STORY OF A MISSING BRIDE GROOM.

His Skeleton Discovered

-, Ficapo of tho Brides Brother sarr;?o» SJcbarge °f Muraer-

From a "entleman who resides in Searcy tv 160 milss northwest of Lir.tJe Rock, r°s" the correspondent learned tha details f ' a 'frightful tragedy which occurred in Lfc locality twenty yeara since, the sequel ~v j ias just been accidentally re -1 The facts in the case furnish a rkiii" argument against circumstantial 1 nee while ailbrdin"-abundant material lor the novelist. ISG7 there dwelt at the base of Boston Jiinsanwn named Benjamin Mason. ■nOUfItOUIB* nu ] c but comfortable log Hf- Ind ho"eurned a livelihood by culti ra'fute »«■" children-David, John, BeAS Tho girl is ;de,cribec! as £3$ ****** Sho M »" r" r d s U her eyes were blue, her hair ?Infn ancl abundant. Thd beys were ? °u and uncultivated, while .he «* ---donative grace a tenderness which **fl w all 'he move charming-. She . MoeWi in marriage by many , and S: .IVho won her aflcctions was a "man named Charles Smith, who, handsome, had neither money wb • litrv to recommend him. The *J3 brothers of the girl were dis ,Za with her choice. Every persua- P le , n c,>d by them to induce her to *°n Smi h«P- But the girl was firm, say ? £ she would die rather than part r ™ lier lover. One day John Mason mot ffi the town of Marshall. Forfcu """i jjoth were unarmed. A fight en ™cd Mason being considerably pounded 'This event intensified the bitterness hLreen the Masons and Smiths, and every hio predicted a tragic outcome. Contrary to expectations, however, tho parties were ' onciled through tho prayers and inter- Sns.of Miss Mason. ' There now being no obstacle in the -way , tio lovers, a day was set for the mar riage, friends and relatives for sixty into around were invited, and the wed •Jin» promised to be an event in local his tory On tho morning of the wedding day Smith left the cabin of Mason and never returned. His intention was to gather =ome mistletoe boughs with -which to iecorate the interior of the house, and he taicl he would bo away not longer than three or four hours. He was last seen by his betrothed with his gun on his shoulder climbing tho mountain side, pausing now and then to wave her adieus. When his absence lengthened the guests who had gathered and the Masons searched tho poods for him, without success. No trace of him could be found. John Mason was noticed among the searchers ; it was ob served, too, that he was very pale and had ono hand bandaged, which, ho explained, he had accidentally cut with his knife while hunting that morning. The party returned to the house, speculating on the disappear ance of Smith. Soon a sinister rumour cir culated to the effect that John Mason had killed the missing man and concealed his body. So vividly did this thought impress itself upon the minds of everyone that young Mason was arrested by the Sheriff of the county, who was among the guests, on suspicion. Something over a mile from Witt Springs, on the summit of Boston mountain?, is a pool of, water only a few feet in diameter and circumference, but bottomless. The Burrounding landscape is dreary in the ex treme. The oak and pine trees have some thing almost sepulchral in their aspect. She water o£ this strange lake if pellucid, Tho depth o! it has never been gauged. T/io longest rope fails to touch the bottom when sunk beneath the surface. Stones, when dropped i:i. disappear with a Binj*ular noise, as if falling through illimit-

able space. Upon tho brink of this mys terious lake, in the yielding earth, the parties searching for Smith found foot print", evidently made by two persons, and on adjacent bushes were stain? of blood. John Mason, when questioned, admitted that he had washed hiswounded hands in the pool that morning, and had walked back ward and■•forward near tho water while eufforuijj intense pain. He claimed he W& alone. The statement was received with incredulity. Tho belief was almost, general that he had killed Smith and thrown his body into the lake. The father and brother of the prisoner acknowledged that they had heard him say he would have Smith's life: others had heard him threaten to riddle the missing man with buckshot; Smith himself had publicly expressed the opinion that young Mason would someday kill Mm. But any lingering hope in Mason's innocence passed nway when his sister declared her belief in his guilt. The girl was overwhelmed by the blow. She had, indeed, received a death stroke.

_ She said that on the night following the disappearance of her lover she had dreamed of seeing him engaged in a con test with her brother John on the brink of the mountain lake. She saw John stab him, and when Smith fell dead at. her brother's feet, the latter raised the body in his arms and cast it into the water, where it disappeared. This was the only reason she could give for believing her brother a murderer. To the last she cherished this belief. Slowly she pined away, and less than six months from the date of her lover's disappearance and brother's arrest for murder she was borne to the grave, having died, according to popular opinion, of a broken heart. Meantime, John Mason escaped from gaol and fled to Texas. Go vernor Clayton offered 200dol. for him, but he eluded capture and was finally shot to death by a desperado near Fort Worth Mi 1874.^ His father nnd brother went into exile with him, and arc now living near falestine, Tex. Thus the principal figures >n this mysterious tragedy have all removed from the State.

