A WHALER'S YARN.

ADVENTITEES WITH AN OLD

BULL WHALE.

IT was 4 o'clock in the afternoon of the 19th of August, 1859, that'we lowered three boats from the Lord William of Liverpool to pull for a whale, which had spouted a .mile to1 windward. It was the first whale wo had raised for a week, and we were on the Brazilian banks. I was in the second mate's boat, and owing to an accident we were the last away from the ship. This would have put us out of the race altogether but for the actions of the whale. !' The two boats had not covered half the distance •when'he sounded, and instead of run ning head to the wind and sea, as is almost invariably the rule, he passed under the boats and rose so near us that his wash almost upset us. it wasn't twenty, seconds before we had a harpoon into him, and had made everything clear for a run. Most whales „ wi11... run oft the moment they feel the iron. Ihe harpoon entered the fellow good: and deep, but it was a long time before he made the slightest move. You would have thought him dead or asleep, and we were puzzled on account of it. We had backed.away to avoid the sweep of his flukes, but after a bit Mr Converse, the mate, softly whispers: • We'll pull up softly, and give him the lance.'

As if liis -words had reached the ears of the big fish, the whale's flukes were raised high in air to fall with a terrible slap. He slewed around, head to the ■wind, and then seeming to draw a long breath he started off at such a rate of speed that two of us had to keep ball ing from the very outset. He ran between the other boats, but they were too far away to give him the harpoon. They gave us a cheer and pulled after us, but they had no more show than a log would have chasing a ship under full sail. The proper thing for us to do was to pull the boat up umil we could put in another harpoon, but whenever we tried it the old leviathan ■worked his flukes in,a way that .meant destruction to anything within reach. He was running off into the wind as straight as an arrow, and we could not pull up to him without passing his flukes. It did not seem half-an-hour before ■we had run the ship hull down. I caw that Mr Converse was becoming very anxious, but, sailor-like and whaler-like, he was determined to hang on while ther,e'was any hope of success. It was a monstrous big whale, and, outside of financial reasons,1 there was a feeling that we must tiot let go until the last. In ,the .greaL majority of cases a whale when struck and pulling a heavily-loaded boat behind him will not run over five miles. The pain of the harpoon will exhaust him, and he ■will either stop and. roll this way and that way to get rid of it or sound and go down until a second line must be bent on. This fellow' didn't seem to mind his wound at all, and he ran as straight as if steering by compass. He certainly ran away .sat a speed of 15 miles an hour; and, as there was considerable sea on, the boat would have filled with water in five minutes but for our baling. . It was the business of the ship to work up toward us, and the last glimpse I caught of her she was making short boards in the face of the breeze. All of a sudden the wind fell as Hat as you please, and.it was hardly two minutes before we lost sight of the ship. We rubbed our eyes and looked again and again, but she had been blotted off the face of the. sea. Almost at once we discovered that a fog had sprung up to leeward, and as the whale was still running off as fast and stout as ever, M.v Converse gave the order to cut the, line. We were now twelve or fifteen miles from the ship, with a fog around us so dense that we could not see above two boats'lengths. However,we knew within two compass points of where the ship lay, and we had a bite to eat, a 'drink of water all round, and then got out the compass and settled our selves down for a long and weary pull. The'- idea 'that, we might .mot find the vessel never occurred to one of us; Our captain- was a quick tempered, irascible man, .and the feel-, ing was in every mind that he would raise a breeze .when we got aboard. We had done our best to make a cap ture, but the loss of a harpoon and three or four hours' time would ensure us a cold welcome on our return. We were bending'pur backs to a long, steady stroke, and had covered half, the distance to the ship,'when a whale rose within a hundred feet.of us. He shbSved at least' thirty,, feet ( of his length but of water as hie" came up, and then he -fell upon-the surface-with a crash which; could have been heard a mile away.' We 'came within ah ace of being swamped by, the v sea he.kicked up, and our .headw,ay had 5 just been checked when the mate, standing at full height in the:'sternsheets,.sang out in a frightened voice ;—''' • ■• "

'Hold hard, men! They are break ing all around us.': ' •

