DEAD FOR TWENTY-FOUR HOURS.

A REMARKABLE STORY.

CI HAD been a medical student at E,— College for about two years,' said a grey-haired doctor who was one of the party around the cabin stove, ■ when I met with a singular adventure. It was forty years ago, and only a few lines concerning it were ever published. The State Prison was located in the same city, and although there was nolawto that effect, as is the case now, all bodies of dead convicts not claimed by friends were turned over to our college for sub jects. It sometimes happened, how ever, that we did not want them, as wo drew from other localities, and the classes were much fewor in number than now. At the time I speak of we had three or four subjects and would not want any more for weeks. 'One day—it was in June — I re ceived a note requesting me to call on a convict at the prison named James Harney. He was a man only 28 years of age, and had escaped the gallows by a scratch to be sentenced to solitary confinement for life. Judges still sen tence men to solitary confinement, but it is well known that the sentence is not carried out. After a brief period in a dark cell the convict is set to work with the other prisoners and treated just the same. At that-time, however, solitary confinement was a dungeon darker than midnight, with leave to walk in a corridor lighted by lamps every third day. Harney was a stout, robust fellow, wjfch a constitution like iron, and had been in prison over two years when he sent for me. Some in fluential friends of his had interceded with the Government, and Harney himself had saved a keeper from being killed by an insane convict, and in consequence the terms of his sentence had been modified and mitigated. Ho was permitted to have the run of a corridor, an ordinay cell was allotted to him, and a part of the time he Carried the meals to the men still in the dungeons. There was no possible chance for him' to escape, and as he had apparently resigned himself to his fate, no one suspected him of such an intention. He had got a note to me on the excuse that he had some important matters to. reveal regarding a robbery perpetrated on my father, then dead. I went to prision suppos ing that was the convict's sole object. I was permitted to talk with him with an iron grating between us and a keepc't sitting a few feet away to see that I did not pass in any articlo. 'Harney's boldness filled me with astonishment. He began by stating that he had heard I was an enthusiastic student of anatomy, and that I had written two or three articles for a medical magazine on the subject of suspended animation and trances. This was a fact; but as they had, been written and published after Harney's imprisonment, . and as he was supposed to be dead to the world, 3! could not understand how he had become acquainted with the fact. He put his proposition entirely on the ground of medical science, and it was no more nor less than that he should die and his body should be_ turned over to our college. He stipulated that his body should not go into the vat where the other subjects are kept for twenty-four hours after being received,. and that I should personally watch over it for that length of time. It was only after a second visit that I was enabled to fully com prehend his plans. He had discov ered that he could die at will and re turn to life at any hour not over a day and night distant. He said that he had tried it successfully up to 10 hours on several occasions, and felt sure that he could make the time three times as long. A. fellow-prisoner, who had observed him while in this state, had asserted that it. was a perfect counterfeit of death, the heart ceasing its pulsations, the limbs growing cold and rigid, and the pulse being too faint to be felt. He appealed; to my enthusiasm in the medical science to make his escape from a life sentence, and though I was at first firmly op posed to the idea, he brought forward 0 many arguments, and put them to me so keenly, that I was won over., 'Medical science must have dead bodies to secure benefits for the living,' he argued. 'lam a practical demon stration of a medical theory, you hold.

You believe that human life can be temporarily suspended, and you have been ridiculed for your assertions. Here is the opportunity to prove your theory. I will die. All the doctors will pronounce me dead. You shall restore me to life. The case will make you famous.'

' But your object is to escape from prison,' I protested. 'Granted. I killed an old man, who had only two or three years to live anyhow. I have been shut up' two years for it. It was my first and only crime, and I have bitterly re pented it. Let me go out into the world and I shall be a good man under another name. The law will suppose me dead and bo satisfied.' • In the end he overcame my fears and scruples, and I agreed to his plans, but we wero bafflqd at the very outset by tho fact that vacation was coming on, while tho college had more subjects than it needed. This was June, you will remember, and it would be near October before Harney's plan could bo carried out. Wo could safely figure in this case the same as in all others. Tho prison doctor was an old quack, who had secured his place through politics. It was well known among the medical fraternity that he was stupid and igno rant, and that the patients who took his doses wero as likely to die as to mend. When a convict died, the case was nearly always reported as typhoid fever. The old fellow appeared to rea son that this was a virulent disease, which he could not be expectod to cure, and consumpton, lung fevor, and nearly everything else went down in his reports as 'Tiefoid fever—bad case.' It was his rule to get the body out of the way as soon as possible. If a convict died early in the morning, he was buried in the afternoon, or his body sent to tho college in the evening. If he died at about dusk, his body was disposed of before midnight.

