PEACE EXPENDITURE IN FRANCE.

Rnma Devoted to Internal

mad a great deal lately about We ba ve rea<^ expendifcure of Frauce . f'r^ething about the equally pro • • Deace expenditure, which a corres digious^pea^ returnec j f rom France sends

UVr o fact more than another was needed B tfchePacific intentions of Fiance ' toSSe"ch people, it is the lavish ex- : B ndw IOJ- fjjjQ Government on works of :pe°dit a u n r d public utility. Now, ia it at all 'Pf tw a State bent on what must bo tnao modern world has seen, th6 yS!neTd n"Hi°ns of francs upon such wo uia "t^jjg erection of training schools .works *? .gibers, communal schools, new f or femalei on 3) the intersection of rural railway s ' moto f rO m the frontier by rail- B ifctany, for instance-tho embel ■vrays-J* enlargement of towns and cities> <* ng( j autumn to revisit certain i 1 W est-central and south-western If Vftfter an interval of ten years. The France anei marve llous. Take the Wlgf Infers (Marne and Loire), for in city ot c pj ace was , 10 i on g er vecog- what with its new handsome ',nisa faainr suburb, "Le Quartier Victor ■$ Uare» its educational buildings, and other :H»f? 0' ts too numerous to mention. '"SfStotra of Saumur, Eugenic Gran ']?> Lme has undergone a transformation • Wi startling- Tho entire region of La r^l thanks to the unsparing expendi nf the most pacific and liberal Govern-. '""f France lias ever enjoyed, is metamor f«H in the same way. Ton years ago I f«vm«ed it by diligence, and very behind- XIK I found it in many respects Now, ZL havo been opened in all direc fl schools have been built for both i i«« in the most remote districts—in fact, niflav spared for the promotion of m ■s°^. and the benefit of the people gener ■ll Jonfenay-le-Comtc, in the very heart * fLa Vendee, is another striking instance '« flSnfc Formerly, this little town, with ■w/ifctaresque but narrow streets, was mite lost to the world. It is now a hand- ImMiry-s l'aciou\ town V ti] "^ T" •ModioßS railway station, schools and other Scbnildings. The great importance ftt ' Lied to the education of women is shown 'V V the erection of those handsome " Ecoles •Kales pour jeunes filles," the training •JUs for female teachers, we find in every tatftown or city, all of recent date. h faeti wherever you go in 1 ranee —and w annual visits among French friends ' taka me east, west, north, south—you come upon evidences of a pacific Govern ment and o pacific people. My only wonder is that tho most credulous waders osn for a moment believe theboous-poouses of the "Daily News." Wlat Fiance desires ia potvee. M, Henri Martin's fourteenth volume of his French history has not been written in vain. im Vbe peasant knows the cruel irony conveyed in that word " Gloiro," which the Ducd'Aumale made use of the other day.— "Pill Mall Gazette."

Brazen-faced Impestor.

