PAINFUL EXPERIENCES.

A Bnrlal at Sea.

Asiatic cholera broke oufc in all its dread fury on board the steamship Manolo, from Southampton to Madras, jusfc as we were petting well out of the fearful heat of the Red Sea. Day after day, some fresh victim was announced, and clay after day saw a brief burial service, and a fearsome object sewed in a eack, with a shot at the end, was slid off a plank into the black water, at night-

Ifot one of vs_ knew whose turn it would be next to be seized with the awful spasms which prefaced the disease from which only one in a hundred recovered. \\ re went about in fear and trembling-. j; ve ry man, woman, and child on board auried camphor in quantities, and all the me n, and many of the women, had recourse to frequent inhalations of tobacco. For the Indian weed was said to bo an excellent antiseptic, and some believed it was an absolute preventive. The word cholera was tabooed. No one flared use it, it conjured up such sensa tions of dread, such visions of fearful agony that, with tacit consent, it was expunged from the ship's vocabulary. All that was needed to tell us that a fresh case had occurred was the dreary look on the harassed, haggard face of the doctor ffhen he entered the saloon, or was met upon deck after a visit forward. 1 don't think that man had his clothes off j ora -»eek in all that dreadful climate. He ve nt among his patients ni^ht and day ; jus on'j rest being taken when one of them va s quietly slipped overboard, the dull splash) which told that the sea had received its dead, being only a signal to him that he n^s wanted by another, whose turn it might be to-morrow. The wonder is that ho never took the digease himself. He was a living and prac tical proof of the sayings that doctors bear charmed lives ; that there is a special ftovidence which watches over the fortunes of babies, drunken men, and doctors. He insisted on every passenger taking a dose of qniiiino'thi-cc times daily. But all his precautions were of no avail; one after another, passengers and crow were stricken down like hares at a German battue. The condition of fear und nervousness into which we had all of us gradually sunk mis excellently calculated to make us readily subject to any kind of infection, and no effort anyone could make was sutti cient to rouse us from the sort of frightened torpor which had seized us. Hie serious face of the captain, who had passed through similar experiences before, and who knew the result, "was enough in itself to chill our innermost souls. Prayermeetings were the order of the day, and a few of the more healthy passengers, and some good women, whose better natures always corns to the fore under distressing circumstances, were willing volunteers to the doctor's staff of nurses and dispensers. But all the prayers, all the goojJnoss of the few, all the voluntary risk of others, could not drive the cholera away. I had joined the volunteer ambulance corps myself, for I was young and strong, and had no ties at home to make me fear death, or timid dreads to make me avoid

danger. But, like the others, I was no more proof against infection than they. One afternoon, I felt the weary, oppres sive feeling precursory to the griping spasm. I took amp of brandy, and told the docto r I would lie down for a little while. But I could not sleep. A cold shivering seized my body, an ague shook my smallest bones. Then 1 grow feverish, and I could not collectmy thoughts, and my whole frame became racked with pain. I anvled, rather than walked, to the doctor's room, and strove to tell him what W>» tomatter with me, but my forehead burned, and my tongue seemed to be swelled several sizes too large for my mouth, and v/as so hot, and dry, and.

parched, I coald not command its move

menti. The doctor knew what was the matter at once.

He lifted me in his arms, a3 he would lave done a child, and carried ma to his berth, and gave me a dose. It was my only chance, I remember' hear ing him say. Then my thoughts wandered back to the days of my childhood. All the little escapades of my boyhood came before ma, and I mixed them up incontin ently with the business and the cleeda of my riper years. I fought again my boyish battles, only to find that my opponent was some man who, in business, had wronged me. I made love to my little fellow schoolgirl, to find that she was some hideous Hindoo, or » North American Indian.

Every thoight that entered my weary, fevered brain seemed to take n wrong turn ing, and to come out face to face with some antagonistic thought, which met it in furious onslaught, and drove me crazy. At last I fell into a peaceful sleep, and I thought that, amid heavenly music, soft voiced impels were bearing me away in their arms, ana soothing my fevered forehead with their cool, gentle hand.". How long J continued iv this state 1 can not say, but presently I became aware of the presence of the three persons near me, talking in lowered tones. One, which I in stantly recognised as that of the doctor, S9id;