Monday a party of hunters found, in a lonely-ravine in Boston mountain?, a mile of two distant from tho former home of tho -Masons, tho remains of a man, who had ap parently been killed by the limb of a forest "'cc falling upon him. Near the skeleton w^ a rusty rifle, upon the butt of which was engraved the name of Charles •-nuth. The unfortunate man had evi dently been pinned to the earth by the fj"ee limb, and had died an awful death of "ngering torture. The hunters buried the regains in the ravine where Smith had Penahed. The finding of the skeleton of ™c missing man after the lapse of so many yeais has occasioned considerable excite «««, particularly in the mountain regions, »Here his disappearance blighted and des woyed a once happy home. "

CHAMPIONSHIP BOAT RACE.

Thousands of people occupied tho bridges and Wys on the Tyno ab Newcastle ° witness the match between and Perkins for the " Sportsman's" Challenge Cup and £200 a side. The ttver was crowded with steamers to accom t^ y -"f race" TllC start was fixed for hu °'C m,ck' but w»s twenty minutes S The betting was 6to 4on Bubear. thp "S MV °n tht3 tO3S fCr SkICS alUl to°k nnnff*:, The w*tor was beautifully anooth with a light wind from tho south- Ehrf £ ? M' of excitement proclaimed the W't. wag quieke=b J to get holri of Varri^' I ttlld showccl i» f''O"t bofcrc fifty len,,i\' Ye, re oovci-ed, which ho increas-ed to a hem a s«t5 ad ono hundred yard-. Thia Si. i" X asil i'at' New Quay Corner he 3vii»f lnpby ™«c length* aI'(1 Perkins »t0 coibo slightly 6tf, the former was

S£in°GW™ Ot¥ r le»gth to his lead. creS^Ci 1;^"";^. and gradually lo p",l in- M '"- b Y nearly lengths. dnnalmnl," luSk«>ed up, but rowing SD^ nea{'. to Bubear, both men taiS i" a, Utt'e, Bubear still main- S?rV g™i' acvailfc^e. Perkins with a .?P' f educed .Bubear's advantage by Re-L 1 S£' and> as h0 apprSachetl Rcdheugb Bridge, nearly a mile inhL IF «tail fc- I>ClJ<itlS mtlde a bold ljid to c the hist through that structure. He ? f p v" oh by inch "P° n hi* adversary, but Bubear, rowing hard, managed to get through grab, half fi length in front. There was still a mile and a half of the course to be rowed bub it was now evident that Per ivins was done, and that Bubear, barring accidents, had the race well in hand. He Uackwa&hed his beaten adversary, and contented himself with keeping from two to three lengths in front. After leaving Armstrong's Works, Perkins quickened up, and before two miles had Been covered managed to cet within a couple of length? cf Bubear, who, however, Having the measure of hi< man, waa taking matter? easily, rowing wolJ within him&clf. lotting in a strom/half do>:en, he rowed away from Perkins, and in tho short space of three hundred yards had increased hi 3 lead again to rive length?. Perkins after w.-nds. fjot his second wind, and, to the delight of his backers, camo on hand over hand until he was within nearly a length of Bubear. The race was now a grand tussle for supremacy, and for the last mile it was a close thing between them. Bubear's superior strength,'however, told in. the long run, and by dine of extraordinary cDort he managed ro scwe oft" Perking,, and passed under the bridge the winner by a length.

THE LONDON POLICE.

Prevalence of Burglary.

Sir. Chaklks Wai:k::,n- is steadily introduc ing some much-needed reforms in the go vernment of the Metropolitan Police. Among tho latest of those is tho publica tion and circulation among householders of notices giving tho spots in each district at which constables nro placed on what is known as " fixed point; " duty. In cases of emergency, thorcfore, it cannot now bo said that a policeman is not to he tound. At the same time, seeing that London acids to itself some thirty to forty miles of streocs every year, the force of police is totally inadequate. Another reform for Hie bonetit of the constable himself is tho modo of carrying tho baton. Instead of being strapped in a case behind, whero it could better be seized by an assailant than by cno policeman himself, it is to be carried loosoiy in a pocket in the trousers, from which it can be taken without- difficulty. Tho burglars' season is now drawing to a close ; bur- it cannot be said of them that they have not made hay whilo tho =un did not shine. Jn entering small pn'vuto house? they have this winter shown tji-aater audacity than ever. It is absolutely unsafe to leave a house without nn occupant for c*'C>) a tew hours, so much on the alor+ arc the robbers. — " London Correspondent.'1

INFECTION FROM HOSPITALS.

