i Royal £jfj&sk Mail COACH TO LEVIN, i J.R.STAN SELL, ... Proprietor. HPHE ONLY SERVICE that has I j kept up continuous intercourse 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 delivsred every day, in spite of floods. As showing THE ADVATAGE OF THIS ROUTE, 6VOU during the week of tho 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 thepasseDgers 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 tha only way open to passengers from Palraerston to Foxton. Five Foxton residents were driven in tho Coach from Levin on Tuesday morning, 16th April, after having previously endeavoured to get over from Shaunon. On Monday, the 16th April, the usual C' ach was run through the flood to Levin as well as a vehicle in the afternoon to Keroru, with the Manager of the New Zealand Es* tates Company and the Secretary of tho Wellington Freezing Company as passengers, who failed to succeed in crossing at tho Shannon Ferry in the morning. Single Fares, 4s ; Eeturn (available 1 month), Cs. 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 ID. 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. W. B. RHODES, General Storekeeper. AGENT FOR— Anchor S.S. Company Standard Insurance Co. (risks taken at lowest rates) N.Z. Mail, N.Z. Times Evening Post Canterbury Press and Referee Sporting Review Auckland Weekly News Booth, Maodonald & Co., And for Anything Else You Want. $500,000 Beatty's Organs at Bargain-. For particulars, cata* logue. nddress Daniel F. Beatty Washington, New Jersey. TN CALLING ATTENTION to I the approaching 'Xmas Trade, I have to thank my Customers for the honor they have conferred upon me in placing me at the head of the Tailoring Trade in Foxton. Amongst the New Patterns will be found some of the latest designs, and as all work is guaranteed, a steady business is assured. Customers will do well to order early, before the 'Xmas Trade com* mencea. A. R. OSBORNE, Tftilor, Foxton.
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Manawatu Herald, 28 November 1896, Page 2
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443Page 2 Advertisements Column 3 Manawatu Herald, 28 November 1896, Page 2
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