A SOCIAL-DIFFICULTY.

(CONTINUED FROM YESTERDAY.)

.Meanwhile .the Bishop,. sitting with; iSeveral of hia episcopal brethren, in the -Peers' gallery at the House of Com •mons, forgot all about the lapse of] timo in his burning indignation at the inefariois proposals of the .■gentlemen from that revolutionary; It was a -field-night /for the disestablishes and dissndowers,; and thera seemed no chance, humanly; speaking, that the debate would bo ter minated within any reasonable or. moderate period. Afe last, about .a quarter to two, the Bishop took his •watch casually from Jtiis pocket.. 'Bless my soul!' he.cried.msurprise to; his right reverend companion, '- 1 must .■really be going. Ihadn'ttha least idea ■the time.had gone so fast. Mrs Brand-, -rath will positively be wondering what ~haa becomo of me.' Thera were .several cabs outsido the sHouse, but it was a fair, clear, .star-lit night, and the Bishop, on the whole, being chilly with horror, preferred Walking. It would stretch his cpisco pd legs ;a little, after such a long spell of Bitting, to walk from Whitehall to Eaton Place. So he walked on along the silont streets till ha came to the corner of St. Peter's Church. Then an awful thought suddenly flashed across his bewildered mind. Which housa did ho actually livo in 1 Tea, yes. It was too'true. Ho had forgotten to notice or ask the number. If tho Bishop had been a little more a man of the world, he would, no doubt, have walked off to the nearest hotel, or returned to tho House and thrown himself upon tho hospitality of the first met among his spiritual com peers. But he doubted whether it Tvould be quite professional to knock. up the night-porter of the Gro3venor at two in the morning and demand a bed without a luggage or introduction; while, as to his episcopal brethren, he •would hardly like to ask them for shelter under such unpleasant and humiliating circumstances. The Bishop hesitated; and tho bishop who hesi tates is lost Nothing but an unfalter ing 'confidence ia all his own opinions and actions can ever carry a bishop through the snares and pitfalls of modem life. Ho folt in his pocket for the unused latch-key. YO3, there it ■was, safe enough; but what door was it meant to open 1 Tho Bishop remem bered nothing on earth about it. Mrs .Brandreth had mot him at Paddington that morning with hi 3 own carriage, and he recollected distinctly that she had given John merely the usual laconic direction, 'Home!' When he came out that afternoon, absorbed &3 he was by the proceedings of the Glamorganshire Dissenters, and dis tracted somewhat Aby side reflections about Iris's love affairs, he hadn't even had time to notice ?at which end of the afereofc hia own Jiired Jhohsa happened to M situated. There was clearly- only oi-ti way out of the* difficulty: he must, try all the doors, one after another, and sea 'which one that particular latch-key was intended to open. Walking up .cautiously to the corner house, the Bishop tried to stick that unfortunate key boldly into the key hole. It was too large. ' Non possu mus,' the Bishop murmured, with a placid, smile—itis professional to smile under trying, drsumstances —and with his slow and .stately .tread descended tho steps to try the next pne. Tho next one succeeded a trifle better it is trae, 'but not completely. The keyhole was quite big enough, to t)e sure, but tho wards stubbornly re fused to yield to the gentle and dexter ous episcopal pressure. In vain did the Bishop deftly retura to the charge (just as if it were a visitation); in vain did he coax and twist and furn and wheedle; .those stiff-necked wards ob structed his passage as rudely and stoutly as though they had been un compromising Glamorganshire Dis senters. Baffled, but net dis heartened, the Bishop turned tenta tively to the third door.' Ob, joy! The key fi^! it moves ! it withdraws, the bolt readily from tho clencher! The Bishop pushed the door gently. Disappointment once more ! The door ■w.as evidently locked and fastened. • This situation begins to grow ridicu-i lous,' thought the Bishop. 'One can almost ; onte? faintly, by proxy, into tjhe personal feelings of pur misguided brother, the enterprising burglar!' '•; On the.- Bishop went, trying door afeer door down the whole, south side of "Eaton Place, till ho had almost reached the very end. It was cer tainly absurd, and, what was more, it was painfully monotonous. It made a man feel liko a, thief in the night. The Bishop ,cpuldn't help glancing fur tively around him, and wondering what any of his diocesans would say if only they could see their right xeverend superior in ituY humUiatiing and uri-: dignified position. ' His'hand positively, trembled as he tried.the last door but five; and when it proved but one more failure to add, to the long list of his misfortunes, hfl'took a sidelong look to right and left, and seeing a light still burning feebly within the hall, he applied for a sepond his own keen episcopal eye with great reluctance to the big keyhole. Next moment he felt a heavy hand; clapped forcibly upon, ,his right shoulder, and turning round he saw the burly figure of an elderly police man, with inquisitive bull's-eye turned full upon him in the most orthodox fashion. 'Now then, my man,' 'the police-, man said, glancing with scant regard at his hat and gaiters, .'you've got to come along with me, I take it. I've .been watchin'.you all the way down the street, and I know what you're up to. , You're loiterm- about with in tent to commit a felony, that's just fchout the size, of what you're dbin'.'

