The Countess and Her Cats.

One day recently the Countess do la Tone, who is famous in London as tho owner of a large number of cats, was summoned in a Police Court and ordered to destroy her pets, as they had become a nuisance to her neighbours." On this the "Pall _Mall Gazette " sent theirenterprising interviewer to see the Countess, with tho following result :— A CURIOUS INTERIOR. I pulled the bell at 3S, Pembroke Square, but it offered no resistance and made no sound. I knocked with my knuckles, but there was no answer. Tho lower sitting room seemed to be empty, and the house, abovo und below, gave no sign of lffe. Ihe door was evidently new, and had received a first coat of red paint. It was without a knocker, or ahandle, or a number. 1 was beginning to think that I had como to tho wrong house when a boy who was playing in tho square ctied ont, " Look out! she s comino-1" and I hoard steps, and, after some unbarring of bolts, the door was cautiously opened. '-The Countess do la Torre?" "I am tho Countess. Come in. Tho door was carefully closed behind me, and I found myself in the narrow passage which would be called a hall by courtesy, half lighted by a long window opening on to the staircase. What little space there was was blocked with dishes, bottles, and bundles of newspapers. I followed the Countess into the sitting-room. She seated herself in a low chair near the window, guarded by wooden shutters drawn close together for protection from stray stones nnd iron, which sometimes came crashing through. She motioned me to a low oak chair, the only remnant of luxury in tho room. The floor was carpctlcss. In one corner was a small heap of blankets ; at my feet was a small open hamper half filled with straw, tho bed of one of her cats. Between ns stood a deal box, whtch might be used as a table, but was occupied by various cats during my sitting of two hours. By her side was another box filled to overflowing with letters and papers, to which she constantly referred. Tho wall was papered. The mantelpiece was Ut tered with an undiscribable mass of odds and ends; n few ompty shelves were fixed in one corner, and that was all. Through the open folding-doors I saw another room, containing a plain iron bed with a few bed clothes, the only piece of furniture, unless one counted boxes and jugs, and plates of rad disinfecting powder. That, I presume, was tho bedreom.

THE COUNTESS'S BIOOKAPHY

In her chair by tho window, in that bare room, surrounded by her cats in council, sat the Countess, her face in the shado. She is apparently about forty-five years old, with a pale, intellectual face, furrowed by much trouble, a broad high forehead, from which her dark gray hair is brushed away. Her face lightens up when excited, and the wildnessof her brown eye softens when her oats jump up on her lap. A grey knit ted shawl was fastened round her neck and fell to her waist, where it was joined by a well-worn cotton dreßs. " Perhaps," she began, '' I inherited my fondness for animals from my father. He had a passion for cats. Whenever I take a poor starved creature in I think of my father, and fancy that I am paying a tribute to his memory. I have no other tie in the world but my cats, no one to care for, no one to care for me." The Countess was born in the pur ple. Her father was Italian and her mother a Scotchwoman, but she herself is cosmo politan, andspeakslluentlyEnglish.German, Italian, and French. The united fortunes of herself and her husband mado a most handsome income, but much of it was gam bled away, and the Countess has lavished her own share with a free hand. Garibaldi was indebted to her for lar<;e sums of money, and that the Countess, who has paid so much for the cause of Italian free dom, should be reduced to her present ex tremities, should serve as a warning to in tending patriots; for, alas ! she has not found the gratitudo which she expected. " I have spent gold enough to fill this room aye, and more—to benefit my fellow-beings. They havo proved to bo ingrates. My charity has been abused. Animals are more grateful than my fellows. I now de vote my small means to the cause of suffer in"- cats and dogs and dumb creatures." Tne Countess, it may be added, besides devoting much of her large fortune to the cause of Italian freedom, took charge of one of the hospitals during the war, and when in charge of the ambulance was twice wounded. Her sobriquet was the Italian Nightingale, in allusion not to her powers of singing, but of nursing. In 1870 she was busy again at Versailles nursing the German wounded. "I come of a mili tary family. I shall Btick to my post. At present I am in a state of siege. I am ordered to abate the nuisance, and daily I am subject to a fine of ten shillings a day until Ido so. I keep my doors locked, so that my enemies shall not enter if I cau help it. Will, oh! will the law allow them to come and kill my cats ?" And here there was a flood of tears. The little boys and f irk—wicked urchins !—who deserve to be eveured by wolves like the rogues who mocked at the prophet, cry at her: " Hoh ! hoh ! mother of dogs and cats ! Thou shouldst be burned, thou wicked one! Harbourer of unclean animals, thou shouldst be drowned as a witch !" " Are we living in the Middle Ages ? Will they duok me ? or will the ordeal be by fire ?"

THE STRYCHNINE AT WORK,

An animal smell pervaded the house, but without I did not detect anything unusual, However one might regard the Countess as a next-door neighbour, it is ridiculous to say that her establishment is a nuisance to the whole square. Since the decision of the magistrate on Saturday, poison has made sad havoc among the cats. The Countess burst into tears as she told of the death of her red cat "Ruby," of the tabby Manx "Rosie," of the decease of "Jum bo," of " Bella," and another whose name has escaped me. Post-mortems have revealed tho strychnine. How have they come by their death ? Is it the neighbours ? For, strange to say, after the appeal case, which went against the Countess, poison carried off two of the collection, "Bob" and "Cobby," who are now at rest. "I would not havo sold them for a hundred pounds apiece," sobbed the Countess, crying bitterly. " How can they inflict this agony upon me: My cats are all I have to care for in the whole world. My left-hand neighbour does not complain ; it is the people on my right who are perse cuting me. Ask the postmen or the policemen whether my house smells strongly enough to be a nuisance. Why, my windows are always open ; my cats are , never allowed to go out at night, so that there may be no noise. Every morning at daylight I put on my dressing-gown and let them out. As for the smell, why, my windows are open all day long, with a draught of fresh air constantly ventilating the house, and dishes of carbolic powder in every room. Does the law of England say how many cats or how many dogs I shall keep'; No. Why tho pigeons in the square havo damaged my roof, but I have said nothing about it. Then why shouldn't I be allowed to havo my cats in peace 1 There are seventy houses round about me; every house has its cat, I daresay, and those seventy aie actually allowed to do as they li^t at night, whilst my poor pets are put under lock and key to preserve the peace.''

