Page 2 Advertisements Column 4

Manawatu Herald, 23 April 1896, Page 2

Royal 4rai|i| Mail COACH TO LEVIN. J. BSTANSELL, ... Proprietor. HTHE ONLY SERVICE that has 1 kept up continuous Intercourse with the outer world. Distance from Foxtou to Levin Station about 14 miles, the road going through the pr.-ttieat scenery in the district. During the nearly four years' service over the Wirokino Ferry, the mail has been delivered evevy day, in spite of floods. As showing the advaTaoe of this eoute, even during tho week of the late heavy flood, tho mails and 27 passengers were conveyed by boat and vehicles. The route by boat wa. both Siife aud an enjoyable change to thepassepgprs in fa.rt 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, occa sioned by the heavy flood, this Levin rout© was the only way open to passengers from Palmerston to Foxton. Five Foxton residents were driven in the Coach from Levin on Tueßday 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 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 ; Retubn (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 tho 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, POXTON, & THE SQUARE, J?ALMERSTON NORTH. Money to Lend on Freehold, Leasehold and Chattel Securities. CVERY Wednesday and ThursYj day Mr Hawkins may be con*suited personally at Foxton, at MR ALF. FRASER'S, Main-street, Foxton. Shooting Season. ON SALE— Breech-loading Guns at halfprice Cartridges, loaded by Eley Smokeless Cartridges (Curtis' and Harvey's loading) Powder Shot Caps Wads Shot Belts Powder Flasks Cartridge-fillers CAPE BARLEY. W. B. RHODES, GROCER, IRONMONGER AND GENERAL STOREKEEPER. AGENT FOR— The Anchor S.S. Co.'s steamers Kennedy, Charles Edward, Waverley, Aorere, &c, N.Z. Times and Mail, Evening Post, Simrting Review, Auckland Weekly News, Christchurch Press and Referee, and Standard Insurance Coy.