•Convicts aro useless critters after tho breath leaves 'em,' he said to me on one occasion, ' and keeping a corpse around here kinder discourages the living.' ' Whon I informed Harney that it would bo three months before our plaus could bo attempted, ho grow desperate. He felt certain in his own mind that we should achieve success, and tho idea of delay made him reckless. The prison fi-aveyard was then a part of the city graveyard, or at least separated only by a fence. A dead convict was lifted into a pine coffin, the lid screwed down, and two men with a one-horse waggon drove to tho graveyard and dumped the box into a three-foot hole, and filled the hole up. There was no ceremony and no feeling. I knew all these facts, for T had seen several bur ials ; but how Harney could know them was a puzzle to me uutil I learned that he got them while in gaol awaiting sen tence. He now proposed that he should die and bo buried, and that. I should dig him up and carry him off, and wait till life should come. This called for far more nerve than the other plan, and I would not give him an answer until I found a fellow enthusiast, who en tered into the plot with great alacrity. We rented a room, arranged for a horse and waggon, provided ourselves with an electric battery, various re storatives, wino and food, and on the afternoon of the 21st ' day of Juno, I promised Harney that we would be ready on the follow ino- night. He was greatly elated, aud assured me that if there was any hitch in the programmo it would not be his fault. When I left him I wont to the doctor's office in the prison, and after a few general remarks, observed : • Well, doctor, is there much sick ness V

' No ; not much.' • We shan't want any more cadavers before October.'

• No, I suppose not. Well, it isn't much of a job to plant 'em.' 'I was just talking with Harney— No. 310. He's looking powerful bad, and I predict that ho won't live a month.'

' Harney! Oh ' yes, I was noticing him the other day. Got all the points of tiefoid, he has, and he may drop off any day.' . Well, give him a decent burial, doctor. Good day.' ' I had scored a point for my man. The doctor was prepared for his death and would make the usual record. This is what happened at the prison soon after I left. The doctor was in formed that Harney was ill, and he went in to see him, and found him fev erish and flighty, with his pulse way up. "Sorry for you, Harney,' said the old quack, after making a brief exam 1 ination, ' but I'm afraid you are going to be a very sick man.' 1 Yes, I think so, doctor.' f You've got all the symptons of tie foid ; and if the disease gets a good grip on you it will be a hard job to pull you through.' 'Doctor, it's no use,' whispered Harney. 'If anybody can save me, you can ; but I feel that I have only a short time to live. I've had trouble iwith my heart for a long time, and I feel a3 if I was gradually going to nieces.

" ' Well, I'll send you in some pow ders, and perhaps you'll brace up ; but to be honest with you, I think your hours are numbered.'

Next morning Harney was much worse, and the doctor gave up all hopes, and sent the chaplain in to con sole the dying man, Harney was very penitent, and when the good man left him,''.it was with the firm conviction that the. dying convict had truly re pented of all his sins. At 3 o'clock in the afternoon the hall master reported to the doctor:

'No. 310 is dead in his cell, sir.', ' Oh, he-is 1 Wall, those that can't live must die. We will all have to go the. same way. Have the body put in a, coffin and carried to the deadhouse,

