CHOICE EXTRACTS.

rt i! wrong done to another is a great 2 done to ourselves a man fe, the more Jdoes'heseeuiothers. . ~,-j dt pride obscures of blemishes ■ ■. *thoritv be a stubborn bear, yet g^the^withgold. fc , i, innocent in same corner of something. UfiSSSWSKg. tongue §aStW' makealU Shdkapeare. •»«nrk was tbe sole aim and end be folly to neglect relaxa i^Z labour can be elliciently and &#. "jjrtiy carried on without it. Ut.n«now>e\notmorp certainly ** ATBveal the footprints of the per- H^f MSKB over it than man's spirit reß9 o£ every tnouSht and .„. an d behold the eternal fields of round about the throne of o%j n 0 star ever appeared in the $ toere would have been no jjitets, w Yfo would have laid himself *" |II'IJI. l«st sleep in a spirit of anguish, &*1" 0. c-loomy ea-th, vaulted over by a « npoll area-solid and impervious. l^notnarpopo-l more than law *A mtici9m never hurt any- Tfii hey cannot harm you, 1* Hre Noting in character; and, BCsho*aman bis weak pomu. 3Th2mhim against failure and nmtsMAV —A. man of virtue is A vniTIJOOS »"■* loty to human £U brave withou'vice. ~r ew »tee 8 anew this throbbing heart. below. _ £mf)Wn>

AUTUMtf.

glift ffitt lovesick orange blooms, ifaae'K'v^own. ■' _0. W. Holmes.

wrHOSS FOB BECOMING HWIAPPY.

i jouwant to be miserable, be selhsn. ±1 °n the time of yourself and of your stog ? Don't care about anybody else C» no feeling for anybody but yourself. rThink of enjoying the .atisfact.on of Sothers happy. Be constantly afraid K» <m« should encroach upon yonr djktHie watchful against it, and if any SjtbSgttat» your o»», ttawh It my iot be worth a pin.

Fttonwrthanßtael ... bttewotdottne Spirit: Swltetth»nuto*» TnangMotttwtiuthw: Greater than MWB' 1 3 l a ye«h« B n*daeth. _ LongfMo^

What an argument in favour of social LiDectionistbe observation that by com- Lnication aur grief we have less, and by eommuaic»tinK out pleasure we have more.

He who do*;* >-* leapect confidence will sever find happiness in his path. The belief in virtue vanishes from his heart, the some of nobler actions becomes extinct in ton.

To think we ate able is almost to be so; to determine upon attainment is frequently attainment itself. Thus .earnest resolution 1m often seemed to have about it almost a savour of omnipotence. "■ '

The river runs, and best are those who to oa their way with it quietly—not rush ltg, neither expecting too much, and rather rating, like a caged bird does, once the fat vain straggles are over,, quiet, yet uatchfol for escape, which oft comes not until death opens onr prison door.

Grieve. 0 ye antumn winds! Summer lies low; The rose's trembling leaves will soon be shed For she that loveih her so, Alas! is dead. And one by one her loving children go. —Adelaide Procter.

Woman's Lootliness —It seems to me that loneliness ■with one-half the wjmetiin the woild is »n wentfa! emdition of ex isteace And doubtless,!"** ;reat Father bas «me wise purpose in tbp * jcipline of lone liness, however veiled fkm i mortal eyes. To make the best use of this loneliness is a problem which each individual must solve for herself. After her patient watching day after day, though footsore and weary in land sod brain, .there may come into her lonely hours a presence 9he may be slow to Mcojnise, but which will irradiate all her surroundings, and her soul will breathe the strength of a divine atmosphere, and iweetlvrest in ineffable love and peace.— Mkl Raymond.

A good story is told of an excellent minuter, who,- happening one day to pass by the open door of a room where bis daughters and some young friend* as sembW, toomnht, from what he overheard, ■flat they wire malting too fiee with tbe character of; their neighbours, and, after their visitor^ bad departed, lie gave his children a Jecture on the sinfulness of xandaL '^But, father, what shall w» alkaboutyj "If you can't do anything we,"replied)he, "get a pumpkin and roU J aboutj that will at least be innocent tw»ion." ; A'short. time after an associa m of mini gters met at his honse, and tag the,", evening some discussion? on point of docWrine were earnest, and their rates were so loud as to indicate the taKer of ldsing their Christian temper; Wen his feldest daughter, overhearing ttem, proctf ed a pumpkin, and, entering jfj,,loon). fave it her father and said- There, faiher, roll it about." The Sinister wsU obliged to explain to his tathern, arid good humour was instantly