Accobbot to revelations recently made (lap tie Melbourne "Age"), it appears tint tfcment Jackson, "8.A., of "King's Collie, London," who, as reported in the "Age," by misrepresentation led Pastor ABen, of Sydney, to believe that he was an "escaped Jesuit of the name of Father Jtfome Gement Vernon." thoroughly en jojaJAimself during his brief stay in Balla mt Having a fairly good address, he in Ik first instance beoiirae acquainted .vi& a--well-known magistrate, who him to various friends, in cluding a leading broker. The man ti the Comer drove him around the city; in a tandem, stopping every wahdatraiH at " this memorable spot," be "that remarkable sight." "Father V'fmqtt";expressed " pleshah " at what he ki seen from the peat of the tandem, and up return life to the city, he shook hands nitthe mmmg -man, and said he wns a "raßy ffOod fellow." Jackson, it is listed, next appeared at the palace of the P,om Catholic bishop, Dr. Moore, and through the medium of apparently genu ine introductions, lie, report says, obtained xWs^on.to the sanctum of his lordship, ah gave him a kindly reception. Subsequently he met other digni tariffloffche Roman Catholic Church, who felt delighted with the grace and polished mk«h of the new arrival. Whether "Father Jerome" was successful in Hearing money or other valuables at ttepakce has not been ascertained, but, S3 already reported, he afterwards " stole " property from tha house of a Protestant tkrgyman. Prior to this, however, Jackson 'isited the residences of other Protestant jttters, and as he pretended he had a Wedge of medicine and surgery, he was 'Bowed to perform an operation on the neck olone minister of the Gospel. How the un fortunate clergyman is progressing aftor jjie "lancing" process is not stated, but respecters of the cloth" hope that he is doing welL Even Martin Hosking, the at Ballarat, who ought to wthelast man in the world to be victimised, Mttedatthe hands of " Clement Jackson, H.KingV College, London." Clement, 111 Conversation with a newly-made «qoaintanoe, said that he had great lo%'e »t the poor, and it was his custom to "white m alms in every town he visited "M of money which he received as birth- JjWresents f rom j, ig motner ; n England. JlHo6king was forthwith introduced, and J* the request of "Father Jerome," Merwise Clement Jackson, 8.A., he snm- F'Mafrom the highways and from the by- W, from the Chinese quarters and from Z A SlUmS' halt alld tllC blilKl' tllC r»and the aged, in order to partake of the '^Provided by Mr Jackson. The indigent •"Wemerryto their hearts'contont, and clur otnerepastMongolian and European wore s™°\f 8 that "Mr Jaokßon welly good and tli Jackson, however, disappeared, Wj6^°stof fchat expensive meal had not by him. Clement made the up with the sick a kind of hobby, -finest prayers and other devotions * ° twJ»m many friends in the North- U?n^strict, in one of the gaol* in which s«ved a sentence. In Sydney, according fe™: report, he succeeded in passing iZmt ?,PaßtorAllen as an .ex-Jesuit Ci T" 8' and the pastor was so Sfedwith thQ Btory of l the impost or formed the statements which he had CL? v a leot «re, which was anything faitV (?f entai>v t0 the Roman Catholic iaat(i n <ivo<?rse^ac'58on was never an in to te °, the fesuit College at Kew. Writ- Fridav^^^tne Ballarat "Star" of offirtlPatherNulty, the principal '^ment in! aphatically contradicts the 111^1116 "■

Pacific Islanders and their Ways.

o[f^ ttS Go!«he, formerly Chief Justice VdLf cently gave a f:hatfcy lecfcurc afc lutU m "Mei «ories of Many Lands." U^ °f his remarks he .said :- speaking ab a meofc *«uCX" al >out Fiji. He was a clergy lost extrp^ y> and there they have the tl" 16 notions about the native H'ngat T»^ ive races are on'y worfch 10theft ';™ lnk, when they are dressed to ,^ essea; they look becoming "^peopleUc J look Picturesque. But « eydney no sooner get tlic

native race down to their town than they compel jixem to take off their own clothing and p U t on European clothing. If yos think of_ it as I do you will consider that that is simply a step in an entirely wrong direction. The clergyman had Been the son of Thakombau, t&> king of the group, and he said: « When I saw that man walking about Sydney with Lady Robin son, tho wife of Sir Hercules Robinson, tho Governor, with nothing on but a white shirt and some of hia native cloth round his loins, I was perfectly ashamed." I had to get up afterwards -I had to reply about something - and I said I could assure this clergyman from Sydney that I had seen tho same gentleman, whom I had the pleasure ot knowing, without his shirt in a lady's drawing-room (laughter), and he never looked more of a gentleman. I say with perfect good faith and honesty that the notion that these people are to be improved simply by putting them in Euro pean dresses, and that they will look better than 111 their own native costumes, is some thing marvellous. That was a fine man, upwards of 6ft. in height, and in his bronze skin he looked remarkably well. No one could ever doubt he was a chief, from his bearing and manner. I have seen these chiefs from all parts of the group. They have sat down at table and never committed one single mistake of etiquette. They watched quietly and in a dignified way to sec now others would use spoons or knives and forks. They had used wooden forks when human flesh was eaten, but no knives and forks. Thoy sat with tho utmost composure and grace. They were men who had never sat down at a European table before. The native dress is really the native cloth tied round the loins, and a kilt coming down below the knee, and when they are dressed for festivals they hang themselves about with lianes and sweet-smelling; boughs, both men and women. The hybisous flower is a great favourite with the Fijian ladies ; it suits them remarkably well the red, single hybiscus— and it suits their complexion and their hair, and makes a very nice ornament for them. Their hair is something like the hair of a negro frizzly —but they ornament it differently, because when they dress, it is covered with soft lime that lias been mixed with water soft lime such as a mason would work with (laughter) and their head is all covered over with this stuff. It makes them exactly like what the powdered flunkeys were at Homo in tho last generation. You soon get accustomed to it, and it hnd a remarkable effect upon the hair, and I wonder that some of the people here do not try it. (Laughter.) The effect of it was this : When tho lime got dry and had to be shaken off in the morning like a dry powder, it did not hurt tho hair -it might European hair, which is softer, but not their hair; but it gave the women's hair a beautiful golden colour, and some of it was really beautiful just On that account, because of tho dressing with lime. The lime was very cheap, because tho whole of the islands are surrounded by coral reefs, and thoy simply take some of the coral and burn it, and they have lime ready to their hands.