and it had better be buried as soon as : night comes. 'Isn't it to go to the colleger •No. They don't need any more just now,' •A plain white wood coffin was taken into the corridor, and the body of 31Q, which was already growing rigid, was placed in it, and the burden was then carried to a shed in the yard, which was used as a deadhouse. A convict named Saunders screwed down the coffin lid, bnt beforo he had finished his work he dropped his tools and ran to the doctor i\nd exclaimed : •I believe Harney is in a trance, or something of the sort, for as. true as I live I saw his chest heave and his eye. lids flutter as 1 put the cover on.', «■ Bosh !' shouted the doctor. « But I did, sir.' ' Look here, Saunders, I shall report to the Warden that you had better be returned to the blacksmith shop, When a sorub convict has tlie audacity to stand up and tell the prison doctor that he doesn't know his business, one or the other should go,' ' But I meant no disrespect, sir.' 'Perhaps not; but when I pro nounce a man dead of typhoid fever, aye when I havo already made my report to that effect—he is either dead or I am a cussed fool.' • Yes, sir ; yes, sir. I was probably mistaken, sir, and I'll promise that this does not happen again. Please forgive mo, sir, 1 must have been a little ner vous.' ' Well, I'll overlook it this time, but be more careful in future. Have him buried as soon as it is dark. I don't like the idea of keeping dead folks around here.' Soon after dark the waggon drove out of the prison yard with its burden of death, and the burial party consistod of a citizen employed for the purpose and a trusty convict. They bad the grave to dig, and: they had not yet completed it when we arrived on tho ground and carefully crept to a posi tion within ear-shot. They wero in a hurry to have the job off their hands, and they had not gone down over two feet when tho citizen omployeo of the prison said to the convict: ' That's deep enough for him or any other dead man. Nobody's to kuow whether ho-a two or seven feet down.' ' Correct you ore,' replied the con vict, as he got out of the hole. *1 came near getting into trouble with tho doctor over this fellow.' •How.' •As I put the lid on the coffin I saw his eyelids flutter and his chest heave, and I went to the doctor with it. ■ The old fraud threatened to take my soft snap away.' • You might have been deceived.' ' Never. I'm certain that we are burying the poor devil alive; but that is nothing to you or me. He'll bo dead enough by the time all the dirt is . on top of him.' ' Right you are. He might as woll ■ be buried alive in this hole as to die by inches'iTv'the prison. Grab hold,.now, and we'll do him a good turn to let him down gently.' • Thoy mado only ton minutos' work ' of filling up the grave, and they had 1 scarcely reached their waggon when the ' two of us wero throwing out the dirt. . When we came to the coffin wo lifted it ! out, removed the lid, took out the ' body, and then the coffin was returned to the grave and the dirt shovelled | back. In three-quarters of an hour from Harney's first burial we had him '_ in our quarters, and had escaped any ' chance for suspicion of body-snatching. ; During our last interview in prison, he ' had exacted of me the promise that I would make no effort at resuscitation until twenty-four hours had passed. He intended to die for just that period ' of time.and ho firmly believed his will could control events. After twenty four hours had passed I was at liberty to use any means I thought best. We undressea the body, wrapped it in • woollen blankets, aud laid it on a bed. 1 On a stand beside the bed we placed water, wine, and food, and then left > the room and turned the key in the * door. This was at II o'clock at uight, and Harney had been dead eight hours.

'We did not go near the room until half an hour before the expected time, and the moment we looked on the dead man's face we realised that reac tion had set in. The pallor was dis appearing, colour waa returning to the lips and there was a moisture which felt warm to- the touch, We drew up our charts without a word, and paid the keenest attention to what was to out-rival any experience in any doctor's career. At 2.45 o'clock there was a flutter of the eyelids, and I put my hand on his heart and could detect a faint pulsation. The colour continued to come to his face, signs of life were multiplied each moment, and at 2.55 o'clock Harney opened his eyes and looked full at us. We saw at once that he was conscious and in possession of all his senses, and I bent over him and whispered .:.

'We have kept our promise. You died in prison, were buried by the officials, and we dug you up and brought you here, It is just twenty four hours. Remain quiet until your strength returns.'

' I fed him with mne and food, apd five minutes later he dropped off into a natural and. healthy sleep, which lasted four hours. When he awoke he was ready to sit up and to talk, and, after eating and drinking very heartily, he was able to walk across the room. When asked for his experience he re plied : ' The only way I can describe it is to say that I lay down on my back on the floor, held my breath, closed my eyes,, and gradually . became uncon scious. It was,; perhaps, ten minutes before I lost my senses. It was like falling asleep, only it seemed as if I was melting away to nothing. I kept

repeating to myself: .■ You must awake at 3 o'clock to-morrow,' and that was the very last thing I can remember. My coming back to life was like awakening from sleep, but I feel wealc, and tremble as if I had just got up from a fit of seasickness. Well, Harney was out of prison', and I had such faots and points on the subject of suspended animation as would make the public believe me a ljar and a fraud if I wrote the solemn truth. After two or three days, when I asked what he proposed to do in tho future, he sat and reflected, and then answered:

'Bring me a razor, some court plaster and bandages,and I will answer your question before the week is out." «What do you intend ?' •Trust me and ask no questions.' That uight, when I went to carry him his supper, I found Harney look ing as if he had been fighting a duel with knives, and his face was so cov ered with strips of court plaster that he was a ludicrous sight. What had he done ? Well, it is worth relating, for he exhibited wonderful nerve and skill. He had a nose with a very large end. By the use of the razor he made an altogether different looking nasal organ of it. He had a fat chin; he made a dimple in it, His mouth was naturally largo. By making a cut at one corner, which would leave a scar, he changed the contour of it. He bad heavy eyebrows. These he trimmed down and shaped in a new way. Two weeks later, when he was Teady to go out into the world as William Bedford, no man could have identified him as James Harney. He was a machinist, by trade, and he went from our room to a shop in the city and secured work, and for over 20 years he was a resi dent of that place. As William Red ford he married there, came to have a half-interest in tho shop, and for six years was an Alderman. I have spent many an hour in his house, aud have trotted two of his childreu on my knee.

'rapery,

THE ■ AUCKLAND;' EVENING : STAR, FRIDAY MAY .2Qr/tggl_

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•jCTEW qTORY! TtTBW OTORYII TO-MORROW (SATURDAY), Will appear the Qpb___o C_.ai.___s of a New akd Romantic Stokt, entitled, THE MYSTERY OF HADDOFS FERRY- B_ B. D. E. N. SOUTH WORTH. This story is one of the most attractive that has yet been published in our columns. The plot is novel, and its characters fresh and attractive. The story also introduces a great variety of incident which sustains the interest of the reader throughout.