IXVE CATS DEAD IN THE COAt-CELLAR,

The Countess then lead the way down the steps on to the kitchen floor, down a pas sage which took us to the area. " Here are my dead pets," she cried, as she pulled open the door of the coal-cellar. On tho top of an empty hamper lay two fine black-and white cats, rigid with the colds of a violent death. These were lifted np, and beneath the hamper were three more fine cats, also dead, apparently from strychnine. VVith careful step I then went into the strip of garden, a Httlo wilderness with one or two trees, the grass long and uncared for and the beds choked up with weeds, low party walls separating it from the Gardens on each side. Tho dog?, bright, cheery follows, barked a welcome, and one or two cats appeared and followed us with every mark of affection. "All 1" said tho Countess with a shriek, "there is something wrong with this poor cat," lifting it tip, smelling its mouth, and carrying it indoors. Then wo wont iuto the dark kitchen, in which it is easy to picture tbo Countoss, brooding over the ingratitude of the mon and women whom sho had befriended, and .thinking of tho treasure that has been thrown so recklessly and so fruitlessly away, seated on a broken-backed chair, with a few embers burning in the grate, aud a halfpenny candle stuck in the neck of a bottle. "Let us go upstairs," said the Countess; and, mounting the : narrow bave steps, followed by half-a-dozen 'tSaIS, wo entered a'icSom overlooking the square, one window being open, the other closed, with the shutters fastened nijroiss. This room is the old nursery. An old side board Btood in the middle, on which was a waste-paper basket filled with litter, where reclined a big grey cat. A small, low -'. chair, such as passengers use at sea, covered | with a bit of sheepskin, stood by the open Beiore the fireplace were the *h cradles ranged round. On a torn and H battered sofa were half a dozen little baskets ■pgtjbbe reception of the mothers and their _■___&: '

offspring. Tho room, like tho othors in the houso, had n, poverty-stricken mr, being altogether given up to the animals. Clo_o against the walls were jugaand pails of water, plates full of the red disinfectant powder, dirty glasses, and an old basket or two.

THF. OATS COME TO THE COCSTESS.

" I have now only live of my own loft. I have eight or ten "stray ones, three dogs, and a few puppies. Uo not think that Igo to look for them. No, no. They come to me. Thero is a poor little kitten who came mewing to my door lost night. I must eive it shelter. Sometimes I have more, sometimes less. It is all the same to me. Letters often come asking me to take charge of a cat whose mistress is going to India, or to some far-off country. "Will you take my cat, Countess, and care for it !' they write. I take it, of course, and when my house gets too full I try to provide homes elsewhere for tho poor creature?. Look at Bijou," stroking a protty cat sitting beside me purring most contentedly. "lie was brought to me a few weeks ago by a poor girl, a seamstress, whoso garret full of furni ture had been sold for a debt. She came to me sobbing as if her heart would break, and beseeched mc to take the poor fellow. Bijou came, and you ask about the exis tence of affection in a cat. Why for many hours he never moved from one po. ition. and refused all food. At last ho settled down, but the other day his mistress came here, and the cat made a great spring to her lap, kissing her face, and evincing tho greatest joy at her appearance. Somo day sho will take him away again, poor girl ! There is a cat which a lady who has sailed for India sent to me. I had to pay three shillings for its carriage from Brighton," added the Countess with an odd smile.

"When astiay cat first joins the circle, starving and wretched, 1 put her down in the middle of tho room beforo a basin of milk or soup. The others, who have pro bably gone through the same experience and know quite well how the case Is, watch their new comrade from a distance, eyeing her with vigilance taking hor food. One by one they approach nearer, looking at mo and then at the cat. Gradually they form a circle, and sitting each on her haunches, they regard the new-comer with complacency, never "thinking of helping themselves." "Cats," mused"tho Countess, sadly, "have a preseienco of coming death. _Uy dear ones who havo just gono hovered round mo for the last wcok closer than over, clinging bo my skirts, and looking up nt me with forbodings of evil omen in their eyes. I watched them with all tho greater care and tenderness. But I have always noticed this in the cats. Ruby gave two great bounds and jumped to my bosom. She died there, and her last look said, ' Mother, they have poisoned me.'"

THE HABITS Or THK CATS,

" I never allow anyone to feed my cats but myself; no other hand touches their food. They have bread and milk at times, but I find that soup with biscuit is the best diet. I take a sheep's head, and make a good stock. I then break the biscuit up into it. The food costs me about a penny a day. You see how beautifully clean my cats are; that Is by the constant use of the brush. It is most cruel to wash a cat, which abhors water. The greatest insult you con offer to a cat is to throw water at it. If a strange cat comes into a house, and you wish to get rid of it, do not drive it away with a stone or a stiok ; throw a glas3 of water over it. You will then see the cat retreat indignantly, and with a haughty indifference to the con- Fequences of a retreat, as much as to say, ' You dare to throw water at me. I leave you. I shake the dust of your house from my paws. Nevermore shall you see me.' It is like pork to a Jew. Of all cats the tortoise-shell is tho most intelligent. They aro almost human. Prince Krapotkin's ex periments, of which I read the other day, I have repeatedly tried myself. I have seen cats look into the minor, paw it gently, walk right round it, over and over again, puzzled, and eventually beat a retreat, com pletely at a loss to understand the pheno menon. Now that we are discussing the cat, it is worth noticing that during the whole of one year, with all my cats of both sexes, I have only had one litter of kittens, of which the father and mother have been my own cats. They prefer fresh faces— like human beings." The Countess at this moment rose from her chair and called in a soft voice for some of her familiars. They came in from every corner. Upstairs I heard the patter of feet, as they had evidently jumped up from their sleep, and then tho sound of their footsteps coming down thesteps. "la the instinct of locality very strong in the eat t Do the cats that are placed in your charge never find thoir way back to their former homes '!" No. I find that cats that have been petted very much and have never been allowed to roam soon settle down." " Surely in your large family it is a little difficult to preserve order"—a question suggested by a very severe lick in tho face administered by a sedate-looking black-and-white cat to a too playful kitten. '' I call tho black-and-white there the Policeman. Ho settles all quarrels. He is exclusive in his friendships, and keeps order in my house. He is my oldest friend, and is rewarded with an odd mixture of fear and respect." "If I had seventy cats in my house, do you think that they would have the same dispositions?" "No. Cats are as human beings,. One is sulky, another affec tionate, one is spiteful, another combative, one sentimental, another may have a sweet disposition, be soft and gentle, ono may be forid of wandering, another prefers the fire side. When a strange cat comes'into the Jiouse it shows much concern ns to its sur roundings. It refuses food perhaps, and sits on a box or a chair for hours together, looking intently at me as I sit here. 'Who aro you ?' ' Aro you going to be kind to me !' ' Why do you go out of your way to show me all this kindness ?' That is what tho strange cat says to me. Having made up its mind quite suddenly that I am its friend, she maKes a great jump at me, and clings to me, purring and caressing mo."

