A SOCIAL DIFFICULTY.

a?HE Bishop ,laid down the telegram cm the table with the air of a man who lias made his mind up, and- will hear 'no further nonsense from'anybody about it. . . 'No, my dear/ he said to his,wife decisively. ', He's been acquitted, and •that h so far satisfactory-to a certain "extent, I grant you, satisfactory : nu- Xmanly speaking, it was almost impos sible that he could be acquitted, mo evidence don't suffice to convince the court-martial. I'm glad of it; •■ tery glad of it, of. course, foroopr Iras Sake': but upon my word, Charlotte, I can't imagine hoir on earth they can eYGi- have found lfenv then consciences to acquit Mm. In my .opinion-humanly speaking once more J-it's morally certain., that Captain lurbury himself .embezzled every penny of all that money.' .. . Mrs Brandroth turned the telegram •over nervously, with two big tears standing ready to fall in the corners ot hertdear motherly old eyes, and then '.asked in a timid voice, 'So jouye quite decided, have you, Arthur, that, it must be all broken off botween him and poor Irisl' . • ,'.. ; . . '. The Bishop played with-Ins paper fcnife, half stuck throughlthe 'Guardian Sn his tasty fashion. 'My dear; ho answered, with, the natural impatience of a just man unduly provoked by female- persistence,'how is it possible, I put it to you, that .we could ever: dream of letting her marry him?> 1 don't wish to judge him harsnly—iar ; be it from, me to judge any man: I hope I understand, my duty as a Christian better : but still, Charlotte, Si's one of our duties you know—an un pleasant duty, but none the less a dut 3 on that account—not to shut our eyes against plain facts. We are entrusted Sth the-safe-keeping of our daughters happiness, and I say we oughtn t to al low her to imperil it by throwing her self away upon a man whom we. strongly suspeot—upon j«sfc &MW —to be quife .; unworthy of her. I am sorry that we must give Iris so; much pain; but our duty, Charlotte, our duty, I say, lies clear before us. The .young man himself seesjt, .What ,more would you wish, I wonder V ,■ Mrs Brandreth sighed quietly,, and let two tears roll imperceived down her placid, gentle, fair-old face,, 'The court-martial has taken a more lenient view of the case, Arthur;' she suggested tentatively, after a pause of a few minutes. '.'■■. . • ■> The Bishop looked up from tho table of contents of the' Guardian' with a. forcedly benign glanco of Christian for* Tbearance. Women will, ha %ypmen, of course, and 'will sympathise .with daughters and so forth in all their matrimonial entanglements. 'My dear,' _he explained, with. luY practised episcopal smile of gentle condescension to" the lower intelligence -ofi women and of the inferior clergy, 'you must recollect that the court-martial, had to, judge of legal proof and legal certainty. Moral proof and- moral certainty are; of course, quite another' matter/ ■ ;I might hesitate, on the' evidence. given, to Imprison, this young, man ( > or even to deprive him of his commission in the &rmy; and yet I might hesitate on the very same. ; grounds to^ lefc . liirri ; take my daughter in ;,marriage. He: has been acquitted, it » true, on the charge ; but a suspicion, Charlotte, a certain vague shadow of formal -suspi caon.must always, in future,:hang over him like a cloud. Caesar's wife—you remember the Roman " dictator^said; pesar's wife must be,'above, suspicion. Surely, if a heathen (thought, that} we, Charlotte, With all our pnvileges,ought to be. very careful bfl. what sort of man; webeStow Iris.'' M •'•'"'.;,. '../:,„...; : And having, thus summarily \ dis < missed the matter, the Bishop , turned with profound interest to the discussion on the evil consequences of the Burials Bill and the spread of .dissent in the "West'of England. ■■ ■ ':' -; ,: '.',! ■ To a mind deeply engrossed- with these abstruse, .and ..important, sub, iects the question about poor Iris's re lations with Captain Burburr* of the Hundred arid Fiftieth,: was, of course,'. a relatively .small ion cV,. I vis. 'indeed, had never been engaged to him ; that was a great comfort in all this ■ugly, unpleasant business.. . The toum* man had only buzzed a- little around the episcopal palace at. Whit chester, dancedwith her, talked -to her, and arrived at,a! slight 'private Hinder standing, ,wliich,didn't exactly amount tb a-Tegular engagement,, and which had never been officially communicated to the parental ear. , Tha^; at .least,; was a great'eomfprt;,the .Bishop, considered it , providential. Sinee1 this • ' awkward ; question' dboutVilie ■ "deficiency Jin -the; ad v iuta'nt'a ' accounts .had, first arisen,;, to, be sure,the bishop .had learned from Mrs' Brandreth that this young tnjabf (he always .spoke , of Harry Burbury in that oblique fashion) had suc ceeded in" making^' passifi^.imprds-. sion, .upon ;BOor , insV Unbestowsd. affections, But then girls you see, are always fancying themselves m love with somey^ußgmanofpther, and are always profoundly convinced for the time being'that they .can*never con ceivably;be happy '-without him.- - We, my d/ar;Mr Dean v or my dear. Sir William, who'are'meri'of thb world--l ieaiii-^ho'WpeißOfls of^inaturer years and. more solid,uuderstanding^ we lenow'very weirthat m six months or ™ girls forget all about^at; .me* Mr Blank/ or^hat clear Qaptain Some,-, body in their last passing, fancy.-for you^So-andrsorwho-will-m-duetime nwrf"Uliy;^able . and-eli^ible " e ° on' And as,in,thi^,cas6. there woulc":be no .public.,withd f >val, no open breach of, an,announced; engage-, S Dr. Brandreth turned.: comply

Bill,] and in : ten minutes had com pletely dismissed, from x his profound episcopal mind''the"whole subject of Captain Burbury^' unfortunate court martial.'"''