itusiuess Notices. mHE AUCKLAND COFFEE-HOUSE COMPANY. KARANGAHAPE ROAD. THE ABOVE COMPANY Havo tal.cn Promises in Dr. Purch ab's Splendid Block of Buildings Karangahapo Road, Where they havo opened thoir No. 1 Branch, aud are now prepared to supply Refresh ments at tho following prices:— Tea, small cup, Id, largo do, 2d Buns, Id eaoh Cotree „ ~ Id. „ 2d Scones, Id „ Cocoa .. ~ Id, „ 2d Tarte, Id „ Lemonade, lsd per bottlo Roll & But- Ginger Beer, ljd „ ter. Id Ginger Ale, 1.0 ,i Bread & Butter.ld Soda Water, lid „ Ham Sand- Bop Beer, l.d „ wiohes, 2d „ Milk, Id per glass Beef do., 2d „ Pork Plea, 2d TEA, COFFEE, & COCOA, 2d perpint, Open daily from half-past six a.m. until ton p. . WANTED KNOWN-That we havo placed the charge of our Manchester Department in the hands of Mr F. Andrews, for many years engaged in a similar capacity in the well-known establishment of W. Whiteley, VVc.tbourne Grove, London. Ladies requiring Tablo Unmasks, Lace Curtains, Blind Hollands, Quilts, Blankets, Shootings, Towels, Towelling, Toilette Covers, Calicoes, Shirtings, Flannols, etc., may depend upon having theahovc lines at lower prices than would bo charged by any other house in Auckland. — Thomas Short's Great Clearance Sale. By order of the Exe cu tors. M^ ~~ILLINERY.—On and after Monday next, "Vpril 25, the Millinery Department at tho late Thomas Short's Drapery Establish ment will bo under tho supervision of Mrs Duff, nee. Miss Noddcr. Morning, Wedding, and Millinery or dors executed most promptly. AWED_.NOWN^That in Short's Window may be soon, for this week only, Infanta' Pelisses for 4s Cd eaoh, worth from 15s Od to 80s, at Thomas Short's Great Clearance Salo. By order of the Executors, . WANTED KNOWN—That the ser vices of Mr Gcrrand, for many years engaged with Messrs W. H. Fenton and Co., have boon secured for tho Hat and Mercery Department, and that gentlemen may rely upon thoir wants being suppliod at Thomas Short's Great Clearance Sale. By order of the Exe cutors. WANTED KNOWN-That Mr Henry Arthur McKean, who had charge for many years of the Clothing Department of Messrs Buckley aud Nunn, Melbourne has now tho management of our Men's, Youths', and Boys' Clothing. We now have the largest stock at the cbcapost prico in: Auckland, and give the best, seloction as to variety of stylo and finish procurable. For price list see anothor column, —Thomas Short's Great Clearance Sale. By order of the Executors. ' WANTED KNOWN^That Louis Vel veteens, the wholesale price of which was 4s 9d per yard, can now be purchased at Short's for 2s lid retail. Inspection invited at Thomas Short's Great Clearance Sale. By order of the Executors. Samples sent by post to any lady requiring, WANTED KNOWN - That Gentle; men's Hats of the nowest shapes may be procured at one-half their value at Thomas Short's Great Clearance Salo. By order of the Executors. ANTED KNOWN-That our Dress Materials are under the special charge of Mr A. Linabury, and that wo are prepared to offer during our Great Clearance Sale Serges, Beiges, Winceys, Cashmeres, Merinos, Camel Cloths, Nuns' veiling, Costume Mixtures, Crape, Jersey Cloths, Ottoman Cords, and in fact every Novelty now procurable in Dress Materials, at prloes that must astonish, but we would specially Invito attention to our ii-ponny Scarborough Serges and Costume Mixtures. Samples sent by parcel post to anyone inquir ing.—Thomas Short's Great Clearance Sale. By order of the Exeoutors. WANTED KNOWN-That on Tuesday next .yo shall opon Forty Dozens of Gents', Youths', and Boys' Hats, on which wq have received a largo allowance from the shipping company, the goods boing damaged by fresh water only. Price no object. Must bo sold at Thomas Short's Great Clearance Sale. By order of the Executors. ■ ... ■ ■ , BE IT KNO WN that, although we may not be able to always Bhow Kid Gloves in, our window, the public of Auckland may rest assured that Thomas Short's is the Cheapest House in'town for Ladles', Gents', and Children's -Kid, Suede, Silk, Cashmere, and every copoeiyable variety of GJovos, and that during tho Great Clearance Sale we are selling every description of Gloves at less than whole salo cost. Come and judge for yourselves. Thomas Short's Great Clearance gale. By order of the Executors. ■ , SHOW-ROOM.— The Executors of bhelate Thomas Short beg to intimate to the Ladies of Auokland that their Show-room, now under the care of Miss Bishop and Mrs.Mackenzie, has been greatly enlarged, making it now the most capacious and complete room of its kind in the city, For varieties in style, quantities for selec tion in Dolmans, UJstors, Fur Capes, and Visetqs, their stocks are unequalled, and customers may depend tbatgenulnolleductions will be found in every line during the Great Clearance Sale. By order pf the Executors. RE late Thomas Short, Draper and Silk Mercer, Auckland.-All Business Com munications should be addressed to the Manag ing Executor, and will receive his personal attention. E late Thomas Short, Draper ann Silk Mercer, Auckland.—All Business Com jnunications should be addressed to the Manag ing Executor, and will receive his personal attention. WANTED to Rent or Lease, a House of about 8 rooms, in the vicinity of Fort Cautley,North Snore-Apply j, H, W-thtford,



