Page 2 Advertisements Column 4

Manawatu Herald, 9 May 1896, Page 2

Royal gpfibllb Mail COACH TO LEVIN. J. R STANSELL, ... Proprietor. '"THE ONLY SERVICE that has I kept up continuous intercourse with the outer world. Distance from Foxtou to Levin Station aboui 14 miles. f.ljß load goim? f-)ivo<i<rh the prottiest scenery in tbo rl' strict. "During the uet-i'l tour yeW service over the Wirokino Ferry, the mail has been delivered every day, in spite of floods. As showing THE ADVATAGJB 0* taiS HOUTE, 6Ven during the week of the lute 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 service on Easter Monday, occa fiioned by the heavy flood, this Levin route wps the only way open to passengers from Palmerston to Fo*ton. Five Foxton residents were driven in the f'oach from i evin on Tuesday morning, 16th April, after having previously endeavoured to get over from Shannon. On Monday, the 15th April, the usual Coach was rim through the flood to Levin aa 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 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 REQUIRED. G. F. HAWKINS, BARRISTER, SOLICITOR, AND NOTARY, MAIN-STREET, FOXTON, & THE SQUARE, FALMERSTON NORTH. Money .to Lend on Freehold, Leasehold and Chattel Securities. r?VERY Wednesday and Thurs Py day Mr Hawkins may be consulted personally at Foxton, at MR ALF. FRASER'S, Main-street, Foxfcon. 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~FORThe Anchor S.S. Co.'s steamer* Kennedy, Charles Edward, Waverley, Aorere, &c, N.Z. Times and Mail, Evening Post, Sporting Revieio, Auckland Weekly News, Christchurch Press and Be/eree, and Standard Insurance Coy.