KING BARLEYCORN.

Barleycorx 19 King evidently as regards the British Isles. Recently it was resolved to morgo the great Allsop brewery at Bur ton, Trent, into a limited liability com pany, and a subscription list was opened by the London and Westminster Banks'for a total of £1,460,000. With the large .premiums on the shares of the Guinness brewery in the recollection of investors, there_ was such a rush to secure shares that a heavy police force had to be oalled in to prevent a riot. So while good securities were being sacrificed on the Stock Exchange at almost any price, owing to the foreign , I finaneia'l)*';jjan v ic, a .hundred million sterling ' was subscribed in t\^o short days, the returns on the ordinary shares being computed at about 4J por cent per annum. Such being the case, what would the offering be likely to be for the goodwill of the London Alhambra Music Hall with its present capital of £57,000 ? From the statement of its nftuirs for the last six months of 1886 it appears that the net receipts were £10,383, or at the rate of 54 per cent, per annum. A music hall is allowed only to give ballets, songs, and acrobatic performances, and yet this establishment drew last year an uttendance of upwards of 380,000 visitors. There are upward of 400 people employed, which comprises, in ad dition to the ballet, orchestra, and soloists, twenty-two dressers, forty-four stage as sistants, twenty - seven propertymen, twenty-two barmaids, ten waiters, twenty seven staff and scenic artists, rive money takers, nineteen check and door-keepers, thirteen gasmen, eight supers, eleven clean ers, six cellar-men and two firemen. The secret of the success is owing to the small price of admission—l shilling—the variety and excellence of the programme, and the dazzling effects of the ballet, with a huge promenade, the attractions of which arc heightened by the presence of some 50 of the^prettient barmaids of the great metro polis. There are also cozy private boxes furnished with lace curtains, and it_ is a well-known fact that some of the ladies of the highest aristocracy now and then insist on taking in the Alhambra on their return homeward from the Italian opera, and a great many arc of the opinion that between the two amusemets the fiat is in favour of the music hall.

Gambling on Steamers.

Gambling on steamers plying between Eu rope and the United States has assumed such vast proportions during the past year as to call for a most emphatic protest from many travellers on the ocean ferry, some of whom, in letters to the public press in England, advocate the boycotting of lines where not only high play bub barefaced swindling is openly allowed. Many ex cursionists have been lleeced of their letters of credit for a ttfur on their way to Europe, and several cases are reported where money had to be borrowed in order to take a return ticket on the next steamer. Many captains claim that they have no right to interfere in such cases, and tney cannot insult their passengers by putting up a placard in the smoking-room to be ware of sharpers." There are some com manders, however, who possess a nignei sense of their duties, as is shown by the 101 ---lowing letter that recently appeared irt wic London " Times" from an American : xjiy experience is that it rests with the captain of the ship, and if all captains were to do as Captain Haines did on the Aurama last October in crossing to Now lork, tne smoke-room as a gambling hell would soon become extinct, A complaint was made by a passenger the second day trom Queeiuttown that he had been cleared out at poker by two professional Atlantic gamblers who were aboard. Captain Haines at onco came into the smokc-ioom and made a speech to the fol owing effect. -" Gentlemen, -1 do not object to a quiet game at whist on board my ship, but pokei and other gambling games I do object to I have come to warn you that thor.are two professed gamblers on b°<^ They are known to me; I can a6o™*™ now? but I will not look at them. ■ \™ v warn them that if they play anothei game to reaching N^w York, not , ano*he^£r of cards, o°xcept whist, was playad on tho steamer."

