Royal J||ipi|s Mail COACH TO LEVIN. J. R. STANSELL, ... Proprietor. rPHE ONLY SERVICE that has 1 kept up continuous intercourse with tho outer world. Distance from Foxtou to Levin Station about 14 miles, the road going through the pr« ttiest scenery in the district. During the nearly four years' service over tho Wiroluno Ferry, the mail has been delivered every day, in spite of floods. As showing THE ADVATAGE OF THIS ROUTE, even during the week of the late heavy flood, tho mails and 27 passengers were conveyed by boat and vehicles. The route by beat was both safe and an enjoyable change to the passengers in fact like a picnic, and all who travelled expressod themselves well pleased with the arrangements marie. Ob the breakdown of tho railway service on Kaster Monday, occa sioned by the heavy flood, this Levin route was tha only way open to passengers from Palmerston to Foxton. Five Foxton residents were driven in the Coach from Levin on Tuesday morning, lGth 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 in the afternoon to Kereru, with the Manager of the New Zealand Es» tates Company and the Secretary of j the Wellington Freezing Company ! as passengers, who failed to succeed in crossing «fc the Shannon Ferry in the morning. Sikgle 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 nt 8.0 a.m. The Coach leaves Levin Hotel at 10.15 a.m. on the arrival of the train from Wellington, reaching Fotton 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. W. B. RHODES, General Storekeeper. AGENT FORAnchor 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, Macdonald & Co., And for Anything Else You Want. $500,000 Beatty's Organs at Bargains. For particulars, catalogue, address, Daniel F. Beatty Washington, New Jersey. TN CALLING ATTENTION to I the approaching 'Xmas Trade, I have to thank my Customers for tbe 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* mences. N - A. R. OSBORNE, Tailor, Foxton,
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Manawatu Herald, 8 December 1896, Page 2
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443Page 2 Advertisements Column 3 Manawatu Herald, 8 December 1896, Page 2
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