Meanwhile, Mrs Brandreth, who was not philosophical, like the Bishop, but who felt herself most ■' imprudently sympathetic with' all dear Iris's little girlish feelings—quite wickedly so, she was almost afraid—Mrs Brandreth. I say, had stolen- away quietly to her daughter'!! room, and was sitting on the little couch at the foot of the bed, with Ida's hand held fast in 'hers, and Iris's soft.'crimson..cheek laid tenderly on her 'motherly, shoulder. 'There, there, darling,' she was saying with tears in hor eyes, as sho soothed .''hoi1 daughter's hand gontly with kor own.; ' don't cry, Iris ; don't cry, my pot. Yes, do cry; it'll 'do you good, darling. Perhaps by-and-by, when things blow over a liltlo, yonr papa will think lather dif ferently about it.1 Iris took up the telegram for the fiftieth time with a fresh flood of tears: ' From Captain .Bnrbury, Aldershot, to Miss Brandrctb, Eaton Place, Lon don. The court-martial has acquitted mo on .all the charges. But I can

: never,:novcr see you again.' 'Oh, mamma,' she cried through her sobsand tears, 'how" cruel of him to say'such a tiling as that, and at such a moment!' ■ , ; . •

: ' No, no, dearest;' her mother said. 1 Ho was quite right to say it. He feels the horriblo suspicion rest upoa him still, and he can't bear to face you while it's hanging over him. No good and true man could do other. But,' t §ho added after a moment's pause,' I think, Iris-—I think, darling, in spite of what he says, you'll probably see him here this very evening.' : Ida gayo a sudden start of surpriso and pleasure ' This evening, mamma;! This very evening?' she cried excitedly. 'Oh no, not after sending me such a telegram as that, dear, surely !' ■ Mrs Brandreth had not the slightest idea in the world that she was a psychologist—probably she could not have pronounced the word even if you had asked her—yet she had answered quite readily, ' Why, you know, Iris, he ■ must have come straight out from the court-martial and sent off that telegram in the heat of the moment, just to let you know at once he had been at any rate acquitted. Of course ho couldn't help adding the despairing tag about his never, never seeing yon. But when ho goes back to his own quarters and thinks it over a little, he'll make up his mind that he must just run up to town and speak with you once more before he breaks it all off forever. And if he sees you, Iris—but, after all, why should he break it .oft" 1 He has nothing lo be ashamed of. For, indeed, I'm' quite sure, darling, he nevejr, neyGiynever, novei1 could have taken that dreadful money.' ■■'■ ' Of course not, mamma,' Iris answered simply, with profound con fidence. |'. What a blessed thing it is to bo a trustful -woman ! Tho Bishop's moral certainty was really nothing at all compared to .his pretty, weeping daughter's unshaken conviction. << '' Charlotte/ the Bishop said, putting his head in at tho door for a second, with': his .episcopal hatsuspended loosely in his right hand', •'•l've ordered the carriage; and I'm going down now to tho A'th'en&ura; from the Atheriauim I shall drive on to tho House of Lords; from the House of Lords, after dinner, I shallgointo the Commons and hear what those dissenting C4lamorgan people have got to say about this distressing Welsh disestablishment business. Very probably the debate may be late. I shall send the, carriage home, in case you want it, and I shall cab it back or take the Metropolitan. Don't sit up forme. Have'you got a latch-key V Mrs Brandreth gave an involuntary start.- ;The notion of tho Bishop de mauding a latch-key was really and truly too ridiculous. ' .The fact was, the tho i Brahdreths ,had only just taken their furnished house in i Eaton Place for tho that very week, and the1. Bishop himself had arrived alone from the Palace Whitches.tor that identical:, morning.. A man oppressed by the-! spiritual burdens of an entire dio6ese cannot, of course, be reasonably expected to,go, house-hunt ing. It was irrational and unscriptural,' Dr. Brandreth heldy to suppose that he should leave the w,ork of his sec to serve tables. So Mrs Brandreth and Iris had come; to. ;town and secured the epis copal lodgings beforehand ; and as soon as every thing was put' fully straight, the.Bishop himself came, up for .the sessioiiito 'his own hired house' (like St.Paul) and1 entered; into theenjoy ment' of ■ a neatly ordered 'and.'well arranged study, i'.'j This,,, he explained, left his..mind perfectly free for the wearing and; harassing duties : of- the episcopate,^ combined, ; as they ; ', were under, pur existing .circumstances, ■ with jthe arduouswork of a.Lord-Spiritual iri the Upper-House.' f; ' ' r ;;" 'Yes', ,, Jtyfrs "Braii'detli had a latch-key ; a,ud the,Bjshbp,'.still absorbed in soul by the effects of the Burials Bill and the aggressive conduct of the Glamor ganshire Dissenter^ kissed his ■vyife arid daughter, mechanically, and went off ruminating:, to the Athena'am:-'- ' Iris has been crying,' he' said to'himself jwjth a pensive smile, as John" turned tlie handle of'the carriage door respect fully behind him.- 'Girls-will make' a fuss : about these''fool ish 'love affairs. ' But,', in a little ■while she's sure to .get over it.v.lndeed•, for my part, what she can possibly see t'cadh^ire'1!!) this young man in'the HujidrGclv and. Fiftieth '.rather than ,in ;po,or dear good Canon Eobinson, who !wo.uldiimake«i such an -'admirable liua ;barid -for . her—th'oughy-'-'tg^ be' sure," ther!o is a-' certain disparity, in age— fairly, passes my comprehension. 5,:, i ' | , And yet, when young Mr •Brandreth, of Christ:Churc])';:hiid'wooed and won Charlotte Varid^leur,' he was himself a handsome .young curate..; i,;,; „ ;,,;.;:.,.: tiThe 'afternapn 'fl'ore away-'slowly in