"Poor follow; I didn't think it would take him so quickly. He's gone. He will never see Madras. You had letter prepare nisbody." I was perfectly helpless. I could move neither hand nor foot, nor could I make The doctor left the cabin, for I heard him step up the passage, ami walk slowly along the saloon, and then the two nurses (for I knew instinctively that they wore ™ of the lady volunteer*) proceeded to wash me, and lay me out decently. One of them—£ knew her voice—a young "tyi who was grang out to l'oonah as a governess, leant) over mo and kissed my forehead softly. I almost experienced v matey as her cool lips touched me. , J-hen, when I had been carefully wrapped & & sheet -all tho cero clothes that the Ve«sel afforded—they once more lef bme to tty thought*. What these were I would rather leave wtold. Imagino a young man—l was only '«Mid-twenty, in the very prime of his wength :inc! vigour • knowing thab ho wart °?Iy waiting for sundown to bo calmly Wclicd into the son, sewn up in v *»ack, F"f> a '"»vy shot tied to his feet, with no i™" 3 °f saving himself, and utterly unable, °> cry or by movement, to tell hi* frionds ho was still alive. ihatwus tho plight I was in. And it J "'? wvomo of pleasant! i-onH ° 'ator someone camo in, and fctni'y insinuated my body, foct first, mouth drondcd 6acli' a"d ticti UP the t\l! K'l J distinctly fcltj tho bag of £*l " lixc' l *° Ul° foot of the

tic)1,!! 11 a"am IWM loft to my I>eflec' Jcy uo,o of tho biLtcrcst kind, ten 01,-r ly ] felt '"y'clf being silently and R I'ftcd from my bcxth, and I knew softly y ur wa? COI1)C- As my bearers 1 \vL mnrcllctl '» «ep along the saloon, of tin °V? n C0l)s C'oua of them turning out the om •" tloor- and carrying me up tarnS i W'", on ladll«-- I knew that they «hin „ l>o T' lK]n> °n the leo-side of tho shim k mt th°y stopped close amid taffraii c ■ l<orowas an opening in the Ji C" 'lloani :he captain's low, but djs •Ci-viea «° r,?fl| li"K a portion of tho burial 1 "W-A knew that, unless some

miracle intervened, I had but very few minutes more to live.

The doctor had spoken truly when he said I should never reach Madras. A sort of fury seemed to seize me a3 I thought of his words. I made a frantic effort to disengage my hands from the fatal winding sheet, and, in my agony, I burst out with.

"My God ! You won't bury me alive !" In an instant I was on the deck, and willing hands had produced willing knives to cut open tho sack which was to have been my coffin. But the shock had been too much for my enfeebled brain. I was taken back to my bed with brain fever. When the ship reached Madras I was sent to hospital, and only came out in four months to be sent to tho lulls, where, thanks, to a good constitution, I entirely recovered

Long Reigns.

TirE jubilee year of Her Majesty the Queen, which is to be celebrated this year, and which will be the occasion of great public interest throughout the civilised world, is an event as noteworthy as it is rare. It is especially worthy of notico in tho ease of a Sovereign whose character is so virtuous and ■whoso reign has been so prosperous as that of our much-loved Queen. It is not, however, with this aspect of tho question that we propose to deal at present, but to place before our readers a view of some of the longest reigns recorded in history. Few monarehs, indeed, have swayed the sceptre for half a century, the period now all but attained by Queen Victoria, with the prospect, humanly speaking, of adding many more years to that number, and even if we take forty years as the limit, the list will not be found overwhelmingly long. Beginning with sacred history, we Jlnd that Saul reigned over Israel for forty years from the time of his solection at Mizpah to that disastrous day when he and his three souk, together with many of tho mighty men of Israel, "fell down slain on Mount Gilbon." David, hia successor, reigned also for forty years, seven of thorn in Hebron as king of Judith, and thirty-three in Jerusalem overall Israel, while hia son Solomon's reign came short of that period by one year. After the partition of tho king dom into two, we find thnt of the kings of Judah, Asa, Joash, and Uzziah occupied the throne of David for forty-one, forty, and tifty-two years respectively. Theso are numbered among" tho good kings, while Manas.seh's wicked reign lasted for the long space of rifty-five years. Of the kings of the ten tribes, Jeroboam 11. ruled in Samaria forty-one years and, like his namesake, the son of Nebat, he did evil in the sight of tho Lord, but was in other respects a capable rulor.