THE IRISH LINEN TRADE.

Ireland just now is occupying a very large share of the attention, nob only of the British Parliament, but of English-speaking people throughout the world.

It is pleasant to remember, among all the doleful accounts of evictions and agrarian outrages which unfortunately figure so pro minently in paragrnphs relating to Ireland, that " the most distressful country " is cele brated in other and more praiseworthy respects. Many of her industries havo attained a position highly .creditable to a people handicapped, as most now admit the Irish to have Ijeen, by centuries of misrule. In the production of linen goods especi ally the Emerald Isle has for a long period held a position of proud pre-eminence, the large proportion of Hnena used the world over coming from Irish looms. She sends her productions to all quarters of the globe to bo used by nil classes of society. It is to the persecution of the Huguenots in France that this industry owes its origin. These men and women, "of whom the world was not worthy," driven from their homes on account of their religious belief, enriched the countries which gave them shelter with their skill ahd enterprise. France never made a greater blunder than when .she exiled these pious people to start silk-weaving in Spitaltields and lay the foundations of the Irish linen trade.

Some of these Huguenot* settled at Lis burn, near Belfast, and began not only to cultivate the ilax plant and manufacture it into linen, but to instruct their neighbours in the art. They succeeded so well that in process of time the industry spread over the country, especially in the province of Ulster, till it was an almost universal practice for the North of Ireland farmer to grow his field of ilax in the intervals of farm work, dress it, by tho aid of his wife or daughters make it into linen and bleach it for house hold use, or sell it to the linen merchant, who shipped it to the markets then open. Tho invention of the spinning jenny proving a success in the cotton trade, it was soon adapted to the ilax fibre, and tho American civil war breaking out, milking cotton dear, resulted in numerous mills springing up over the North of Ireland, and a few in tho South, giving an immense im petus to the trade. The hand-spinning wheel was completely " bowled out," and i.s now preserved merely as a relic of bygone days. The steam power loom was soon in troduced, and side by side with tho spin ning mills linen-weaving factories wore erected, giving employment to great num bers of people. At tirat only coarsest varieties could bo produced by tho power loom, the finer makes of Frontings, Damask, etc., being still mado by tho ola hand-loom, but tho maohinery has boon brought to such a stage of perfection that tho linen for the best dreas shirt can bo woven by steam power, and it is only a question of timo when the hand loom shall take its plaoe in tho museum beside the spinning wheel. All these improvements in the process of manufacture meant the larger production of goods, and at such a lowering of tho cost that linen, from being the luxury of the few as formerly, is now becoming the necessity of tho many. The damp climate of Ireland is certainly a drawback to her agricultural prosperity, but it is well suited for the manufacture uf linen yarn, which in most cases* required an atmosphore saturated with moisture; whilo in ncr verdure-clad fields she pos sesses a spread ground for bleaching which renders her unapproachable in this depart ment. It is an acknowledged fact that nowhero is linen bleached to such a snowy whiteness as in tho little island " where the grass grows green." Belfast,the commercial capital of Ireland, is the principal seat of the industry, and owes nearly all its prosperity to what is locally known as the staple trade of Ulster. Some idea of the importance and growth of tho manufacture may be gatherod from the fact that sixty years ago Belfast was an in significant town, and is now a tine city with nearly a quarter of a million inhabitants, while in tho surrounding districts numerous smaller towns owe their existence to linen in some of it 3 numerous varieties.

Of late years the Continental nations have been developing this as well as other branches of industry, and instead of being large buyers as in the past thoy are now rivals of Belfast in some departments of the trade.. Tho result is that profits have been greatly reduced, and in some cases mills Forced to close up. This is not surprising when we remember that Continental employers can work their hands for any hours and at almost what pay they like, while Factory Acts and Trades Unions tie the Irish manufacturer hand and foot. Another item which handicaps the Belfast mills, is the fact that the greater part of the flax used is grown on tho Conti nent and shipped to Belfast, tho Irish farmers {supplying only a small proportion of the annual consumption. This opene up a question interesting to New Zealand. Can we not grow fchi.s ilax as well as Russia or Belgium, and send it Home as we do wheat or wool ?