The Smallpox Plague in Eng land.

A London correspondent ■write?': —" The annual report of the chief medical ollicer of the Local Government Board i.= not of that order of literature which ensure? many leaders, but tho volume just issued contains some very important statement.* afTectinc Londoners. The oxis-tence of email pox hospitals in certain localities has lonjr been a cause of complaint to tho property owners and occupiers concerned, and a bone of contention between them and the authorities. The latter urged that the object ion was a purely sentimental one, and that the contiguity of the hospitals was not in any way a source of danger. Notwith standing- this, the value of houses in the several districts has been sensibly afleoted. and it would now appear that the dislike to theinstifcutionswas not without cause. \Yith the aid of diagrams tho report in question seeks to prove that the outbreak of indivi dual cases of small-pox is much more fre qucnt within the area comprised by a circle drawn around the hospitals than in the dis trict outside. At present there is no great cause for alarm, for although in the metro polis the disease is always with us in the shape of a few isolated cases, theie can be easily dealt with. But the serious feature in connection with the case is that experience shows epidemics of small-pox to recur at certain nearly regular intervals ; one of these cycles is due to close in two or three years, when it may be expected that the now untenanted hos pitals, will be largely used. In the face of the present report, the dwellers in the several vicinities will then have good cause for dread, and owners of houses will have good reason to complain when a pro posal is made to depreciate their property without compensation, by erecting a small pox hospital in their midst."

NORFOLK ISLAND

Imperial Proposals to New South Wales.

An interesting statement was elicited from Sir Henry Parke3 in answer to a question put to the hon. gentleman by Mr .O'Sullivan respecting the probable future connection of this colony withNorfolklsland. Sir Henry Park es said : In a despatch dated November 12, 3885, from the Secretary of State tor the Colonies, certain pioposals were made to the Government respecting Norfolk Island. The honorable member will best understand the position of the matter, if I read two short extracts from the despatch, me Secretary of State (who at the time was Mr Stanley) wrote as follows: "I have read those papers with much interest, and tear that it is impossible to avoid the conclusion that, nndov tho present system, the condi tion of the islanders is likely to deteriorate. Moreover, the difficulty of governing them will no doubt increase unless some means can bo devised of introducing new settlers into the island and of intro ducing and enabling some of the natives to emigrate." Further down, the Secretary of State for tho Colonies says : " I request that you will ascertain whether tiie Government of New South Wales would bo disposed to entertain tho sugges tion that the colony might undertake tno control and administration of the island. I know of no other proposal tor handing tho island over to New boutn Wales. It will be seen that this despatch has been in the colony for move than a year ; and as far as I can sec, no step nas been taken. lam sure honourable mem bers will see at once that this is a matter requiring the greatest consideration bctoro any stop is taken. The task wcuid be a serious one and one involving a great doai of confusion, as constitutinjr a depend ency to a dependency ; and the govern ment, of necessity, being conducted on a scale, at a remote distance, wilhonttnc possibility of super vision or criticum, would bo liatlo to run into great abuse, and, I fear, corruption, With all these things staring us In the face, however in teresting the experiment might be. it must present itself as a question, requiring the gravest consideration before any par ticular 6t«p is taken.

THE AUCKLAND EVENING STAB, THURSDAY, APRIL H, 1887-

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Loans on Furniture Without- removal, also on oil kinds of Merchandise. Loans may be repaid at the rate of Sixpenco per ■week in tho Pound. Bills Discounted, at Current Rates. Bank of England Notes and Australian Bank Xotea Bought. All communications strictly confidential. NEW ZEALAND MORTGAGE, LOAN S AND DISCOUNT BANK, HIGH-STHEET (Next to Atkins Printing Office.) QURREYIiILLs! SURREY HILLS. hioicELqTs kvi ;;;; HEALTHY SITUATION. SURREY HILLS kREy SURREY HILLS. TRAM-CARS PASS EVERY 10 MINUTES. fine fifth Cash, balance any time within Five Years- Instalments received. Officks : Australian Mutual Provident Society's Build •" • ings. Queen-street. A.SBOARDMAN. Agent. DWARDBA R T L E V , ARCHITECT. STICHBURYS BUILDINGS, QUEEN STREET.