Dr. .Brandreth. drew himself up to his full height, ;and answered in his ssever&st tone, 'My good fellow, ;voii ;are quite mistaken. I am the Bishop of Whitchester. I don't remember the exact number of my own door, and I've been trying the latch-key, on my return -from the House of Lords, to see which keyhole it happened to

open.' The policeman smiled a professional smilo of waggish incredulity. ' Biahop, indeed!' he echoed contemptuously. 'House of "Lords'! Exact number! Gammon and spinach ! Very well got up, indeed, 'specially tho leggin's. But it won't go down. It's been tried on afore. Bishops is played out, my man, ■I tell you. I "spose, now, you've just been dinin' with the Prince of Wales, and havin' a little private conversation at Lambeth Palace .with the Archbishop of Canterbury!' And the policeman winked the wink of a knowing one at his o"hi ' pleasantries with immense satisfaction.

' Constable,' the Bishop said sternly, ' this levity is out of place. If you do not believe mo to be what my dross proclaims me, then you should at least take mo into custody as a, suspicious porson without insulting my character and dignity. Go down with mo to the Houses of Parliament in.a cab, and I •will soon prove to you that you are quite mistaken.' The policeman put his finger rudely to the side of his ■noeo. ' Character and dignity,' he replied with unbe coming amusement — 'character and dignity, indeed! Why, ray good man, I know you well enough, don't you trouble yourself. My mates and me, we've been lookin' for you here this three months. Think I don't remom beryour? Oh, but Ido though. Why, you're the party as got into a private house in Pimlico last year, a-ropresont iug yourself to bo a doctor, an' cribbed a gold watch and a 'ole lot of real silver from the unsuspectin' family. Come along with me, Bishop, I'm a-goin' to take your roverenco right off down to the station.'

The poor Bishop temporised and ox postulated, but all to no purpose. Ho even ventured, sorely against his con science, to try tho effect of a silver key in unlocking the hard heart of tho mis taken constable; but that virtuous officer with much spirit indignantly ro pudiated any such insidious assaults upon his professional incorruptibility. The Bishop inwardly groaned and fol lowed him. ' How easily,' he thought to himself with a sigh, ' oven the most innocent and respectable of men may fall unawares under a disgraceful sus picion.' For it is only in a limited and technical sense that Bishops regard themselves as miserable sinners.

Even as the thought Hashed across his mind, he saw standing under a neighbouring door-way a person who was evidently endeavouring to escape notice, and in whom his quick eye im mediately detected the bodily presence of Captain Burbury. The Bishop drew a sigh of relief. This was clearly quite providential. Under any other circumstance he ■vvould, perhaps, have been curious to know how Captain Burbury came to be lingering so close beside his own hired house at that unseemly hour. Ho would have suspected an audacious ; attempt to communicate with Iris, con trary to the presumed wishes and de sires of her affectionate parents. But, ,just as things then stood, the Bishop was inclined to h ail with delight the presence of anybody whatsoever who could personally identify him. He was in a lenient mood as to improved suspicions. To his horror, however, Captain Burbury, casting a rapid glance sideways at his episcopal costume, silhouetted out strikingly against the light from the policeman's bull's-eye, turned his back upon the pair with evident disinclination thon and there to meet him, and began to walk rapidly away in the opposite direction.

There was no time to bo lost. It was & momont for action. Captain Burbury must be made to recognise him. Half-breaking away from the burly policeman, who still, however, kept his solid hand firmly gripped around the episcopal forearm, tho Bis hop positively ran at tho top of his speed towards the somewhat slinking and retreating captain, closely followed ■by the angry constable, who dragged him back with all his force, at the same time springing his rattle violently.

i 'Captain Burbury, Captain Bur bury!' gasped the breathless Bishop, as he managed at last to come within earshot of the retiring figure. *;Stop a minute, I beg of you. Please come here and explain to the constable.'

Captain Burbury turned slowly round and faced his two pursuers with obvious reluctance. For a second he seemed hardly to rocogniso the Bisliop ; then he bowed stiffly, and observed in a somewhat constrained voice, 'The Bishop. How singular! Good even ing. I suppose .. . . this officer .. .

is showing you the way home to your new quarters.'' ! The policeman's,sharp eye lost none of these small touches. ' Doesn't want to got lagged hisself,' he, thought silently. 'Didn't half like the other fellow letting me see he was a pal of his after I'd copped him!' : ; 'Captain Burbury,' the. Bishop said, panting, 'I have most unfortunately forgotten the number of my new house. I was rather imprudently try ing to open the 'doors' all \along the street with the latch-key Mrs Brand reth gave me on my homo for the House of Lords this morning in order to see which'lock it fitted, when this constable quite properly observed, and, lam; sorry, to say, misinterpreted ray action. He believes lam loitering about to commit a felony. Have the goodness,please, to tell him who I am.'

