A CRETAN TRAGEDY.

By Charles Edwardes.

[WAS sitting in my Company's office in a .bad humour that morning. It 3eemed to me that something was im-

pending over me. over the Company over the universe in general. But in feet this humour of evil presentiment was due to two reasons, both suffi ciently rational. In the first place there was a sirocco that morning ; and Can dia, an abominable town for a young Englishman at any time, is simply execrable under the depressing influ ence of a sirocco, which weighs like lead upon your brain, and hence pre cipitates all tho natural good qualities of a man far, very far below his no less natural bad instincts. In the second place, young Macmorran, my assistant, had not chosen to attend at business that day, and had as little chosen to send me any intimation about the cause of his neglect. It was unlike Mac morran altogether, this double offence, and hence I was in a very bad humour indeed. ■It was my Arnaut attendant. Un dressed, Houssein mu3t have been the most hideous man in the island of Crete. His. face was pitted with small pox marks, and crossed through the marks left by the disease by countless wrinkles. But dressed it was quite an other matter. He wore that most pic turesque of all costumes- the Alban nian native garb : white striped skirts to his knees, a tight-fitting braided jersey with an embroidered shoulder piece, a gay sash loaded with weapons, which it was his pride to keep ready for use at any moment, a long fez with a tassel hanging by his neck, and shoes with woollen knots at the extremity where they curved up slightl}'. Hous sein was really a gallant and faithful fellow, aud so one could forgive him his ugliness. "'Well, why do you stay V I asked the man. 'Mr Macmorran, is he not well, Ef fendi, that I do not see him V ' You can't do better than go at once to Mr Mactnorran's house and ask how he is ; I am anxious.' 'Effendi, yes;' and the man was gone in a moment. There was a curious affection be tween poor Macmorran and Houssein. Macmorran was a very handsome boy, even considering that he was an High lander; and he had a heart, wlrch is perhaps saying a good deal. The ugly Arnaut would stand in a door-way of 'the office for an hour at a time, and look at - Macmorran working, or (as was more his custom) sitting smoking "a cigarette and waiting for work. And Macmorran, on his part, responded to this good feeling in the Arnaut. He 'chattered to him with the candour of a schoolboy, told him all his wild frolics, and when he wanted a body-guard for any short excursion into the hills of Mount Ida had but to say the word 'and Houssein was at his wits' end for joy. He would have been a bold stranger who had let himself be hired as. Macmorran's guard when Houssein was in Candia. "Houssein kneAV Mac morran better than I did in many respects, I fancy. Well, in half-an-hour back crept the Arnaut with a face ghastly yellow from suppressed emotion or rage. 'Effendi!' he stammered; and his voice shook like that of a nervous girl. ' What is the matter 1 is lie il or—' ,'Helsdead, Effendi. MrMacmorran is dead and stiff .' One here and one here, and .his cold .hands are already tied over his heart/, ■ I cannot describe the man's manner while he blurted this out. The trembling of his lips showed sufficipntly what he felt; and when he had finished speaking he eried —positively cried— like a woman. And yet Houssein had been through the insurrection in Crete, when no single one of the infernal ■scourges which attend an infuriated war between men- of different creeds had, been wanting. By his gestures I understood,that Macmorran had been -'shot or stabbed in two places—in the heart and the left side.:

TheArnaut read my face at a glance. I. did not say anything; but, taking mj hat and locking the door, went out;' and he preceded me, for once forgetting to assume the defiant de meanour which made him a man of so "much consideration outside my Com pany's ■walls. ; ; . Whatever Hbussein and I felt, there .-\yas ho. .particular excitement in the streets of • Candia. ■ Jews, Turks, "Greeks, and horetics of many a differ-' ent kind were j stumbling along over ■ the irregular road, seemingly impas •' sive. Dogs by score barked in every i byeway,' their tongue lolling as if the heat was almost too much even •for them., Twoor three Greek priests passed and saluted me with an un -1 troubled smile. And when at the end "of the bazaar, where we were to turn ...off.towards.the chief.gate of.the city, I saw the Governor coming, and waited for the few words I knew he would wish to- say ; .to me, I was not a whit '.; i surprised to find that he too knew no thing.of the murder. But, hearing of it, he grew very red in the face, and ' sHvore that he would Have blood for bloody even if he had to make an ex pedition: into, the mountains';to procure 1 xfc, For the' Pasha:was like the rest of : Hi* world : he was very fond of Mac * to'orran. ' .. . ■ % ' • ■ I&tfas'a mystery to me,; and while :. wo.: were hurrying through, the ■ 'great Venetian gateway, and through ■ the crowd of hapless lepers who beg their miserable' livelihood of the passers-by, ,1 began, to hope ; that ■-■■ Hou3sein nvas1 mistaken. It might .be some one else; a stranger, perchance,

who,- in the midst of a mad tourist1 freak, had lost his life outside the 'city. But no. There the poor fellow lay in the shadow of the purple flowers which fill the Turkish cemetery. He had been stabbed twice, and the blood had run freely from each of the wounds. The murder too must have occurred hours ago. He looked fit for burial already. Poor fellow! And in the selfishness that comes to a man at times when all power of thinking of self oui?ht to be taken from him, I pitied myself that I had upon mo tho dread ful duty of breaking this sadness to his mother: for Macmorran was the only son of a widow.

For two days Candia was in a tumult about this murder. I did my " utmost to make it an international grievance, for I was so distressed by my loss and the horrid manner of it that, in my thoughtlessness, I imagined I could not do better than solicit British con sular investigation into the outrage; and my friend, the Pasha, oven went so far as to establish au inquisitorial inquest at each of the city gates, so that every passer - by went under scrutiny. But at the end of the two days the excitement also ended. A cl satli by violence iv a country subject to peri odical risings against the dom n lit powers is no such entraordinary ovent; and, as the Governor explained, with many a shrug of the shoulder and many a deprecating flourish of his hands, what was he to do ? There was no evidence against anyone iv particu lar. For his own satisfaction ho would be glad to cut the throat of the criminal, if he could but get him, As it was, there was nothing to do but bow to circumstances. It was destiny —Kismet! Not so, Houssein, however. The Arnaut was another man since the murder. He cared nothing for his appearance. He soon forgot to be re spectful ; but one thing he never forgot —his weapons in his waistband. And I used to see him cleaning thorn at hours when he should have been other wise employed ; and while ho cleaned them, he would sigli out a weird slip of a ballad, in which the words ' revenge' and ' mine ' sounded ominously. On the fourth day after poor Mac morran's burial, Houssein asked to say something to me— 'It is this, Effendi; I want to go into the hills, to Astranes.' • And why V I asked. ' Was it not to Astranes that you and poor Mac morran went a fortnight ago V ' Effendi, yes/ The flashing of the man's eyes betrayed him even more than the automatic start of his right haud towards his belt. ' I think you had better tell me your intentions before yo do anything,' I said. ' I am responsible to the Pasha for your conduct, or I might be ma.de so. What do you want to go to Astranes for, Houssein f ' Effendi, do you know the girl Irene Castrianki of Astranes V * The sister of Danetrios Castrianki, I suppose. Do they not call Dauetrios the finest man in the province V 'Yes, and Irene is more beautiful as a girl than he as a man. I wish to go, Effendi—l wish to go this very afternoon. I will go; I cannot stay till I know.' ' Till you know what V 1 Effendi, Mr Macmorran whispered to Irene Castrianki, and it was late, as you know, and wo had to sleep there ; and in the morning the girl looked at him twice as if she did not think ill of him—who could, 0, Aman ! And that is all.' 'Then you think they may know something about the murder V It would have been useless to op pose Houssein. His native indepen dence had completely asserted itself; the salary he received from my Com pany, was as nothing to him in com parison with the satisfaction of his whim.