W ELL _S_ BRO S. CONVEVANCE3 ON HIRE. Office ; Victoria Wharf. General Carters, Receiving and Forwarding j\p;cnts. Waggon for Furniture Removal. Coal, Coke, and Firewood Dealers. General Carters. &.C. Telephone : Devon-port Bubeal*. WJ A RNOC X B R aril BUS, SOAP AND CANDLE MANUFACTURERS, COX'S CRKKK. AUCKLAND. Manufacturers of the Celebrated .Extract of Soap. Disinfectant Powder, First Pme > cllow Jiluo Mottled. Double Crown. Economic, and Household, Carbolic, and other Medicinal and Toilet Soaps, made from the purest of i aJiow s, Officcs-DURHAM-STREF.T, Auckland. Js'.B. — Cash Purchasers of Tallow, wool, Sheepskins, nnd Bones. GO TO BATH to ROTH'S PUBLIC HOT. COLD, AND SHOWEIt BATHS, Victouia-stbbibt Bast. Charge—ONK SHIUjING. Open all week days from 0 a.m. to fl p.nii, and SUJXiJAi MORNINGS from 0 till 10 a.m. The bath roomn arc nil private, and supplied with every convenience. Turkish towels, flesh and hair brushes, combs, respirators, soaps, &c fceiect ltatii-rooms (pi'ivatc) for ladies every day, at all hours, with fumalo attendahco, one Shilling and Sixpence, l'leasoiioto the Address —Viclona- street Kast, above the Greyhound Hotel, and next rlio Chonp JleddiiiK and Furniture Mart, Auckland. N.JJ.—Barber in attendance. TO TRAVELLERS AND TOURISTS. PRESENTS FOR HOMJS. Very beautiful IxTiAtdTabms-toi'S, Cabinets, Fax'cv JJoxk3. cU\, alt made from the pielc of S.A. i-icii Native Timbers. Othor Collections carefully packed and shipped for llomo. W. NORRIE, Cai:r>'i:t wo rkv r, In New Zealand Timbers only, TO I' OF SITORTLAND-STKKICT. W. L. E V JiOOIcrUtVDIOH, PAPER RULKR, ACCOUNT UUOK MANUFACTUItKR, WVXIIIIAM-STItKKT. MERCHANTS' ACCOUNT HOOKS. Insurance unu MuunK Kc^istoi' JJooUh Specially lliilutl and Hound. Mudiu. flfajrazinea. t'liuiu- J.iuraries. and Sunday .-•■iiool ISook.s Wen Hound. BAXCKRS' SKKi'IAI, RLM.KI) DAY JSOOKS. Jiibluf, i'raycr und Jlyiun Books lie-bound. BAiVD AXD LJIOJJt AIUSIC BOOKS .ItUJ.I-JD. 171 I S H E R & C 0., JP WHOLESALE SHIPPING AND FAIUtLV KUTUii X X S , £trTAALXdItKI) ISdi. By Special Appouument to ili.s Kscollcncy the Governor, -Sir \v'. F. jervoid ; His h-xcollency sir Janica FuiKUSon ; «.nn ll.lt.ti. the Duke "yUEEK-STKKJST, AUCKLAND, N.Z. Families waited on in Town or Suburbs. POUH'KV of all Kinds DItEsiSKD to ORDER. Dealers In Game Home-cured Hams and Bacon Corned Beet in Largo Quantity. Imporißol Sausago CVsmgs •riio Trade Supplied N. 15 Calves' Rennets. 1 ira. Customers fcuppncU with Ice. 171 D \V I N JONES li (Lato E. and A. Jones), House, Furnishing, and Gisnehal ironmonger. Ponsonby Road and Pompallier Terrace, AucKland, N.Z. Agent for tho Phcenix Fire Oflice. Advortiscinent Agent for Auckland Evening 6r.\n. Post Ofttco Sa vines Bank, Money Order Oflice. Tclojjrapli btation, TolCphonc Bnaeau. ZEALAKDIA SHEEP DIP. This DIP, prepared by Ourselves, is an entirely dillercnt article to anything now offered to Sheep Owners, ami all we aslc is A TRIAL TO PROVE ITS VAST SUPiffi- KIORITI' OVER OTHER DIPS. "We guarantee it to absolutely DESTROY all INSECTS infesting sheep, to Improve the con dition of the Woul, ana to be quite harmless to persons usintt it. KEMPTHORNE, PROSSER, AND CO.'S New Zealand Drug Company, Limited. SACKS ! HACKS ! SACKS ! The Undnrsiprncd is a Cash Buyer of Good Second nand Grain Sacus. UKO. V. JAKINS. Customs-street. fiOALS, COKE, CHARCOAL, FIRE <O WOOD. Best Hata, Titrce, and Puriri Firewood ; also, first-class Taupiri, Ncwcastlo, and Kanio Coal, at Lowest Price tor Cash. Furniture carefully Removed, and Goods delivered to all parts of the city and suburbs, at Lowest Rates.—Note the Address : C. IMPER, opposilc llio Pousonby Reservoir, and corner of Newton and Kurangu hapo Roads.. PA TBE SO N AN D CO., GRAIN MERCHANTS. LIVERY AND BAIT STABLES. Omnibuses. Brakes, Cabs, and Saddle Horses lor Hire at lowest rates. Special arrangements made with Evening and Picnic Parties. Stores anc] Stables:— Lornc-street, JR. Roskill, and Avondale, Auckland, N.Z. D O A R AND C 0., DYERS, Established IS6I. Still Dyeing to Live, and Living to Dye. Ladies' and Gentlemen's "Wearing Apparel Cleaned, Renewed, or Dyed any colour. Damask Curtains or Table Covers Cleaned, Renewed, or Dyed. Feathers and Gloves Cleaned and Dyed nny shade. .Lace or other Curtains Bleached or Dyed. EDGAR. DYER, WELLESLF.Y STREET EAST. AND RICH MOND. COX'S CHEEK. GEO. GLEDHILL, DERATED WATER MANUFACTURER, WELLEBLEY STREET. TVT ILLIAM EREINIITO N, M. Inst. C.E., M. Inst. M.E., CONSULTING ENGINEER, AUCKLAND. P, HERAFATH, F.R.1. V. A.1 [=. M. tIEKAPATH PHERAPATH and SO N, • ARCHITECTS. Ccr.ONiAT, Baxk Blmldings. TMDWARD MAHONEY AND SON, ARCHITECTS, Queen-street. Auckland, O H N MITCHELL, ARCHITECT. St. Blungo Chambers, Qucec-street, and at Otahuhu. ■ Special. Work undertaken for the Profession. •PEHSPECTrvEs is Bkst Styles. • Patent Drawinga and Specifications Carefully Prepared at Moderate Charges.