• This is the Bishop of Whitchester,' Harry Burbury answered, very red, and with a growing sense of painful discomfort, expecting every moment

that the Bishop would turn round upon! him and ask how he came to be-there.

'Ho, ho, hoi' the constable thought to himself merrily. 'Bishop and Cap tain ! Captain and Bishop ! That's a good one, that is! They're a gang, they are. Very well got up, too, the: blooming pair of 'em. But they're a. couple of strong 'uns, that' 3 what I call 'em. I won't let on that I twig 'em for the present. Two able-bodied burglars at once on one's hands is no joke, e-'en for the youngest and activest members of the force. I'll just wait till Q 94 answers my rattle.; Meanwhile, as they says at the theayter, I will dissemble.'

And he dissembled for the moment with such admirable' effect that the1 Bishop fairly thought the incident settled, and began to congratulate "him-! self in his own mind on this truly pro vidential nocturnal meeting with Cap-, tain Burbury.

(An' what's his Lordship's exact; number V the constable asked with a' scarcely suppressed ironical emphasis* on the title of honour.'

' Two hundred and seventy,' Harry Burbury answered, trembling. 'Two hundred and seventy!' tho; guardian of the peace repeated slowly. 'Two hundred and seventy ! So that's it, is it 1 Why, bless my soul, that's the very door that tho military gent was a-lurkin' and a-skulkin' on ! Per haps you've got a latch-koy about you somewhere for that ono too, eh, Cap tain V

Before the Bishop could indignantly repel this last shameful insinuation, Q 94, auramonod hastily by his neigh bour's rattlo from the next beat, came running up in eager expectation.

' All right, Simson, 7 tho Bishop's original captor exclaimed joyfully, now throwing off the mask and ceasing to dissemble. ' This is a good job, this lot. This hero reverend gentleman's the Bishop of Whitchcater, an' his Lordship's been a-loiterin' round in Eaton Place with intonfc to commit a felony. I ketched him -at it a-tryin' tho latch-keys. This other military gent's his friend the Captain, as can answer confidential for his perfect res pectability. Ho, ho, ho! Security ain't good onough. The Captain was a-skulkin and a-lounging round the aireys hisself, an' didn't want at first to rocogniso his Lordship, But the Bishop, he very properly insisted on it. It's a gang this is, that's what it is : the Bishop's been wanted this three month to my certain knowledgo as the medi cal gent what cribbed the silver. I'll take along his Lordship, Simson, yon just ketch a hold of tho Captain, will you?' Harry Burbury saw at once that re monstrance and explanation would be quite ineffectual. He gave himself up quietly to go to the station; and the Bishop, fretting ami fuming with speechl6Sß indignation, followed behind as fast as his gaitcrod legs would carry him.

Arrived at the station, Bishop, to his great surprise, tound his pro testations of innocence "and references to character disregarded- with a lordly indifference which (quite astouuded him. He was treated with more obvious disrespect, in fact, than the merest curate in a country parish, He turned to Harry Burbury for sympathy. But Harry only smiled a soured smile, and observed bitterly, ' It is so easy to condemn anybody, you know, upon mere suspicion.'

The Bishop felt a twinge of con science. It was somewhat increased wlieu the inspector in charge quietly remarked, ' I feel a moral certainty that my officers are right; but still, in consideration of the dress you wear —a vory clever disguise, certainly —I'll send one of them to make inquiries at the address you men tion. Meanwhile, Thompson, lock 'em up separately in the general lock-up. We're very full to-nighfc. Bishop. I'm sorry we can't accommodate you with a private cell. It's irregular, I know, but we're terribly overcrowded. You'll have to go along with a couple of other prisoners.'

Moral certainty ! The Bishop started visibly at the phraso. It's hard to con demn a man unheard upon a moral cer tainty !

There was no help for it, so the Bishop allowed himself to be quietly thrust into a largo cell already occupied by two other amiable-looking prisoners. Ono of them, to judge by the fashion in which he wore his hair, had very lately completed his term of residence in one of Her Majesty's houses of de tention ; the other looked rather as though he were afc present merely a candidate for tho same distinction in the near future.

Both the men looked at the new comer with deep interest; but"as he withdrew at once into the far corner, and seated himself suspiciously upon the bed, without displaying any desire to engage in conversation, common politeness prevented them from re marking upon the singularity of his costume in such a position. So they went on with their own confabulation quite unconcernedly after a moment, taking no further notice in any way of their distinguished clerical com panion.