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Auckland _ .. •« .. _ _.„ * * .. .. * Pukekohe.. ...... - .. 7.10 12.31 3.3 - ■ P 7.37 'Paerala ...,_....- « . * . * * _, .. * •Runclnian ~.._...„ w * * * .... * Drury .. ~ _ _ 7.47 1.10 3.37 .. .] 8.10 .{unua ...,..«..,— .. *" * * .. * Papakura.. „ ~ .. ~' ~ - 8.1 1.26 3.47 .. .. 8.18 Manurewa, ~ ~ ~..-, _ 8.16 1.42 4.2 * Papatoitoi .. .. .. , 8.30 2.0 4.15 _ * Otahuhu .. „ C.50 8.18 8.41 2.10 4.23 6.20 7.5 * Penrose Junction .. ~ .. |7. |5 i|S._o 18.51 t2.30 t4.36 t0.30 t7]3o 9.0 Kllcrslio .. .. _. .. „ 7.20 8.35 8.58 2.35 0.35 7.35 "GreonLano , * * * * * * *..' Kemuera .. _. 7.30 8.44 9.7 2.45 6.45 715 * Newmarket Juno. 7.35 8.49 9.19 2.55 }5.4 6.51 7^o 9.20 Auckland arr. 7.45 8,58 9.28 3.5 5.13 7.0 8.0 - 9.3Q t Change for Ooobnnga. B Chango for Auckland and Intermediate Stations. j Change for Kaipava Branch Stations. § Change for Otahuhu. A. Passongers ftre not booked by this train to Stations between Auckland Onohunga. n. Only stops to pick tip Passengers for South of Penrose Junction, c. Runs on Mondays, Wednesdays, Fridays, and Saturdays only, p, Runs on Mondays and Wednesdays only. c. Runs from Olorohanga on Tuesdays and Thursdays only. The 9,15 a.m. train from Tc Awamutu runs daily. _. Frankton Junction for Cambridge, Te Aroha aud Rotorua I4pga. Cambridge—Tb Aroha and Rotorua Lines. ' ..SQ_rr_.VW__ ,£>4¥9. Nohth.-Week Days, A, Sr. A. M. A. M. P. M. Auckland, dep. ~ 8 01140 Lichfield, dep. .. _ .. .. 612 5 —-, ;; 1 , ..„ .'„ ,_, ~ _~.,„.. . --. *Putaruru Junction .. ._. ... * ~-,-. „ p.m. p.m. *Taumangi •' Frankton Jun,, dep, „ „ _ ~ 130c7 0 Oxford, dep. ___. .. ;', ._ 12 50 Hamilton West., ~ ~' •"_. .. 138 710 *Okoroire .. .. ~ ..""'* 'Hamilton East.!' ' „;" i .. .. * * 'Manrawhara .. .. ~ .. *", Ruakura Jun., arr. :.".' ~. .. .. 152 722 Mntamata ». .. .... 133 — -^- — ——~———- — — ... .„,... ..,, ..., -——- ■_.— *\Vaharoa .. _, .. '.'. -* Cambridge Br.-^ ~ ... .. * Walton .. .. Z .... * Ruakura Jnri., dep ,'. 2 od7 30 .Ci.viiahi.. ~ » ~ .. * ♦Mongaonui .. .. _ ;..-_■ .. * * Moninsville, avr. ~ .. ~ 235 "Tamahero t . ~, .^ ..',.* * : '■ ■ - "Fencourt «■''■"- ! * * Te Aroha Br.— •Hautapu .. .. .. * * Te Aroha, dep. „ .. ..8 20 Cambridge, arr, .. .. ~ .. 