J. LEVY & SONS' ASSIGNED STOCK OP CLOTHING, MERCERY & HATS, Amounting to J53.000. The - Me', bourne • bfaper y| ank '' Cloth ing t ComflSftV having purchased the Stock at Half-price,' are now selling the same on the premises as above at one-Tial} the original price. .The following lines are specially cheap: — 300 Pair Men's Tweed Trousers, 4s.lid . ... ... /.. Levy's price, .15s 6jd 350 Pair Men's Tweed Trousers, 'Gs lid „ „ 18s Oo 270 Pair Meu's Tweed Trousers, 8s lid ..._ ... ,; „ 25s Oc 170 Men's Tweed |suits, 29s 6d ... ... ... ~. „ 50s 0. ■210 Men's Black Cloth Coats, 6s lid...' V.. .;; „ „ 30s tic Youths'and Boys' Tweed Suits. 13s fifl ... ... „ v :30s Oti Boys'Kuicker Suits, 9s 6d... ~. ... w „ M : 25s Od 150 Men's Tweed Coats, 4s Hd '[ .. ... «. £• m 27s Gd 80 Men's Ovorcoats, 29s 6d .'... >.. .«. — -^ , M 60s Od iOO Crimean Simrj-.e* Hd *» .. .« '~'< '„ „ 10s 6d ■200 White Shi«s, Is lid ..; >. .«» „. „ „ 4s 6(1 150 White Shirts, 2s lid ... „ „ 5s 9d GOO Scarvej, and Ties, 8d ■*■ ... ... "... V.." „ „ Is 6d 450 Scarves and Ties, Is .•' «. »,. „ „ 2s Gd 5.0 doz. Men's Hose, U .. «« ~- „ Is 9<j ".- • '-~*M Portmanteaus, Collars, Handkerchiefs, &c, AT HALF PRICE ■ THE MELBOURNE DRAPERY & CLOTHING GO. Half-price Sale of J. Levy & Sons' Stock. FIMITITCE. C. Co' BROWI, FALLON'S BUILDING'S, COOK AND HOBSON STREETS. Special Line, THE BEACONSFIELD CANE COUCH, suitable for any room. Gleao Cool, and Comfortable, well adopted to go with Austrian Furniture. SUITE of which, consisting of—Couch, Lady's Rocker, Four Small Chairs, and G»nt.'s Folder or Rocking ; £5 5a nett. FOUR WEEKS TO CLEAR! In sending forth this announcement, I beg to state tbat my business for the last two seasons has so seriously suffered through ill health, that I have decided to relinquish it, and to save selling the whole Stock by tender, purpose holding a FOUR WEEKS' GENUINE SALE COMMENCING AT ONCE. K^GREAT REDUCTIONS! Redactions will be made on every article, and no deception. At the termination of Sal<% the Balance of Stock, with long Lease, Fixtures, &c, will he submitted to the Public for Tender. Cashmeres, black and coloured from lOtfj Menjs Tweed Suits from • • 13a 6d *Wv Dress Goods - - 2Ad, 4|d, 6yd Men's Printed Moles - • • 4s 6d Cal!coo?from - - M Men>*Tweed Overcoats from- " lss 6<* Crewdson's 32in. No. 2 ■ - - 3M Knicker Suits from - ■ • 2s lid Scarlet Flannels from - - - H<* Tweeds by the yard from • - Is Ofcd Sheetings, white and unbleached, from 6Jd Men's Shirts - • - • - Is 3d Table Damask from - • SJd Men's Sock 3 - - - • 3d per pair 9/4 Blankets from • - • • 3s 6d Men's Hat 3ls qacli Ladies' Corsets Is 3d per pair Flowers Id each. Underclothing, Infants' Robes, &c, clear at Lowest Prices. .{ COME EARLY FOR BARGAINS TO J- JAMES SCUTT, VICTORIA AND NELSON STREETS, AUCKLAND. TMedinliimtes from Tram Car, top of WoUesley Street.