Such was the fact. In the space of twenty.-minutes.eleven.;whales came, to the surface within a circle of half-a niile, and >ur boat was in the centre of the circle. Two of the monsters were elpse beside .us, their, bodies giv ing :mt such a strong odour as to make us turn up our noses, and the others we kept track of by their spouting as they came up. The swell kicked up by the big fish .kept r.s^busy fora few' minutes, and:we ;did not" realise ;our danger until we drifted slap-bang against the whale on: our' port side. We hit him broadside; on, and about

thirty feet back of his eye, and for a few seconds every man held his breath. fTho mate, whoso face looked ghostly to. Us' as seen through the fog, put over his oar to work the boat off, but he had not yet made a turn with it, when the whale sank out of sight without moving a fin. It was as if he had been suddenly filled with lead. One could .have Counted ten before he . had wholly disap peared. ' Now, men, said the mate m a smothered voice, 'weare trapped in the midst of a school. The next, one wo bump against may give us his jaw or flukes. We will rest as quietly as possible, and they'll very likely make off after a bit.'

' I can assure you that it was a most uncomfortable situation. The fog had thickened up until we could not seethe boat's length and it was not to be ex pected that the whales were going to lie on the surface without movement. There soon occurred what some would regard as a phenomenon,but something which all sailors have probably ex perienced at least once in following their vocation. A breeze came up which blew over the fog. Instead of shattering and driving it away it packed it down on the surface of the oceau. Wo could hear the wind above our heads, but not the slightest zephyr reached us in the boat, nor was the surface of tho ocean disturbed. We knew that the ship would now change her position, thus throwing us out of our bearings. She had taken ours, and would probably attempt to reach us, but whether she did or not we wore probably as well off to remain where we were as to go pulling around in that fog. The whales probably came to the surface to sleep, for after awhile they were vory quiet, and we heard nothing except an occasional sound very much like a long-drawn sigh. For half an hour after bumping the whale, as de scribed, wo kept clear of tho others, but the ground swell gave no move ment, and of a sudden a great black mass loomed up on our port broadside again, and beforo we could move hand or foot our boat lodged fairly across tho nose of a whale. There was no mistake as to our position. Those of us on that side could have put out our hands and touched him. The boat did not hit him with a shock, but was carried against him with a sort of cur rent. We were square across his nose, and could not have seen his eyos, even had it been daylight and a clear day. His big head towered above us like a ship's side, and the odour was some thing to make.us gasp and choke. _ The boat hung across his noso for a minute or more, and then the swell worked the bow around, and wo drifted right alongside the fellow his entire length, rubbing him all the time, but not arousing him. It was only when clear of his flukes that we dared to breathe. Elad he opened his mouth as we lay against his nose we should have been sucked in like a chip in a mill race. Had he given his under jaw a fling ho could have smashed the boat like an e^g shell, and left those of us who escaped injury to be eaten by the sharks.' . •

After escaping this whale we got into clear water again and held a con sultation. There, wore men in our boat much older than the mate and who were far more experienced in whal ing, and he had the good sense to con sult them. You may have road of how easily whales are " galliod " or fright ened, and have wondered that we didn't sound some alarm to scare them off. Firstly, in reply to this, the whales had not yet seen us, and if we made a noise they might take it into their heads to investigate. Whales have attacked ships and boats and rafts without the slightest provocation.. Secondly, our safety would depend on how they went away if alarmed. If they started off with a rush, as was likely, some one of them would run us down. If they sounded, as was also likely, it was hardly possible that we could escape the swing of some fellow's flukes, or ride ■ out of the turmoil which they would kick up. It was * therefore de cided to remain as we were, and the oars were 'carefully drawn on board, and, the mate used a paddlo over the stern to keep the boat from drifting about. .'