' Then that's not the business you're lagged upon ?' one of them said coolly to the other. ' It isn't the adjutant's accounts, you think? It's the other matter, is it 1' ■

' Oh yes,' the second man answered quietly. 'If it had been the adjutant's accounts, you see, I'd have rounded, of course, on Billy and the Growler. '■ I never did like that fellow, the-Growler, you know; an' I don't see why I should have my five years for it, when he's had the best part of the swag, look 'cc. I had no hand in it, confound it. It was all the Growler—l didn't even get nothink out of it. That ain't fair now, is it, I put it to you V 'No, it -ain't,' the first man-answered the close-cropped one. 'But there'll be some, sort of inquiry about it n,bw,.,

in course, -for.—worse ltfck tor ithe Growler —I hoard this bvenin the court-martial's- acquitted that there Captain Somebody. They'll look about soon for someone else, Ibake'it, -to put, tho blame upon.' ( Tho other man laughed. 'Not that, he put in carelessly. ' The court-: martial's acquitted him, but nobody don't believe ho didn't take it. No body ain't going to suspecfthe Growler. Evcryono says it's a moral certainty that that Captain Thingummy there he took the money.' The Bishop drew a long breath. After all, the whole incident had been truly providential. No names were mentioned, to be sure ; but from -the circumstances of the case, the Bishop felt convinced the person referred to was Harry Burbury. Could he have been placed in this truly ludicrous.posi tion for a wiso reason—on purpose to help in extricating an innocent person from an undeserved calumny? The Bishop; with all his little failings, was at bottom a right-minded and tender hearted man. He would not have grudged even that awkward hour of disagreeable detention in a common lock-up if ho could be of any service, through his unjust incarceration, to one of his dear but wrongfully-suspected brethren. : The men soon relapsed into silence, and threw themselves upon the bed and bunk, which they assumed as by right, being the first comers. The Bishop, never speakiug a word to either, but ruminating strangely in his own mind, took his own seat in silence on the solitary chair over in the corner. The minutos wore away slowly, and the Bishop nodded now and then in a quiet' doze, till the clock of the nearest church had struck four. Then the door of the big cell was opened suddenly, and tho inspector, with consternation and horror depicted legibly upon every fibre of his speaking countenance, entered the cell with a deferential bow. ' My Lord,' he cried in hiß politest tone to the deJighod Bishop, ' your car riago is waiting at the door, and your coachman and footman have come here to identify you—a formality which lam sure will hardly be needful. I must apologise most sincerely for the very unfortunate—' Tho Bishop held up his finger warn ingly. Both the other occupants of the cell were fast asleep. ' Don't wake them,' tho Bishop whispered in an anxious tone. 'I naturally don't wisli this story to get about.'

The inspector bowed again. No thing could better have suited his wishes. His constables had made a foolish mistake, and the laugh would have been against them in the force itself, far more than against the right •reverend gentleman. ' Who arrested the Bishop V would soon havo become the joke of the day among the street Arabs. Besides, had lie not, under stress of circumstancos, been commit ting tho irregularity of putting as many aa three prisoners in a sitfgle coin.-.

'As you wish, my Lord,' he an swered submissively, and bowed the Bishop with profound respect into the outer room.

Thcro John and the footman were waiting formally to recognise him, and the carriage stood ostentatiously at the door to carry him home again.

' Inspector,' the Bishop said quietly, ' you need not apologise further. But I. don't want this most unfortunate affair to get publicly epoken about. You will easily perceive that it might be regarded by —ahem!—some ir reverent persons in a ludicrotn light. I shall be glad if you will request your constables to say nothing about ;it to ono another or to anybody else.' ,'

'My Lord,' the inspector said, with a! feeling of tho most profound 'relief, ' you may rely upon it that not a single soul except the parties concerned shall ever hear a word of the matter.'

'And my companion in misfortune ?', tho Bishop asked, smiling.

The inspector, in his fluster of anxiety about the great prelate, had clean forgotten poor Harry Burbury. Ho went off at once to release tho young man and make him a further nicely-graduated apology.

'Captain Burbury,' the Bishop said, 'can I drive you anywhere ? Where are you stopping 1'

Hariy's face reddened a little. ' No whore, in fact,'he answered awkwardly. ' Tho truth is, I have only just run up from Aklershot, and had meant to put up at the Charing Cross Hotel.'

Companionship in misfortune emollit mores. The Bishop relaxed his features and smiled graciously. " It's too late to go there now/hesaidwithunwonted kindliness. 'You had better come round to Eaton Place with me, and. Mrs Brandreth will try to find a com fortable bed for you, 1 Harry, hardly knowing what he did, followed the Bisliop timidly out to the carriage. As soon as they had seated, them selves on the well-padded cush ions- of the comfortable episcopal brougham, the Bishop suddenly turned round and asked his companion, 'Cap-: tain Burbury, do you happen to know; anybody who is called — excuse the nickname—the Growler f