The lady Lincipal of a school in her ttTOtisemenf mentioned her female assist mli nl, 8i d ™f, "leputation for teaching Mb» 11J" 1*" to* «»* printer-carelesS fcr^' ow the "which" so the g£» Ie«on for, teaching she

SIR RICHARD'S ESCAPE

An East Indian Mevenge.

sir Riciur" Paulson, belonging to one of the noblest families in Kngland, paid a vi9it to India^hortly after the close of the Sepoy rebellion, and spent several weeks in Calcutta. Be found the weather io ex tremely hot that he would not leave the hou«eof his friend, Colonel Hamilton, of the 9th Regiment, except at nightfall, and then lib wandered quietly along the streets, smoking his cigar, and dreamily gazing at the swarthy natives, who seemed so in sensible to the intense fervour of the sun's rays.

On one of these occasions he was wander ing through the suburbs of Calcutta, to ward what is known as the Garden Beach, about three miles south of the town, and where most of the Europeans reside. He was sauntering along in this manner when his attention was arrested by two female jugglers. One of these was quite an old woman, while the other was young and extraordinarily handsome. Her black eyes, luxuriant hair, swarthy cheek, and beautifully rounded limbs would have ex cited admiration anywhere. Sir Richard paused, and watched their juggling performances. They consisted mainly in throwing balls and rings, com bining the latter with curious figures, while the former appeared and disappeared in a manner perfectly bewildering to an unini tiated spectator like the .English gentleman.

Observing his look of amused wonder, the girl approached and held out her palm for money. He dropped a gold coin into her hand, of such value that she bowed low, ranking one of the most profound of Oriental acknowledgments. Sir Richard was delighted with the girl's beauty and charming manner, and he en deavoured to engage her in conversation ; but she could uot understand a word, although she seemed pleased to listen to him.

There was nothing objectionable in tho Englishman's curiosity. He was a high bred gentleman, who w»3 simply interested f.>r the moment in the dark-eyed beauty. Bat while he stood gazinsr at her he was startled by somethiug like tbe hiss of a serpent at his elbow, and, turning his bead, he observed a scowling Sepoy glaring at him with a drawn knife. •

"What do yon want?" inquired Sir Richard indignantly, as he recoiled a step or two.

Tno Sepoy muttered something in his own language, and advanced upon him with the stealthy tread of tho tiger. Ho evi dently was the husband of the girl whom the Englishman was so palpably admiring, and, consumed with jealousy, he was about to take his life.

Sir Richard had no weapon except his c tue ; but he was a skilful swordsman, and whirling it over his head, he knocked the knife fifty feet from the hand of the Sepoy, and then t;ave him such a caning that he was compelled to tako to his heels to save himself from beinn beaten to death. Somewhat excited, Sir Richard turned aoout and walked homeward, observing as he did so that the two female jugglers had also disappeared. When he related the incident to Colonel Hamilton, the latter laughed : " Watch out for that Sepoy ! He will give you a stab in the back some dark night; he will never be satisfied until he has reveDged himself upon you.' " Let him revenge himself. I shall carry my revolvers with me after this, and I only regret that I hadn't them with me to-nieht. I would have blown his brains out. They are a fiendish set of dogs : we learned that in the war jaßt olosed." That «vening, as the two were sauntering quietly "»lon?, they were approached by an East Indian, dre«sed in European fashion, who stopped in front of them, and making a polite bow, said : " Will Englees gentleman be so much kind give ma card!" He addressed himself directly to Sir Richard, who, on the im pulse of the moment, produced his card and handed it to him. "what do you want ? Who are you ! Give me yours." But the stranger bowed with all the itately politeness af a cavalier, and, eayinjy never a woid, walked npidly away and mingled with the crowd. "That is the most impudent proceeding I ever heard," exclaimed the astonished Englishman. " What does he mean !" ''It means that the Sepoy with whom vouhad the difficulty to-day has determined oa revenge, and has taken the first step by finding out your addres<; you soe he has somethiog now to work upon." The fact so annoyed Sir Richard that he shortened his »tay in India, and a few days later sailed for England. Mot until he ooce more stepped upon the soil of Great Britain herself did he feel safe and draw a breath of relief. Time passed on, and now that he believed all danger past, the little affray in distant India almost faded from the nobleman's re membrance, and when he thought of it, it was with a shuddor, as one remembers some dreadful dream.