. She was head on to what sea there was, and was, of course, driving astern all the. time. It was hardly ten minutes before we drifted plump against a third whale, striking him near the hump. He slewed himself part way round in a lazy manner, and the boat went clear of him, every man feeling that he was over a powder magazine: The night had now come on, and just after we got clear of the whale, the breeze began to sharpen up, and to drive through the fog. It did not seem to take five minutes to scatter it, and as' the elements were whirling about us, the mate lighted the lantern and passed it. along to the bows., What became of the school of whales is more than any of us could. tell—that is, while we suddenly found them gone, no man had^ heard so much as the move of a fin. Whether it was, some sound from the boat, the sight of our light, or the knowledge that a gale was piping up that had sent the levia thans so softly away, can only be guessed at, but we were a thankful lot of men to be rid of them. The rule on board of a whaler is to keep every boat provided with a breaker of water, a compass, lantern, signal flags, a quantity of eatables,, a flask of whisky, and some rockets and candles for signalling at; night. This rule is supposed to be invariable, and I have seen a mate broken and disgraced be cause his boat was found short of her outfit. We now began overhauling for our rockets and candles, but not one was to be, found,- The lamp in the lantern began to burn dimly, and we soon found that we had no can of spare oil. We Were all right on the. other things, but just what we were short of

might cost us our lives. By that time the ship had certainly passed us and gone to the west in her search for the boat, and even while we were figuring this out she sent up two rockets and burned red fire to give us her location. She was about four miles to windward, having worked past us dur ing the fog. A couple of rockets to answer her would have got us aboard within an hour, but even as we cursed the luck which deprived us of them the light in the lantern died away, and our last hope was gone. ' Well, lads,' called the mate, as he slewed the boat'sheadthreeorfourpoints 'it may take a little longer, but we'll get aboard in due time. The old ship won't desert us, and as long as she throws up signals we shall know which way to pull. Now, out with your oars and give us a chorus to go home on.' It will seem to you that if our ship was only three or four miles to wind ward, and making short boards from north to south to cover a track not more than a mile wide, and all the time sending up signals, it wouldn't be much of a feat to intercept her. Two things rendered the case doubtful. The breeze was coming up so strong and the waves running so ugly that we must soon lie to with a drag or be swamped. The Captain would be on the watch for our signals, and getting none in reply would extend his search, thus widen ing the distance. After midnight he would almost be justified in believing our boat lost. Each man reasoned it out in about this way for himself as he pulled at his oar, and no one was sur prised when Mr Converse began to prepare a drag. After it was veered overboard and the boat trimmed, she took less water, but a little bailing had to be done all the time, and not one of us had a dry thread to his back. A bite of food was again served out, and the men were told to make themselves as comfortable as they could, but with the spray flying over us, the boat climbing and falling and lurching, and fooling that we might bo cut off from the ship altogether, no one closed his eyes through the long night. Three times, at long intervals, we caught the

signals thrown out for us. The last time the ship was not over a mile away, and as the red fire burned up wo could make out hull and mast and sails. She was still to- wind ward, and our voices would not have reached her, nor did we dare change our position. Luck was, however, with poor Jack for once, and a strange piece of luck you will call it. As daylight came the ship was so far to the west of us that she was only a speck on the sky and water, but the gale moderated, the wind shifted to another quarter and helped flatten the waves, and at sun up, just after breakfast had been served and the flask of spirits had boon passed, a whale rose and spouted within a cable's length of us. Every man yelled out in chorus, for every eye saw a harpoon sticking fast in his hump, and every one knew the fish to be the same which we had struck the day before. It wasn't ten minutes before we had a fresh iron into him, and were looking for another shindy, but he sort o' humped himself together, rolled over twice, and lay right there and let the mate churn him with the lance until the blood was spouting ten feet high. He was dead in ten minutes, with only a flap or two of his flukes, and when he floated fin out wo anchored to him, set our signal of "dead whale," and were lying there as snug as you please when the ship picked us up at 3 o'clock in the afternoon. There were two old Yankee harpoons in the whale, and he had an excrescence on his under jaw weighing more than twenty pounds. It was in a raw and bloody state, and was doubtless the result of some injury. While he had the strength to run he had no inclination to fight. He cut in 192 barrels of oil, and it.was only after we began operations on him that we found our.cut line, which measured about 250 feet, coiled three or four times around his body so tightly that it was sinking out of sight in his llosh.