Turning from sacred ht3tory to profane, and looking first ut the great empires of antiquity, we find that in the seventh century (n.c.) Deioces roigned over the JVledes for fifty-three year?, during which he built the onco famous city of Ecbatana, while Cyaxares, the next but one in suc cession, reigned forty years. It was he who overthrew Kineveh and its effe minate ruler, Sardanapalus. The neigh bouring realm of Persia was governed for the same length of time by Artnx erxes I.- (Longimanus), whose immedi ate predecessor and successor, it is in tecesting to note, occupied the throne for seven months .and two months respec tively. Artaxerxes 11. enjoyed the royal title for six and forty years. Esarshaddon, the son of Sennacherib, was master of the Assyrian Empire for forty-nine yeais, and the celebrated Nebuchadnezzar, during a rule of forty-three years' duration, raised the kingdom and city of Babylon to their highest glory. Alyattes, the second last, king of Lydia, 'and'pfedecessor of Cra;sus, reigned over that country for the long period of fifty-seven years. A romantic episode in Egyptian history is related by Herodotus-Sabaco, or Sebichos, the tirst of the twenty-fifth dynasty, quitted the country of his own accord after ruling it for half-a-century, and on his departure the previous king, Anysis, who had been in hiding all that time, came forward and finished his reign, thus strangely inter rupted. Later on we have Psammetichus occupying the throne of the I'haraohs for fifty-three years, and Amasis for forty one.

The Republican institutions which largely prevailed throughout ancient Greece made the number of its Stat-es having kings to be somewhat small, and even where the first magistrate bore the kingly title, his chances of a long reign were sadly minimised by the internecine wars so continually boing waged. Agesilaus, one of the greatest of the sons of Sparta, was king over that war like State for thirty-seven years; and Philip V., the ally of* Hannibal against tho Romans, ruled in Macedonia for tour years

longer. Of tho kings of ancient Kome, Numa Foinpilius wore the diadem forty-three years, Servius Tullins exceeding that period by one year. The Roman Empire, merging, as it after wards did, into the Holy Roman Empire, forms the connecting link between ancient and modern history. Augustus wore the imperial purple for forty-one years, a period reached by none of his successors for a thousand years until Henry IV. (the Great), who was Emperor for exactly the half century. Alter another long interval — nearly fivo hundred years — the famous Charles V. abdicated, after swaying the destinies of the Empire for nearly thirty nine years, while Leopold 1., one of the snbsequent Emperors, bore the title for forty-eeven years. The Popes were closely connected with tho Emperors, but only six of those successors of St. Peter sat in his chair for longer than twenty years, the late Tope, Pius IX., heading the list with a pontificate of thirty two years' duration. Eight .French kings occupied the throne for lengthened terms ; Philip L, forty-nine years; his grandson, Louis VII., forty" three years ; Louis VII. was succeeded by his son Philip Augustus, who reigned lor the same length of time as his father; Louis IX (St. Louis) exceeded this by a year. Charles VI., in whose time was fought the battle of Agincourt, reigned forty one years ; and about a century later this term wasexceededby two years by Francis l., who also was unfortunate in the field, being defeated and taken prisoner by the Emperor Charles the Fifth at the great battle of Pavia in 1525. But the longest of long reigns is that of. Louis XIV., "le grand Monarque," who, succeeding to the crown at the early age of five, kept it for no less than seventy-two years, leaving it to his great-grandson, Louis XV., ■who, in his turn, held-it for fifty-nine. The Elector Frederick William, the founder of the greatness of Prussia, held the title forty-eight years, two years longer than the reign of the great Frederick. Coming now to our own country, we have among the Kings of Scotland William I. ruling that portion of the island for almost half a century, and David 11. bearing the title of King of Scotland for forty years, a great portion of which, however, he spent as an exile in France or as a prisoner in England. Of English sovereigns, Henry 111. reigned fifty-six, the warlike Edward 111. fifty-one, and the unfortunate Henry VI. for forty nine years. Good Queen Bess reigned forty five years, and her successor, James, spent thirty-six years of his wise-foolish life as King o' Scots, and twenty more on the throne of England, making fifty-pix in all- King George tho Third ascended the throne in 1760 and occupied it until his death in 1820, a period of sixty years, his jubilee being celebrated by the nation in 1806.— D.C.

STEAMERS ON THE CONGO.

two Ameriean^Boats to be Added to

Two American steamers are about to be launched upon the Upper Congo, above the cataracts. Lieutenant Taunt, who resigned from tho navy to tako charge of the Congo trading enterprise of which Mr Saoford formerly Minister to Belgium,is at the head' left the Lower Congo a few weeks ago with about 1,000 natives, who were divided into several caravans and carried the steamboat in sections on their heads. The steamer was built in Englacd.and recently arrived at the Congo. It in believed that Lieutenant Taunt and his steamer reached' Kinshasa on Stanley Pool, about two week* ago. A year and a half ago Lieutenant? Taunt made a journey about 1,300 miles up the Congo to Stanley Falls, and our Govern ment has published the very favourable re port he made upon tho resources and pros pects of trade on the upper river. He ex pects to Bond his steamer up the Kimai tributary, among the densest populations of the Congo, to barter, trade goods for ivory, palm kernels, and other products. The Bishop William Taylor, a little steamer which has been building in Eng land, is completed and is about to be taken to the Congo. The steamer will bo about sixty feet lons.', and it will posses two novel ties not seori before, at least on a Congo vessel.

