Royal ?lw||spigs Mail COACH TO LEVIN. J. R STANSELIT . . . Proprietor. rpHE ONLY SERVICE that has 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 dis^i^ During the ne^ fOU r years'' the mail has been delivered every day* in spite of floods. As showing £Ml ABVATAQB OP THIS ROUTE, 6V6n 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 thepasseDgers in fact like & picnic, «$& 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 the only way open to passengers from Palmerston to Foxton. Five Foxton residents were driven in die Coach from Levin on Tuesday 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 in the afternoon to Kereru, with the Manager of the New Zealand Es* 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 Fabes, 4s ; Return (available 1 month), 6s. The Coach leaves Whyte's Hotel, Foxton, every week day at 6.80 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 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 Eeferee Sporting Review Auckland Weekly News Booth, Macdonald & Co., And for Anything Else You Want. DELICIOUS DRINKS For this Season are— HAMER'S LEMON, RASPBERRY, PEPPERMINT, & PINEAPPLE SYRUPS. Also Lime Juice Cordial and Ginger Wine. Support Local Industry And have none but HAMER'S. Guaranteed Genuine, Wholesome, and made from the best material procurable. Ask those who have tried them. They will tell you there an none like HAMER'S. Price- 1b 6d pev bottle
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Manawatu Herald, 1 June 1897, Page 2
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398Page 2 Advertisements Column 3 Manawatu Herald, 1 June 1897, Page 2
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