Captain Burbury started in surprise. ' The Growler!' he cried. ' Why, yes, certainly; He's the adjutant's orderly in my own regiment.' The Bishop laid his hand kindly on the young man's arm. 'My dear Cap tain Burbury,' he said softly,' I believe I can do you a slight service. I have found a clue to the man who really embezzled the regimental money.' The carriage swam around, before Harry Burbury's eyes, and he clutched the arm-rest by the window tightly with his hand. Ater all, then, the Bishop at any rate did not wholly suspect and mistrust him ! Perhaps in tho end he might marry Iris ! -; .:

'My dear,' 'said the Biahap to-his wife on the morning when the ad]U-: tant's orderly was first examined m Aldershdt on the charge of embezzle- : ment, '.this strongly enforces the casual; remark 'I happened to'make =to youthe other day about the difference'between moral and legal certainty.' ' And as soon as this wretched man is really .convicted,' Mrs :Brandreth ob served timidly,' there can be no reason why we shouldn't^announce that-Iris is engaged .to captain Burbury.' When^youhave once rendered a man a signal service you always retain<a kindly feeling for him. The Bishop looked up benevolently from his paper. 1 Well, Charlotte,',he «aid,' he«eemsa very prorer;well-conducted young man, and though il should certainly 'myself have.preferred Canon Robinson, I don t see any good reason why he and Iris, if they -like 'one another, 'shouldnt be married as soon as convenient 'to you.