One day, When he returned to his apart, ments, he learned that a present hart oeen sent, in the shape of a goodlv-iaed trunk, which, from its heavy, foreign look, made it seem probable that it had come from some distant clime. It was directed in plain Indian ink, and a curious key lay on iha top, Invitinp him to open and oxaminc the treasure for him«elf. Never once trasDecting danger, and greatly wondering -who his unknown friend was, he applied the key ; the lock easily turned and the lid was raised.

Horror of horrors I What did he see ? The flat head of an immense serpent came gliding out, ere he could realise his danger or shut down the lid again. Scarcely conscious of what he did, he made a clutch at it, seizing its pulpy neck in both hands. But it continued gliding forth until nearly fifteen feet of the boa was In the room.

Sir Kichard was a powerful man, and he held the neck of the hideous monatsr with the grip of a vice ; but he could not prevent its folds from winding about both hit legs, with their tremendous compression. Bat he had the better of the snake, and if he could only retain his grasp, powerful an was the reptile, it matt succumb at last. He actually feared bin lower limbs would bs crushed to a pulp, and his bones broken, ao prodigious was the strength of his antagonist. By-nnd-liye he could see that the strangu lation was beginning to tell. The boa coiled and uncoiled with great rapidity, flinging his immense body round the room, knocking the chairs and furniture hither and thither. TVn he wound them ronnd his legs again, until the man was almost frantic in his agony. Still he held on to the neck, compress ing the Eof t mass until it was a hard twist in his hand, keeping bis muscles up to the severest tension, never relaxing for an in stant, and fixing his own hqrrificd eyes upon the glittering, beadliks orbs of the boa.

a. serpent cannot live without oxygen any more than can a man, and by-and-by this strangulation bad its effect; gradually its efforts ceased, and it became inanimate. Keleasing his hold, Sir Kichard rushed half fainting out of the room. In the course of half-an-hour he returned with I gome friends, and peered cautiously in.

The snake lay in an immense coil upon the floor, dead, aud the three, armed with revolvers, entered. A careful examination was now made, and the boa was found to be a few inches less than fifteen teet in length. One of Sir Richard's compauiona was some what of a naturalist, and he declared that tho snake had beeu kept a long time with out either food or drink, so as to maku it unusually fierce. In the trunk, or box, were discovered several apertures, bo that it should not suffer tor wnnt of air.

Some time after Sir Richard learned that an East Indian had come to Kngland upon a British merchant ship with such a box in his possession. In London he had no dilii culty in learning his residence, and keepiDg the serpent till it was in tbe m»st savage condition possible, he bad brought it himself into his room, aud left it with tbe announcement that it was a pre sent intended specially for him, There could be no doubt but that this was the same Sepoy who hail been so mortally of fended by the nobleiiiHu. aod had taken this characteristic means of revenging him self upon him. . vir Uichard had the skiu stuffed, and ever afterward kept it as a memento of his Kust Indian experience ; but be never more heard of his enemy.— I*Awarded the first prize for the best cxlraet sent to the London "Tit Bits" of Feb. 24<A.]

Singular Courtship in the Far West.

AN English emigraui had settled down in a remote part ot au American forest, where he ; cleared a little space about him, and built him a log hut. He had been there but a year or two, when, one day ho was absent in the woods with hla elilct daugh ter, his hut took tire, aud burned down. His wife was sick, but she managed to crawl out, takiog the straw bed on which she lay. At overling the husband returned to find his house in ruius. It was a winter night, and the snow lay deep on tbe grouud. Calling aloud, he tiearda faint voice reply, and going in the direction from which it came, found his wife stretched on the bed in the snow. Uetting together a few boards from the conflagration, he made a shelter over her. That night she was safely delivered of a child, which survived, and is now living.