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Manurewa ~ * - •• l-'O 5.22 "' » Papakura.. 8.0 ... .. 130 5.37 . - D^rury" 1 '.'. '.'. 1! '.. '.'. 8.15 - 9.25 1.47 5.58 ' *Kunciman ..-..-• * «• ■• * * j ". .. ■• *Pacrata ... « .- ■• •• •• ..", ■? Pukekohe' „ 8.57 ~. 9.52 2.19 6.2S " '•'-'■ ;. 'Buckland - * •• * * ' ".-■.. « Tuakau 9.21 .. .. 2.43 6.43 ".;■, j "Whangarata .. • „,„ •- •• * " ■■■-•'. ,•• Pokeno „ .. * .. 9-16 •• •• 3.3 7.0 ""• « " fan. .. 10.0 ~ 10.35 3.(5 7.10 •• -;. Mercer .. .. | dep> #> .. ... 10.55 3.40 ~ r,\ .. '■Whangamarino .. ... •• •• •- * * •• ; ". ? I *\Vairangi .. — .. •• •• •• •• „ — ' ;]J ." ■ "Uaagiriri. ■.. « ... ••■ . •• •• •■• ' -■ ~'l " I 'Ohiuewai » — ... •• •• — -• '• ~ '' ' ■'''"• ■'■':- I Huntly ... „ .... ... -• -. 32.15 5.25 ■-.„■■ '."-'.•■ Taupiri - .. 12.30 5.40 .. ~ \« I Ngaruawahia .. .. .. •• •• •• 12-| 8 6-}° .. '• "«w '• I *Fukete .. •■ * * ~ ' '.-■■ ■.■••- -: ''• I *T°RT"r ';• 7arr: " Z Z 1.20 C.io " cFrankton Junction | dep c 3 0 '/ ~ L3O , d 6.55 '.„ - ' ;*.•;■;■••. U *Rukuhia * ■• •• *. * ~ • .'•"' •■'...■ " Ohaupo .. .. ".. .- 8.35 .. ... 2.0 7.30 *Lakeßoad ii .. .. * •• •- „*. K * n ... .. : " Ngaroto .. .. .. .. 8.55 ■.. ... 2.2 a 7.00 ..' r 2.4.^ " t,a™ p .. }$£ 9;.° ;: ;: 2; 30 7;?g ;; - I "TePuhi .. _ .. .. .. « •• •- * ~ .. .: " *Kawa .. •• •• •• •■'■'•■ »'•'■ 1; • " *Kiokio .. .. .. .. .. •• -. . » ■* : : ... ..,:,, I "Otorohanga 1 .. _. M •-. , , "-0 ■•• m .. 1 North—Week Days. ■' ■ a.li. a.m. a.m. a.m. a.m. p.jl p.m.'p» •Otorobanga - .. .. flep. .. - .. .. EB.IO .. .r * •Kiokio ... « — - •• •■-• * ... ■::1..f " *Kawa .. " .. .... .. - ~ . ... .. * ■■:■;:„■■. ■;-;; ■:*■'■■. -TePuhl .. .. ... .. .- .... _ ... * „ : ;,,.... ;■■ ~ teawamdtu .. ~ | dep> : z ;; :; 9 ; 15 - -jj Ngaroto ~ .... —. ■• ~,— «. « .. 9.23 „ „_ jj *Lakeßoad .. '.. .. .. ■• ~ «. «. • .* ~ :<;, ,=t Ohaupo .. '•'•■'• •• •• 9-45 „ „% Jg ♦Rukuhia -.. „-..>—..■ _ - .. ... ... * 1 FranktonJuncUon .. _ {|^ ~ - " » iolss' ' I f". ift" *Teßapa:. .; ..■ .. - .. ;' ~ .. ... 1 * !i « *Pukete .. .. - -. .. ~ - «..■*._ » Ngaruawahia .. .. .- - •• — — ...' 11.30 „ ~.., is Taupiri ..-■- .. -.. .. ■-■ ~ ... -. 