JJ" I W ZEAL A__N__ D RAItW AY g, TIME TABLE. - On and after APRIL 1, 1887. AUCKLAND AND ONEHUNQA LINK. >'■ i 1 r~r ii i "ii *"""""*" - to Week Dais. o . Oxshcxga. „ . oats only. Sundays.' a. m.'a.tu. a. m.'a.m.|no'n!p. m. P.m in mr.iv. « ~"; . ' Ellerslie .. .. 738 .. 9.6 !11.5 112.26 2.35 UO 545! b« " lfi'-K 10- ,«•- *Tenpapapa nCUoD ™ «"'f" T^ '™°^ tfo 111 II? Onebunga.. arr. 7.55 9.5 «.So | ll.«cjl3.io S.W 4,63 6.0 7.0 7.1010.10 1.50 12.30 9.35 £7 < Onega to Auckl'd. a.m. a.m. a.m. a.m. p.m. p.m.n.tn nmnm Im L « Sats | Penrooe June. !. 7.15J5".30 9.10 lOilO tli'.OTl.lfl tA'swtK.2o's£iS J7'in ii"'n oir. L+ii '-• Auckland, arr.,. T.4s| .8 S31 10.10 10.39 12.50 l-O shl sij " sfflgg Ifo ligj If " Change for Onehunga. s chancm fnr nt»h»i.i. ~~" t Change for Waikato Stations. • a cSaS»eforKatm^Rr ßn .v, »: ♦• i Chance for Mercer and Intermediate Stations. °c m KalPai» Branch Stations Ii Change for Auckland and Intermediate Stations, MAINLINE. ' • AUCKLAND-MERCKR-TE AWAMUTU-OTOROHANaA. ; Sooth— Wkbk Days. " A " A.M. A.M. A.M. A.M. A M V Tw x» \r « AUCKLAND .. ..dep. 6.0 6.20 7.16 8.0 IUO 413 455 P<sn SSj Newmarket Junction .. 6.10 6.35 7.25 8.10 1155 425 57 518 «™ 1 Romuera 6,15 6.40 7.30 8.15 V iM U2 535 £g *GreenLano * * * .. b * * ,* * Ellerslio 622 6.48 7.38 8.23 b 4.40 5.'5 54^ bar Penroso Junction .. 6 8 7. 0 w.o 831 12 . a t^O -^5.5^- 1 jg otahuhu .. .. {J£ 6;. 10 7 / 10 s-1" ih 6 .0 7.5 Papatbitoi " - .. 12.55 5.8 Manurewa * .. .. l.io 5.22 Papakura 8.0 ... .. 130 5.37 "Hunua * — ..** Drury 8.15 .. 9.25 1.47 5.58 "liunciman .. .. -. ... *....** ~ "• . •Paeratn , — * .. .. * * *" " Pukekohe 8.57 .. 9.52 2.19 6.2S " '■' *Buckland .. * .. .. • . • • " ** Tuakau .. ..-. 9.21- .. .. 2.43 6.43 *Whangarata .. • '....** Pokono .. - 910 .. .. 3.3 7.0 " "* Mercer / J arr- - . 10-° " ia33 3- 15 ?.10 Mercer .. .. \ dcp. .. .. .. 10.55 3.40 ''Whangamarino ... .. .. • * *Wairangi .. .. .. * *Raßgiriri .. " .. .. ..-.*« " *Ohincwai •• .... * „ Huntly 12.15 5.25 .. ' " . Taupiri .. .. .. .. .. - .. 12.30 5.40 .. " " Ngaruawahia .. .. 12.48 6.10 .. • I *Pukctc .. .. * * .. " " = *Teßap» .. .. * * cFrankton Junction {££ » » {Jg D || » '■'■ '■■ "Rukuhia.. , * « •• * *..'"' " i Ohaupo 8.35 .. .. 2.5 7.30 „ " * i "LakoHoad .. .....* .. .. * * " " : Ngaroto 8.55 .. .. 2.25 7.50 . " " ' ThAwamutct.. }£*; M ;; » 2;f° If, ■■ :: 'TePuhi .. .. * " Z ~ *Kawa .. .. „ .. .. .. .. *. * „ m ! *Kiokio .. .. * „ "Qtorohanga .._._ .. .. . v . .. .." 