But I, on my part, was as curious as Houss-)in was determined; and very little deliberation was necessary to induce me to close the office for the rest of the day, and accompany the Arnaut into the hill district of Mount Ida, some 15 or 16 miles from Candia. It was a delicious day when wo started for the mountains. No sirocco on this occasion, but a breeze from the north strong enough to blow Houssein's moustache in front of him, and give life to the most phlegmatic of Can diates. And, as typical of the influ ence of this change in the weather, we had~a ih-owd- of lean and ownerless dogs barking and snapping at our horses' legs through the chief; streets of the

city. " i . Road worthy the name of road we had none to follow. Our track even was of the roughest..,. For an hour we went by stony hill sides and green flowery valleys, straight for the broad snowy beach of Mount Ida.. Mount Jukta rose from the plain on our left. Its broken summit, long the resort.of pious Pagans, who there recognised the tomb of great Jupiter himself, stood up majestically against the blue sky. Even tually we broke from an extensive olive wood which covered several miles of country, and made direct for a dark ravine in the1 mountains. Eight miles from the opening of this defile was the village of Astranes, a small community of proud Greek Cretans, who would as soon shoot a couple of Turks as a red-legged, partridge. Astranes was perched, on the Acropolis of one of Crete's ancient " hundred cities;" and it was reckoned impregnable against Mohammedan soldiers. On three sides it was guarded by tremendous walls of black mountain, the north - eastern roots of Ida; and it was approachable only by the gloomy path upon which we were now entering, and which ascended towards it by a devious and rocky incline that would test our

horses' strength and nerve consider : ably. To lot them recover their breath, therefore, before the effort, we dis mounted by a Venetian aqueduct for a few minutes. 'I think, Effendi, that you know Demetrios Castrianki V said the Ar naut while we were resting. I knew him well. Admiring the native Cretans for their manly looks and good qualities as I did, I acknow ledge that this Demotrios had always seemed to me the very handsomest Cretan of my acquaintance. He was a haughty young fellow, considering how ignorant he was, though I had always liked Demetrios. But his sister. Irene, I had never seen; and so I asked Houssein about her. ' I have seen her—yes, I have scon her!' he replied with an odd move ment of his head, peculiar to him when his words came halting. ' And I have never scon anyone like her, even in my dreams. Effendi, she's a houri of Paradise. Such dove-like eyes, and such a neck of snow ! No peacock carries her swelling bosom like Irene ! And yet I think sho is kind, not proud. They call her the Lily of Astranes — Aman ! Aman ! And Ire was the first stranger that said kali mera (good morning) to her. It is bad indeed !' ( What is bad?' "'I will tell you nothing what I think, Elfondi; we shall see what we shall see. Demetrios is strong, but you are tough. Allah help me, there fore !' An idea occurred to me. It was one that did wrong to the dead, but know ing human nature and the weakness of the flesh, I could not put it.summarily away from me. "You do not mean to say that Mr Macmorran ill-used this girl, Irene Castrianki." ' 111-used 1 No. But I say no more about it. Before we have the moon, it will all be made known. Wo had better start again." It was a gloomy and toilsome climb. The rocks contracted as we advanced and soared out of sight above our heads. At last we sighted tho tiny white church of Astranes. I shall never for get the scene. The black wall of the mountain recess behind tho village towered aloft until it was lost in the still higher ridge of Ida beyond, the snow upon which was tinged with tho crimson of sunset. But it was a spec tacle of ominous splendour, for in half au-hour we should have darkness upon us. I urged Houssein to push on therefore. Instead of obeying me, or even acknowledging my words, however, the Arnaut, by a swift movement, spurred his horse aside, where a detached mass of the mountain formed a defile within the defile. He disappeared; but the next time I saw him agaiu, dismounted, leading his horse with one hand, and his other hand Cn tho shoulder of an ancient Cretan, whose white beard reached to his girth. The old man was gesticulating excitedly, and when they came near me I saw that he was telling Houssein something which interested the man deeply.

' Ah, Effondi,' said the Arnaut look ing up at mo whon the old man stopped. ' I was not so very wrong, then. Listen!'