CRUELTY TO ANIMALS,

"Countess, haveyou taughtyourdoctrine of kindness to your cats ? Suppose Bijou there spied a mouse, would she sit con tentedly then on the'box?" "No, alas! Bijou and Bob, Jumbo and Bella, soft and gentle as they are, are but eats. When the mellennium comes then they will play with a mouse no longer. But can you explain the horrible cowardice which shall make a man able to illuse an animal. Now I feed the sparrows In the square with a few handfuls of crumbs, but when they come fluttering to me—for they have learned to know me well—why the boys, urged on by bribes, or by their own innate cruelty, stone them to death. Only the other day they killed one before my eyes with a catapult; another I rescued, and gave the poor bruised thing a shelter. I put it in the sun, and in two or three hours it revived and took wing. When I hear a woman say, ' Oh ! I hate cats,' I look upon her with contempt. The heart of a woman should be open to the sufferings of animals and all dumb things A woman who is cruel to an animal would be cruel to a child. A hardhearted woman is an error of nature. Why, I could tell you of many great men and women who have cherished the cat. Mahommed himself when his eat fell asleep on his sleeve, it being time to srn to prayers at the mosque, rather than disturb the slumbers of the cat, cut off his sleeve. Richelieu had his por trait painted with cats in hi:_ arm ; then take Chateaubriand, George Sand, or Victor Hugo. The Princess of Wales once said at a meeting of tho Society for the Protection of Animals : ' If I have saved one cat from misery, I shall feel that I have done some thing.' What a charming answer 1" But all animals are fond of the Countess. She has oven cherished spiders more for the delicate beauty of their workmanship than for themselves. "I used to bring them to me by a peculiar low hiss."

A LETTER OF SYMPATHY,

Letters of sympathy came pouring in upon this unfortunate lady. Some are genuiue enough. Others may be judged of by what follows :—

"My lady,— lam sorry for the magis trate's decision against you on Saturday, and in case you should wish to find sym pathy with the human race, instead of the feline," &c.

Certainly neat. The writer then goes on to tell a sad enough story, and winds up by proposing that the Countess shall purchase tlio pawn-tickels for what follows :— " Girls' button boots (nines), 35.; flannel petticoat-, 4s. Gd,; black overcoat, 125.; light trousers, Gs. ; half-dozen table knives, G.°; half-dozen chctse knives, ss. j best plato half-dozen table forks, 7s. ; ditto half dozen desert, Gs.; ivory carver and fork, 75.; ditto poultry ditto, 65.; silver watch, 15s. , metal ditto, 7 ; " &C. There is a touch of humour in tho post cript, "All warranted good as new and carriage paid. Cash witk qrder, as they have to be redeemed from the pawnbrokers' —suitable for presents (sic)." "Self and wife are members of tho Church of Eng land " damns the fellow at once.

Then 1 bade tho Countess good-bye, thinking of some of tho grim stories which she had poured out, half sadly, half fiercely, o! women who had lain in amid those sad surroundings, of families she had succoured within those bare walls ; and but over these it is best to draw the veil of oblivion Her whole life affords another proof of the old gayii.frthat truth is stranger than fiction! So ends the story of the Countess and her cats,

I met tho cat's-meat, man with his arm ful of flowers on thr; door .-trp. Tho door closed u;sou him, but 1 h<wd tho t'.it. chorussir'g a devouring welcome. Some day they may devour the Countess. There may bo no gratitude either in man or beast. It would be a stiblimo ending.

THE AUCKLAND EVENING 7 STAR, SATURDAY, OCTOBER 18, 1884.

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MOUVT J_.i)._V-A Kirst class Rcxlrlenon of 7 room* compipto »-i'.i even- coiivci'fcnnn: well laid out grounds ahon- I acre fruit and fin*ei g:ird. n. Magnificent view (9451 WAIPU r Grand Farm of 260 -acres—tho very best in the district; good houso and out buildings; to be sold vory cheap. (1116) WATIKW"RTH-01d Fstab'ished Beading hou c Business for sale. First-clss* ormor tut.lty 10 seen c a really good oailuir con. cern. Price only f.500. J"1!1"* con- WI?i? S vMi, LA>T' PARNELL-Pretty V, ran (lab Villa of 1 rooms and scullery; water laid in; close to Manukau Road. Price £320. 0291) ' WOl-F-STREET, off Hepburn - street - Nice Villa Residence, 5 rooms, largo workshop. &0., Sec. £420. (1212) D. P. EVANS, HOUSE, LAND, AND ESTATE AGENT, AUCTIONEER, &c Land Mart— Queen-street, next Bank of AWBALAfIIA,



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Medical. TVTORTH SHOP. E PHAIIMAC V JM DEVONPORT, Ih specially fitted up to meet tho requirementl, of the District with Drues of the host quality, ■ Surgical Anplianccs, Homoeopathic Medicines, Patent and Family Medicines, and all Toilet and Nursery Rcciuist'ci and useful Compounds, Usually obtainable at any first-class establish ment. , ~.,., Prescriptions dispeneed and Medicines promptly forwarded by Coach three times a week to l'uhoi. Waiwera. Wado, Dairy Flat, Lucas's Creek, Sec. to Takapuna daily, and to Cheltenham. Vauxhall, Melrose, and all parts of the Shore as required. GARDNER, M.P.S., ENG., PIIIRMIST, Family Ciirmist, and Suroeox Dentist, The Pharmacy, Devonport TT" EATING'S pOIVDER. KEATING'S POWDER KEATING'-. POWDER KEATING'S POWDER KILLS RUO3 FIJSAS MOTHS HEKTLE3. This Powder is Qi'ITK Harmless to Ani mal Life, but is unrivalled in destroying lleas, bugs, cockroaches, beetles, moth, io furs, and every oilier species of insect. Sportsmen will ilnd this invi.luable for riestroyiiiK Has in their do„'S, n- nl-o ladies for their pet dogs. Tins Ai.tici.l- has Found so Great a sale that it has tempted others to vend a so-called article in Imitation. The Public are Caij-i ionkd that the tins of the irenuine powder bear the autograph of THOMAS KEATING. KEATING'S WOlt.M TABLETS KEATING'S WORM TABLETS KEATING'S WORM TABLETS A Purely Veuktaui.e Swekimbat. both in appearance and taste, tunii.hinit a moat agree able method of iKliniiii-loiliiK Ihc only cer'ain remedy for INTESTINAL or IHKXAD WORMS. It is a perfectly cafe and mild pre paration, and is especially adapted for Children. §.ild in Tins by all Chemists and Drues;l_ts. Proprietor: THOMAS KE V'MNO. london. STEEDMAN'S SOOTHING POWDERS FOR CHILDREN CUTTING TEETH. CAUTION TO FURCHASSR3. The Talua of thU well-known Family MedlolM has been largely tested in all parti of the world, and by all grades of society, for upwards M kitty years. Its well-camod extensive sale has induced spuriodb imitations, some w which In outward appearanck so elojeh' resemble the original as to have deceived mafly Surohasers. The proprietor, therefore, feels It ue to the public to givo a special caution against the use of such Imitations. Purohasors are therefore requested carefully to observo the four following distinctive char acteristics, without which nono aro genuine :— Ist—ln every jaae the words John Bte___> man. Chemist, ;i alworth. Surrey, are en graved on the Government Stamp affixed to oach packet. 2nd—Each Single JPowder has dlreotlons for the dose, and the worda John Stcedmaa, Chemist, Walworth, Surrey, printed thereon. 3rd—The name Stecdmaa Is always spelt with twoEE's. ... Ith—The manufacture Is carried on solely In Walworth, Surrey. - Sold in Packets by all Chemists and Medicine Vendors, at Is lid to 2s 9d each. Agents: KKMPrnoRNE, Prosser and Co., Auckland, Wellington. Ca_»irf»fcurc_i, and Dunedin. RNOLD'3 BALSAM OF HOREHOUND RNOLD'S BAL-tAM OF HOKKUOUND RNOLD'3 BALSAM OF HORKUOHND a pure Veuktaiilk Extract. The Best Homed) for Shortness of Breath. Nothing so quickly cures Coughs, Bronchitis, Asthma, Loss of Voice, In uenza. and V. oak Chest, as thin Balsam. Whcro children having Whuor-ing Ci.uah or aro liable to Croup, always seep it in ihe house. A BiDglo dose quietcna and >ivrt_ relief. A small bott.e often cures. lliUls the best expectorant now in use ; rapidly rolievtis the bronchial tubes by diusulvliw the couuealod phlegm. Carefully observe name of sole p»o ---prietor and manufacturer on label and wrapper. JAMES BRINSMEAD, Chemist, SL Ki.da. Melbourno. ARNOLD'S BALAAM OF HOREnOVNi) Ask for " Arnold's,' ana got it. Spurious imitations acfl sometimes offered. ARNOLD'S RAI.2-VM OF HOKEH'H ND AUNOLI.'S BALSAM OF HOKKHOUND ARNOLD'S BALSAM OF HOREUOUND Sold by all Chemists throughout New Zealand. Wholesale Agents-TiiE New Zealand Drug Company. Retail Anent-UEOHOE AICKIN. The Pharmacy. Queoon-striHit. Auckland.