9.0 • .. North—Week Days. a.m. a.m. a.m. a.m. a.m. p.m. p.m. p.m. "Otorohanga dep. .. - .. .. bS.IO •raokio .. - - - *. .. .. ;; *Kawa - ~ .. * .. .. .. * *TePuhi .. - .... *.....• tbawamdto .. - {dTp. - ;; ;: ;; $& - :: 3 -- 0 Npraroto .. ' ~ « ~ .. 9.23 .. .. 3.5 ■•Lakoßoad .. .. .. * .. „ * ! Ohaupo .« -. .. .. .. • .. 945 .. „ S.2S ♦Itukuhia .. - ~ .• .. * .. „ *~ FranktonJunctioa .. { d a^; - ~ ;; ..- Jg;| ;• - *To Rapa ~. - •• -. •• « * ... _ * •Pukctc .. « •■• .. - * „ * Ncjaruawahia ...*..— .. _ .. .. 11.30 .. ... 4.43 Taupiri .. Sl; . .. -..;.. - 11-17 .. .„ 4.5S Huntly ~,mZT^ <+ ■J. « ~ - •..)!.. .12.25. ~.. 5.20 *Obincwaj r<v»— i. «. — — .. .. -. * 'Hangiriri .. .^ « .* -• .. .. .. .. _ "Waii-angi ». ~ 3 . ... •• .. .. .. * ~. ... * HVliaugamarino .. .. -. .. .. .. ... .it) .... * ~T / arr. .. ... .. .. 1.45 .. ... 6.30 Mercer .. .. - . \ dop. - .. 6.20 11.30 2.5 .. ~. 6.50 Pokcno .. ' - .. 6.31 11.43 2.16 .. „ 7.0 'AVliaueratata ».».«••••• * ' ' .. • * Tunkau .. .. ~ .. » - •• 6.50 12.8 2.42 .. „ * Pukekohe.. ~ IT 7. Z Z '.'. 7.10 12.31 3.3 ." Z 7.37 "Paerata ..».....-.- « * . * * .. .. * JRnncimaa .. .. „ ~ - -. .. .. g  ■ **H-Uuua. ..•.. .-^ •*•*•-» .. •• •• Pupakura - .. 8.1 1.26 3.47 .. „ B.IS Manurewa .. .. ... .. _ .. 8.16 1.42 4.2 Papatoitol •- 8.30 2-.0 4.10 _ .. . * Otahuhu.. C-50 8.18 B.U 2.10 4.23 6.20 7.15 * Penroso Junction 117.15 118.30 t8.5l t2.30 UM t6.30 t".30 9.0 EUer3lio 7.20 8.35 8.5S 2.35 i.40 6.35 7.35 * ifenracv^ 110 !.' V. V. '.'. 7.30 8.44 9.7 2.45 ' 4.51 6*15 7.*45 * Newmarket June 7.35 8.10 9.19 2.55 }5.4 6.51 7.50 9.20 ArCKLAyp -7 .. .- arr. 7.45 8.53 9.23 3.S 5.13 7.0 8.0 9.30 + Change for Onehunga. II Change for Auckland and Intermediate Stations. , j ;; t Chan|o Tor Kaipara Branch Stations. 5 Change tor Otauuhn. A. Passengers are not booked by this train to Stations between Auckland and Onehunga. b. Only stops to ptefc up Passengers for South of Penrose Junction.. c. Runs on Mondaye. Wednesdays, Fridays, and Saturdays only. D. Run* on Mondays and Wednesdays only. K. Rana from Otorohanga on Tuesdays and Thursdays cnly. The 9.15 a.m. train from Te Awamutu runs daily. . t. Franktcn Jucction for Cambridge. To Aroha and Rctorua Liae3. Cambridge—Te Aroha and Rotorua Lines. , Scutb.-Week: Days. . North.-Week Days. A. M. A, M. Auckland, dep. .. 8 OHIO Lichfield, dep. .. .. .. •• 0126 ' v 1 -. *Putaruru Junction .. v ..p.m. p.m. "Taumangi .. .. .. •.. ~ Prankton Jun.. dep. ... .. .. .. 130c7 0 Oxford, dep .. ..1250 Hamilton West - ..138 710 'Okoroire .. •• •• •• 'Hamilton East.. .. : .. -.. v Mangawhara .. .