Jtsut unde the exposure and excitement together, the husband took a violent cold, which having fastened on his lungs, and boin<? resisted by no medical treatment whatever, terminated in a coiMimption. He, however, reared another hut, and during the summer a young settler came in and purchased a track near him. His being the only family within a lout, distance, the backwoodsman often pas-ed the even ings in their society, lc was not long before he discovered that ihis neighbour could not long survive, for the most i^uo raut in this region knew all tha virtues of pulmonary disease, which cuiriea off three fourths of those who die. Accompaaying tfii« conclusion, came naturally tlio relic tion, What would become of »is wife ? and, as she was goo'l-looking aud industrious, he thought he could not do better than marry her himself. Acting under this consideration, he men tioned the matter, remarking that her husband could not live long, and a-ked if she would marry him after he was dead. She replied that she had no objection at all, if "her hu>baud was willing I" He said he had no doubt on that point, and would speak to him about it, tic did so, aud the husband unhesitatingly gave his consent, adding that he was triad she would be so ■well provided for after his death. So when winter approached, the young settler wou>d come and " court the prospective widow, while the dying husband lay and coughed on the bed in the corner.

Now there wai nut much sentiment in this, I grant, but there was a vast deal of philosophy. It was rather cool on her part, to be sure, but. vastly sensible on his. What could his wife and children do alone in the woods, without a protector Z Tne toughest part of the proceeding, and that which no doubt tested tje backwoodsman's philosophy the severest, was ttie couitship. To lie gasping fnr breath in one part of tne room, and sea tuo jonup, at'iletic, and healthy backnooiUm.m ant lih wife fitting together by tho tiro, and know that after a few more painful weeks he would occupy the place permanently, and bear it patiently, required a good deal of stamina.

Marriage of the Mosaic Man to the Bearded Woman.

A wedding differing from the common tun ot wedding* was celebrated last week atFrankford, in Philadelphia- Tho bride groom wa< the notorious Mollit, bettt-r known as the mo.-aio man, the brido being Miss LcoHcrmandorg. the bearded woman. The guesti invited for the ceremony were each phenomenal in o-.ie way or nnother. There were, for instance, the " lluted " girl, the moat corpulent hoy in the world, the living mermaid, the individual whose flesh presents the elasticity of iudiorubbcr, and so on. The bearded wom;\n was given away by one Geary, whose icpntatiou as a sword shallower is"a fortune to him. The bride was most anxious to uae the razor betoro donnms; the orange flowers; but her future hustinnd, with an uys to busi ness, dissuaded her from doing so, ou the score that it would be cxtrnvayaut to sacrifice her uplendid beard, which con stituted her dowry, out of a foolish senti ment of feminine vanity. In fact, he hinted that he mus marry her with the beard or not at all; so the lady reluctantly yielded. Mollit has had two wives within the last few year?, the first (the giantoss Venus) dying in ISSO, the second (the Cir cassian beauty) last fiimsner. 'ihey were both profitable speculations, he admits ; but he considers his third venture in the matrimonial line as more promising than either of the other two. After the honey. moon, which is to be spent in New York, the happy pair ate coming to E a rope, there being, it seems, too much competition between natural curiosities in tho States to allow of much being done there.

STAR SATURbAY SUPPLEMENT, MAY 19, 1883.

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Damages against a Dentist. NEW YOKE, March 21.—A verdict was brought into Court to-day, before Judge Van Brunt, in the Court of Common Pleas, in the suit of Mrs Jesse Jzard a^ainHt John WestlayT a dentist. Mrs Izard brought an action for §5,000 ngainst Mr Weatlay. She alleged that in March, 1882, she went to his office for the purpose of having a tooth ex tracted. She took her position in the dentist's chair, and gas was administered to her. He attempted to draw the tooth, which broke again when ho tried, and in the struggle, as she declares, knocked the ping down Mrs Izard's throat. He struck her on the back, and placed his finger i down her throat, and brought up the plug and threw it away. Mr« Izard declares that the dentist broke her jaw.aud that she was confined to her room one month. ■ Dr Westlay denied these charges, and declared that if Mrs Izard had taken proper care of her jaw she would not hare suffered. The jury brought in a verdict in favor of Mrs Izard for §1,200, and aucxtraallowanco of five per cent, was Rranted. A motion for a new trial upon the ground ot excessive damages was denied.