The Continental countries impose high protective duties on linen imports, which in the Case of Russia, especially, are almost prohibitory. Wo on the other hand admit linen goods with a small duty, and some varieties free. New Zealand - crown flax would thus bo entitled to, and woiild receive, a preference from the Home manufacturer, which would bo greatly in its favour. Our climate is as well adapted to flax culture as that of Belgium or Russia, and the question of suitability of soil is easily settled by experiments in different localities.

In the United States, the flax plant is ' cultivated in some places for the seed alone, which makes a most fattening food for cattle, and is also used in medicine Our hot summer would ripen tho seed, so that it would be available for feeding purposes or to send Home. At present, the Irish farmer imports his flax-seed at a high price from Belgium and Russia, the Irish summer, as a rule, not being dry enough for the saving of the seed. So that if both the fibre nnd the seed wcro marketable there seems little doubt but that in suitable soil tho European flax plant would prove a welcome addition to our crops, and do something to remove the agricultural depression. Messrs Smith and Caughcy, Queen-street, have at present in their window an interest ing exhibit of Irish flax in all stages of its manufacture, from the flax in the straw to tho finest fabric that is woven—bleached and ready for use. One specimen of linen yarn, from the mill of Messrs J. T. and M. Grooves and Co., Belfast, i.? worthy of notice. This yarn, spun by steam power, is so fine that four miles in length of it weighs a. little over a quarter of a pound. In the olden days of the spinning-wheel it was the boast of many an Irish farmer's wife that she could spin a hank of yarn so fine that it would pass through her wedding ring. This feat, diffi cult for human fingers, has been all but ac complished by the spinning frames of the Belfast firm just mentioned. Messrs Smith and Caughey are also ex hibiting a fine collection ot linen fabrics, all of Irish manufacture, some of them of a most artistic description, and very credit able to the skill and taste of the Irisli artisan. This firm has for some years im ported all their linen.? direct from the Bel fast factories, and will be glad to give any information to those interested in the ques tion of flax culture, which we think deserv ing of consideration by agriculturists and by everyone interested in the prosperity of oar colony.