Land und Estate Agents. W. L. M J T c H E L * LAND AND ESTATE AGENT. MERCANTILE CHAMBERS (NEXT Bank Of New Zkaland). TELEPnosa Exchanob No. 199. FOR SALB: PARNKLL—Excellent new Houso for £173. on leasehold, havinir nearly 50 years to run, at an annual rental of i 9. Thii is a really cood house, very nicely situated, and should com mand an immediate buyer. Itasy terms of payment cau be m-rangea. NKVV NORTH ROAD-Grand Leasehold Allot ments, at annual rentals ot £ti 10s, £7 10s, and -SS. To he sold at modorate premium. KINGSLAND ESTATE—A Fir^clasa Block comprising 2 excellent oornors. The whole a srooa frontage. To an ontcrprUlnjc Builder this will be sold in one lot oo oisy terms, to allow a Rood man. iv c( pre lit -o the buyer. MARKH.T GARDEN.—due of tho handiest sites close to Town, near a Hallway Station j good black soil; partly fenced. This pro perty is offered a bargain. To anyone wont ing to establish a home on about six acrea of ground, no bettor could bo selected, frioe, __3XI. 8120-2 ACRES lcvol ground, rich black soil, within five minutes' walk ot Railway Station, or six Acres for £300. WAIKOMITI—The p-.ok of an Estate, all fenced good loamy soil; water on the property almost adjoining Railway Station. Only a few sections remaining; from *10 per aore. Small cash deposit, the balance on easy terms as rnav he at ranged. WAIKOMIII—SmaII Fainis, 10. 13. and 28 Acres. No deposit required If only buyers will occupy and improve. AVONDALI-;- Some of the best Sections In this lapidiy-rising township, lo be sold on Building Society terms. MOUNT ALBERT—Rich Volcanic Allotments . —all cleared of stones. Nice, warm, dry soil, situated on the main road, in the very centre of the district. Good building sites from £90 and upwards. Deposit of £10 only required, or if buildings erected, all the purchase money can remain at 8 per cent. SUBURBAN AND VILLA RESIDENCES MOUNT ABI__ERT-2 acres and House, 19 rooms. MOUNT ALBERT—I acre an* House, 9 rooms. MOUNT EDHN—S Very Choioe Residences, with good allotments, at prices £170, £650, £600, and £660. MOUNT ALBERT—2 aoros and Grand New House. MOUNT ALBERT—H BQres and T-roomed House. CITY AND MARINE VILLAS. Wallace-stbhet, Ponsonby—2 Houses, £600 and £550. COLLINOWOOD-STKEBT—3 HOUSOS. Ponsonby ROAD-Cheap House. Vermont-stkeet—Good Corner, New House, £150. Clari-NCE-stkeet—s-roomod House. St. Mary's Road—House, £600. Prospect-street—Houso, £125. LracoLN-STRBET—House. £500. Hepburn-street—House, £800. Wood-street—House, JaMO. Grafton Road—House. £150. Commercial Road—House, £280. UniON-stheet—House. £350. Russell-street—House, 1.250. Beiies_'Oud-street—House, &c lIELENSVILLE—A very compact block on this rising Township, close to Railway Station; well suitod for building purposes, and sure to increase in value. This is a good investment to anyone and will be sold at a cheap r._U) to clear the lot. SUSSEX - STREET NEWTON-Verr good Cottage of 5 rooms, woll finished. £_»». CHEAP ALLOTMENT — Kingsland Estate. £33. ALLOTMENTS—Mount Eden Road, £7 per foot; Sussex-street, 10s perfoot; Mount Eden, 15s and 50s per foot; Ponsonby. £1 to £6 per foot; Lincoln-street, £3 to £1 per foet; Ponsonby Road, £15 perfoot; Northcotc, from £1 per foot, and upwards. PUKEKOHE—A Grand Farm of 80 Acres, close to Cheese -factory, acknowledged to be the best in tho district. TUAKAU—A First-olasß Farm of UO Aeros. NEW LYNN-One of the Choicest Little Farms lo the District, with Good Orchard, which will, in two years, come into grand value. BIRKENHEAD—The coming season will mark a steady demand for this improving district. I have several choice Fruit-growing Farms now offering, and my clients will do well to take early advantage of iho season just open ing. Some of the best Buildinu Sites close to the Wharf are now on Salo, for which very easy terms can be made. GLADSTONE-Adjoining tlio Northcote Public School. Twenty minutes' walk-from Wharf. A grand lot of 7 acres, all In cultivation, with dwelling newl erected, to be sold very cheap. 520 ACRES—A very superior Farm on tha Thames-Rotorua railway, mostly Improved, at £15s per acre. KARANGAHAPE ROAD (Clty)-I offer for a few dayß only some of the best frontages in tho most central part of this raptdly-lmprovlng thoroughfare. W. L. MITCHELL, ESTATE AGENT' Qoeen-btbeet. qURREY TTILLB. NOTICE. The New Plans, embracing additional lots for sale, are now ready, and can be had at the Office, Shortland-street. Those who have already applied for lots on the now plans are requested to state without delay whioh they intend to take. The earliest applicants will have first refusal at prices fixed. I Tormß as usual; one-fifth cash; balance In five I rears at 7 per cent,, or can be paid off by Instal ments. 1 A- SOARDMAN, Agent,