THE AFGKjLANO EVENING STAR, ■'TUESDAY,- MAY :. H,! fggll

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•Business Notices. ->■ - ] '"IE &. T. CONGREVE ' © E G©ffß XT M PTX O Jf AND ITS SUCCESSFUL QDREATMtHT. . From thb " Chiu^ian SBRAtD;" ■MaKch;3l,lßßß. MR G. T/CONGRKVIffr^ "Continues to be*oMte ;a f great blessing to BufWa/faranti *vide;toevery ?s ,t^ j .kingdom.'' wooMgelyes oweh . m aid6bt ofgMttte<& Hot Io a vourielldy under lir^*iire,^ho.has recovered.her health, »s*-wawa^iy^gg SaaSs (Ir CoDgreveis pumishinK one ever week), many o< ' paßb«SS Ocan be no doubt that for Consumption and oHuwjChwt Complainte,.MttV ereve is a B peciali6t,of the'firet.order, cradstantU unnvalled. 4mh£s2 OtherdUcW hoP®'^lS'oNß^oKoaEU .AND^niHTr^HBEK casßs which'are MoordediinMrUne^ book-are.a.most^onviDCinp-tesUmony; bats what^hare beeaaong-wmaTYel.aretl^S of cure which hayebeenpubli ß hed.f O r=6ev«ral years^past m the w eeklyjjournalg ?ncluded),one every^wk. 11 ' (The r«ader is referred to the « Chnatian Woild^M dan-Ace," "Christian GJobe,"~&e.,&«.). __ : / ;.v; a f* :The'author1 (MriGongrove,*>f Coombe'Lodg* Peckham, London)rba ß be^^A, antrpftted to-mabe 4iie4reati»ent known in all the British Colonies. ;Xhe;pricaSE SSuS sxxp!ence,.g^ sdvbnpbnce, post febe. v ■ *?• -EoßtrsflED bt UPTON .AND GO., AUCSiLAND. ' : Andfmay be^deredtbrouah any -Bookseller : • ■ ■■■■'■■ :: > "i'-Viq?1!1 SENDEmON- : , HOBSONTItia;,, THE mWLtm klGi 0 POTIEBV CWAHV BEG to announce that they have completed the .purchase ;<#«he badne**. ■it, ■ ■ ■-!■•;' " x£>*l property of'the Auckland 'Brick and Tile • Company (Likitbd), .\. I The extensive Works at Henderson and Hobsonvillo are aoj ia 'fall operation,^ sre turning oat Bricks and tottery of thoflnesfc quality. QBJ>SRS REpEIVED AT THE is DEPOT, 3REAKWATE& $OAD, XDWiLN HORINSBY, AGENO\ OB AT THE 1 TOWN -OFFICE, 14, VICTORIA ARCADE, FORT r STRSET. JOSEPH BARBER, General mtifa, ' Railway Time Table. . ' "VT B W 2 E A LAW D RAILWAY! ' TIME TABLE. —On and afteb APRIL 1, 1887. AUCKLAND AND'ONEHUNGA LINE. Auckland ■■■..■• ■'• •■ ' ' ; . ~~, JT^hT^ to ; - .... ■ Week Dats. ■ ' , Sats-txdjC SuMaji ONBHuygA. . n ... ... - . . ../_.. .'.I.";'K' :■:;" ': -t ... _ a. m .!a.m. a.m.|no'n p;m. p.m. p.m. p.ni. p.sn, p.jn. Pjn..jip;m.km.]p,a Auckland.: dep. 7.15 .. 8:4010.4012.0 2.8 4.15 5.20 6.20 .. fO.O 1.10 .11,40 9.0 2JS . ■NewmarketiTunc 7.25 ..; 8.5110:50 U.lO 2.10 4.25 5.30 6.30 ~ 10.10 ;l>2or 'MM. iftl'UJ" ■Ramuera.. ..'7.30 .. 8.6?10.5512,15 2.15 4.30 6.35 6.35 ... 10.15 1.25 *L6S Wis *GreenLano ~ .. •. v.= -. .'.'■■ ■•- •• ■-, •- -- -- ■• •• ••' .v ..'.' EilersUo .. .. -tSZ . -9.6 11.5 12.24 2,25 Liti '5X5 GMS .. 10 25 1.35 12,5 .S.M Penrbsa Junction 7.15 8*55-ajni.ip 12.39 ,2.3o "°ia» 5.50"6.52 =7.3010.30-1,40,^.M-mi *Te:Papapa .: .. ■' --:'.'■■ "■..'•"'.." ':.'.:.:.""' .'--> ; ■ ~-^,,'••■'•• Onehttnga.. arr. 7.65 9.5 =9.2011.20 12.40 2,40 i.55 &0' ;?.O .1.40 WM .KW.-wtimsti ;V".:" ""t;""* ,;\ t!' "l:j''_'J^-' w 'i,-- ■•■" '•■ . • * Wftff' Ono'ga to Auoki'd. a,m. a.m. a.m. a.mi p.m- p.Tiu p.m. p.m. p.m'.p.m; p.m;ftiffitefctafa. 'Onehiin&a ..dep. 7.5 8.80 9!30 W. 0 12.10 1.9 4.25 5.10 6.85 .7.lsmsp|M|m^3l;; *Te Papapa .. : ■-■ -.. 1.., ,- .. ' ..,«■;•, ' •• ..: WRmS? PenroaeJuno. !. 7.15 J8.30 G.'4O 10.10 U2.20 l; 10 «43G §5 4 20 §6.45 J7.30 11. 