jG"EW ZEALAND RAILWAYS. TIME TABLE On and After July 6, 1882 AUCKLAND AND ONEHUNGA LINE. gco •"* • • 3? **; m So * W * 'IOOtO I i § :3:: 3I 1 jf IS IH « "-1 -1 rt p as . « .. s s «s? g L __ a a § • §? S g to • <g «» gS.S• . S 3 S p, « ' « ' * «5 in «5 l _ ; ' i: J : 3 ': : : : : ~ - — I »dB.». . S S 9 m g g, ri • •*• ••-w *•« 2 « , i g ao.s. .as s a , A d 3: * :' :3 3 Q 1 eB.B. .355 o | § od • m • • od a> m a - ». s ..s » a.a .o, . . a 1 ajlil glj „__ , rf — y ' DQ ! , 5§««: :§ : s I ,3 — < fl r^ > " n rj E « jj S3 3 ! '1 : 2 2 »d • —— y— —■-■■"-■ a l# dS. § § . :a : S f |§ »a 3 a a a i _j O O « O O T td tf> o ai vi t, a||| i: | : § I a '' 6 J332• ' 3 « 3 d a::: :: 3 : 3 2 1° „, , M go S 2 ~ % . S 4 |a a a ■ a 'si § - ■——— ■* Ju do as ..a , s | Jai» d ' ' d 'a £ h- E I Hr, ;:*? :4^ P , • I* t» r* *^ t>» g Ij :: !; !s 1 g::: a : : a 111 i 1151 °g«? P £ ? o S —Si —55 —=X—*K —*s—<35 — <3 53 — MAIN LINE. AUCKLAND-MERCER-TE AWAMUTU. SOUTH.—Week Days. nr) r i a.m. o.m. a.m. p.m. p.m. 01 Ancklnnd dop. fi.ls! dtOi 8.25 4.13 ; 6.0 « Nowmnrkot JuucU G.2!> U.liO 8.37 i.25 6.10 •a Remuem .. .. 0.30 .. 8.44 1.30 6.15 *C PonrosoJuncUon;; 6.45 7.fft 8.59 U. 45 t0'.30 3 Otahuhu .. •■ 6.6S .. 9.10 4.571 6.42 11 l'apatoitol 9.19 5.6 .. *1S Munurewa • •• •• 1!) I'upnkura IS 5,35j .. 11] Ilrnn'!. :: :: " u^us s:J :: $. I'ukckobo I! '.'. " 9.i010-.33 &25 '.'. i?K!r :: :: :: aidtia.:: •37 Wlmnßarata .. .. •• 10 Pokono 11.13 7.3 .. 43 Mercer -\a O p. .. 10.3b 11.42 TT .. *49 WlmnKamarlno ■•51 Wttirnnul "50 Ranjfiriri "59 Ohinowal .. •• •• •• 65 HunUy «jj l.» .. .. S Tauptrl •• J. 15 - •• 71 NKuruawahia .. .. 1.15 1A .. •78 Pukota •81 Tollapa .. •■ •• •• 84 Hamilton Jnnotlon .. .. 2.13 .. 85 Hamilton l.<* 90 Rukuhia •• •• •• 94 Ohaupo 2- s0 •• •• •90 Lakeßoad *9S Ngaroto •• •• •• 100) Ta Awamntn ara. .•J...>' Ml ,!~^* "^Ali NOUTH.-WKKK DIM. _ — jy-r— a,m. a.m. turn. p.m. p.ra 0 ToAwamntu dep 9.20 .. 2 Ngaroto •4 Lakoßoad •• •• •• 7 Ohaupo 9-50 •• ■■ *U Rukuhia - „•; •• 11 Hamilton -i, J. 5 ~ 16 Hamilton Juno. '0.33 t.o «20 To Kapa - "23 I'ukote .. - •• •• - •• -• 20 NKaruawahia u.w .. 31 Taiipiri \}f> „■■.. ■•. S3 Huntly 11-55 *•« ••" •41 Ohinowal .. .. « •45 Rangiriri - •4ti Walrangi •5T Whaugamarino - •• •• ( orr 1.10 o.U .. 57 Mercor -{dep. 6.15 .. 1.30 6.20 .. 6a Pokono .. •• 0.2U .. I.U •• •• ■na Wliangarata .. .. ■• ■• •• •• 63 Taakitu .. •• »•«• •• ■'•1 •• 68 Buckland .. •• •• •• „-„. -•;. " 7(1 Pukekoha .. .. 7.6 .. 2.20 6.25 .. *77 Rnncimnn .. . •• _«j, •• ,•» »-c " 73 Drury 7-*3 .. 3-3 »•» •• 81 Papakura .. •• 7.5* •■ *>-1B ■• •85 Manurowa .. .. ■• •• .-:„ .-: n '• 94 P^nroso Junction 19.0 11£15.H.18 8.20 7.6 •33 Ellorsliß - •• " •90 Green Lano... .. .. -■ .-s. .-i, -'A, W Remuora .. .. 9.15 . i.» 8.33 7.x. 100 luoklond „ Mr. 8.88 .. *M tm 7.3(



