RAILWAY TIME-TABLE

Press, Volume LXXII, Issue 21802, 6 June 1936, Page 26

RAILWAY TIME-TABLE

Express Trains Leave Christchurch For Invercargill—B.3s a.m. Tuesday. Wednesday, Thursday, Friday. Saturday; 11.2 p.m. Sunday (connects with Invercargill train at Dunedin). For Dunedin—3.3s a.m. daily (except Sunday); 12.25 p.m. Wednesday and Friday; 11.2 p.m. Sunday. For Greymouth—lo a.m. Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday. For Parnassus—7.ss a.m. daily (except Sunday). For Culverden—B.4s a.m. daily (except Sunday). For Waiau—B.4s a.m. on Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday. Express Trains Reach Christchurch From Invercargill—7.lß a.m. Monday: 7.26 p.m. Tuesday, Wednesday. Thursday, Friday, Saturday. From Dunedin—7.lß a.rp. Monday; 5.10 p.m. Monday, Wednesday. Friday; 7.26 p.m. Tuesday. Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday. •> i From Greymouth—s p.m. Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday. From Parnassus —5.51 p.m. daily (except Sunday). From Culverden—s.sl p.m. daily (except Sunday). From Waiau—s.sl p.m. Tuesday. Thursday, Saturday. Passenger train connecting with steamer express service leaves Christchurch for Lyttelton 7.10 p.m.

OVERSEAS VESSELS FOR LYTTELTON Parracombe, due to-day (noon) from Ocean Island. To discharge phosphates. Completes at Ravensbourne. Norfolk, due about June 7 from Liverpool, via Auckland and Wellington. To discharge. Completes at Dunedin. Kent, due about June 13 from London, via Suva and Port Chalmers. To discharge. Completes at Timaru. Huntingdon, due about June 21 from Liverpool, via Auckland and Wellington. To discharge. Completes at Port Chalmers and New Plymouth. Tuscan Star, due early July from Liverpool, via Auckland and Wellington. To discharge. Completes at Port Chalmers and Napier. To sail finally from New Zealand about August 1 for London, via Cape Horn. Napier Star, due middle of September from London, via Port Chalmers. To discharge and load. Mataroa. due June 18 from London and Southampton, via Wellington (passengers only). To discharge. Completes at Port Chalmers. Port Huon, due about June 20 from Bluff. To load. Completes at New Plymouth and Wellington. To sail from Wellington June 27 for London, via Cape Horn

Hertford, duo about August 2 from Liverpool, via Auckland and. Wellington. To discharge. Completes* at Dunedin. W. B. Walker, tanker, due June 7 from Palembang, via Auckland. To discharge. Completes at Wellington. Empire Star, due about June 11 from Bluff. To load. Completes at Wellington, New Plymouth, and Auckland. To sail from Auckland June 27 for London, via Cape Horn. Due London August 3. Keifuku Maru, due June 23 from Japan, via Auckland and Wellington. To discharge and load. Completes at Dunedin. Norfolk, due about June 25 from Blulf. To load. Completes at Wellington, New Plymouth, and Auckland. T«j sail from Auckland July 14 for London, Avonmouth. Liverpool, and Glasgow. Kent, due about July 11 from Port Chalmers. To load. Completes at Wellington and Napier. To sail from Napier July 21 for London, Avonmouth, Liverpool, Manchester, and Glasgow. Tairoa, due about July 8 from Timaru. To load. Completes at Picton, Gisborne, and Wellington. To sail from Wellington July 18 for London, via Cape Horn and TenerilTe. City of Canton, due about July 1 from New York, via Auckland and Wellington. To discharge. Completes at Dunedin and Australian ports. City of Delhi, due about July 26, from Montreal, via Australian ports and Dunedin. To discharge and load. To sail from Lyttelton for New York, Boston, and Montreal. Fordsdale, due July from London, via Suva. To discharge. Completes at Dunedin, Bluff, and Napier. Sydney Maru. due early July from Moji, via Auckland and Wellington. To discharge and load. Completes at Dunedin. Manju Maru, due late July from Japan, via Auckland and Wellington. To discharge and load. Completes at Dunedin. INTERCOLONIAL SERVICE Monowai left Sydney June 5 for Auckland, due June 8, and Wellington due June 11. Leaves Wellington June 12 for Sydney; due June 15. Wanganella left Wellington June 4 for Sydney; due June 7, and Melbourne, due June 10. Leaves Melbourne June 10, Sydney June 13 for Auckland; due June 17.

