It is a far cry from the modern mail train to the days when letters were taken from Wanganui to Wellington, along the beach, being carried by a pedestrian. The whole trip took about a week, depending on the man who made the journey, said Mr. K. Boss in the course of a JT.E.A. lecture a* Palmerston North.
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Evening Post, Volume CVII, Issue 127, 3 June 1929, Page 8
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