KAIPARA BRANCH. AUCKLAND-HENDER3ON-HELENS VILLE. OUT.-Week Days. I " 0" a.m. a.m. p.m. 0] Auckland dep. 7.1511.0 4.30 J Newmarket Junction arr. 7.21 .. I „ „ dep. 7.2811.12 4.41 *i Mount Eden _ 5 Kingsland _ _ *6 Morningsido _ _ *7 Mount Albert _ _ 8 Avondale 7.1711.37 5.3 tif New Lynn .' .. 11l Waikomitl_ _ *1J Henderson- .. „ .. 8.1012.2 *17 Swanson _ _ ■"■—■ .. *20 Waitakerei _ _ _ _ _ *22 Taupaki . _* _ _ _ 25 Kumeu Junction .. _ 8,55 .. 6.17 '29 Waimauku .. _ _ .. „ *3l Reweti .. „ „ _ _ "33 WoodhiU ..___...._ •31 Paerou „ „ 38J Holensville _ „ arr. 9.531 - 7.20 IN.—Week Days. _ a.m. p.m. p.m 0 Helensville dep. 6.20 .. 4,30 "4 Pueroa .. _ .. _ .. _ *(i WoodhiU .. _ _ _ «7 Itewiti ... _ _ „ _ .. _ MO' Waimauku ~ _ _ .. „ H Kumeu Junction .. .. 7.23 _ 5.35 "17 Taupaki .. _ _ _ _ _ ... *1!), Waitakerei .. „ _ _ ~ _ *21 Swanson .. _ „ ..__,. •23 Henderson.. .. _ .. 8.10 2.0 _ *27 Waikomiti.. _ .. __._.. *29 Now Lynn.. _ „ __.... 31 Avondule .. _ „ .. 8.10 2.27. 6.47 •321 Mount Albert .. _ ~__.. 'S3 Morningside _ .. ..__.. "31 Kingsland.. _ .. _ .. _ „ *35 Mount Eden _ _ ..' .. .. _ ■i. Newmarket Junction arr. 9.5 '~i .. „.-,,». .'. dep, 9.10 2.X 7.15 381 Auckland^ orrj 9.28 3.ZT 7.25 C—Goods Train—a Passenger Carriage is at tached to tliis Train which Btopa for Vassongora by Signal ouly. * FLAG STATION3.-Trains do not atop at these unless required. Notice should be given to tho Guard at the previous stopping StatTon t Change for Onchunea. B—Goods Train—a Passenger Carriage is "attached to this Train which atops for P,.ssengers by Signal only, and runs from Huntly to Hamilton on Tuesdays, Thursdays, and Saturdays only. || Change for Auckland and intermediate Stations. J Change for Helonsvillo and intermediate Stations. * FLAG STATIONS.- Trains do not stop at those unless required. Notice should be given to the Guard at the previous stopping Station. GENERAL CONDITIONS. The Railway Department dooa not pledge it- Belt to tho despatch or arrival of tho Trains at the exact times notitled in tho nbovo Tables, and, in the event oC any circumstances arising, cither during or prior to tho journey beina made, which may render it impossible or inex pedient for a Train to proceed, will return tha Fares paid, but does not undertake to forward tho Passengers. LUGGAGE.—Each Passenger is allowed to Uikoll2lba. of PERSONAL Luggago froo (not including merchandise of any kind), and for every SClbs., or fraction ef 561b5., above this weight, for every 50 miles or fraction of 50 miles, tho charge will bo Ono Shilling. No Luggage will ho allowed to bo taken into tho carnages, unless of such a sizo that it can bo placed under tho seat without inconvenienco to other Passen gers. Passengers are strongly recommended to nuvo their Names and tho Station to which they are proceeding distinctly marked on their Luggage, and to satisfy themsolves that itig placed on tho Train, as tho Kallway Dopart mont will not bo responsiblo unless it is booked vnd paid for. Passengers can bo booked at Stations only on condition that thero is room in the Train. Children under thrco years of age travel free; above three and under twelve years of age, half-faro. » HOUSES, CARRIAGES, &0.