Eaton Place, but dinner-time came, at last, and just as Mrs Brandreth and Iris were rising up disconsolately from a pitiablo pretence of dinner,' for the .sake of the servants)' there came a very

military knock at the front door, which niade poor Iris jump and start with a sudden flush of vivid colour on her,pale cheek. ' I told you so, darling,'. Mrs Brail: dreth half whispered in a pleased under tone. ' It'ii Captain Burbury.* And so it was. Tho mother's psycho logy ,(or instinct if yoti will) had told her correctly. Mrs Eraudreth rose to go into the drawing-room as soon aa the card was duly laid before her. ' I oughtn't to leavo them alono by themselves,' she thought to her self silently. ' If I did, under the cir cumstances, Arthur would be justifiably angry.' And, so thinking, she drew liter daughter's arm in hers, murmured softly, 'Iris dcar,l really fool I oughtn't to leave you,' and—walked oft" quietly without another word into her own boudoir. Iris, her heart beating fast and high, opened the door and stepped alone into the front drawing-room. As she entered, Hairy TBurbury, that penitent and shamefaced man, walked up to her with hands out stretched, . . . seemed for- a moment as if he would bow merely, . . . then made aa though he would shake hands with her, ... and finally, carried away for a moment from his set purpose, caught her, up ardently in both his arjns, kissed her face half a dozen times over, and pressed her tight against his heaving bosom. j Ho had never kissed her so before, but Iris somehow felt to herself that the action just then really required no apology. Next minute Harry Burbufy stepped back again a few paces and surveyed her sadly, with his face burning a fiery crimson. ' Oh, Iris;' he cried, ' I mean Miss Brandreth—no, Iris. I made up my* mind as I came along in the train from Aldershot that I should never, never again call you Iris.'

'But, Harry, you made up your mind, too, you would never see mo ! 'I did,' Iris, but I thought —I thought, when I came to think it over, that perhaps I had better come and tell you, before I left England, why I felt it must be all closed for over between us.'

' Left England.Harry ! All closed bo tweenus !'

' Yes, Iris ; yes, darling !' And here Harry so far forgot his resolution once more that he again kissed her. 'I shall resign my commission and go away somewhere to the colonies.' . ' Harry!'

It was a cry of distress, and it rang terribly in the young nifin'* ea'I,but with an effort he steeled himself. He didn't even try to kiss her. ' Iris,' he Began once more, ' it isn't any use my trying to call you Miss Brandreth, and I won't do it. Iris, I feel that after this, I have zio riglib to comb near you in future. I have no right to blight your life with that horrid, terrible, undeserved sus picion.' ' But, Harry, you arc innocent! You didn't take it! And tho court-martial acquitted you.' 'Yes, darling, they acquitted me of the charge, but not of tho sus picion. If I HAD taken it, Iris—if a man had taken it, I liican, he might perhaps have kept his place, on tho strength of his acquittal, and tried to live it down and brazen it out in spite of everything. But, as I didn't take it, and as I can't bear the shadow of that horriblo suspicion, I won't live on any longer in England, and I certainly won't burden you, dearest, with such a terrible, unspeak able shame.'