2408 10 *Waihou .. .. .. ~ * ■ — "'■.,,'. »i ■. - —— - — 'Waitoa .. «. .. ,' * Ruakura Jun., dep. ..... .. .. 2067 30 "TatuaoHaua .. .. .. * 'Eurokiv ~ < 'Murray's .... * '' 'Motumapho ;, ... ~ « » Morrinsville, arr. .. ..9 5 MomnsviDe, arr. ~ .... .. 240 8 10. — ■■ _.'.;■ ' __. , 1. ,w, _rm —■ v... .., .1111.1.1 _........ 1 _--^ -,— Morrinsville, dep 91062 50 TeArqhaßr.-. , *MoUimaolio * * Mpmnsvillo, dep, _ . v „o25?8 15 'Eureka .'.- .. .. . * * ♦Murray s .. . . ... * Ruakura Jun., arr. .. ~ 9503 30 'TatuaoHaua ..'.!„ .! . *■ « ' "•? JU 'Wajtoa «. .. „ : _,-...;;,,.. *; * * Cambridgeßr.~ •Waihou , 1 ■:. Cambridge, dep. „ .. 915rf250 To Aroha, t^rr. ~ ~ ~ ~ *. 3408 55 'Hautapu.. ._ 7. .. * * tz —; ——71 r-r— *Fen court .'. - * * Morrinsville, dep. ~ ~ _ ..^2 50 ... 'Tamahero .. Z * » *l_>°H tall '" •' « - „ .. * .. 'Mongaopui .. Z .'. * * *Waha?oa" " "r ~ " - » " Huakura Jun, arr. .. .. 9553 30 Spiara l ~ I«* ? I Sfe^": ';; <« J4O O^forT 0" •- V .« " Hamilton West.. Z ..10 20 355 •TaurnangY '»"••■ *• :%.' *■ $ - Frankton Jun., arr. ___ .. 10 25 4 0 ;iS|olS n•: ' z :i-:'i :: s i: Auckl^a^ .■;-«■ vTi.-_i. • .'_ • ' 'Flag Station. v _-_.!-_slfv3 u J^^yS'X^^^ayß. and Saturdays only, b Runs on Mondays, Wednesdays, and F_!_sES«s^M2??^¥?»i¥'% Wednesdays, Fridays, and Saturdays only, d Runs on Wed nesdays and Saturdays only. The others run daily. ea A Rung on first Sundays In each mpntli only. KAIPARA BRANOH.-^Aucki.anp^-Henpsbson-^-Jlelbnsvili.e. ACCKtAXD TO HgLENSVILLE.-WEHg DAYS. HE-ENSVILLE TO AOCKLANp.-WEEg DAYS. ■J!SSJ« yjT )t &SS If Helensville .. dep. %% %% "# M o lWi Jncot,! M_ H'J_ i's7 2-25 'Helensville South.. W * * ~ t&siand 60.-: ■■■:: H 9 w h w*g* •• - *. • • :: M-unt n _.hd fi e _- -' : : * " *w o eodhiii :: :: « : : •■• •wount Albert ... , . *, * *Reweti . . * r tfSWSS. '■'- -'f Jlf : :SsSifi»-." :: * * • : nvaikomm :: ;: 4 * * 30 iSSSSt •• •• H 3 M 6-s 'SwanlSr - - B'§ 12V 5 H* '- wXkerei ." !! 7.35 1.30 6.20 Z 'p-e.o^ - - * .: .-: •• :#.°™inßßid... *■ . * * 'Ohiran-l ~■ " * . . " *K»n_Bland .. .. * * « * 'HeensvuieSouth" • '1. ' . V unt E, den V -8-il7 2-55 6.2-1 5.13 _ T i__B__i_^o^r: 9,401 _io-| 7,301 :: I S£SS£S rt JPD^. .:f 3 iff || , -W AU 'J/wneT-aljlea issued prigr to tjbis datti are now cancelled &wwns' J. P, MAXWELL, General Manager.