A long wail came down to us from the head of the gorge; it was repeated again and again. There could be no doubt as to'its significance. Some one was dead, and the sounds were from the throat of a mourner. Considering the tirao, the place, and tho circum stances (mysterious as these last seemed to bo) tho lugubrious echo made me shiver from head to foot. 'What is the meaning of it V I asked. Housseinlooked at me steadily for two or three seconds, and then said — •I do not tell you, EfFendi. We will go on into the village." We proceeded again in silence. Shortly afterwards the darkness fell upon us suddenly, like a niist. But fortunately we were by this time within the village; the first white square house of earth and plaster was close to us. This proved to be the cottage of the old man we had met. Houssein got off his horse at this spot, and signalled for me to do the same. Ho had already arranged with the greybeard that tho animals wore to be tethered there for awhile. He had also done more than this : for, leading me inside tho house, s we waited while two long shaggy capotes were being produced from the old man's wardrobe. And in the meantime the Arnant told me of the plan he had devised. Since I was with him, he was not going to imperil his life, he said. Hence the capotes with which we were to disguise ourselves: I was to stay in the hotel for a few minutes, while he went into the village square and ascer tained what he wished to ascertain. There was so much suspicion of coming calamity in the man's words and face (Iris ferocity of expression was ex aggerated by the darkness of the old man's cabin), that I resolved not to con tent myself with the inactive part he prescribed forme in this mysterious ex pedition. If he was bent on evil, I would do my best to oppose him. If not, at least I should be satisfying my curiosity, which had become very strong. I could not understand how poor Macmorran's murder was con nected with;this distant hill fastness of Astranes. f , .

Therefore, when the Arnaut stole out into the night:air I followed him. A sound c^f voices, as of a congre gation repeating part of a church ser vice, came to us from aheaH We met not a soul < on our way. Everyone save the old man seemed to be in the church. /And probably the opportu nity of being able to do what he pur posed doing, without being interfered with, made Houssein hurry, so that I very nearly lost sight of him two or three times. I wish to God I had done so, or that I had stayed by the horses,

since I was destined to be an impotent spectator of what followed. I* .a^ took place in a few seconds—-proving how the Arnaut had planned for our escape without loss of a moment. Pushing open the door of a cottage standing by itself away from the public square, Houssein entered, and before I could come up to him I heard his voice. Then I too entered the cottage, but it was all over by that time. The room was the ordinary living room of a certain peasant. Its floor was tho native earth. There was an earthen oven and fireplace by one side, aud a pile of bedclothes on another side ; two or throe chair; and stools were here and theres and from the blackened rafters over head hung some herbs, onions, bits of meat, and other trifles. All this I saw at a glance, but my eyes stayed upon the figure of a girl lying on the bed, stretched out, with her hands tied on her bosom, and a gash in her white throat that must have severed her head. And what a head it was! Withal its pallor it was intensely beau tiful. Yet one look was enough to show that-she was dead, and had died a violent death. Not, however, at the hands of the Arnaut. There was a man in the room when we entered it. He must have been sitting on one of the stools in a bending attitude, when Houssein's voice made him stand up. And, without another moment's delay, my man had plunged his dagger into the heart of the other. There's for you! and that! and that! he said. It was all over in a few seconds, and there was Houssein and I face to face in tho house of Demetrios Castrianki. On the one side of us lay the lovely Irene Castrianki, and on the other Demetrios, her brother, both dead. Houssein had started back in alarm when he folt my hands upon him ; but seeing who it was he soon recovered himself. Wiping his dagger on a corner of the bedding he prepared to take tho consequences of his crime. ' You may thank me, Effendi, if you will,' he said, ' or shoot me ; he killed Mr Macmorran, and I him. It is equal. Listen, Effendi—though it were better we were on the horses.' In brief, from evidence now first put before me by Houssein, and thoroughly continued by the dead body of the un fortunate Irene, I could not doubt that Demetrios Castrianki was the assassin of Macmorran. Ho had seen poor Macmorran's admiration for his sister the other day. This to the proud young Cretan was bad enough; but lie thought, moreover, that he saw in his beautiful young sister's eyes a reciprocal sentiment of admira tion. Such insults against the honour of his family and the community were to be washed out in blood alone. It was nothing to him that he had to murder one man who had not really wronged him in the slightest particu lar, aud then to cut his own sister's throat—this was nothing compared to the need of satisfying his own wounded pride.

