R °y al 2>yiyis Mail COACH TO LEVIN. J.R STANSELL, ... Proprietor. "THE ONLY SERVICE that ha.s 1 kept up continuous Intercourse with tho outer world. Distance from Foxtou to Levin Station about U miles, the road going through the prettiest scenery in the district. During the nearly four years' service ovev the Wirokino Ferry, the mail has been delivered every Say, in spito of floods. As showing THE ADVATAGE OF THIS ROUTE, even 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 thepasseogers 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, occa sioued by the heavy flood, this Levin route was tho only way open to passengers from Palmerston to Fovton. Five Foxtou residents were driven iv the Coach from T^evin on TuosJay morning, 16th April, after having previously endeavoured to get ovei from Shannon. On Monday, the 15th April, the usual C> ach was run through the flood to Levin as well as a vehicle in the afternoon to Kereru, with the Manager of the New Zealand Ess tates 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 at 8.0 a.m. The Coach leaves Levin Hotel at 13.15 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 RE» QUIRED. . G. F. HAWKINS^ 1 BARRISTER, SOLICITOR, AND NOTARY, ! MAIN-STREET, FOXTON, & THE SQUARE, PALMERSTON NORTH. t Money to Lend on Freehold, Lease--3 hold and Chattel Securities. i p VERY Wednesday and Thurs--3 JO/ day Mr Hawkins may be con* suited personally at Foxton, at MR ALF. ERASER'S, , • Main-street, Foxton. [a card.] thßs. bTckump, I DARRISTER & SOLICITOR, ' D I Palmerston North. Visits Foxton and Otaki Court. 7 \ ON SALE, j Sheep Dip, Bricks, Chaff, Oatß, , Fowl Feed. Groceries, Ironmongery, Crockery, Fancy Goods, &c. Any article not in stock procured at shortest possible notice, AGENT FORThe Anchor B.S. Co.'s steamers Kennedy, Charles Edward, WaverleVrf Aorere, &c, N Z. Times and Mail, Evening Post, Sporting Rew'ew, Auckland Weekly Kews, Christchurch Press and Rejeree, and Standard Insurance Coy., and nobody OAN BEAT THE RATES. Also Booth & MacdonaUVs Flax Machinery. W. B. RHODES.
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Manawatu Herald, 12 March 1896, Page 2
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446Page 2 Advertisements Column 4 Manawatu Herald, 12 March 1896, Page 2
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