' Harry,' Iris cried, looking up at him suddenly, 'I know you didn't do it. I love you. I trust you.. Why should we ever mind the other peoplof , : Harry faltered. ' But tho Bishop ¥ ho asked. 'How about your father, Iris ?• No, no, darling, I can never marry you while the shadow of this hideous, unworthy doubt rests over me still.'. ,

Iris took his hand in hers with a gesture of tenderness which robbed; tho act of all suspicion of unwomanly "for wardness. Then she began to speak to him in a low soft voice, to comfort him, to soothe him,: to tell him that nobody would ever believe it about him, till Harry Burbury himself began half to fancy that his sensitive nature had .exaggerated the evil. Plow long , they sat there whispering together it would be hard to say: when lovers, once take to 'whispering, the conversa tion may readily prolong itself for an indefinite period. So at least Mrs Brandreth appeared to think, for at the end of a quiet'hour or so her sense of propriety overcame her sympathy with i Iris,. and she. ;w.ent. down to join the young couple in •• the front. drawing-room; It gives .me gre&t pain Jto add, however, that she stood; for a moment and rustled about a few magazines and papers on the landing-table^ very prudently, bsfore actually turning , the handle of the drawing-room dogr.. This is a precau tion too frequently neglected in such cases by the rnatter-oPfact' and the un wary, but one /whose," breach I have often known to produce' considerable inconvenience >to the persons con cerned. ; :' When Mrs Brandreth at last entered, she found Iris,- as girls are usually found on similar occasions, seated by herself bolt,'upright on a, very,,stiff-, backe.d chair :) at' the ■iaui end .ol.tlie room, while .Harry----Burbury was

playing nervously :iwith.... the end of, his moustache, on the opposite side ;of the • centre ottoman.- Such

phenomenal, distance spoke ' more •eloquently !l ' to !j; Mrs', ' Brandreth's psychological acumen ihan any degree of. propinquity : could ■• possib'j/have done, 'They must have bosh'very

confidential with ono another,' Mrs Brandrcth though: to herself wisely. ' I've no doubt they've settled the matter by themselves offhand, without even thinking the least in the world about dear Arthur.1 ' Mamma,' Iris said timidly but quito simply, as her mother stood half hesi tating beside her. ' Harry and I have been talking this matter over, and at first Harry wanted to leave England; but I've been saying to him that some bodf sitrait hart taken the money, and the best thing he pan /.do is to stop here and try to find out who really took it. And he's going to do so.1 And, for tho present/ lriß cm" ill phasize.d the words very markedly, 'we're not to bo engaged at all to ono another ; but, by-aud-by, when Harry has cleared his reputation and here Iris broke off suddenly, a be coming blush doing- duty admirably for the principal verb in the unfinished sentence. (This figure of speech is known to grammarians as an aposio pesis. The name is for the mosb part unknown to young ladies, but thfl figure itself is largely employed by them with great effect"' in , ordinary conversation,) Mrs Brandreth smiled .1 faint and placid smile. ' My dear Iris,' she said, ' what would your papa .say if he only heard you talk like that V And feeling now quite compromised as one of the wicked conspirators, tho good lady sat down and heard it all out, the house thereupon immediately resolving itself into a committee of ways and means. It was very late, indeed, when Mrs Brandreth, looking at her watch, ex claimed in some surprise that she really wondered dear Arthur hadn't come home ages ago. At. this unexpected mention of the Bishop, Harry Burbury, who had run up to toAvn honestly intending to see him and renounce his daughter, but had allowed himself to be diverted by cir cumstances into another channel, rose abruptly to take his departnre. It oc curred to him at onco that two o'clock in the morning is not perhaps the best possible time at which to face a very irate and right reverend father. Besides, how on earth could he satisfactorily explain his presence in the Bishop's own hired house at that peculiarly unseasonable hour 1

As for Mrs Brandreth, now fairly embarked on that terrible downward path of tho com mitted conspirator, she whispered to Iris, as William fastened tho big front door behind Cap tain Burbury, " Perhaps, dear, it might be quite as well not to mention jnst at present to your papa that Harry'—yes, she actually called him Harry!—'has been to see you here this evening. And if wo were to go to lied at once, you know, and get our lights out quickly, before your papa comes home from the House, it might, perhaps, be all the better !' To such depths of frightful duplicity does tho downward path,- once: em barked in, rapidly conduct even an originally right -minded clerical lady !

(To be Concluded To-morrow.)

TSE {:AJJ.CKJjMJ). 1 EVENIHa;: ■-ST^R t '-.MOS rDA-K...\MAY.'' lft 1887.

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» - Railway Time Table. '-"'^^l,,.^ t^t E W 3 E A. L A!JT_^ RAJIL W Ay TIMiS TABLB. —On and aftbb APRIL 1,■'1887.u , ;iV ' V^' .'. ■: ■ AUCKIIAND AND ONICHUNGA LINE. ~ ( 'jj ..^^ ;„■ ■^T 7"^" . WBBK DAYS. ■".-..' .'^^SSlEr* _ — a .uj.'fi.ni.|a.m.jnotifp.in. p.m. p.m. p.m. d.m, p.m. .P^mTTSlrf*-S-i£. |#^Itllilifi|l:iil *Vl^r3ifl at¥l "■ 738 " 6"c ii.s'liaS6'2.2s 4.40 5.45 fi.io .. 11025 L 3512 s; -V SseJuncUon 7.45 B.'SG 411,11.1012.30 2.30"4.45 5.506.52 7:3010.30 l| g| jg.g aifr!jW ,A6].lL2o|lL2oia.fo 2.4 P | A.65 6.5 j 7.0 7V40[10.40 Upj^ ,^ *iomSe'rf n9 '* 7.50 8.44 9.'55 'i6?2l ;i2.35 125■'4.51 5.85 ".'. 7-45 11.15 2^5 in',, — Newmarket Juit 7 U 349 10.V 01130 12.10 1,30 5, 4 5.40 .. 7.50 H. 20 sf »sfl j^g^^j^a-^iol "^^ " 8-°^J.ilSs|g " Change for Qnehuny.a. § Chango for Otahuhr. ' J Change for Waikato Stations., _ « Change forKaipara Branei StilL t GhanSe for Mercer and lr.'»crmediato Stations.. . ■ -■ : - •:.■-.. vv.^m li Chango for Auckland and Intermediate Statlona. ; ~«., ..- . . . ■;•■■ main-line.. (j v , ;'. ';' \:',:''"■'■■:; AUGKLAND-MERCEE-TE AWAMUTU-OTOROIIANGA,