11.47 „ „ li! Huntly -. ■ - ~ ... - -- .» 12.25 .i .:a\ :M *Ohine>vaj „ ... «. .... " «. .-r-.. ... * „■ :'i, ;*1 *Rangiriri '■' «.' .. ■». .. "«. •• .. — .. -.■*:, „,-_ , ' *Wairangi .. .. .. .. * .. .. ' *\Vhangamarino .. ... ....... .. ..... *■ .. '» ?' Mercer {de'p! 1 7. 6.20 11.30 2/,° " li Iffl i Pokeno .. - ... 6.31 11.43 2.LG ,^ , M (.« j *Whangarata « .. . ~ .. - ~ * * " «. -^ ■ < Tuakau ..' .. .. „ .. .. ... 6.50 12.8 2.42 „'i. 'V i *Buckland .- .. «. .. — — * * * . „ * Pukekohe.. .. ... ... ~ - ... 7.10 12.31 3.3. „ _ ,W *Paerata .. „ .. ... „. — •» h ' * «. „ ~ ' *Runciman .... ... .. ~ -. * * * :^.; s< .^ fi Drury .. „ .. .. .» ... 7.47 1.10 3.37 -. '_ M *Hunua" .. |'*. ■-, — .. * * *, ■ >~-'; -:U;';;'. : i^-v;5 Papakura , „ 8.1 1.2G 3.47 .. '„ 8.1! Manurewa .. .. .. .. _ ... 8.16 1.42 • 4.2 ; •■ >.:" •• --.^w■ •■ .■«. ■ Papatoitoi .. 8.30 2.0 4.15 : :. ■ vi ' ;' Otahuhu .. .. 6.50 8.18 8.41 2.10 4.23 6.20 -,Ms* Penroso Junction .. ... ~ ||7.10 1118.30 t5.54 t2.30 U. 36 tfi.3o ifJ H Ellcrslio .. .. ..■ ... .. 7.20 8.35 8.58 2.35 • ■. 6.35 '■■. W' :! * *Green Lane .. .. *. .. * * * * ,■•* -!*t. ' Remuera.. .. 7.30 8.44 9.7 2.45 6.45'- ""'-7.45 * Newmarket June 7.35 8.49 9.19 2.55 }5.4 ■ Col "7.50 :,$S Auckland arr. 7.45 8.58 9.28 3.5 5.13 7.0' cS-O'lP. t Change for Onehunga. i Change for Auckland and Intermediate Stations. t Change for Kaipara Branch Stations. § Change for Otahuhu. A. Passengers are not booked by this train to Stations between Auckland Oneiuaga. B. Only stops to pick up Passengers for South of Penrose Junction. . r C. Runs on Vlondaya, Wednesdays. Fridays, and Saturdays only. .. ,■ - ;. D. Runs on Mondays and Wednesdays only. E. Runs from Otorohanga on Tuesdays and Tnursdays only. The9.lsa.ni. train from Te A^yanlUtu runs daily. " . r F. Frankton Junction for Cambridge, TeAroha and Rotorua lines. • ; - "• - ' "' ' '•'. ' '.": ■M--1-"-':- Cambridge—Te Aroha and Rotorua Lines. South.—^Yeek Days. North.- week DAYa" -_ / .....-.". - , ;v ■■--',:'■■ •'' I : "'."-:■,•■ yi'Sl '■.' i; '■■". '■:;,'■"' .^..-': - : '" ~ ', .:■--.■ >.-.; . . '••' ;-■ ■ ■ . A.M. A.M. ; '' Auckland, dep. .. 