0 {■2.1D!:M ( «I Kllerslio .. : 7.20 "B^s 9.45 1U.15 12.25 1.15 -4MO 5.25 .. -7.35 U.<6 ; *15.10J16 ifi *GreenLano .. -. ' .... ;i. i, Remuera .. ? 7.50 8.4+9.55 10.24 12.35 t25 4.61 5.35 .. 7.4511.15 W10.21 ffl.. NewmarketJun 7.35 8.49 "10.1 010.30 12.40 li3o '5, '4 5.40 ..' '7i50 11.20 231 10.%53 Auokland. arr. .. J ~7A5 8.58'10.10| 10.39 12.60 1.40) 5;13 5.50 .. :^.O ll t 3oi fcfflM'M '" Cliariße for 6nehunga. , § Change for ptahuhn. • *- } Cnango for Waikato stations. , a Change for IL&i para franca SBOT t Ghanee'fdr'Wercorand IhlißrmecliateStations. ' ■ .•.• i;t;-"J1 ': "'~r DOhanKO for Auckland and Intermediate Stations. : ■ r..: -' "MAIN-LINE. ■-::■'■' AUCKLAND—MERCHR—TB AWAMUTU—OTOROfiANG'A. s feoUTH—Wbkk DAXB. - ~ .; .. -.v .;■ ,Wiii!&W! • , 111 ,A '. -~ „■•,,., V;:V*& A.Ttf. J4.M. AM. : ' a;'M. ' TiM. ; rT.iS. . "KM. ' W. AtJOKLAND ~ .. Sop; 6.20 7.1 &> «;0 • IWO f - 4.151 4.55' >5.8) # Newmarket Junction L 6.10 i 6.35. 8.10- 1L55 i M-:y'i-mv*f Remuej'a .. .. .. ..6.15' R4O 7.30 8.15 B 4.30 5.12' 5.35: -g *Greon'La'ne .. '.. .. * '* * .. b ...,*, , _^ v «». EllereUe .. -.-. .. .: 622 -6^B 7.38 8.23 B "4;40 - _sjs' ' 5.t0. ?^ Penroso Junction ... ~ 6.28. .7.0 ,§B.O -831 12.25 t4.19 "- 5.50 ■:;!"■■ Otahuhu ... .. .| d^p , , y: , 0 8.4r 12.40 4.59 .. ■'. Papatoitoi .. ... ~ -.. ■■■ » „ .". 12.55 "5.'8 ™ ..,..> Maaurewa .. •«. .. -.. * - -.. ' .. Il; 10 5i22' .... ■'••• i Papabura.. ... .... .. .. 8.0 .. .. 130 5.37.: .. - *Hunua .. .. .'.•' .. •'.. * •.. .. * * > - . " Drury .J. .. ... .. .. '8.15 f .. "&25 '• 1.47 : :5.56 ' .. .., « *Runciman ■.. ..■ •.. .. .! . . ~* . -..-,.. * ■ * j- ; ..', kvi * 'Paerata . *. .. .. * ... .. > ' '* ■• . Pukeko'lie .. .. "... „ 8.57 .":..-.•; '9.52; 2.19..- -6.23.; •■ •-'..-.••"'-;;':;: '"'■ *Buckland .. .. •■. «, * •.. . L * . ? ■ .. ■•:.'.-- -■ Tuakau .. v. *. •.. --.-.. ? 9.21; v. : .. 2.43 6:^3 :. J '"] *Whangarata * : >.. , .. * ■ * . •.,.- ...; ; ?•' Pokeno „ «. ~ .* .-. , 9.46. .. ■' ';.. ' .8.3 ; 7:0 ': : \;.'.Y' :'.:i >;- Merrar T'arr. ... ' 10.0 ' -^.i -10.35 13J15 7.10 .sV"!^ *Whangamarino ... v. .. •: .. i -.. * * ' ~ , ::- ,.-.'' ri.vs •*■ *Wairangi .. .. .. -.. , •.. • ■■>.. ... ,* «'-' . .."-.. .•■...■.•'(■?' *Rangiriri .. .- .'. .. ... .' .. .•.•.•■ •■■• s i. l .."' ?' *Ohinewai • .. .. ' •.. ■ .-. ■ '* ;: -i.': '* -XV !iM* Huntly ■« ... •.,,. .;■, ... -: •;. ■ .. ...12.15, 425 .. ', , ;..v. ■■■: - '■■!■ -Toupiri ... :..:... .. ...; ... . •... ... 12.30 5.40 .-. , ■.. . ■:■, '■. '*• Ng'aruawahia .■. ... .:. .. r ... .. i VIM 6.:l0 ' ;.. ■; "■* ',:■. > "PUkfefo „. :. -.. ..; .. .. ■ :.. ■ ■* ;•. *.■■; .-£.■£ ■■''■■ -.■;■< ■■" > ' •*l!oiElapa'-:-. :.'. -.. ; :-: • '.-. 'v. ■.. ■ * *.... A.. -, -'«- '. ," > l^rankton Junbtibn ? c^ ';;? ; ; .Jg J;g" _ - ... ,», „; ij j lOhaupo" .;..•.. .. .: ; 8.30f ... ! .. i --2;5 ■ -7;30 •. v. •< '' I* .*Lakoßoad t . -.. .. ■ * .. ~ * . R ... ■< ->« ,i ;'?f'?i fNgaroto „ .-. .. .. 8.55 N .. .. 2.25 7.5 D '.. : :.. '. Si •TkAw^mcxct,. }^; -M I " , i"»; .T« ! £ Jj ;*TePuhi .. •.-.-.-■.-.■;.' !! "' .. „ ■ .. : * ' .-. '■ ".■''".;'".'.'< Sfj !*Kawa ... /> " ■ . • ■ . " f ■, * .-.■;'■■ ,;.' "; i"i I'Kiokio ■■.-. f" " !'!:v" :', !l '!.*■..;* v. ."Otorohanga ._ ...:..... { .. i® .. ■. . .....: . _0;0,.,,., ~;..,..^S_^j^|jiSi North—Wkbk Dats. , ' ; . ' s u ' , 1 . ■ ' I ' I ' I ' I ■- !: I ' 1" ' 'J-'^ • - ' ■ ■■•' A.M. AiM. | i-A.M. ■: rA.M. ■■ -A.M. P^M. ■■*."