SOOTHS-WEEK DAYS. :■'"■, ' "■' . '": >r; *P^ i i _ ' ' -- '' '' " - ■ •■ A ; . ~;■:' :;, >'•• i -,-^s, ;■ • A.M. A.M. A.M. A.M. A.M. P.M. .'.P.M.'! fflfc AUCKLAND ...I dcp. 0.0 6.20 7.15 8.0 H.jO 4.15' ;M ;$% Newmarket Junction - 6.10 .tt 7,25 S.lO 11.55 4.25 -5.V- 'v; 5.30; ft Itcmuera .. .. •• •• &£ .6.10> „. 7.30 8.15 n -U0. ..^12- -^s|f] raiwsilo' 0"0' " ~ f-I 623 6.18 7.38 8.23 B 4.10 "fiSs'" f| Female .Junction H .. «-23 7/0 W 831 12.25 tU9 —5.5?^ Otalmhu.. .. {S e;*° 7/10 *J? 8.41 12.40 >59, ,■ 1° vf/f Papatoitoi .. ..■■'■' ..'■''.:■'■ " -• •• 12-55 " 6.8" ' * lS Manurewa .. .. 1,,, ,}.. ,„* *^ " H2 H? ' ..' ' ''' . Papakimt.. .. .. ;. .. 8.0 .. ... 130 5.37-' .■ ][ .jj;*; j|; Drury* "W '.''."."' '.'. '''.'• ",■■■ 2.15 !! 9.25 1.47' 5.56. "'^•^M ♦Runciman .. Y'mJr 1 ... i; " * ..'■••'■" ■? * ~"»..,'.•./ **.'''4^ ';j! pSphb* j " ::■ ■:: :: 8.57 '.'. 2.19 .tw'.'y,'^?;^ "Bncklnnd .. •■-•.. ..I .. „.„. -- -• . •"•. „■',„ v. ..„-.,;.,*■,-,■n •;!!' Tunkau .. .. ~ .. ,• 9-21 - ... 2.43 6.43 , \\ .": ■■■. -• *Whnngarata .'.' .. .... •• '•• '' ' "_"«.'' '",,■*'•*: s'^. Pokcno . -* ... .. -. 9.46 -• .. 8.3 ..,7.0: .i *)/v.x aS _. " / arr. .. . 10.0 „ 10.35 3.15 ,7.i0-. ,-.< "„::.;.. '■■ Mercer .. ... :- \ d(Sp ;. ;• - 10.55 • 3.40: ;'...'. ,\.,;;;v;;v m. HVhangamarino ■~..•• •• ••■•' •• •• * ! '•• ".," ■"'■■■""'■ » •Wairangi ~ .. '.. ~. r ..• •■• • •'' .•*•'•' :•• ' ••• "jri : :< 4 ■'Rangiriri .... .-. .. ' •• •- •• ■ ■ «••• ..';:'^. l -! f\> *O!iinewai .. .. :.. .. ; ...... •• „,•• •„_■■ — '■'> '.•..,' I: :'!. . Huntly : .'. .. •• •• 12.10 5.20 ..■;,..,:', *v Taupiri .. ~ .. J ... - •• 12.30 SMO- ... •■ ;; '■'- ■-" ■'/'■.% . Nparuawahia .. .. •■ 12.J8.. 6.10 ... w b^1 i 'Puketc .. .-. .. ~ '•> T•• * I ' -I '"../.■.; ~..• I, « ■ 'Tcitapa... ~ :. :. .. ... .i. " ..* ... „ .•-,;.;'!;■ ■ cFranktonJun&ion c^, '■ ;;: 'V . . Jiso x^i : -~:;: ■.•- .^ai-.ivr ' •Rukuhia.1. .. .. .. #! ■ « .. n * „* .. !! ■ .»^€ii Ohaupo .. .. , v .. 8.35 .. .. 2.5 7.30 _.. . r ",- ~" "LakeUoad ..' ;.. .:" * /■'.■■.- . ■„■: - * : '- ■" *- ' ..■; •<. A-WAS?rtt /•• NEaroto .. .. .-. '.. 8.55.... ,' .. 2.2» 7.50 ... ■- '; L.Js rftfj' tLwam DTl t ~ }-H :-j| I] 2.30 7.55 ~ ; J , *TePuhi .. .. ... ,; .. .«, ' .. .. '" .. ' .!')'i!'l • *Kdw.a./ '... !.'•■.; fl; '.. ■ .\''-'".. __ .'■.'• '.- • *■■ --.. --; ! f vu"> ~j?ifl 'Kiokio ■ •• r jfe •• * ■ '.-•'■ v ■ --!-;';J..;- -■ «■;■ i;i.i i ■ *Otorolianga ..... ■■ .^ ... & w ~:. ■ d 9-0 i^.^fk-- ■ ■ j'^' . . r. . . North—Week Days. . .. . ■ , ,<alj wf '■;'' i i■. '■ 'i 'i " I 1'"'? ''." ' A n"i'ii":i: '. ... jj. ■.. ; ' A.M. -A.M.- A.M. 