MOTOR ADVERTISEMENT. S, O. S REAL PIONEERS OF -v MOTOR TRANSPORT PASSENGJi BR SERVICES ii Established WANGANUI - HAWD IEA Service on February 20, 1922, jt.vith one car. S.O.S. MOTORS have now 25 me sdern high-powered cars operating bet >ween Hawera, Wanganui, Marton, Palmerston, Fcilding, Ashhurst, Foxton, L C vin and Wellington. i _ S.O.S. MOTORS employ 15 reftf l lar drivers all on our own PIONEER S'TIRVICE ROUTES, and our own serv ic es cover collectively 2000 miles per day. EVERY SERVICE where S.O.S. C s irs run has been PIONEERED, advertis i sd, organised and consistently backed jap bv a reliable service under all con coitions HAIL, RAIN or SHIN 11. We have therefore every confidence ii/j once again asking the residents "bf l Taranaki to PATRONISE THE PIONEERS ! Stick to 5.0.5., who turned the firs!; sod, as it were, and did the pick and ! j shovel work in establishing, and then,) increasing, the regular services now'j running and linking up to form a regu- 1 lar through service from \ WELLINGTON to NEW PLYMOUTH. (See list of Booking Offices at foot of Time-table) LATEST TIME-TABLE DOWN. JUNE 15, 1927. NEW PLYMOUTH-HAWERA SECTION. CARS DEPART NEW PLYMOUTH. 12.30 p.m Comfortable closed-in cars and Limousines WANGANUI-FEILDING-ASH-HURST. Leave Wanganui 10.15 a.m.; arrive Feilding, 11.45 a.m.; arrive Ashhurst 12.20 p.m. Connects to Palmerston. Connects with Napier mail train. Meets train from Napier. WANGANUI-MARTON SECTION. The 1 p.m. car from Hawera connects to Marton, allowing li hours in Wanganui. Pare 8/6. Also car leaves Wanganui at 9.15 p.m., connects with “Limited” to Auckland. Night Fare 10/-WANGANUI-WELLINGTON SECTION. Long wheel-base cars on this route. (No Charabancs) Leave Wanganui 7 a.m., 10 a.m., 1 p.m. Arrive Wellington 12.30 p.m., 3.45 p.m., 6.45 p.m. Refreshments at Foxton or Levin as desired. TIME-TABLE DP. WELLINGTON-WANGANUI SECTION. Leave Wellington, 2 a.m. (“Dominion” special), 8.30 a.m., 12.30 p.m. Arrive Wanganui, S a.m., 2.30 p.m., 6.15 p.m. 130 Miles —Fare only £l. A SHH URST-FEILDIN G-W AN GANUI Leave Ashhurst railway station on arrival Napier down mail ' (approx.), 12.30 p.m. Arrive Feilding, 1 p.m. Arrive Wanganui, 2.30 p.m. PALMERSTON-MARTON-WANGANUI. Leave Palmerston, 7.30 a.m., 9.30 a.m., 1 p.m., 4 p.m. Arrive Wanganui, 9.30 a.m., 11.30 a.m., 3 p.m., 6 p.m. Leave Marton on arrival of all Main Trunk trains, North and South. Connects to New Plymouth on arrival at Wanganui. WANGANUI-HAWERA SECTION. Leave Wanganui 7.15 a.m., 8.30 a.m., 9.45 a.m., 1.5 p.m., 3 p.m., 4.30 p.m. (to Paten only). Arrive Hawera 9.45 a.m., 11 a.m., 12.15 p.m., 3.35 p.m., 5.30 p.m. HAWERA-NEW PLYMOUTH SECTION. CARS DEPART HAWERA. a.m. a.m. a.m. a.m. p.m. p.m. p.m. 8.0 9.0 9.45 11.0 1.0 4.0 5.30 OARS ARRIVE NEW PLYMOUTH, a.m. a.m. a.m. p.m. p.m. p.m. p.m. 10.0 11.0 11.45 1.0 3.0 6.0 7.30 Note the frequency of services FARES. New Plymouth —Hawera, single fare, 10/-. Hawera —Wanganui, single fare, 12/6. Special Through Fares. New Plymouth to w'anganui, 21/-. New Plymouth to Wellington, £2. Wanganui —Marton, day, 8/6; night, 10/-. Wanganui —Feilding, 10/-. Wanganui —Ashhurst, 12/ 6. Wanganui —Palmerston, 10/-. Wanganui —Wellington, £l. BOOKING OFFICES. NEW PLYMOUTH— James Fowler, 'phone 694 M; Gibsons Motors, 'phone 357; C. Dyke, Daily News Office, 'phone 17 (for 4 a.m. service). STRATFORD— Rudkin’s, 'phone HAWERA— Lysons, Foord & Keiler’s Garage, 'phone 2310; S.O.S. Office, Egmont Hotel premises, 'phone 2577; Night 'Phone, L. Plant, c/o J. Blake, 2219. PATEA— - Pulley's Garage, 'phone 131. WA NGANUT— S.O.S. Head Office, Rutland Buildings, 'Phone 3130. FEILDING— Bain’s Garage, 'phone 79. PALMERSTON—“The Dominion” Newspaper Office, 'phone 5955. WELLINGTON— Mrs Leitch, the Wattle Confectionery Shop, Hotel Windsor premises, 51 Willis St., 'phone 45842. Registered Telegraphic Address: “SOSMO,” Wanganui. Send Collect Telegram. It secures 1 seat and coats you nothin
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Hawera Star, Volume XLVI, 1 July 1927, Page 1
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