Drapery. .. , THY THE • NEW ZEALAND CLOTHING FACTORY FOR ROYS' AND YOUTHS' . BOYS' AND YOUTHS' SUPERIOR QUALITY CLOTHING. SUPERIOR QUALITY CLOTHING. TIIEIU BOYS' AND YOUTHS' SCHOOL SUITS A HE SPECIALLY GOOD MATERIALS, liKi.sa MO3T DURABLE. WHILE TUB PRICKS Altl_ WONDERFULLY LOW. AUCKLAND MUNCH : 158 AND ICO, QUKKMBTIIEKT, And at Ai.tißi.T-STiiKKT, Thames. J. FITZSIMONB, llriuich Munagor. Tea Merchants. TOHN BUCHANAN, WHOLESALE GROCER, Tea, Coffee & Spice Merchant CUSTOMS-ST., AUCKLAND. Telegraph Address: I Telephone Exchange. "Ragle," Auckland. | No. 66. The Advortisor desiroa special attention to hit Celebrated Brands of BLENDED INDIA AND CHINA TEAS. Since thoit introduction tho greatly increased demand for thorn substantially proves their excel lence, and confirms the hijjh esteem which : the Public havo justly accorded them. Tho following distinctive brands all beta his Trade Mark on tho labels, and are packed in lib and £lb packets, also in 61b, 101b, and 401b tins, viz i— Blended India & China Teas. Household Countess Duchess Princess Empress Brands. Blended Pure Indian Teas. Zemindar Brand. BAKING & YEAST POWDERS. ; The Advcrtifer also wishes to bring before the I'ublio his Baking and Yeast Powdors, which aro meeting with goneral favour, and requests attention to the following Analytical Report :— Laboratory, IloW-on-strcct, Auckland, Jtaoe IS, 18<l.-l liavc.aniplnd the Baking Powcferil the bulk, prepared by Mr John Huchanaa. Merchant, Auckland, and havo analysed the same and And tlio constituents pure and well proportioned. The result of my oxa_ii____.__oi Eoves ilils article to bo superior to any either .ported or colonially prepared that has been submitted to me, and I can, therefore, con fidently recommend it to tho public—(Signal) J. A. Pond, Colonial Analyst. Each Tin Bears his Rkoibterkd T&adb Mark. Sold by Grocers and Storekeepers Generally. The STOCK of GENERAL GROCEIHT and Oilmen's Stores comprises a Splendid Assortment, which is constantly being replenished by importations from European, American, and Australian Markets. Catalogues on Application. SPECIAL TEA NOTICE NEW SEASON. 1884-5. I have Received MY FIRST SIIIPMENT ot tilt NEW SEASON'S CROP, EX S.S. TAMBUI, from Fooohow, via Wellington, And shall be glad to Forward LIQUORING SAMPLES ob application. The QUALITY of THIS YEAR'S CROP is ot Vert Hioh Character Compared with the previous years. To those about to commence business, attention is drawn to the great advantage of being in a position to offer the Celebrated and Popular Brands of Spread Eagle Teas, Baking and Yeast Powders, etc., and to secure othor special inducements which I am prepared to offer, JOHN BUCHANAN, WHOLESALE GROCER, Customs-Street, Auckland. Sewing Machines. QINGER SEWING MACHINES. Sales in,ISS2 603,292 Machine*. „ 1881 681,030 „ Incbzasb...... 42,258. W THREE OUT OF EVERY FOUR MA CHINES SOLD IN THE WORLD ABE SINGER'S. UPWARDS OF THREE HUNDRED FIRST PRIZES 111 AND AT I CHRISTCHURCH EXHIBITION TWO GOLD & TWO SILVER MEDALS. To be obtained at PER 2/6 WEEK PER 2/6 WEEK OWL* AT 261, QURKU-STRBBT, AUCKLAND. BEWARE OF GERMAN AND OTHER f IMITATIONS. [ SINGBR SEWING MACHWW,