No one ignorant of the character and traditions of the Cretans would believe that a village of grown men and women and priests not only condoned, but approved the untimely and brutal death of that hapless girl. But so it was.

There had been but one dissentient voice in the community—that of the, mother of Demetrios and Irene, and it was the wail of grief from the poor soul that reached us in the ravine. It was a miserable, miserable busi ness from first to last—a horrid crime and a horrid atonement.

THE AUCKLAND EVENING STAR, PRiDAr, JtJNE 3, jggg.

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P.M..: f% •Otorohanga - ~* - .. - •■ •- eS.IO « „ ~ •Kiokio .. _ ... ~ •• •• - ~ " . - '„- - •Kawa .. .. .. •• ■ ~ — •■ " — ■ - ■■•."-» *ToPuhi. .. : •'• -,-• - - -"' .. :- ■« .. f arr. - ~ .:. ~ fl.O „ „■ ; TkAwamuto .. ~ I dep. « ~ .- -. 9.15 «. ;--«. )%, Ngaroto «• r -• - - 9-^ 3 « , ,'-,; X 5, "l^ake Road .. .. « •• - " •• •• n ,. - - „„ I Ohaupo .. .. .. ~ .. " •• ~. - 9.45 - 1 as] rjß ■ *Rukuhia .. - « •• - - — ~ m'nn " " 1, I I arr. — »• ... •■ 10.20 «. „ (9 B Franklon Juncuoa .. \dep. -' -• « - 10.35 ~. „ 11} I ♦Teltopa.. •• " ■-'" " V ~ - " I "* "1 ■ Huntly •• « -' -' ~ " - 12-| 5 - '- rK 'Ohinewai «.-'•■• •• -• •" " "' «' ' # -• ■ mi * Wairangi .. «...,, ». •■• -'- .■• •• * - •-.-!»■ *Whangamarino Z 1Z " '•■" ' —■' -' ' .. .. • ~:; -r. ■ Mercer „ - - idep. - -. 6.20 11.30 2.5. - -j 3 I Pokeno .._-.-..- - G-31 11.43 2.1(3 .. - W I njbangarata „ - » •• - - - - j I *Buckland —■ ~ « »• •• ~ * * * ... — J ■j I Pukekohe .... ~ « 7.10 12.31 3.3 „; « Ji *Paerata ...-«.. - ~ « * * * „ - , *Runciman .. .. ~ - - - «.„ «^ « " bm Drury .. ... >. ■-. ~ - - 7.47 1.10 3.37 -* : Spakura'.* H « » " I I 8.1 1.26 3.47 - Z}f Manurewa ~ .... •• - •• g.16 1.42 4.2 . „ ' Papatoitoi .. .. .. .. -. •• 8.30 2.0 4.15 „ ■.■.;,-,. Otahuhu .. C.50 B.IS 5.41 2.10 4.23 6.20, . Usj -fS ■ Penrose Junction .. - .. 117.15 t|8.30 t8.54 t2.30 t1.36 t6.30 17:30*,*: Ellerslie .. .. ..... ... 7.20 5.35 8.58 2.35 ':. 6.35 .|.3q. : { *GreenLano .. « •• »• * * * * - j : ". Remuera.. .. -7.30 8.44 9.7 2.45 -6.45 ; Ms* -■_ Newmarket June. .. .. .. 7.35 8.49 9.19 2.55 {5.4 ,G.sl ; _. ;,7,55; , M Aucklaxp .. .. ■■ arr. 7.45 8.53 9.28 3.5 5.13 ■7.0 ■ ..