- -. .. BuakuraJun..arr. .. _j 1 __ :: 1^ 11 '.' Z .'. '.'. * Cambridge Br.— .. , on t w-al- on, • * €nio D Ju ir"? p ':: :; z :: 2 <oa7^ .2^ j» 'Fencom-t 0 " " " " Te Aroha Br.- "-• on •H«ntiSi.. :: :: :: :: :: • v Te Aroha. dep.- - ..820 ~ Cambridge, arr. .. » Z--1:11° 11° 'WaitoT " ". '■> '■'■ * '.'. R^lir7j^nTrde"pTT. ~ .. .. 2067 30 .. ~ -- * . "Furolt'i . Murray s .^ .. .. .. •Mo'umaoho " Z Z Z Z* 0 * Morrmaville.arr. >. Z9 5 " afcp T pinßvin o .arr. ~ .. - cv . .. .. 9M62 50 Tv Akotia Br —' "" . .. .. "Motumaoho * * §»&... - •■ :: ;;■««».' aaii...^. " ::.»»» iIECTii :: " .:; ii i i s&v - 3?-wii ToAroha.'arr .. ..3 40 855 *Ha«tapn • , *Fcncourt — Morrinsville, dcp ..62 50 - *Tamahere .. - .. , .-; Sio a nhi::. :: :: izz *:: Saii^^no S£.. :: ::. :: z :: ii..: ak^i t dep io^w Z - - : : iruCw^:: " ZIO2O 355 Oxford I: ." '.'. -Z :: ft 35 :: Frankton Jun., arr. .. ..10 25 i 0 iSMW.: - :: z ;•: • :: jweiia.™ 513930 Liohfield. arr. •• 520 ~ ' a Runs on T^e'siay^TnuWdays. and Saturdays only. 6 Runs on Mondays, Wednesdays^and FridayVoiily c Runs on Mondays. Wednesdays. Fridays, and Saturdaya only, d Runs on Wed nesday? and Saturdays only. The others run daily. A- ftuos on first SimdftVi! in-each month-only. , ",.:'■• KAIPARA BRANCH.— Auckland—Henderson—Helensville. AUCKIAWP TO HELEft9VILLE.-WKEK DAYSJ HELENSVILLB TO AUCKr,AyD.-WEEK DAYS. — 1 —; —■ • A Anoklana .. dep. 5x55 P/.To fw gelensvill. > .. dep. 6.20 ll.« 4.0 .. Newmarket Junotn 7.12 11.12 4.57 2.25 "Helensville South.. Mount Eden- .. 7.19 11.19 5.4 2.32 'OhiranKi .. *Kingsland ....*** • *E? er2?:-ii "•"..« * * " *Mor?iing»ide.. _ *- *' • *Woodhill •■ ■• , , •• : *Mount Albert * * * * • *ReT etl" I , v . • Avondale .. .. 7.35 U.3S 5.20 * *Waimauku ~ .. _ • >NewLynn .. ~ •* * •Kumeu .. .. 7.10 1.5 5.v 'Waikomitl „ .. *:•"•• * 3.0 *Taupal« .. ■• ~ 55 » - "Henderson .„ .. 8.0 12.5 5.45 .. Waitakerei .. .. 7.35 1.30 6./0 .. ; "SwahßOtt .... * * * *Swanson .. .. , {5 - Waitakerei .. .. 8.25 12.32 6.15 .. Henderson .. ... 8.0 2.5 o.w .. *Taupakt .. .. * * * .. ♦Waikomiti .. •• . . » *'¥ Kumeu .. .. 8.45 1.5 6.33 .. *New Lynn .. - .„. ,»» 6W • "Walmanku .. .. ' * » .. Avondale _~ .. 8.27 -« ti.io *Reweti.. * * •" 'v. *Mount Albert ... , » , •WoodhiU '- .. • • »■!■!! ♦Mormngsidei. ... » ~ ♦ *Paeroa.. - .V • *■ * .- "S^gtßdan" " 8.17 2.55 6.24 5.13 . ys^:.; z io --- :: Sg^-sa aa a a jar' All lW Tables lasned prior to this date «re now General Stona«er. )