8 0U 10 Lichfieia. dep. ■.. .. ■•• ■•• P B,' *Putaruru Junction .. ' ... - ■,: .. PM.P. M. *Taumangi .. ... •: ••• ,»Vf: Frankton Jun., dep. .. .. „ ... 1 30c7 0 Oxford.dep. .. .- — ••'??* Hamilton West.. .. .. _ .. 13S 710 *Okoroire. .... •■••'.,,' *HamiltOn East.. „ : .... * * *Mangawhara .. -..•'••-:;, ■ Ruakura Jun., arr. .. 152 722 Matamata ■: .. ...' '<'•■ •:. >■*_' ■ ——. —. — *Waharoa . .. '.■—■'. •■ ■■■: » Cambridge Be".— ...".... *Walton .. .'.',--■•• •■ » Ruakura Jun., dep. „ „ .. ..2 od7 30 *ICiwitahi.. - .. ...-■•••••,;-; *Mongaonui. ~ .. .. „. ..'*•■* Mori ins ville, arr. .. •• '■'•■ ' *Tamahere ~ «. ... * * —n7fe.: *Fencourt „ „ .._..** TeArohaßr.— '"'"•Toon *Hautapu.. ..„.., ... ... * * Te Aroha, dep.:■-.■.•- ■■'•> 8f "v Cambridge, arr. .. ..... . 240S 10 -*Waihou .. .... •• '» " : : ; *Waitoa .. .. -•■• ».-,;. Ruakura Jun., dep .. ..2-067 30 *TatuaoHaua .. -. •• « " *Eureka ; * * *Muri'ay's „ ...'••-. A". *Mptuuiaoho .. ... .... .. * * Morrinsville, arr. .. •'• JTJI Morrinsville, arr. .. .. .. .. 2408 10 ———; ~- :-~~~ „ Jmui:. ■ . —i-, Morrinsville, dep. .- •• 9.ffl: TE AKOHA BR.-7 . ... .-^, .. • *jVlotumaolio .. .. .'•■■« *L • Morrinsville, dep. _ _■ „ .. a 255 815 "Eureka .. '.. - ••.' '•'• VmUsj', 'Murray's .. ~ .. * * Rualuira Jun., arr. - : ;•• J.-j^_. *TatuaoHaua .. .. „ ~. .. *• *■ ■——■ : -—""">■ *Waitoa ... ~ „ * * CAMBRIDGE BR.— •• n«Ua)J. ■ *Waihou .'. ....** Cambridge, dep.... .;--••• 3frf Te Aroha, arr. 3408 55 *Hautapu.. '.. .'..;•• _«"■«'' — —^—— ■ : .—;— *Fencourt i. •','.''*•. •■ * *■' Morrinsville, dep. „ .. . „ ..&250 ... *Tamahere; ..' -■•• ' * * ; *Kiwitahi _ .. .. * „ . *Mongaonui .. •» •■• qwUsa : *Ualton .. i, ~ -' ... .. * .. RuakuraJun,arr. ... :v-/T|_uf ! *Waharoa . ......... „ ;. * .. —: — r-r —I~T^ r m-oW '' Matamata .. ... .; - .. ..3 55 .. Ruakura Jun.; dep. .. ; "■•lv, ».: *Msinga;wliara .. .. .. „ * *Hamilton East.v •■ ' ■■ I n'.7nMiss *Okoroire.. .. ... .. ... .. * .. Hamilton West.. ... - ••Jgj-jl 0/' Oxford .. .. ... „ „. .. 435 .. Frankton Jun., arr.. ~...,: v^ki-;; ~ *Tauniangi ... „ .■„ _. .. * .. —~~ :1395) *Putaruru Jun... _ .... .. * .. Auckland.arr. ■ r ,■■•■• ° ~.!, ' Lichfleld, arr. „; .. .. j. ..| 520 .. . " . ■■•- ' '■■*'■'• flj'lag station. ■.. ■■ . .