It will have on board a littlo sawmill to bo run by steam from the boiler. The saw will be u->ed both for cutting of wood for the steamer's furnace and also to saw lumber for tho cabins of the missionaries, which Bishop Taylor expects to build here and there in a native villages. Another innovation that will hardly fail to mnko a deep impression upon tho savages of the Upper Congo is that during the night the steamer will be illuminated by a large electric light. There are now upon the Upper Congo seven steamers, of which four are'owned by the Congo Htate, one by France and two by the missionaries. The fleet will soon be nearly doubled by the addition of tho Villa dr, JJruxelles, which the Congo State has just had built, the steamers of Bishop Ta3'lor and of tho Compngnio Beige dv Congo, which expects to build the Congo Railroad, And tho bont.s of the American, Dutch and Frence trading companies.— "Boston Tribune."

AN ARKANSAW LEGISLATOR.

A Healthy Appetite for Presents, Which He was Proud of.

In the Arkansatr Legislature : Member from Sandstone—Mr Speaker, I hope, sir, that you will let me have a few minutes' time in which to place myself square on the record. Yesterday evening Mr Buckley Brown, from Gum Bottoms, said that I had accepted the present of a new hnt from a railroad superintendent, and hinted in a way inclined to sting a sensitive man, that I had practically sold myself, i should like to know if there is any thing in our constitution that pre vents a man from accepting presents. I eny there is not, and, sir, when our con stitution arises nnd says that I shnn't take everything that i.s given to me, then will 1 say, " i\lr Constitution, attend to your own aflairs." Mr Speaker, I nin a, present taker, nnd as an encouragement to those who may contemplate giving me something, let me say that my capacity for taking- pre sents, although well developed, ha« not been, overtaxed. I may also say that the man who won* take a hat and thereby save the expense of buying one, is composed of a mixture of fool, liar and thief. I'd be afraid to meet such a man away out in the woods,. . I would feel sure that he would Unock me down and rob me. I know of an aflair in my county that strongly illustrates the dishonesty of men who are afraid to accept presents. A red-bearded fellow named Watson went to work for old Clark, and made himself so useful that Clark, who well knew how to appreciate merit, went to him and said : " ' Watson, I never had a man that I think more of than I do you.1 " ' Much obleegcd to you,' replied Wat son. 11' And I hare decided,' Clark continued, ' to give you my daughter, Lorena.' "'Much oblcegedto you,'said Watson, ' but I ain't acccptin' any presents.' 11 Well, Mr Speaker, that man was so honest that he would not accept the daughter as a present, but the noxt day he ran away with Clark's u-ife. Since then 1 have been extremely suspicious of men who are too high-toned to accept present*, and to keep other fair-minded men from sus pecting me, I have determined to refuse nothing."—" Arkansaw Traveller."

Hung for a Pound Note.

An article upon law and lawyers, by the late Mr Sergeant Ballantine, appears in the February number of "Temple Bar." Amongst other anecdotes the following is told :—A gentleman, tho head of an eminent firm of solicitors at Bristol, and with whom I was intimate, related an anecdote to me worthy of mention, as it exemplifies a state of the criminal law existing in the country which in these days almost defies belief. Bristol possessed a Recorder - Sir Robert Gifford—a man of great eminence, and the Court over which he presided had jurisdic tion in capital cases. My friend was pre sent, when a boy, scarcely more than a child, was prosecuted for passing a forged ono pound Bank of England note At this time doubtless theso were largely circulated through the country, and the tradespeople, of whom the juries were com posed, suffered greatly by the traffic. The recorder summed up strongly for an ac quittal, but the jury convicted. The recorder was much affected, and leant over to the solicitor who appeared for the Bank, and my friend heard him say, " For God's sake, save this poor boy's life !" If any response were made, it was not an affirma tive one, and the boy was hung. Do my readers recollect a most affecting descrip tion written by Thackeray in hie sketch of Dr. Dodd's execution, of a child earned to Tyburn in the same vehicle with the doctor, the mother clinging to it, weeping over her offspring, the victim of the same barbarous law and of merciless statesmen ?