Coaches. "OAINBRIDOE'S TIME TABLE. ■ From Union Bank—22 minutes past tho hour. From Thk TiIKBK Lamps- 7 minutes to tho ' Hour. i Nioirr Trips vhom Ttfw n—4-past t, J-past 9, Rtast W, and 1-past 11. From Tiiube Lami'S -3 5. 9. IS. li. From Union Bank to Siieli.t Rkacii and Bahskiki.l)-htrhkt- 7mlmi.ee ixi.._ 0, __l minutes to 18.7 minutes past 10,23 minutes to 11,7 minutes ! past 11, 23 minutes to 12. V minutes past 12. 7 1 minutes past I, 23 minutes to 3, 7 minutes past 3, • U minute* to i, 7 minutes past 4,23 minutes to 5, E 7 minutes past 5, 23 minutes to 0, aud 23 minutes • to 7. 1 From Siirllt Beach—B.3o a.m.. 8.15 a.m.. 1 10.30 a.m., I.'JO p.m., 8.30 p.m., 4.30 p.m., and 7.10 • P.HI. AUCKLAND AND ONEHUNGA LINE OF COACHKS. BEALLACK & JENKINS'S COACHKS Leave Onehuno a— Dally at 7.30 a.m. and at 11.45 ».m.; Saturday ' Nights at 6.45. Lear* Auckland— Dally .at 9.15 ».n_. and 3.30 r.m.; Saturday ; Rights at 10.80. , ' RIXOLI Fakx, 9d ; Rktcrn do.. Is 2d. Qatar-day Night Fkr»»-Slngle, Is; Return, laid HOLLIS AND. CO.'S LINE OF COACHES. ALTERATION OF TIME TABLE. Lea-re Onkh-ltnba Liats Auckland IManukau Hotel). ', (Greyhound Hotel) 1.0 __.n_. - i 8.45 a.m. 1 1.30 a.m. Jt 9.« a.m. 9.0 a.m. K< A 10.30 a.m. 130 aq, Mi . H.«a.n_. 10.0 a__n. itf'jS 12.15 noon lU.9oa.n_, W'gS 1.0 p.m. > 11.15 noon i ,0 1.30 p.m. 13.15 p.m. I jS" 2.0 p.m. Lop.ni. • Sj« 2.45 p.m. Uop.n_. M -Mg 8.15 p.m. ' 180 p.m. SM*" Uj.m. 10 p.m. *!z2 630 p.m. 1 1.0 p.m. «KS fi.op._u. I 4.30 p.m. rp3 , 6si p.m. Monday, 11.8 nm, ..jfeS Monda>a, H.O p.m, Ba-Urdays.ft_Hpjn.SM__! Saturdays, 10 p.m. Wop.m_ toKH 11p.m. 1 Sunda-wj. Sundays I 8.30 a.n_, 10" «.m. 12 noon s_.op.rn. LX p.m» \ 6.0 p.m HOLLJH & CO., Proprietors. "O OVAL MAIL LINE OP COACHE3 ALTERATION OF TIME-TABLK, The Royal Mall Coaoh (carrying passengers* will, on aa»d after 6th Octobor, 1883, and until farther netire. run to the following Timjb taiilu :— Leavt* Can*, ridgo for Hamilton Junction Rail way Station .lailyatS-li a.m.; returning from Station to Cambridge on arriral of Train from Allele1 and. _,„ , Leave Slanjtlton for Te Aroha on Monday)! Wednesdays, and Fridays on arrival of Train itam Anekli* id; roturnlng from Te Aroha on Tno.K___.yß. Tht irauittTS, and Saturdays, at 7 a.m. rate-dug U_u7_ o'clock Trala at Hamilton Junc tion for Aucli land. Bookins Oman t Swy-MMfs ! Hotel, Hamilton West; Colemant Hotel l*i Are ha; and at my Premises, Kirk wood and Lase-strt otSjCombridgc. W. K. CARTER, Proprletof f *ambrld«. October I"K3_ Passengers Booked at H. H. Hayr and Co. a High-street,. Auckland. TIME - TABLE OF DEVONPORT ■'AND LAKE COACHES. Leave Viotjria Wharf, Devonport, at 10.21 a.m.. 3 p.m.. and 4.20 p.m. _ jenva Takapuna School housk at 11.15 a.m., 3 p.m. *nd 5.15 p.m. SuM>Aia.— Leave Devonport at 10.15 a.m. nnd 3 p.m. Loave Lako School-houso 11.30 a.m. and 5 p.m. FARE MACH WAY. ONE SHILLING. V J. QUICK. Pn-prl.tor . XTOKTHERN OMNIBUS COMPANi J3I (LIMITED). TIMK TABLE, On and after MONDAY NEXT, Sept. 22, ISSI i Auckland to Mt. Albert Avondale to Mt. Albert and Avondale. and Auckland. Leave Union Bank. Leave Avondale. 7.0 a.m. 8.0 a.m. 1 10.15 a.m. 0. 0 a.m. i 12.15 a.m. 11.30 a.m. J *2.15 p.m. 2.15 p.m. ' 4.15 p.m. 13.5 p.m. 5.15 p.m. 5.20 p.m. SATURDAYS. i 7. 0 a.m. 8.0 a.m. ♦10.15 a.m. 9.0 a.m. Llop.ni. til. 0 a.m. 2.30 p ill. 2.30 p.m. 8.45 p.m. 4.55 pm. .11. 0 p.m. 6.30 p.m. .AUCKLAND TO NEW LYNN. EeaFe Union Bank. Leave New Lynn. EL 12.15 p.m. 8.45 a.m. « 6.15 p.m. 2. 0 p.m. H ~ . BATURDAV6. o^-y h- 230 p.m. 815 a.th. V'C 11. 0 p.m. 5.15 p.m, li if» fat Mount Albort only. • 4 ««m Mount Albert eol^.



Ironmongery- i MIOKM&M; (LIMITED) Furnishing & General Ironmongers, QUEEN STREET. r Si S1 MORKIN & CO. are now Unpacking (ex late arrivals) LARGE SHIPMENTS of Furnishing Hardware INCLUDING— ENGLISH and AMERICAN ELECTRO, SILVER-PLATED and GILT WARE of the very best quality and greatest variety. FIRE SCREENS. ELEGANT AND ARTISTIC FIRE SCREENS AND STOVE ORNAMENTS, IN GREAT VARIETY AND PRICE. BLANK SCREENS, SPECIALLY PREPARED FOR WATER-COLOUR PAINTING. THE LARGEST ASSORTMENT OP THE ABOVE TO CHOOSE FROM IN THE CITY. Bessemer Steel Trunks, Japanned Oak Hat Boxes, Bonnet Boxea Picnic Cases, Deed and Cash Boxes, Milners s Paper and Cash B»xes. -■ ——— #2. ** VSL n _it ~^^l^^_v~J£i»__r: GARDEN REQUISITES OF EVERY DESCRIPTION. NEW LA¥fMO¥EE& INCLUDING— Improved Pennsylvania, Archimedean, Guelph, Buckeye (Senr and Junr.), Ranger, &.C., &c. T. & S. MORRIN& CO., LIMITED. GA_RDEN ROLLERS.



Coaches. mELEGKAPH LINE OK COACHES 'IMPORTANT NOTICE TO TOURISTS AND OTHERS. W. K. Carter been to announce that on aiu! after TUKMIAY, '_3th Jnnnnry, IVM. he will Run a Coach through to the Hot Lakes, Ohine tnutti (conveying Passengers and Parcels), leav Ir-.g Cambridge on TUESDAYS and THURU I»A YH, at 7 a.in., returning from the Lakes ea WKI/XKSDAYS and KRIOAY3. at 7a.m. Single Karen. £1 lot); or Return Tickets, avail able tor one week after Hale of l.isue, __3. All Pa«*cngors to be Booked at the Offlet before leaving IhiKgies and Saddle Horses, with experienced drivers, to order on the shortest notice. Order* by Telegram or Letter promptly atuoded to. Cambridge. January 23. iSSI. Paisongers Booked at H. H. Hayr and Cos., High-street, Auckland. Corsctinnkcr. f-\TE3 DOWN ha. At A just received v Select Assortment of STAY MATERIA J., ll every variety and colour STAYS, CO US KTS Upon the Tat est improve Country orders punctn All parcels sunt poet Iron MRS DOWN, Stay and Corset-maker Upper Uo-wm-streot The Stud. mHB FOLLOWING MAGNIFICENT STALLIONS, Tho property of tho New Zealand Stud and Pedioiuri Stock Company, Will Stand and Travel as under:— AT SYLVIA PARK. Single Mare. Two^or more. MUSKET .. .. S5 guineas 30 guineas To ownors who havo ncvor mado hso of the Horse before, 60 guineas). LEOLINUS .. .. lOgulneas 7guineas Half-bred Maroi, 5 gulnoas. CAP-A-PIE* .. .. 5 gulnoas 4 guineas ROSEBERRY .. 7 guineas 5 guineas Stand at CAMBRIDGE and Suiuioundino Districts. Single Mare. Two or more. ANTEItOS .. ~ s__ulneas 4 guineas ELGIN 6 guineas 4 guineas Stand at AUCKLAND District. Single Mare. Two or more. LOCH FERGUS .. 5 guineas 1 guineas Stand at PUKEKOHE and Surrounding DISTRICTS SingloMare. Two or more. YOUNG MELBOURNE 31 gns. 3 guineas Stand at MORRINSVILLE and Surround ing Districts. Single Mare. Two or more. LUCK'S ALL .. 3 guineas — ♦CAP-A-PIE will Travel and Visit Mares when required. 11. E. WHITAKER, Secretary. K%T ILLIAM GULLIVER, HOUSE, LAND AND ESTATE AGENT, QUEEN-STREET. Allotments : Church-street, 38 x 100.6, £3 12s per foot Mount Ko .kill Road, 50 x 118.G, £2 5s per foot Surrey Hills, £1 and £5 per foot Wharf Road, 40 x 100. £2 por foot Bulwcr-ctroet, 40 x 168, £2 5s per foot Arthur-street, 50 x 100, £6 per foot Prospect-street, SO x 100, £1 per foot Wallace-street, 80 x 218. £1 por foot Arjiyle-siroot, £3 per foot Richmond Road. 100 x 117, £2 15s per foot Curran streot, 73 x 130, £4 10s por loot Tweed-street, 50 x 130, £4 per foot Shelly Beach Road, 60 x 100, SA per foot Pioipeet Terraco (Mount Eden)— Lots 50 X 176, at 'i")S per foot John-street, several lots for fGO each Cox streot, 40 x —, for £S0 oanli . *u;irt-du- et, 27 x 110, for £80 each w. o uTI ivbb, yUEKN-STREET,