'A.M. ''A.M. ' P^M. ■ t jp.ir* PJt I "Otorobansa .. .. dep, , kB,IO ... j •Ktokios..•.•:■• A .. ■.:.'::..-; -•:- •'..;■■ .-;,■.... ■■.., * , ....- .. .V^ , *Kawa- , .'.',,'.:- ! ....... ~ ..... ... ... ..*.,; .■,.■„• ; ,-i ; ;v,'m I;;.'*! | n'cPuhi • .■.■_..'..■•■ *. •' ■... '~ . ~,*,,, . ; .rj,,, :-Iv,lJ:i':l#. Tp Au'iurTH _^ -/ SIT, .-. .. ..' .. - 9.0 i ' ■ifl^'" '■[ '. I IEAHiMWff .. -» taep. - .. .. .. 0.15 ~ .*,. ,t h s. - NRawto ~ ..■■.■-;,.■ ..,,..; ,'..q ; ~ .. ■•:•;■■ -9.23 ■::i ii- :>;\. 35V ; "Ijiakcltoad .. .." .-. " .. '■"•• •• . .-,,., ?■, -»•■., . ■ .*, ; ; j *»>,:*•'vW-', '■ '•;*■' Ohaupo .. .-.' ... '■-■»; .. *^ •• "'A ' *■{». 9.45 ..';.* 1 &2l' 'Paikuhia ~-'». .. •• *- A .. * .. ...v. J'* , Frankton Junction;:. :{^;-- ";'■" ; •;; ■■ :.» ■g« ;• . fj Toiupa., .. .. ■ ii- --■-■ * ■■:.-■■'•■-'■:* .: ■ • :.' ■" ¥ '..;" :'^;■-••.'♦'' *P,ukct.c ... .. ■ n.. ... ~•-..-. i « f £-;. .. ..... * . ..' /;'/ :.,« j NBaniaTraila .•; .'• '"-• — "•• '*•-■■■ ■■.':•■ •'>'.'.'■' ll.SO" ■■'■'..■:-;^.^vl^''i<J Taupiri .. ...'»,-.';•. .';;'.:• .:.. ; .A: :. .« •<& -. 1J;47..- i-.v/.v.? 'l:>is ''iSJ-: Huntly .. ~ « «... ~.' «. : ' .... ... 12.25 ouji ■■. 'f*'a^|j|j: : *Oliincwai n. •. .. .0-. .. ~ .. • .. •'* "-■',,;.., X,?. ' . "Haugrij-ici #.' . ''~ .. ~, .... • .. .. ~ * ..,•"■■ »"y'>'.i *Walranj?l ...' '.. ..- .. ... . ... -.. J. . .* . < v,v,t t- ■;'•>*s *^V*haiigauiarii^o « .. ...... ~, ■ ?,. .-, ji«;v;iff#, mercer -v "-.. ;.f\dop. w ... G. 2 0, H. 30 2.5' .. . '.. ,6M Pokcno .. : ... - .. 0.31 - 11.43 a.IC .. ; h:!.;-! !17.«' ---*Whangurata .. ... .*.■■ '.. - - * .' * • ' t ..;..■.-. ■;> i j..;;l ;;.■•*/ r Tuakau .. .. .. ... .. „ ~. - 6.50 12.8, 2.42;.,,,. . , -i-.v. •.';»';" 'Buckland •■ ■«- ■.■. ..■■■'.. ».' :. ' *' '■.*': *: ■' -"' r ■■ j.y- Pukckohe :..;' >;,■;., ;.. 7.10 12.31 3.3 .. :;. :?4 ! "Paerata .. ..- li, .. * .. ♦ : *• ~; : ;v' -•; "Runcinian- ,» ■ ■■■■:-;■• ■». «. '•■* * * ' > ; .i .it Drury ... ... •.. ». .. '.. .. '.' 7.47 1.10, 3.37 .;.., ,;.!.C: M *Htmua .. .*. ....''.'. -. '& ■■' .. '*■ '■*'.'.'■ .',' ?i' . Papftkura.. ,-i .. .. '.. <■' « ■ i•: ■'8.1 . 1.28 • 5.47.: „. f' !if"' "^ Mnnurewa .;.<:,." ~"y.:.V;.'>:.. - ~ 8.16 ].42 4.2 ... -!.^: i Papatoitoi .. .. 8.30- 2.0 4.15 •' i . ,<'■-■;,:tl'. ■ Otahuhu .. ii ' ."Vv '.; .. C.60 8.18 8.41 2.10 4.23 ;G"0 ' 7JS •'• Poftroeo Junctiatj- ..■ ■■ „ ...... 17.15 ,tp8.30 tß.st t2.SO H.aß' '^30' 17,39, M . Ellcrelio .. ...;•.._... .. 7.20 8.35 ■ 8.58 2.33 - 'Jg.ss ■'<7:3 a !BJ|-, i, *6recnLane .. .. • , * ■• * * •■ • ■■:*.-■,! •--;*!' i :<'■!:, Remuera .. :V V."'''.. .. 7.30 8.-14" 9.7 2.45 ' B 45' 7WO. r * Nownmrkct Jun^vi •'*.