PACIFIC MAIL SERVICE

Aorangl left Vancouver May 20 for Sydney: due Auckland June 7; leaves June 8: due Sydney June 13. Leaves Sydney June 18 for Vancouver. Due Auckland June 22, leaves June 23; due Vancouver July 10. Makura left San Francisco June 3 for Sydney. Due Wellington June 22; leaves June 23; due Sydney June 27. Leaves Sydney July 2 for San Francisco. Due Wellington July 6, leaves July 7: due San Francisco July 24. Maunganui left Sydney June 4 for San Francisco: due Wellington June 8: leaves June 9; due San Francisco June 26.

Niagara left Sydney May 21 for Vancouver; left Auckland May 26, due Vancouver June 12. Leaves Vancouver June 17 for Sydney; due Auckland July 6: leaves July 7; due Sydney July 11. Monterey left Melbourne May 23, Sydney May 27, Auckland May 30, for, San Francisco: due Los Angeles June 13, San Francisco June 15. Leaves San Francisco June 23. Los Angeles June 24 for Australia. Due Auckland July 10. Sydney July 13. Melbourne July 17. Mariposa left San Francisco May 26, Los. Angeles May 27, for Australia: due Auckland. June 12, Sydney June 15. Melbourne June 19. Leaves Melbourne June 20. Sydney June 24, for San Francisco. Due Auckland June 27, Los Angeles July 11, San Francisco July 13.

A beautiful Tudor mansion near London, known as Eastbury Manor, has recently become the Barking Municipal Museum. Until January 29 it contained an inaugural loan exhibition, consisting mainly of Tudor articles to which the late King contributed a set of “touch pieces”—coins concerned with the cure q£ the “King’s Evil” (scrofula)* ,

TRANS-PACIFIC CARGO SERVICE

The Union Steam Ship Company of New Zealand, Ltd., supplies the following information about its cargo vessels in the trans-Pacific service:— Hauraki—Was to leave San Francisco yesterday for Los Angeles. Waiotapu—To leave Ocean Falls on June 15 for San Francisco. Limerick—Left Sydney on June 3 for Vancouver, via Fiji and Apia. Cape Horn—To leave Melbourne on June 9 for Sydney, thence, June 20, Vancouver, via Fiji and Apia. Approximate forward loading dates at Pacific West Coast ports, subject to alteration without notice:— Hauraki—Was expected to leave Vancouver on June 2, San Francisco June 5. Los Angeles June 8. Due Auckland, via Papeete. July 1. thence Wellington. Lyttelton. Dunedin. Melbourne, Adelaide, and Sydney. Waiotapu—Expected to leave Vancouver on June 10, San Francisco June 22, Los Angeles June 24. Due Auckland, via Cook Islands, July 24. thence Napier. Wellington, Lyttelton, Dun'edin, Melbourne, and Sydney. Limerick—Exoected to leave Vancouver on July 5. San Francisco July 24, Los Angeles July 26. Due Auckland, via Cook Islands. August 19. thenCe Wellington. New Plymouth. Lyttelton, Dunedin, Melbourne, and Sydney. , Cape Horn—Expected to leave Vancouver on August 5. San Francisco August 18, Los Angeles August 20. Due Auckland September 18, thence Wellington, Lyttelton, Dunedin, Melbourne, and Sydney. •Hauraki—Expected to leave Vancouver on September 14, San Francisco September 20, Los Angeles September 22, Due Auckland, via Papeete, October 18, thence Wellington, Lyttelton, Dunedin, Melbourne, and Sydney. •Waiotapu—Exoected to leave Vancouver on October 14. San Francisco October -20, Los Angeles October 22. Due Auckland November 20, thence Napier, Wellington, Lyttelton, Dunedin, -Melbourne, and Sydney. ♦Vancouver last port of call in British Columbia because of onion shipments. PORT GISBORNE’S PASSENGERS The following passengers left Wellington on Wednesday for London py the Port Gisbbrne: —Mrs- B. E. Brown. Miss M. B. Brown, Miss J. C. McK. Brown. Miss N. D. Shepherd. Miss A. Aiton, Miss P. L. Bothamley, Miss P. A. Davies, Miss E. Morris, Mrs J. M. Mason. Mr A. McE. Mason, Mrs E. Ellingham. and Mr A. T. Bothamley. Dr. D. E. Brown is acting as ship's surgeon.