fix ii. M I HOBSON-ST, 1 \\ % VISIT „ I makers; -^ Hobson-street. We respectfully invite attention t_ J Slock of NOVELTIES for Rrelm^l^' Our Great Variety and Choi.?_.^«o^ Fabrics, wilh the Skill und TaWl fte \ and tho great success of our ef_rt« _;enM'; Superior Garments, PERFECTin'W***' UNEXCELLED in CUT and Sm#f'* every confidence in respectfully ofliXiP __f favour ota visit. ■ bou?togtg All Tweeds thoroughly shrunk _e{ o t ß w' made up, and fit and workmanshipguaj^t 5 The Deferred Payment System __.t:' found to be a great boon, by enablinc iv limited incomes to procure neee_^Stll. easiest possible way. T W All Goods are marked in plain figures. Cash Customers receive 5 per cent tl __1 (one shilling in the pound sterling) on aIvJS of 20s and upwards. s' uaau Wjcej INSPECTION INVITED. '' Tram cars pass the door. || ]^[UFFS ! MUFFS 1 JJjjjjj CRINOLINES! CRINOLINES 1 I CRINOLINES l ■ I AT P. DAY IS 0 K'jf, BABY LINEN & LADIES' UNDEMjJfV WAREHOUSF. . H 180 MUFFS to he sold at the foll_win» i, prices:—Black Astrachan Muflsatlßlia'&Sl ■ 4s Hd; Cold Black and Fancy Satin mm I 2s Od. worth 0s Cd ; Cold Plush and SatSII at 2s lid, worth 8s Od; Cold PlushMhflH 3s lid, worth 12s (Id. . r* CO Crinolines at 2s lid, worth 7s6d to 123 M Splendid Assortment of NEW BABYLIKE., Merino Pelisses, from 2s lid to 303; Cloak 4s Cd to 253 ; Robes, 3s Gd to 255; Night aidtS Gowns, Js Cd to 0s 6d; Infauts'floods, £.1; Bonnets. 2s Gd to 16sGd; Merino Frocks, is (ft _ 5s 6d; Flannels, Short and Long Slips, Sqaara Bibs. Shirts and Bands. Waterproof She<£ Napkins, Aprons, and Bibs. Alarge variety!. choose from at the very lowest prices.' ________ N0.9, JUNCTION QUEEN & GREYS 8, Medical. ]y[ RS D R' gTU ART'S Are tbe only Safe and Geotke " - FEMALE M EDICINE3 Advertised. , '.'...,.. FFMALE IPILLS, 2s 6., Pronounced a boon. , FEMALE LIVER and ANTIBILIOUS PILLS, is Gd. ' ' . Prevent many troubles peculiar to the Sex.; Good for all af?e3. A grand Safeguard, ans Corrective. SoldeverywLere,"' DRUG COMPANY, Acim ELLISDON'S NEURALfJ. DW?S, FOR THE ''"'."l ' ■' n THOROUGH CURE OF NEUEALQIA..- ~ From tho Rev. C. J. Merton, Sl_ J__.Pa_o. - ■ ' age. Ferry Road, Decernber',lß7B.:. "MydearMrEllisdon,-Ihaveformaiijry?ais. past from time to time sunercd seVSely from Neuralgia, and have found nothing to relieve me so speedily or so .effectively §a.yot_.'Neu ralgicj Drops.' I can confidently _e'co__e_lft —Yoiirs truly, C. J. Mkrton." ." Numerous other Testimonials in myposjs. sion. Prices, 2s and 3s Gd per bottle. BIGGS'S TOOTHACHE ESSENCE Gives Instantaneoua Relief. Price, la, , Prepared only by F. BIGGS (late EllbdOSJ Chemist, High-street, Christchurch.- SoldDyaH Chemists. Wholesale Agents— , , KEMPTHORNE & PROSSER,Anqktoid._. THE MEDICALtELECTEICA. | TREATMENT OF DISEASES, I As many diseases can be cured by Elqctridty without Medicine, and others being in com» tion with Medicine, Dr. _VILKINS; hfts m to his Consulting Rooms every necessaryMW trtcal appliance both for Internal and■ Extent! Complaints of the body, includingElectecalM, and Cold Baths.-Consulting Rooms, Queffl street, opposite Shortiand-street Auckland. WOLFE'S SCHNAPPS is-a greatit lief in rhematism, infinitely superior» brandy or whiskey. Architects. TT^DWAKD MAHONEY AND SON. ARCHITECTS/ Queen-street, Auck-ANp,______. P. HERA. ATH, F.R.1.8.A.] .S. VU HE_tf4^' "O HERAPATH and SM -*- * ARCHITECTS, Colonial Bank BpiLDrKCS.^^ WDW AX D BARTLEY, ARCHITECT, STICHBURY'S BUILDINGS, . QUEEN-STREET..: ?____-. T"0 H N MI T C HJ.i§ «J> ARCHITECT, St.Mungo Chambers, Queen-street, and at! Otahuhu.: • ;:^-, n „.Wi Special Work undertaken for the Profess.?* Perspectives in Best Styles.^ -^, Patent Drawing? and Specifications W!W Prepared at Moderate '-Cb_____p^,;.. M~ ' R. P. F. M. BURROW.. ARCHITECT AND BUILDER:; surveyor; - A.M.P. Society's BuiLPn^____.-i' •WILLIAM ERRIN (J T0 & M. Inst. C.E., M. Inst. 3L&' CONSULTING E N GIN B ?ft AUCKLAND. Insurance _^ f TWTEW ZEALAND INSURANCE CO* _I_l PANY {FIRE AND MAKING /. .. i ' £1.000.P_Q.; Capital • .•••■•■• '*_, v ooo - Paid-up and Reserve Funds.:...-* I*''1*'' ■ Protection from FIRE or MARIN^ ; Can be Effected in this Compaq- CLAIMS MET WITH PROMPTITUDE^ LIBERALITY. -..-; . JAMES^UTT^XM^ap^ mHE STANDARD INSURANT co' OP NEW ZEALAND. FIRE, MARINeTaND GUARANTY Capital T^.: J3J.000.000 Wit_ Unlimited Liability of SharehoWo^ HEAD OFFICE: PRINCES-St., DU.^ FJRE and MARINE INSURANCE ace** 4 at lowest current rates. . FIDELITY of persons in Situations _ guaranteed. ; „_'"-' Prompt SetUementstaaae. . ' *_22iSSSSB*