-■■■. ■■ • "■■ ••^■■'•i ''■''m^ e^sitd. a Runs on Tuesdays, Thursdays, and Saturdays only. 6 Runs onMondays, v yp"L O n Wed*, Fridays only c Runs on Mondays, W- dnesdays, Fridays, and Saturdays only, a n*™> nesdays and Saturdays only. The others run daily. " * * ■' "■'■' '■' '• ""■ V. . .■■: A Runs on first Sundays in each month only. . . :■'■'.'■■'■"■ ,;, > . . KAIPARA BBATsTnTT—ArrmrT.Afjn—Henpersoit—HELEKSVItLEy ■ __ """ '" ' ■•■■'■■ . . ' ... TTTgEg. J)iX&' Apokxand to HELENsyiLLE.—Week Days. Heiensvillk to AucKi^gC^- - A ' .~, -,-.. am. a.m. p.m. p.m. ;- ■ • f{d Lo " Auokland .. dep. 7.0 10.55 4.40 215 Helensville .. dep. 6.20 **•« * .. NewmarketJuncvn 7.12 11.12 i.57' 2.25 *HelensvilleSouth.. „; * * •• Mount Eden_ .. 7.19 11.19 5.4 2.32 *Ohirangi .. -• , * *,*..;•• *Kmgsland .. * * * * *Paeroa ■■• •• * • *: •* *Mprning.side.. * * ■ * * *Woodhill .. ■'••■* ■"*' '* ," *M6unt Albert „ * * * * *Reweti.. « •• # :■■■'* * " Avondale .. .. 7.35 11.38 5.20 * *Waimauku ■«. •• - X ,5 5.0- ■■ *NewLynn' .... * * *. * *Kumeu .■■«.■-.■■■•« '"I ■'*; * - *Waikomiti ... .. *. * • 3.0 *Taupaki .V •• .« L3fl *•* " ♦Henderson .. „ 8.0 12.5 5.45 .. Waitakerei .... ... 7.*?. ~+•*«.•■- *Swanson w „ * : * * .. *Swanson '.. - fin / ■&« .•; Waitakerei „ ... 8.25 12.32 6.15 .. Henderson ... ; ••■ ■°f- ■. *, * *■* „ *Taupaki ~ * * * ... . *Waikomiti .. ■>• .',' ' • -. * Kumeu .. .. 8.45 1.5 6.33 .. *NewLynn .. - j«r 2.32 M 0 ' * ~ *Waimauku .. „ * * * .. Avondale :. •• s-fi **:■.-;'« „ * *.. * „■ *JMount Albert '.- V' * ;'.■?■: -«■ *Woodhill .. „ * ■*, * .. *Morningside.. v : ..•••,; * Lt» JPaeroa-.V M . .. * * * 1. *Kingsland .. ,•• 5.53 .^.|w;; *Ohirangi .. ". * *■■• * .. Mount Eden.. ■:•• |$ &10 6.3S S, *Helensville South.. * *, * .. Newmarket Junot'o =■*„ ggo jM^" Helensville ..; arr. 9.40 2.10 7.30 1 [ i«nbi,*n ~- arr. ML^-~^~T*i. *Flag Stations.—Trains do not stop unless required. Notice should be given previous stopping stations by any passenger desiring to alight at Flag.otaßO"* . ~; s. tS" All Time Tallies issued prior to this date are now cancelled..,^, _ Oenera ] Mans? 6"' • , • ... ■• • " J, P, MAAWJi""' w . ■■■'..V.^v^S!« I