«. '**? *.Otorohanga, ~„ .. .. dep., ■.. *- , -.. • •.. ; -ES.IO ■•-. .j ■:'» : •'• "•KioWo '„ ■■■■'" ■■'.. .. '.. .. ' - '.. ... * ■•..,;,■•••■■:'■•' "Kawa ■" ;, f^ >>■/.' !••■ •.-•■< •• t ■•*.-■' ■•: ; ■..' ;" * ■;: "J .v...,,: r,; &**»£&2 £ ' i:^ :,:: •;: :: -^; : , li.g Ngarotb ~ i-. v. -v. .v- ..-■'. 2 ■ ..'■ .. 9.23 ] \". : .... ,-:i: :$; *Lakoßoad. ... .. ... -...« .. "-. •.. i .. ■' .■; ■'■ *" ' .'. '«• "./v sfe'' Ohatipo -II ■„ .. '..-' .. l; .. , v. :.-.- '9:45 !'.'.■' il(ii. :!7'. ! *Rukuhia. •i'vi-' --a. ■ j.-. '..;■ „■' ' ■■«. ?•„ [..-«.■■' r*;i :.-vu '■"*!'■':; Mi Prtti>kt6u<Tunotloh ;. '{;^;; '* " ~ '" ioi' *ToRaVSa.. : „ -.»' :-«. 'I.'.1 ■" ■' T ;',,!! ■■t-Vv! ' "'*>- * '''•"• . .''» •Puketja i. ■ ■.-. :Ji.; ■.. ■ v.\ ';.■■-^ .■ .. „.1 :•.*..;'; ;'*■'.-= ■iL-"V A*;lfl Ngarj'ja'wahia '« .s. v. -- \.. -i.' ■.. .-. 11.30 •,♦.,„-•■ j,SS TaurM ■... ' Z :-«.■.>. .i. ■- ,:- I! i-: 11:47; a ; vL;.|s) Hun/Oy .. ». :.,.^' ■*. .-..., „" ' „ „., ; ........: 12,25, ...„., ; ,>v;. , i . ! Ti l., .Ohdnowal.." - .. ",-.. «. >■. „ ' -.. '- .. , * » •.■-,' * •Biuigiriri -i. ■•.'. ■ -Z'>- •«. ■■>" -v. t v. ' -..''■ ■■*" "»'.,••.* Wairangi '. ..% ■>;.. ■■■•.>. ..^ v.1 " ; -i. 1 .':.. ■> v. =' :'■■■■< ■"■ ''" .:■.••ji.^ ' Whangamarino ■ • ..-. .-.-,.. . ; w. ; ... ■~ , ,-».. . ~.....! ... i>*- : . ■••' •! ' :V<: ' ,{l, ; .^ercei ;*. .-*... ■ .s. fep . ■ v . -6:20 . iHfso • ;&: .;.;. ■••-,. liPokeno •...>«--,'.>.-. .;-* ' ;..? ■■« ;. ■.-. i .6.31 i 11.43 >i. 16 v- ' -,v;;.,-■•■■■ ,*W,hangarata m»'j '■^~ -»*. ,-..: - - -~ * .' * * - ■ ;i"' '» ' Tuakau .. ■ ..»;? ■„ -*. '. ,-. _. " 6.50 12.8 2.42 ..., ; /»•:■;. ,:,,»,, ■■"Buckla'ttd ■■■'i;r"■■•■. „ .'.' '-' ■ -... i "/*.:'■ :..•*■ :•;.-■;- ;-> ■: ,-■", ;.^;. ■Pukekohe... ..-*.-.. „-!;, C .-. . 7.10 12.31 • 3.3 ,- ( ■'*' * •Pa'erata.'.. •:«:■ %, -^ .„ j -«.. :v. "' "* v "*'/ . -~..,—.■;«.■ ■■._, Drury „ „ ". "' .. ■..'.; ... ! -7.47. W0 3.37;;■•.-. —~ • •Hunua .. s.. ■ ~.'-■ • _. : ".V , * i '* ■ I*--* ■'"'•■' .'."--, ■■ss•' Papakura,. '< c . - £ C ■Z'' ■ C -■-.' 'B.'l, ; 1^26 f ~3.47 ~;,•....;■..'•>• ; ,',*. "Manurewa -1.; „..,,.,' cw :i. 8:16 1.12 fl ":-..'■ | Papatoitoi .. „ .. .. .. ;' „ 8.30 2.0. 4.15 e u» n ■'.-TiS ;*S Otahuhu.. ;:.' Z .. .. ? -6.50: 8.18 - 8:11 ■■*W i ■ -,;*•».: i§#; tf $> .^ Penrose Junctibh •.-. .. ■.-. 17.15 . :t|B.«o tß;si t2.30 ti;36 tM; 735 -i Ellerslio ; . ... <-.. .. ...-r 7.20 i 5 8,35 *58 "2.55 W< ■.'*- ; * "Green Lano .. •.-. .. -..:' *■■'■ * - >-* '. ■•*< ''"■■■'" v,-,-:.. '%&'■ "S&' Remuera...- .. .. .. ■■ .. , j,30, 8.41 S>-1 -MM «V' lit 1 7.* :; ol NewmaifketJtibfe.- ;. ■.. .."; 7.35 8.'19 9.19, -2.55 ~}5.4. , C.Sli ■'■fejjgii ■Adokl-and ..... ... air. 7.45 8:58. 9.28 "3.5 I 5.1" I, T",))" 1 t'ChanirotordneKunga. II CKango: f6rA'ubk'landandlnte^ediateStetfw*--^ .. v :t--Chango for Ealpara Branch Stations. § Chango.for Otahuhu. ■ ..^huiU* A. :Pafisengorsare not booked by this train to Stations between Auosiauu . ~. . B. On*y stops'to pick up Passengers for South of Penrose Junction. •■■ •.-. > <s '• .c. Rua3 on Mondays, Wednesdays, Friaays,arid^atuta"ays only. 1 :•'-,,..• ;D. ■ Roas on MonflaysTantl Wednesdays only. ■ v . i., ;; ;->■?; ■*'r;, ■E. RiSnsfrbm'OtoroliangaonTuesdays;andThur3daysotily.' ■. • * Junction tor''Cam&rlSge,, fo' Aroha. and Rotorua Ltaefc