a card.] THOS. B. CRUMP, BARRISTER # SOLICITOR, Pat.merston North. Visits Foxton and Otaki Court. ON SALE, Sheep Dip, Bricks, Chaff, Oats, Fowl Feed, Groceries, Ironmongery, Crockery, Fanoy Goods, &c. 1 Any article not in stock procured at shortest possible notice. AGENT FOR— The Anchor S.S. Co.'s steamers Kennedy, Charles Edward, Waverley, Aorere, &c, N Z. Times and Mail, Evening Post, Sporting Review, Auckland Weekly News,, Christchurch Press and Referee, and Standard Insurance Coy., and nobody CAN BEAT THE RATES. Also Booth & Macdonald's Flax Machinery. W. B. RHODES. "foxton state school. Week ending March 6th, 1596. Average Attendance . . . 220 „ Absentees ... 58 Number on Roll ... 273 | W. S. Stewart, Head Master.