THE APCKLAISD EVENING STAR, TUESDAY, APRIL 19, 1887-

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JJ E W ZEALAND RAILWAYS. TIME TABLE.—On and after APRIL 1, 1887. AUCKLAND AND ONEHUNGA LINE. AUCKLAND. to Week Days. Sats only. Sundays. P.S'BHUSOA. a.m. a.m. a.m. a.m.'no'n p.m. p.m.;p.ni.jp.m.>D.!E, l p.m. P-m- P-m- a-m- p;»m n Auckland., dep. 7 13* .. I 8.40 10.10:12 0 2.0 4.15 6.206.20 .. 10.0 1.10 11.40 9.0 2.30 Niiwmarket June! 7.20| .. ! S.ol 10.60 U.lO 2.10 4.25 5.30 0.301 .. 10.10 1.20 11.50 9.10 2.10 Ramuera .. .. 730! i S.SU 13.5512. la 2.15 4.30 5.35! 6.351 .. 10.15 1.25 11.5 a 9.15 2.45 "Green Lane ..! : .. 1.. i... 1.. ..I Ellerslie .. . fsw I 9 6 11.5 (12.26 2.25: 4.40 5.(5 8.45 .. 10.25 1.35 12.5 9.22 2.52 Penroso Junction! 7.15 s.so' 9.11 -11.10 "12.30 2.30," 1.15 5.50 "6.52 7.30 10.30 DO 12.10 9.26 2.57 'Tc Papapa ' j ...... Onehunga.. arr.j 7.55 9.5 9.?011.2012.40 2.401 4.55 6.0 7.0 7.40 10.40 1.50 12.20 9.35 3.7 11 I i J I 111 I Satß Onega to Auckl'd. a.mJa.m.'a. m. a.m. p.m. p.m. p.m. p.m. p.m. p.m.'p.m. p.m. a.m. p.m. Onehunea ..dep. 7.5 j 5.20- 9.30; 10.0 12.10 1.0 125 5.10 6.35 7.1510.50 2.0 10.0 5.3 C PenroM June. '.'. 7.15 i iß'.3o 9.10 lO.'lO J12.20 1.10 tlU3fi-§5.20 §6.45 ||7.30 ll.'o 2!io lO'.'lO 5.40 Kllerslio .. 7.2u! 8.35 9.(5 10.15 12.25 1.15 410 5.25 .. Wll. 6 2.15 10.15 5.45 •Green Lane .. .. .. Remuera .. 7.30 BHi 9.55 10.21 12.35 125 4.51 5.35 .. 7.45 11.15 2.25 10.21 5.53 Newmarket Jun 7.35 819 10.1 |aIO.SO 12.40 1.30 5.415.10 .. 7.50 11.20 2.31 10.26 5.58 Auckland, an-. .. 7.451 g.oS 10.101 10.39 12.50 1.40 5.13! 5.50 .. 8.0 i 11.30, 2.40 10.35 6.7 " Chance for Onehunga. § Change for Otahuhr. } Cnango for Waikato Stations. a Change for Kaipara Branch Stations t Change for Mercer und lr.Vcrmediate Stations. S Chango for Auckland and Intermediate Stations. MAIN LINE. AUCKLAND-MERCER-TH AWAMUTU—OTOROIIANGA. South—Week Days. I A A.M. A.M. A.M. A.M. A.M. r.M. P.M. P.M. P.M. AUCKLAND .. .. dep. (i.O (i.'.'O 7.15 8.0 11.40 4.15 4.55 5.2(t 0.20 Newmarket Junction .. 0.10 6.515 7.25 8.10 11.55 4.25 5.7 5.30 C.30 Rcmuera 6.15 6.10 7.30 8.15 B 4.30 5.12 5.35 6.35 'Green Lane * .. B * ' Ellerslie . . ..6 22 O.IS 7.38 8.23 H 4.40 5.25 0.45 6.45 Pcnrosc Junction .. .. 6.28 7.0 §S.<l 831 12.25 t4.19 . 5.50 tC.SO „, , , / arr. CIO .. 8.10 .. .. .. G.O 7.5 Otahuhu .. .. {,j c) , ;, 7>lo 8.41 12.40 4.59 Papafoiloi * .. .. 12.53 68 llnniircwa .. .. 1-10 5.22 Papukura S.o .. .. 130 6.37 "liunua .... * Drury 5.15 .. 9.25 1.47 550 "Runciman ' .. .. " " "Pacruta . * .. .. * Pukokoho 8.57 .. 9.52 2.19 6.28 'Huekland " * Tnakau 9.21 .. .. 2.43 G. 43 •Wlumgarala • .. .. Pokono 9.lii .. .. 8.3 7.0 , T / arr. .. 10,0 .. 10.35 3.15 7.10 Mercer .. .. \ dc() 10 . 55 3-10 '•Whangamarino .. •. * * "VV'uirohffi .. .. •• * »» "Uiinuii iii .. .. .. .. ' .. ■• ■• * •» .. •Ohlnowai •• .... * „ Huntly .. 