THE AUCKLAND EVENING STAE,, FRIDAY, APRIL 15, 1887-

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JJ" E W ZEALAND RAILWAYS. TIME TABLE.-On and afteb APRIL 1, 1887. AUCKLAND AND ONEHUNGA LINK. Auckland To Week Days. Sate only. Sundays. a.m. a. in. a.m. a.m. non p.m. p.m. p.m. p.m. v.vo. p.m. p.m. p.m. a.m. p.m. Auckland., dep. 7.15 .. 8.40 10.1012.0 2.0 4.15 5.20 6.20 .. 10.0 1.10 11.40 9.0 2.30 Newmarket June 7.25 .. B.bl 10.50 1i.,10 2.10 4.25 5.30 6.30 .. 10.10 1.20 11.50 9.10 2.40 Rsmuera.. .. 7.30 .. 8.56 10.551245 2.13 4.30 5.35 0.35 ~ 10.15 1.25 11.55 9.15 2.45 •Green Lano Ellerslie .. .. 738 .. 9.C 11.5 12.25 2.25 4.40 5.!5 fUS .. 10.25 1.35 12.5 9.22 2.52 Penrose Junction 7.45 8.5G 9.1111.10 12.30 2.304.45 5.60 "6.52 7.30 10.30 1.40 12.10 9.26 2.57 *Te Papapa Onehunga.. arr. 7.55 9.5 9.2011.20 12.40 2.40 4.C5 6.0 7.0 7.40 10.40 1.50 12.20 9.35 3.7 , . _ __ Onega to Auckl'd. 0..m. a.m.a.m. a.m. p.m. p.m. p.m. p.m. p.m. p.mjp.m. p.m. a.m. p.m. ..dep. 7.5 8.20 9.30 10.0 12.10 1.0 4.25 5.10 6.35 7.1510.50 2.0 10.0 5.3 C PonrowTjunc. '.'. 7.15 {8.80 9.10 lO'.lO {12.20 Uotlt4Sß §5.20 §6.45 (17".30 ll.'O 2.i0 10.10 5.40 Kllorslie .. 7.20 8.35 9.15 10.15 12.25 1.15 440 5.25 .. 7.35 11.5 2.15 10.15 5.45 "Green Lane .. Remuera .. 7.30 8.44 9.55 10.24 12.35 125 4.51 5.35 .. 7.45 11.15 2.25 10.21 5.53 Newmarket Jun 7.35 8.19J 10.1 a 10.30 12.40 1.30 5.4 5.40 .. 7.50 11.20 2.31 10.26 5.53 Auckland, arr. .. 7.45 853:10.101 10.39 12.50 1.40 5.13 5.50 .. 8.0 |11.30 2.40 10.35 6.7 " Change for Onehunga. § Change for Otahuhr. } Cnango for Waikato .Stations. a Change for Kaipara Branch Stations t Chansro for Morcor and Intermediate Stations. g Change for Auckland and Intermediate Stations. MAIN LINE. AUCKLAND-MERCER-TK AWAMUTU-OTOROHANGA. South—Week Days. _ — A A.M. A.M. A.M. A.M. A.M. P.M. P.M. P.M. P.M. AUCKLAND .. .. dep. 6.0 6.20 7.1n 8.0 11.10 4.15 4.55 5.2(1 c.20 Newmarket Junction .. 8.1(1 6.:!5 7.25 8.10 11.55 4.25 5.7 5.30 fj.3o Remuoni C.15 6.40 7.30 8.15 b 1.30 5.12 5.35 (j.35 'Green Lane * * * .. b * * * * Kllerslie 022 6.48 7.38 8.23 v 4.40 5.25 5.15 0.15 Penrose Junction .. .. 6.28 7.0 §8.0 831 12.25 t4.i9 550 tti.so otai,,hu .. .. {#£; 6;f° 7 ; 10 »» . hi 2. .0 4 - b m v ; 6 Pnpatoitoi * « .. 12.55 S8 Jlnnurewa .. * 4\ .. I.JO 5.22 Papakura .. ... S.O .. .. 1.30 6.37 "" i 'Hunua .......... * *. .. * * " ■>' Driiry .. .. 8.15 0.25 1.47 5.50 TUmcitnan .. - * v .. * * "Pfterntn . ... » * «. .. ■ • * Pnkckohe .. ~ .. .. 8.57 „. 9.52 2.19 6.28 "liuukland "....** Tuaknu 9.21 .. .. 2.43 6.43 *" H "Whangarata " .. .. * * Pokono .. 9.46 .. .. 3.3 7.0 Meteor .. .. -^ dep 10d5 3M •• *Whnnijamarino .... * * „ ; "Waimiisri .. .. .. # „ " ,v. 'Ifiinsririri .. „. .. * «_ !! I ' "Oliinowai , .. .. .. * I Huntly .. 12.15 5.25 „ ". if L. Tnuplrl „ .. 12.30 5.40 .. .. ; XKaruawahia .. .. 12.48 6.10 .. .'. • *l'ukcto .. ... .... * „ ' cFranktonJunction'i^; Jj, ';; ;; };§} Jg ~ ~ '} "Rukuhia.. .. .. ..".... " * .. ,„ Ohaupo 8.85 .. .. 