■-■.■■..vV..- 7.35 8.49 fi.l9 2.55- }s.'4'' . 'G. 51 ! 7,50" :is& . , Adcki.an'd .. .. .. arr. 7.45 8.58 9.28 3.6 5.13) 7.0 . B.o''ilrML' t Chanßc for.pnohuniii. B Change &t Auckland and intermodiato Stattonj, ~■.:-' 1 : 1 Change for Kaipara Branch Stations. § Chango for Otahuhu. ' ' % i>, • . A. Passpafiers arc not booked.by this (rain to Station* ootwoon Auckland and Onclitihga, n. Only stops to pick u;i Passengers far South of Penrose Junction.:- ' ■■ ' ', , c. Runs on Moudays, Wednesdays, Fridays, and Satiudaya only." >'-\$ D. Huns on Mondays and Wednesdays only. ~ ... , ~•■•■ - - .ffin c. Runs from Otorohanga on Tuesdays and Thtirsdftj« only. * ' ' • -■ , " . , fi;i ; • . Tho9.lsawn, train from TeAwamutu runs daily. -! ■ ■-■'-' • j ; - ;i'' ■""■, F. Frankton Junctjoß for CanibridgOj To Aroha and Rotorua limes. *"';*" - Cambridgh—Te Aroiia and Rotorua Lines. ' *•> j-• ■ ■ ■•■::3'^T Ny^;Pi^:;' .-^ L nooth.-week days. - A. M.A.M. A.M.P.MI' 1 , Auckland, dop. ; .. :'■: - r . v.i,B'otll4o Lichileld,- depr^-*'«"--;. -<>M.\ : ———; "'"' ~'..'" ■' '"•'■'— '.' Tf ■ •_- *P.utaruru Junction ........ ..-jvi-;- [ ...„".. . ~' ■■■" ..p.m. v. Tii *Tanmangii ''\,{:\ W&iv'iL'. Frankton Jan.; dep. „ „ .. .. 1 Soc7 l 0 Oxford; dep^ ..•.,..,,- ■■"■ li,\ Hanulton West.. ... .. _..,.. 133 710 'Okoroire : ■:..;■ ..i/i.v. •■ r*^ Hamilton East,. ... ,:,..»■;.• * * *Man%awhara .. '.."" ..••,,,! Ruakura Juu., atr. ... ' ... ~ V.. 152 722 Matamata' ■;:'."' "i. •• •• i&' — —• —: —' V: :—— '■*■' " ''' ''■' '■ g- —'-!—• .;.*Wa]iaroa ■ ... ~...■-*■.••.!.•:•■ V' ■ Cambridge BR.-S- t ■.. ..:.. •. • •.. ; * Walton ...." ;-."' .. ••■ »r Ruakura Jon., dep. .. ; ... ;..;;. ... 2:0rf730 *Kiwitahi... ; ..., '. ■:.---Ji% i*;< '-■. :'■ . ; .j ♦Moiig«onui. ~....» ...... .. * * Moninsville, &».. .. rj,"ft% ' -'■ *goncourt -~.....:•;...:; ■;*' «.:. TeArohaßb.— 1, ...oSA*)' 'Hautapu -^ .;.;., .; .*- * TeAroha;dep: ,';'..■•' .". 8^ -'V Cambiidge, arr. .. .. i .240810 *Waihou .. ...:.;■■-.. ■!*!■'#' _——_^—^-_^ —^t;,, r _,,a?. _. ■ *\y a i { oa .. ■'„ ■:.■'■■..".,. ■•„.! Ruakura Jun., dep. ... ... ;.. ~< 20M30 ■ *Tatuao Haua .. ■ -.. ■>. -■■ .■■)'->■ '■ !Jl ur? ku' v ••'.■-..•• •■ - ..' *' *' 'Murray's .. .- •• •. .f.'■/ •MoUimaolio .. .... .. .. * * , Morrinsville, nrr.* i. -.. 9:° —.■ jVlorrinß\rillc, art1." *'.;"■ g240 810 ' - : !-*•- r- —f — "*■"< i nZTTCS^r^r- —rt^-r-."1^1.1- ?U ■tr:i —•-r-- MorrlnsviHe, dep. '■;.'.. ''~ 9;#r?-':- .. .. -~ ; ■ *Motumabho ..' .'. ,-.IZfX Momnsville, dop. „' .. .. .. a 255;8 15 . "Eureka- ;. U..: .';•..