■VT E W ZEALAND RAILWAYS. TIME TABLE. — On and after APRIL 13T, 1884. AUCKLAND AND ONEHUNGA LINE. — — — wzr. Out Week Days. and Sundays. UUT* __ Sat ~ " am 'a.m.lno'n p.m. p.m. p.m. p.m. p.m. p.m. p.m. a.m. p.m. 01 Auckland .. dep 7.15 8.4012.0 2 0 .. 4.15 5.20 CO 8.30 11.15 9.0 2.30 Newmarket Junction .. 7.25 8.5012.10 2.10 .. 4.25 5.30 6.10 8.4(1 11.25 0.10 2.40 3 lljmuc" ...... ■■ 7^30 8.5512.15 2.15 .. 4.30 5.35 615 8.45 11.30 9.15 2.45 1 ..Green Lane e'l^D^lunction I! I! 7.45 9.1012.30, 2- .30 U2(.i.'12 5.50 0.32 9.0 11.41 9.26 8.67 g'onehunX ;.' ". ar_-: 7.65 9.2012.40 2.40 4.21 4.50 6.0 6.40 9.10 11.50 9.8_ 8.7 ONEHUNGA LINE. I N .. Week Days. Bu__days. "1 ' ~ a.m.|a.m.:a.m.| a.m. p.m.]p.m. p.m. p.m. p.m. p.m. p.m. a.m. p.m. 0 Onehunga .. .. dop. 7.5 8.20 9.20 10.10 1.0 355 4.30 5.10 6.20 6.55 9.80 10.0 5.80 a op2nroS» a jnncUon " '■'■ 7.15 8.30jc9.30M0.2Q I.JOdi.S M.40 5.20 cOO <_7.5 9.4010.10 5.40 ijaKllerallc •• .. j .. •• .. •• n^lcmuum'' 0 " I! '.: 7.30 844 " 10.35 1.25 4.30 " 5.35 " 7.20 9.851 ft 21 MS 7 Nowmai-kCt Juuctloh .. lM S.SQ "ilO 41 1.80 4.40 5.40 7.25 10.010.26 5.58 8 AWdSuld .arr. 7.15 9.0 " j 10.50 1.10 4.49J " 5.50 " 7.35 10.1010.35 0.7 6 Change for Mercer and Intermediate Stations. c Change for To Awamutn and Intermediate Stations. d Change for Auckland and Intermediate Stations. c Change for Otahuhu. MAIN LINE. AUCKLAND - MERGER -TE AWAMUTU. South—Week Days. — ~~, "B ______________ a m. a.m. a.m. a.m. p.m. p.m. 0 AUCKLAND dep. 0.0 6'_o 9 0 9.15 4.15 6.0 1 Newmarket Junction .. .. I 6.10 6.30 9.11 9.57 4.25 6.10 3 Hemuera •• 0.10 .. 9.15 103 4.30 6.15 ol Green Lann •• •• c •• 0 ■■ "c Penrose Junction .'.' '.'. V. G32 6.47 V.SO 1020 !>4*.45 Wjiso 9 i tahulnl - 6.42 7.0 910 .. 4.07 6.4,. 11 Papatoitol .. 9-50 10.17 5.6 %%sßs* :: :: :: "•"• ■■ m W-ia :: is :: 1_ HruT:: :: :: :: :: - -m 10.37 iuo 5:55 :: ail liunniman ■• ■• c ■■ n_B Pacra'a •• •- _ ■_ ■■ ■■ ;0 Pukekoho 8.07 U.o 12.18 6.20 _r33 Huckland .. « •■ •■ •• 35 Tuakan 8-20 11.22 .. 6.44 .<27 Wangarata ■• « •• •■ •; 10 Pokeno •• }]■<*_ ■• '•* I arr. .. 10 0 H.oO 1.20 7.10 43 MEKCEB \ dep. .. id.2o 12.10 " " nSO WlianKamarlno «;'>lj Wairangi aX\ Rangirlri 000 Ohinewal •■ ."i, 65 Hunt jr 12.0 }-24 69 latipirl •• {••" 71 Ngaruawahia 12.»5 i-t» a"i Pukcto •• •• •• ■• - nSI Toltapa -■ „•;. 85 Hamilton Junction 13a -!.*> _5 Hamilton ____> 90 Rukuhia •■ ,-i Dl Oliaupo •• 6S a% Lake Road •• - 8S Ngur.to : .. .. .. 3-j> ■• i 100 Tk Awamctu .. .. arr. .. .. »■)" •■ I Noi-Tii—Week Dayb. _ _ -— B a.m. a.m. a.m. a.m. p.m. p.m. OTe Awamuih .. .. dep. .. .. .. 9.10 3 Ngaroto.. .. : ■• ■• •• ■• •• a-4' al Lake Road •• •■ ••. 7 Ohaupo •• •• 10-* all Rukuhta •• •• •• _:•_ 16 Hamilton •• •• •• *•« 10 Hamilton Junction t •• 10.10 2.5 a2oTeßapa a23 Pukoto .. •• •• •■ ■• 27 Ngaruawahia •• •• J ■■» 2.fa 31 Tanpirl •■ •• )}■_» 3.10 SC Hnntly •• •■ Us> 3-30 ail Ohinewal •• •• •; a45 Rangiriri a! 7 Wairangi ail Whaugamarino •• •■ •• •• -•_ < arr. .. .. .. 1.20 5a 57 MERCKR j de p, 6.15 .. 11.20 1.45 5.20 60 Pokeno 6.26 .. .. 1.57 nOS Wangarata •• ■■ •• /•■ 65 Tuakau 6.46 .. .. 2.18 aflS Buckland •• .. .. / • • •• 7<hPukekohe ~ 7.6 .. 12.40 2.35 5.23 a73 Pacrata .. •• / •• a7B Runciman ... .. •• / ■• 78 Drury 7.13 .. 1.20 8.10 7.5 OSO Hunua .. .. ■• / •■ 81 Papakura 7.51 .. .. 3.22 85 Manurowa 8.10 .. .. / .. 7.34 89 Papatoitoi 8.28 .. 2.25 3.55 7.50 92,Otahul_u 833 7.5 .. 4.3 .. 6.50 95 Penroso Junction 68.51 t17.15 2.53 6L15 8.20 7.8 a96 Ellerslie .. h.. a97 Green Lane .. ».. -• 97 Remuora 9.4 .. .. 4.30 8.55 7.^0 88 Newmarket Junction .. .. 9.11 .. 3.20 C 4.40 8.41 TJS 100 Auckland arr. 9.20 ■■ 8.30 4.49 8.50 7.35 b Change (or Onehnnga. B—Goods Trains—a Passenger Carriage Is attached to these Train* which stop for Passengers by Signal only, and runs from Huntly to Hamilton and back on Tuesdays, Thursdays, and Saturdays only, d Change for Auckland and Intermediate Stations, c Change for Helcnsvllle and intermediate Stations. D— Goods Trains-a Passenger Carriage is attached to these Trains which stop fo* Passengers by Signal only, c Only stops to pick up Passengers for Waikato. /Only stops to set down Passengers from Waikato. a Flag Stations.—Trains do not stop unless required. Notice should be given to tho Guard at the previous stopping Stations by any Passengers desiring to alight at Flag Stations, g Only stops to pick up Passongers. ft Only stops to set down Passongers. KAIPARA BRANCH. AUCKLAND - HENDERSON'- HELKNSVILLE. OUT.—Week Days, IN.