2.5 7.30 „ M ■». •Luke Road * .... * * .. ~ Ngaroto 8.55 .. .. 2.25 7.50 TBAwAMunr.. }«£ w :: :; *» lf o : : ;; *To Puhi „ ~ .. *..*■',■•* _ *Kawa .... " Z "Kiokio * *Otorohanga .. ■■ 9.0 north—Week Days. A.M. A,M. A.M. A.M. A.M. P.M. P.M. P.M. •Otorohanga .. ~ .. ocp. .. „ .. .. EB.IO •Kiokio .. - - .. .. • 'Knwa ~ — .. — * .. .. "ToPuhi •• - -. -. * teAwamutu .. - {£* ;; - ;; - |f 5 - - 3 - b Ngaroto ~ * .. 9.23 .. „ 3.5 "Lakolload ..<•«...... « .. . * .. .. * Olmu'po — •• -■ .. .- .. 945 .. .„ 3.25 ♦Rukuhia ». - ... .. Frankton Junction .. { ffifc ~ - ;; » \q^ " ~ |;? 0 *Te f'apa • — -. .. .. .. ' .. „ 'Pukete - •• ~ " ~ .. - * — ... ' Xiraruawahia .. ... .. - •- - .. .. 11.30 „ .. iA3 Taupiri * 11.47 «. ~. 4.5S Huntly ....-.--.- - .. « 12.25 ... .. 5.20 "Ohinqwal — ......... -. .. „ * „ -Hangii'iri ~. .. ». -. •■ .. .. .. ■* "Wairangi .. .. .... * .. .. * "Whangamariuo .. .. ' -. .. .. .. .. * ... .. * ~ ■/ arr. .. .. ~ .. 1.45 _ .. 6.30 Mercer .. .. _ \ dcp# _ 620 11.30 2.5 ■ M J. .. 6.50 Pokcno .. .. - .. .- - .. 0.31 11.43 2.16 .. „ 7.0 'W'hangarata .. ... «...•» .. * * '.. .. * Tuakau ~ -. 6.50 12.8 2.42 * 'Huckland „ - * Pukckohe - .. 7.10 12.31 3.3 .. „ 7.37 *Puorata -. — — * ' * — *Kuncinian « -. ' * * ... „ * Drury - .. - ~ 7.47 1.10 3.37 „ _ 8.10 'Hunua - » * ' .. « * Papakura > - 8.1 1.2G 3.47 ... „ 8.18 ]\lanurowa .. .. «. .. - .. B.IC 1.42 4.S .. „ * Papatoitoi .. 8.30 2.0 4.15 Otahuhu fi.so 8.18 8.41 2.10 4.23 6.20 7.15 * Penroso Junction .. - .. 07.15 f 118.30 tg.54 t2.30 t1.36 +6.30 t7.30 9.0 Ellorslie 7.20 8.35 8.58 2.35 6.35 7.35 ' 'Greon Lane * ■ * * * * * Remuora 7.30 8.44. 9.7 2.45 6.15 7.45 Nowinarket June 7.35 8.49 9.19 2.55 J5.4 O.jl 7.50 9.20 AUCKI.AM) arr. 7.45 8.53 9.28 3.n 5.13 7.0 S.Q t>.:iO t Change for Onelnnign. II Change for Auckland and Intermediate Stations, t Change for Kaipnra Branch Stations. S Chance for Otahuhu. A. Passengers are not booked by this train to Stations.botween Auckland and Onehunga. B. Only stops to pick up Passengers for South of Penrose Junction. C. Runs on Mondays, AVcrlncsdnys, Fridays, and Saturdays only. v. Runs on Mondays and Wednesdays only. c. Runs from Otorohanga on Tuesdays and Thursdays only. The 9.15 a.m. train from To Awamutu ruii9 daily. F. Frankton Junction for Cambndgo, To Aroha and Rotorua Lines. Cambridge—Tb Aroha and Rotorua Lines. South.—Week Days. North.- Wkek Days. a. m. a. m. a. m. p. sr. Auckland, dep. *. 8 011 40 Lichfleld, dep. .. „ .. .. 6125 __—_ *Pularuru Junction .. .... * ..p.m. P.M. *Taumangi * Frankton Jun., dep. - - -. .. 130c7 0 Oxford, dop .. .. 12 50 Hamilton West.. „ .. - .. 138 7 10 *Okoroiro • *llamilton East.. - :-*.** 'Mansawhara * EuakuraJun.,arr, .. .. Z II 2 U? t!i niata *• V CambridOeßr.— "Walton .. '.'. * Ruakura Jun., dop. .. ~ .. -2 od7 30 *Kiwitahi.. .. .. .. .. * *Mongaonui .. ..„«...** MoninsviUe, arr. 23a *Tamahcre m * * ~ —; ' —— *Fcncourt » * Te Aroha Br.