12.15 5.25 Tiuipiri .. .. 12.H0 6.40 Njjuruawahia. .. .. 12.18 6.10 "Pukcto *To Rapa c Frankton Junction {$"£ " [ \f io " " - "Rukuhia ' .. .. * * .. Olinupo 8.35 .. .. 2.5 7.30 *Lakoßoad * Ngaroto 8.55 .. .. 2.25 7.50 T ., . _~„.,,.„ 1 an-. 9.0 .. .. 2.30 7.55 'Te Puhl .. .. .. * 'Kuh'u .. .. •• * "Kioklo .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. * "Qiorohungn, .. .. .. 9.0 North—Week Days. a.m. a.m. : '..m. a.m. p.m. p.m. p.m. "Otorohanga dop .. .. eS.IO •Kloklo .. _ - " "Kiiwa >To I'uhi , -• .... f arr. .. i . 9.0 .. .. TeAW'AMUTU .. .. ; d(J p . 9. 15 " .. 3. 0 Njjaroto - •• ! ■• 9v 3 •• -• 3.5 'Luke Road ■• •• . ■• *. Ohaupo 9J5 .. .- 3.25 "Rdkuhia •■ - •• •• •• - •• ■• Frankton Junction .. {$* " ~ " " \o.3S '.'. " 4.10 •TeUapa... •■ •• * 'Puketc- ■• •• — •• •• •■• -• * NKa-unwahia - .. .. 11.30 .. .. 4.13 TaupJrl - •• - ».« •• -• 4.58 Huntly - 12.25 .. .. '5.20 •Ohinewai. "Ranpirtri •• ■• •■ * "Wairangi 'Whangainarino .. •• .. . .. - * ( arr. .. .. .. .. 1.40 .. „ 6.30 Mercer .. { fU . p . „ ~ 6-2 o . 11.30 2.5 .; ~.])« | 6.;'K) Pokeno - •• 6.31 11.43 2.16 .. „ 7.0 gr :: :: :: :: : :: 4° X 4 42 :: '■'■ i PukckOhe;.. ~ '.'. '.'. '.'. ."." '.'. 7.10 12.31 5.3 '.'. V. 7.37 "Pnenita •• — -• " * • « " " * pru"y iniaa. :: :: : :: :: : ».« uo m :: :: B ,io Papakura!.' .".' '.'. '.'. '.'■ " - S.I 1.2 C 3.47 '.! " 8.18 Manurowa - .. B.M 1.12 12 Paimtnitoi ■■ S-W 2-0 *.15 Otahuhu fi-50 8.18 8.41 2.10 4.23 fi.2o 7.15 Ppnroae Junction 117.J0 t1|8.30 t8.54 t2.30 t1.38 tG.3O 17.^0 9.0 KDeralio 7.20 8.35 8.58 2.35 15.:i5 7.33 RGomuera n"C V. V. V. V. 7.30 8.11 9.7 2.45 . 6.J5 7.45 : Newmarket June 735 8.19 9.19 2.55 }5,t 6.51 7.50 9.20 Auckland nrr. 7.15 5.58 9.28 [ 3.5 5.13 7.0 8.0 I 9.30 i Change for Onehunga. II Change, for Auckland and Intermediate Stations. 5 ChaiiKO for Knipara Branch Stations. S Change for Otahuhu. A. Passengers are not booked by this train to Stations bcUvcon Auckland and Onehunga. n. Only slops to pick up Passengers for South of Penroso Junction, c. Runs on Mondays, Wednesdays, Fridays, und Satuidays only. D. Hmison Mondays and Wedncßdnyfl only. E. Kirns from Otorohungu on Tuesdays mid Thursdays only. The9.lsa.m. trnin from To Awainutu runp daily. k. Frankton Junction for Cambridge, To Aroba and. Rotorua Lines. Cambridge—Te AitortA and Rotorua Lines. South.—Week Days. North.- Week Days. a. m. a. m. a. m. p. m. Auckland, dep. .. 8 0 1140 Llchfield. dop, .. &125 -—- *Putartivn Junction .. pm. i*. M. "Tauniangi .. * Frankton .Tun., dop 130«7 0 Oxford, dep 12 50 Hamilton West - ..138 7 10 'Okoroiro * •Hamilton East.. .. : •• .. * * *Mangawhara * RuakuraJun., ayr 152 722 Matamata 130 , i *Waharoa * Cambridge Br.— , !)yaHon.. 1 Runkum Jim., dep 2 od7 30 •Iviwitftbi. * •Mongaonui .. * * Moriinsvllle, arr 230 *Foncourt * * Te Aroiia Br.