-&0 IM t Change for Onehunga. !1 Change for Auckland and Intermediate Stations.' t Change for Kaipara Branch Stations. § Change for Otahuhu. -, -..'iJ A. Passengers are not booked by this train to Stations between Auckland : -' Qsdumgai B. Only stops to pick up Passengers for South of Penrose Junction. c.'Runs on Mondays, Wednesdays, Fridays, and Satuidays only. ; ; . D. Runs on Mondays and Wednesdays only. . ; X, Runs from Otorohanga on Tuesdays and Thursdays only. .; The 9.15 a.m. train from To Awamutu runs daily. • f. Frankton Junction for Cambridge, Te Ai'oha and Rotorua Lines. Cambridge—Te Aroha and Rotorxta Lines. , , t South.—Week Days. North!- WeeJ ;jP"^'jig/ ■ - . : . ' ■ -.■.,.'. -' .V pit' A.M.A.M. ■ -■'■ ' ; ■"■'■ Uj Auckland, dep. .. S 0 1140 Lichfield, dep. ... .-> ■•■ •?," ■, 1 . .——■ *Putariiru Junction .. - -•• hi ..pm. p. M. *Taumangi .. -" " " 103) Frankton Jun., dep. - - -. .. 1 30c7 0 Oxford,dep. v ..- -■;•• ;••'"« Hamilton West.. -. '-. - .. 1357 10 *Okoroire „ .. ••„",,» ♦Hamilton East.. „ 5 „..*.* *Mangawhara ~ ••■••.••; Ruakura Jun., arr. 1527 22 . Matamata ~ - , .■• " •; ,__ ' , ; :*Waharoa i» ■-" — • *• ~''• \v Cambridge Br.— _; « .. • *Walton .. .. ~ r," t Ruakura Jun., dep. -. - - ..2 ori7 30 *Kiwitahi.. .. -- : •■ 235 *]yiongaonui .. ». „ _. ... * * Moninsviue,arr.^v^__-_2.^, "Tamahore _» ... ... ... .. * * - —: ~—"T^T ■'■'■ ■ ;** *Fencourt ... .» . _ .... * * TeArohaßr.- '•.•-aw-'i *Hautapu.. .. ~. .. «... * * Te Aroha, dep; ' - •• °* , Canibridpre, arr. .. 2408 10 *Waihou .. ; ..«.••-,■;_; ; —— "Waitoa .. - -:..■■•:*■' Ruakura Jun., dep. ... „ .. .. 2 06730 *Tatua o Haua.. - ; ••■*'-! ►Eureka .. .. .. ... _*..■* '* *Murray's ~- - Vn.^i: *Motumaoho * * Momnsville, arr. ■•••____- MorrinsviUe, arr. .. .. ..2 40 810 — -■ ... .. ,'-'.~T~~~ 9WO, . ; ; Morrins^le, dep. . ... •• ,?;i ••' TeArohaßr.— ... ... .. *Motumaoho .. ■• ,;; ,*. ~*' MorrinsviUe, dep a 2 55 815 'Eureka .. .: •• '" g503 33 •Murray's .. ..■:._. — .. ' * * Ruakura Jun., arr... •■ _;_;__-; *TatuaoHaua ... .....'„ «. .. * * ~~^~~H : ' > . •Waitoa _ ..... „ ~ .. * * Cambridge Br.-- ;<■ '-■ ntf®® *Waihou .. .. ... .. .. .. * * Cambridge, dep. , n » ■I'- Te Aroha, arr. .. .. .. .. ..3 40 855 *Hautapu..;..-, -i .*•,*.; — 1 *Fencourt .. - - v * '.'*' Morrlnsvillo, dep. .. .. „ .. b2 50 ... *Tamahere. ...-••*.«. *Kiwitahi.. .. „. „ „. ~ * '... *Mongaomu ....,,- ; :," 955 333. *w a lton,.. „ .. «... .. * .. Ruakura Jun;aiT. .... — ___: 'Matamata ....... -. ... 