— .. •Hdutapu.. ... - * * Te Aroha, dep. „ ■«. ..8 20 ... ■ CambridKO, arr. .. .. .. .. 2408 10 *Waihou .. .. k . .. * .. . , , .i —— *Waitoa .. „ .. ..*..' Ruakura Jun., dop. ... „ .. -.2 06730 *TatuaoHaua * .. *Kureka .. .. «. ~ .. v * * "Murrays „ .. .. * v *Motuinaoho .. * .. -. .. * * Mon-lnsville, arr. .. ..9 5 _' Morrinsvillo, arr 2408 10 — ■ — —— 1 , „—_. Morrinsville, dep 91062 50 Te Aroha Br.— .. .. .. „ „ *Moturaaoho .. ;. .. ■• * Morrinsvillo, dep. «. .. •- ..o2;w 8.15 •hureka * * Murray's .. * * Ruakura Jun., arr 9003 30 ■TatuaoHaua .. .. „ ». .. * * — *Waiioa ~ — Cambridge Br.— 'Waihou .. .. .. * * Cambridge, dep. -» .. 9 15^250 Te Aroha, arr 3408 55 'Hautapn * * Morrinsville, dep. „. .. - ..62 50 . *Tamahere_ * * •Kiwitahi . '.- .. * -. !Monpraomn ,• • * *Walton .... — - •> .. — Ruakura Jun, air 9d53 30 Matamata '.'. T, 7. « *'■ 355 T. Ruakura Jun., dep 10 oc3lo *i\lani'a'whara .. «. .. — *. *' * *llamilton East * •Okoroirc . .. T. ". Z .. * 2 Hamilton West 10 20 355 Oxford «. .. ~ 435 .. Franktou Jun., arr. 10 25 4 0 'Putaruru Jun.l! ',1 "'. '.'. '.'. * " Auckland, arr 5139 30 Lichlield, arr. - 520.-I a Runs on Tuesdays. Thursdays, and Saturdays only. 6 Runs onMondays, Wednesdays, and Fridays only c Runs on Mondays, Wednesdays, Fridays, and Saturdays only, d Runs on Wed ncadavs and Saturdays only. The others run daily. A'Runs on first Sundays in eaoh mouth only. KAIPARA BRANCH.—Auckland—HendfrsoJt—Helensviu,!!, Auckland to Hblkn-sviixb.—Wbbk Datb. Heebnsvii.i.b to Auckland.—week Days. _ , — ■ a _ am. a.m. p.m. p.m. a.m. a.m. p.m. p.m. Auokland .. dep. 7.15 10.55 4.40 215 Helensville .. dep. 6.20 11.45 4.0 Newmarket Junctrn 7.12 11.12 4.57 2.25 •Helensville South.. * * * Mount Kden_ .. 7.19 11.19 5.4 2.32 *Ohirangi ....** • *King6land .. .. * * * * *Paeroa.. .... * * • *Morningßide.. *. * * * *WoodhiU „ .. > • • *Mount Albert * * * * *Roweti.. ,» w, * v * Avondale .. .. 7.35 11.38 6.20 * *Waimauku .... * •* • *NowLynn .. .. * * * * ♦Kumeu .^ ~ 7.15 1.5 5.0 -Waikomiti .... * * * 3.0 *Taupaki . 4 ... * * *. _ .. .. 8.0 12.5 5.45 .. Waitakerei .. .. 7.35 L3O 5.20 .. *Swanson .. .. * *' * .. «, * *. 1 Waitakerei .. .. 8.25 12.32 6.15 .. Honderson ~ .. 8.0 2.5 5.45 *Taut>aki .. .. * * * .. *Waikomiti ..-..* • • <1..1 c Kumeu .. .. 8.45 1.5 6.33 „ *New Lynn .. '„ • t *Waimauku .... * * *' '~ ATOndale .. 8.27 2.32 6.10 * ■ *Reweti.. ~...* * •. - »M6unt Albert h.. •■ * •. - *WoodhiU .. .. * * * • •Mprningside..- ». • • *Paeroa.. _ .. * * * *Kingßland . ... .. * * * :: *Ohirangi * * * Mount Eden.. .. 8-.47 2.55 6.2! 5.1.' ♦HelensvUle South.! * * * •■ Newmarket Junct'n D.4 3.10 6 3(jj«.-jl Helensville .. arr. 9.40 2.10 7.30 ... [ Auckland .. arn.9.l3^ 3.20 I ti.ir. ... v. •Flag Stations.-Trains do not stop unless required. Notice should be giVeh to the Susi\l ~; previous stopping stations by any passenger desiring to alight at * lag Stations. tar All Time Tables issued prior to thin date ara ww (MMlled^^ «*„„„, M i, r» mAS W ELL, Genoral Mac after,