— ♦Hautapu „* * To Aroha, dep. - .. .. 820 .. Cambridge, arr 2408 10 *Waihou .. .. ... .. ' .. :_ *Waitoa * Ruakura Jun., dep 2 06730 *Tatua o Haua .. .. .• * ♦Eureka * •Murray's _ .. .. * .. ♦Motumaoho * Morrmsville, aw. .. ..9 5 .. Morrinsvillc, an- 240 810 — ■ : -— : : . Morrinsville, dep 9 10 62 50 TeArokaßr.— •Motumaoho * * Morrinsville, dep 0.255 8.15 "Eureka ' ' •■Murray's Ruakura Jun., arr. .. .. 950 330 *TatuaoHaua * * *Waitoa — Cambridge Br.— *Wiihou * * Cambridge, dep. .. .. 9 15^250 ToAroha, arr 3408 55 *Hautapu I ! ._i . *Fencourt .. .. '.. * * ' Morrinsville, dep 62 50 _ *Tamahero * * •Klwiuihl .. — •• •• * •• *Mongaonui •Walton!; ;; ;. - .. •• I - Ruakura Jun, ayr 9553 30 Matamata *.; ." " '.'. Z55 '.'. RuakuraJun.. dop. .. ..10 oc3 40 *Mn.neawhara -• * - "Hamilton East * * •Okoroiro.? '. ■■ * ■• Hamilton West .10 20 355 Oxford i 35 .. Frankton Jun., arr. 10 25 4 0 *pStaru?uJun." - " '.'. '■'■ * '■'■ Auckland, arr~ 7. TTisTio Lichfleld.arr 520 .. [ I a Runs on Tuesdays, Thursdays, and Saturdays only. 6 Runs on Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fridays only o Runs on Mondays, W. dnesdays, Fridays, and Saturdays only, a Runs on Wed nesdays and Saturdays only. The others run daily. A Kuns on first Sundays in each month only. KAIPARA BRANCH. —Auckland —Henbeksok—Helensvii-le. Auckland to Helexsville.—Week Days. Helknsviixe to Auckland.—Week Daves. ~ ' A~ ~ "" "'"■" '" " " A am am. p.m. ) p.m. a.m. a.m. p.m. p.m. Auckland .. dep. 7.0* 10.55 4.40 215 Helenaville . dep. 6.20 11.45 i.O Newmarket Junctrn 7.12 11.12 4.57 2.55 *Helensville South.. * * * .. Mount Eden_ .. 7.19 11.19 5.4 2.32 *Ohiranßi .... * * * *Kingpland ' * " *Paeroa * * *Morning«ide.. * * HI *Woodh!U .. .. * * * *Mount Albert _ * * * * tR?^ 011--, •• I ! ! Avondale .. .. 7.35 11.38 5.20 • *Waimauku „ ••_!.* * •• *Now Lynn .. " * ♦Ktimeu .. .. 7.1 a 1.5 5.0 *VVftikomiti * * * 3.0 *Taupaki .... * * * •Henderson " \\ 8.0 12.5 5.|5 .. Waitakerei .. .. 7.35 1.30 5.20 .. *Swanson * ■ •• Swanson .. .. Waitakerei " '.'. 8.25 12.32 6.15 .. Henderson .. .. 8.0 2.5 5.45 .. ♦Taupaki * ■' •■ *Waikomitl .... * * * 4.40 Kumeu " " 845 1.5 6.33 .. *New Lynn .... * * * * *Wa?mauku "' "' * * * •• Avondale .. .. 8.27 2.32 6.10 •Be"?". :: :; • * ! •• ;Moum Albert ••::;: "Woodhill .. .. * * * •• *Mprningsido.. .. * * * * *Pnproa * * •• *Kingsland .. .. * * * •Ohiramii ~ " * * * •• Mount Eden.. .. 8.47 2.55 6.24 5.13 *Heleneville «mith " * * * Newmarket Junct'n 9.4 3.10 636 5.21 Helcnlvillo ami 9 H-ll". 7- 31 " Aucklimd .v , arr. 9.13 3.20 5.30 '" Vl i" staUons"—'TrThwdo not stop unless required. Notice should be given to the Guard at previous stopping stations by any passenger desiring to alight at Flag Stations. PrC & All &W .tasned Pnor to tlu. date are now ««"f«g twmifc Gwerftl m^