—Week Days, ' —| ' Stations. Mix. Mix. Mix.' Stations. Mix. Mix. Mis- ____^ i . ToTTST am p.m. I I a.m. I a.m. p.m. Auckland .. (C.W.) dep. 7.15 10.50 430 Ueler.sville .. (C.W.) dcp. 0.25 11.45 1.30 Newnurkot Junction arr. 7.21 10.50 J.."'J IMcnsville South „ Ditto .. .. dep. 7.211 II 10 4.11 uhir;.iigl .. .. Mount Eden .. (W.) ~ 7.31 11.17 1M Paeroa .. .. Iving-limd .. „ Woodhlll.. .. Morningsido _ „ P-ewcti .. .. s.. Mount Albert __, Waipapa .. .. (W.) Avondale .. .. 7.4" 11.37 5.3 Wnimnuku .. „ Hunt's Siding .. „ Knmeu Junction arr. .. 12.55 5,34 New Lynn .. , Ditto .. .. dep. 7.25 1.10 5.35 Walkomlti .. „ Taupaki .. .. Henderson .. „ 8.10 12.1 5.30 Waitakere .. (W.) arr 6.51 Swanson .. .. „ Ditto .. .. dep. 7.15 1.33 5.55 Waitakere .. (W.) arr. .. .. 5.54 Swanson.. .. „ . Ditto .. .. dcp. 8.35 12.31 5.55 Henderson .. „ 8.10 2.0 619 y Taupakl .. .. Waikomitl .. „ Kumen Junction arr. .. 12.55 6.16 New Lynn .. Ditto .. .. dep. 8.55 1.5 6.17 llunt'p Siding .. J, Waimauku .. , Avondale.. .. „ 8.37 2.27 6.41 I Waipapa.. .. (W.) Mount Albert .. Reweti ~ .. < Morningside ... , Woodhlll.. ~ i Kingsland .. , Paeroa .... Mount Eden .. (W.) „ 8.55 2.18 7.0 Ohirangi .. ~ Newmarket Junction arr. 9.0 2.53 7.5 Hclensville South .. Ditto .. .. d"p. 9.20 3.5 7.10 Hclcnpville ■■ (O.W-) arr 9.5.5 2.10 7.20 Auckland .. (C.W.) arr. 9.30 3.15 7.20 GENERAL CONDITIONS. ARRIVAL AND DEPARTURE CF TR_.INS.-Thp Department docs not pledge Itself as . to the despa eh or arrival of trains at the exact time shown in the Time Tables; should circumstances render it impossinlo or inexpedient for a train to proceed, the faros paid will be returned. The Department docs not undertake to forward pa.eengers in such cases CHILDREN.—Children under threo yeais of age are carried tree; above three, and under twelve yer.i of ace, at half faro. PASS!CNf!KUS can he booked at Stations conditionally only that there is room in tho train. PASSKNGKRS entering tho train a! a Booking Station without a ticket, or having pot in • nt a Flag Station and not taking a ticket at tlio propjr Booking Station, will bo charged one sliiliir.e; in addition to the ordinary fare. LUGGAGE.—Each passenger Is allowed lo tako 112lbs. of Personal Luggage free (not Including merchandise of any kind), and for every 5«ib.., or fraction ot sG!bs., above this weight, for every 50 miles, tho charge will be ono shilling. No luggage will bo allowed to bo taken into the carriages uulessof such a size that it can be placed under the seat without inconv. nience. Tho Department will not bo responsible for lngsage which is not tarried in tho van, or which passengers may havo neglected to see labelled. Posscngers having lugguago to go by train inuttt present it at tho Station at least ten minutes before ihe advertised departure of the train, or the Department will not be responsible for its despatch. Passengers who havo lost luggage arc requested to give notice to tho Sta'ion Masters at once. The Department will not Be responsible for any luggage or parcels improperly left about the Station premises. GOODS AND PARCELS to Flag Stations, platform, and private siding., where no officer of the Department Is In charge, must be prepaid, and will be put out at such Stations at the risk of consignee. PARCELS must be at tho Station at least thirty minutes before tho advertised time ot departure of the train by which they aro to bo forwarded. HORSES. CARRIAGES, _aND DOGS.-The Department does not undertake to forward Horses. Carriages, or Dogß by any particular train, but when sent the must he at the forwarding Stations half-an-hour beforo tho departure of the train. Tho owners of horsos must provide means of securing thorn in the horse box, and the Railway Department will not be accountable for any injuries sustained through their breaking looso or otherwise, nor will it undertake to , carry unbroken cr vicious horses. At country Stations requisitions for horse boxeß or carriage trucks must bo mado the day beforo they aro wanted. DOGS must bo provided with ch___na.____p..oUier sufficient means of securing them. They will not be allowed In carnages, and the sender must obtain a ticket, to be given up before the • end of tho journey, before the dog is delivered. SMOKINU is strictly prohibited in any part of the Railway premises or In the oarriaWf, oxcopt thoso spooially set apart and marked for tho purpose. ■■■", OT All Time Tables issued prior to ibis date are now cancelled. -.2 » <v w»-jtwSLL, General U»»awr New }S<»i»"4 Rtilwsys, V ___*»__•_. L'-.Hft. 7 f_«_. .J*____h. : L:._:.'. '.■.' £_5S_H_