*. {\.,'*% •Tntu^oHau " " ♦ * Ruakura Jun -'arr-. -: - ■'' jjjJX-1 •wttjjoa v ■ .". ;; ." ''; ;; ■■■.* • qambrtdgebr.— ; .'• ':-.*,*■ ; «Wnihou .. ; ... ... j; ; ♦ Cambridge,dep. '-: .:V 9.l 6d?"«:i: ' To Aroha, arr. .. .. .. ■.; . ; 3108 55 'Hautapa.; .. ... r.'. ;* - ili' Morrinsville, dep. .... 1. .. b250 ' ... ' *Tamnhere "v .. ... ,■* J'*i .•-Kiwitahi..•;•.:.. .. .t .. .. V , *M6ngaonui :.• •.' '••v . c ,a,S: ' Motomata - ■,;. .:u.l:-:. .. •"'8 55 '.'. Ruakura Jun.,d£p.^ '~ $Mf ' , •Mansawharo. •.,-,;...., .. . : ,^. ... « .. 'Hamilton East.. '.. ..i'Lri.f. •Wsoroito.. A ...:.. ~... • ... -Hamilton-West.;-^ -•<:]»■;".-. °ijs! Oxford v ..;;. %..-•;,„■ .. 4.35 .. Frankton .Jun., arr.. u-i? .c'«'?? 3 , •Putarntu Jun. * *. ;.,,,. ~. " v ."; ... |; Auckland, arr. ,',.,. ;'.,,,:? 1 9. *,; Lichneld. arr. .. '.. ... 41 a w ■ ■■ -•' ■ "<-v' '■'- • j* L-^.a .* Flag Station. , . ■.■ ," :;i o Runs on Tuosdays,-Thursdays, and Saturdays only, b Runs on Mondays; .Wodn??a«y»F L . JSfIJSS ?Sfe n^ on ¥ on(lY s' ■ WednosdayarKldaisi and Saturdays only. ■ *'*»$ W« , tiesdays and Saturdays only. Thedthersrun claily. ;■•- '■■'■ >) '': ■' ;-<«''<•';".. ;;> A Runs on first Sundays in each month only. " " ~.,/,!,-,; ;.i v"i " •■'"''' : ■-■•'• KAIPARA BRANCH;—AuckIand—HENDERsoN-r-H.ELKNgyji.iE; 1 '. ' -■■■■■ ■■.-'■- .■■■--■■- - ■■ .^ • .__^^—««.j Auckland to Helensvillk.-Wekk Days. | Helensvillb to, AucKi,AyD.j = WgSg^f rs<.j ! ■■■ ,:. . .'■ .■■ .■ a ■■■.:•■■ .-. -■■ ::i- ■"■•••'''■'l':' l:".--1"-. : .r l3;l *•• w j • , ■ «m., a.m. p.mV p.m. \. i !- ':■■> km. a.tn. P;"1 ,&'r Auckland - ~ dep. 7.6 10.55 4.40 515 ffelerisville ..dep. 6.20 IL«i : : MewmarkAt-JonpiTn 7.12 11.12 4.57 2.25 South ...'■• *• \*:-f] : jtojmtjd^ , .... 7.19 11.19 5.4, 2.32 .. ... .J J 0 K&■■: :. : :' - iSli! 1 :: :.: :&i r\ nVaikomitl .. .'. * * so *Twibaki '"' 2 *■■■■*■-'■ % ' -Hendoreon .. ~ 'ifi 12.6 5:45 Waitakeret !! -".7.33 '.L3o'^ .»-:: VValtakerel'* ~ .8.25 12.82 ; .0.15 .I* ' H^nKn ":-V, " 810/O 2.5;.' ■W:^); :*Jan.paki- .. i.,. * ; * .*. ... ♦YVaikomiti, .. .. ! ;' ;\ \ • Ktlmeu .. ..8.45 1,5 6.33.;.. *New Lynn .. '... - i'S?'!^i'n * : •Walmanka .. .. • « ..-A..! !;JV ......^vSiidaM! *"■ •• 8.27 2.32^^; !8? wS^,sv IJ.:■':•* ♦> •■".-*■ ■••*• •• * 4 MountAlbert.-.;: *: ; * vt>''i« 'Pa?™.. a- :,' J ;-*:■-. ■«■ .. - ; *Kingßland' ':.-..*.,:„*' roi 5.5| ■ ■, ia^i>i,'. a a.l II fi^-siiMli' *Flag Stations.—Trains do not stop unless required. Notice should! bo rglvcnSta'tM'.f^.lf . previous stopping Stations by any passenger- desiring to alight atFlagStations. /'"■"■ «3T All iWrablesiasued prior tothlsdftte are n°Yp" CMAXWELL, GeneralMw«« ' ; ' ...