355 .. Ruaknra Jun., dep. .. - ■•■» j\-> •Mnngawhara -. - .. .... * ..., !Haunltonfcast... .., :1 o20» • *Okoroire.. - .. .«. „ .. * .. Hamilton West.. ..... -...". m25-id1 • Oxford „ .. ..4 35 .. Frankton Ju^_fflj___llU^--r^ *Taumangi ~ ~ „ .. * .. —— ~ ~ 513 9* •Putaruru Jun.'« - ■■'.. „ .. * .. Auckland, arr. •• [-'l.i Lichfleld, arr. -, .. .. .... .. 520 .. •..'-■' - —- ■."" ' * Wag Station. ■ ■■■..: '■" --^i--' WednesWSJft, - a Runs on Tuesdays, Thursdays, and Saturdays only, b Runs on Mwmim?' . & BuDS on w» Fridays only c Runs on Mondays, Wednesdays, Fridays, and Saturdays only, nesdavs and Saturdays only. The others run daily. v A'Runs on first Sundays in each month only. / vj KAIPARA BRANCH.—Auckland—Hesdemw-Seus^^— j^. AUOKLAXD TO HELENSVILLE.--WEEg DAYS. HELESSYItLg TO ACCHXA 1" _^v . . . -A ' ■ " -■' a.nu «■?: am. am. p.m. p.m. .„ ~„„ ks); U;* 1 * - Auckland .. dep. 7.0 10.55 4.40 215 Helensville .. aeP; % -*-. ; t , £ .■ Newmarket Juncvn ; 7.12 11.12 4.57 2.25 *Helensville bpucn. . «,• v • # __ Mount Eden_ .. 7.19 11.19 5.4 2,32 *Ohirangi •• * * * «. ; « *Kingsland .....** * * *Paeroa.. ■■■••/; •• ■'*'•' ;:-'*;". .;„.,;;. *Morning Hide.. _ *' * « * *Woodhul •*...,," ■*■.',.>->' '». .j *Mount Albert _ * * * * *Reweti.. .. :." * ;* :-■;••• - Avondale „ .. 7,35 11.38 5.20 * *Waimauku - •• .yjg 1,5; &Jr *NewLynn «. .. * * * * *Kumeu «..••-;* ■•••* ■ ,-^j 4 *Waikomiti ;. " * ■■*•■■ * 3.0 *Taupaki .. " 733 : 1.30 9f t *Hendersou «. .. S.n 12.5 5.45 .. Waitakerei .. •• 1., - .*. ■■ ■■•-£ ~;. *Svranson „ * * * .. *Swanson .. Vgo 2-9 * i.l Waitakerei „ .. 8.25 12.32 6.15 .. H-nderson ..'•%*,;,« *Taupakl " 1! * * * .. *Waikomitl. ~. ° * i* 'fiifl' ! Kumeu _, .. 8.45 1.5 6.33 .. *New Lynn « - g.27 2-J 2 .r«- * *Waimauk\i „ * * * .. Avondale .. •• « • t *Rewoti.. „ « * * * *Mount Albert ■•: . »:*,■.;, ,? *WoodhlU '!!!.* * '■*• .. *Morjung»ae..- •• « „! fi « 5.13 •"Paerqa.. _ .. * *... * „ *King Bland -.'-"" 8,47 "•*« 36 *S *Ohirangl .. „ * * *~ Z Mount Edei.-;r fa, 3-J»; ;£!_£»- South.. * * * .. Newmarket Jiinog %sjWJfy<% ..arr. 940 2.10 7.30 [ m *. ; | Auoklani__^Jga^^ GU^," ■ -*Flag Stations.—Trains do not stop unless required. , Notice sh°"Q gf tt iohs.' T! -""" • previous stopping stations by any passenger desiring to aligns at j j^b ufaDtt?* tar AU Time Tables issued prior to this date are no^c^c^ A xWl!l^ Gen