-Tho Railway Deportment does not undortako to foward Horses and Carriages by any particular Train but when sent, they must bo at the forwarding Station half nn-hour before tho departure of the Train. The Owners of Horses must provide moans for securing them in tho Horse-box, and tho Railway Department will not boaooount ablo for any injuries sustained through their breaking looso or othorwise, nor will it under ! t.vka to onrfj- imhmlion nr vi«iinm HnrßoS. At Conntry Stations requisitions for Horse-boxes or Carriage-trucks must bo made tho day before they aro wanted. DOGS must bo provided with chains, or other sufficient moans of securing them. They will not be allowed in carriages, and the sender must obtain a Tickot, to be givon up at the end of tho journey, and beforo the Dog is delivered. RETURN or PERIODICAL TICKETS will not be available for Special and Mxcurskm Trains, except when tho Ordinary TinieTabla is suspended. SPECIAL NOTICE. — To ensure despatch. Parcels, Extra Lugga(ro, and Dogs must be at the Station at least THIRTY MINUTES bofore tho Advortißpd Tim* of Departure of Train. All Time Tables issued prior to this data are now cancelled. J. P. MAIWRLL, General Manager. pJKW ZUaLAND RAILWAYS. AUCKLAND SECTION. PARCEL KATES. Not Kxceedlng 71b?. Hint.. SHlhs. Mlllis. 1121DB, 6, d. A d. b, d. c. d. s. d, HelenßviUe .09 10 16 19 30 Onohnnga _06 06 09 08 13 Pukekohe -09 10 16 18 23 TVtorotsr _ ..09 13 19 20 26 Niwu&wahla.. 10 13 20 23 29 Hamilton ..13 19 33 26 3 U 'loAwumum.. 10 20 29 33 ft To ensure dcFipit-h parools mnpt be st tha station at lnnst Thirty Minutes before adver tised tiuin of. dxparttire of train. Luggmre and Paroels may be left at the Paroela Oflloe, In rnargo of thn Kallway Department,on payment of fees ranging from 2d to Sd A. V. MACDONALD, Distrlol Manager. Auckland. 25th Sept. 1882. OTKEDMAN'S SOOTHING POWDEBS CHILDREN CUTTING TKKTH. CAUTION TO PORCHASKH3. The vuluc of this wull-known Faintly Modlolne h.vt been largely tested In all partn of the world, and by all grades of xoolety, for npwardß of riFry veaks. Its well-earned extensive sale has Induced Kpumoca imitations, Borne of whloh In odtwahd appearanoic so cloßoly resemble the original m to havq dooslvod many purohftueni. The proprietor, therefore. feelß It duo to tbe publio to give a speoial caution ftgalcst the use ot unch Imitations. Purohßserfl are therefore reaueoted carefully to observe tbo four following distinctive charac teristics, without whioh none are genuine :— Ist—ln every own tho words John Htebd man, Chkmist, Wai.wobtb, uubbicy. are en graved on tli c Govemment Stamp atilxod to each poohof. 2Dd-Baoh Single Powder has direotions for the dos«. and the words John Bteedman, Chemist, W'alworth, Surrey, printed thereon, 3rd-Th# name Steedmnn is alwnya spelt with two KK's. Ith—The manufaotoro is carrlod on aololy Walworth, Surrey. Hold In Packets by all Chemists and Medloine Tendora, at la l}d to ?h 3d each. Agonts i Kkmpthdhne, Pbibkkr 8: CO., Auckland. Wellington, Chrlatcharoh, and Dunedln. K. JOHN HARTA\ EL L, Ob"JU«st ok St, Mary'sChuboii PAItNBiL. PROFESSOR OF THE PIANOFORTE. Lessons 'rfven by the Quarter, or by ORGAN. FIA"oFOltm HARMOMY Amarours'Ocmpoßitions revised and prepared for Publication. Addross: Ponsonby Road, opposite FranKlm Road. Letters may bo left with Messrs Hoff man and Sons lilusio Warohonso, Queon-street D A V X ?", TAILOR, &o VUI/CAN LANK, AUCKLAND, Bogs moat respectfully to call tho attantion of Gentlemen imd the Publio in general to his NKW GOODS of JJi.'st Puality for tho present and coming seasons J.D. in retnniiiiK thanks for paot favours eolioitaa oontinuauco of tha same, and will give satisfaction to all who may favour him with Noto tho addross: Opposite the " Occidental Hotel," Vulcan Luno. GF.BRIMBLKbOMBfI, Queen's Hotel, « Syinondß-etrejrt and Kyber Pasa TT'libilNG Done at J. White's, Jfaraell.