FOUR WEEKS TO CLEAR! In sending forth this announcement, I beg to state that 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. [23=- GREAT REDUCTIONS! Reductions will be made on every article, and no deception. At the termination of Sale, the Balance of Stock, with long Lease, Fixtures, &c, will bo submitted to the Public for Tender. Cashmeres black and coloured from IOJd Men's Tweed Suits from • • 133 6d Fancy Dress Goods - - 2Jd, 4%d, 6jd Men's Printed Moles • - . 4s 6d Calicoes from ----- ifd Men's Tweed Overcoats from- - las 6d Crewdson's 32in.No. 2 - • - 3|d Knicker Suits from - - -2s lid Scarlet Flannels from - - - 6id Tweeds by the yard from - • Is O^d Sheetings, white and unbleached, from 6.p Men's Shirts • • • ■ Is 3d Table Damask from - - 8-^d Men's Socks - • - -3d per pair 9/4 Blankets from - - - - 3s 6d Men's Hats • - • - -Is each Ladies' Corsets Is 3d per pair Flowers Id each. Underclothing, Infants' Robes; &c, clear at Lowest Prices. ■{ COME EARLY FOR BARGAINS TO }• JAMES SCUTT, IDOISTOOIsr JKOTTSZE, VICTORIA AND NELSON STREETS, AUCKLAND. Throe minutes from Tram Car, top of Wellesley Street CONSUMPTION CURABLE I "MR G. T. CONGREVE OI COIfSUMPTIOI AND ITS SUCCESSFUL TREATMENT. Showing that direful dieease to be curable in all its stages ; with observations 6vf ASTHMA, CHEONIC BEONCHITIS, ETC." From the " Christian Herald,1' March 31, 1880. MR G. T. CONGREVE'S TREATMENT OF CONSUMPTION AND OTHER CHKBT DISKAdBS " Continues to be snuuo a great blessing to sufferers, far and wide, in every part of the kingdom." " The world and we ourselves owe him a debt of gratitnot?. Not long since we placed a young lady under h:n cure, who has recovered her health, pt-i we need only point to the cases (Mr Congreve U publishing one ever week), many of which had been given up as past all hope." " There can be no doubt that for Consmnption and other Chest Complaints, Mr Con greve is a specialist of the first order, and stands unrivalled. C3rtainly there has been no otherdiecovery in medical science from which the consumptive patient may gather so much hope a» fro:n hip." " Tho OSB nvsuahU and TiilßTr-THBER cases which are recorded in Mr Congreve'e book are a moat convincing testimony ; but what have been long a marvel are the cases of cure which have been published for several years past in the weekly journals (our own. included), one evory week." (The reader is referred to tho " Christian World," " Chris tian Ago," "Ghrfntian Globe," &c, &c.). The author (Mr Congreve, of Oootnbe Lodge, Peekhata, London), has been urgently entreated to make his treatment known in all tho British Colonies. Tho price of the Book is- SIXPENCE, OP. BEVENPENOE, POST FREE. Published by UPTON AND CO., AUCKLAND. ■_^ Aud may be ordered through any Bookseller SSI ca AAI «fcj[fl/W^' WHO IS 0. A. FORTERt J' Cs m it/ *^ "^he PerPetrator of fche Btr5 Pe<s s^op |\Jg| lr«' monstrosity;" (late Varnom's) 276, *• Queen Street, corner of Wakeiield Street, Auckland, N.Z. I/ i W4^^ A IN ALL BRANCHES AT A C. A. PORTER'S NEW AUTUMN GOODS. BRICKS, PIPES, HENDERSON. HOBSONVILLE THE AUCKLAND BRICK AND POTTERY COMPANY T>EG to announce that they hare completed the purchase of the business are property of the Acok&and Brick and Tub Company (Lxmitbd). The extensive works at Henderson and Hobsonvlllo are now In full operation, and .are. turning out Brioks and Potter; of the finest quality. OBDEJRB SBOHIVBD AT THE COMPANY'S DEPOT, BREAKWATER ROAD, BY EDWIN HORNS BY, AGENT, OB AT THE TOWN OFFICE, 14, VICTORIA ARCADE, FORT^TREET. JOSEPH BARBER, General Manager,