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New Zealand Times, Volume LXVI, Issue 3314, 22 December 1897, Page 3

QUARTER DAY, 21th DECEMBER, 1897. SUN INSURANCE OFFICE. LONDON. Established 1710. Soil Insured in the Year 1398, £388,950,000. INSURERS whoso Policies expire on tho above date are reminded that renewal Premiums should bo paid on or oeforo FRIDAY NEXT, 21th instant. This Company is prepared to accept rislcs on property at the lowest current rates* of premium. Losses settled with Promptitude and Liberality. J. H. BETHUNJ3 & CO.. 658 Agents, ~giy ARBOUR EXCURSION DAY'S T °BAY. The a.s, DUCO will leave tho Ferry Wharf (weather permitting) as under: THIS DAY (WEDNESDAY) : Leave Ferry Wharf, 2.30 p.ra. Leave Bay 5 p.m. Pares—Adults, Is 6d ; Children, 9d. C 73 NEW ZEALAND EAILWAYB, WELLINGTON*. NAPIER - NEW PLYMOUTH SECTION. XMAS AND NEW YEAR HOLIDAY'S, 1897-98. CHEAP EXCURSION PARES, First Class, 2d per mile Second Class. Id per mile. Minimum, 4s and 2s respectively. Mileage counted One Way only. TICKETS at these rates will bo obtainable from any Station to any Station from Monday, 20th December, 1897, to Tuesday, 4th January, 1898, and will bo available for return up to and including tat February, 1898. These tickets may be extended to make them available for return tor a further period of ,14 days on payment of the difference between an ordinary single fare and half tho excursion fare, provided application is made at the station to which the exoursion ticket was issued, and before its expiration, . Ist 2nd Class. Class. Wellington to Napier via Wairarapa 33s 2d 18s 7d Wellington to Wanganui via Wairarapa ... 25s Od 12s (id Wellington to Woodville via Wairarapa 17s Cd 8a 9d Note.—The journey mnst be commenced on the date ticket is taken ont, and may be broken at any station after the ticket has been used for travelling 2S miles from the original starting station. DAT EXCURSION PARES. Cheap Return Tickets, available on day of issue only, will be obtainable (aa on Saturdays and Sundays) between Te Aro, Upper Hntt and intermediate stations on MONDAY, 37th December. The following are examples of tho fares : Ist Class. 2nd Class. la 6d la Od To Aro or Wellington to Lower Hntt, or vice versa Te Aro or Wellington to Upper Hntt, or vice versa Christmas Day and Now Tear’s Day being Saturdays, tickets at these fares will, of course, be obtainable on those days. BOXING DAT, 27th DECEMBER, 1897. CATHOLIC PICNXOAT LOWER HUTT. Fare (second-class or seated trucks), including admission to grounds—Adults, 2s; Children, under 15 years of ago, Gd. Train leaves To Aro at 8.40 a.m., and Wellington 8.52 a.m.; return train leaves Lower Hntt at 5.35 p.m. GOOD TEMPLAR PICNIC AT BELMONT. Return Pares (Second-class or seated trucks), including admission to grounds— From Te Aro or Wellington, 2s; Children under 15 years of age, half-fare. Trains leave To Aro at 9.8 and 9.40 a.m., and 'Wellington at9.2oand 9.55 am. Return trains leave Belmont at 5.50 and 6.40 p.m. t GARRISON BANdIIND WELLINGTON NAVALS’ PICNIC AT BELMONT. || Return Fares (Seoond-elass or seated trucks), including admission to grounds— Prom To Aro or Wellington to Belmont, 2s; Children under IS years of age, halffares. Trains leave Te Aro at 9 8 and 9.40 a.m., and Wellington at 9.20 and 9.55 a.m. Return trains leave Belmont at 5.50 and 6.40 p.m. RACES AT MABTINBOBOUGH. Rail to Featherston. Train leaves To Aro at 7.0 and Wellington 7.15 a.m., and return train leaves Featherston at 6.25 p.m. NEW TEAR’S DAT. WAIRARAPA CALEDONIAN SOCIETY’S SPORTS AT MASTERTON.' Train leaves Woedville at 7.0 a.m., Pahiataa 7.30, and Eketohnna 8,30 am., and leaves Masterton on return at 7.0 p.m. WELLINGTON CALEDONIAN SOCIETY’S SPORTS AT WELLINGTON. RACES AT TAUHERENIKAU. Bail to Featherston. Train leaves Te Aro at 7.55, and Wellington at 8.10 a.m.« Return train leaves Featherston at 6.25 p.m. THOENDON CATHOLIC PICNIC AT ■, BELMONT. Return fetes (second-class or seated trucks), including admission to grounds—From Te Aro or Wellington to Belmont, 2s; children under 15 years of (ago, half-fare. Trains leave Te Aro at 9 8 and 9.40 a.m., and Wellington 9.20 and 9.55 a.m. Return trains leave Belmont at 5.50 and 6.40 p.m. TRAIN ARRANGEMENTS.’ On FfiIDAT, 24th December, the 6.5 p.m. train Te Aro to Upper Hntt will run through to Masterton, arriving at 10.47 p.m. The train leaving Te Aro at 11.5, and Wellington ’■ at 11.15 p.m., will run through to Upper Hntt. ' On FRIDAY, 24th Dumber, and FRIDAY, Slat December, the 10.5 p.m. train, To Aro to Lower Hntt, will not run, bat trains will tun between those stations as on Saturday niehts. _ „ On CHRISTMAS DAY the mail trams Te Aro to Napier and Napier to To Aro will run as usual, as will also the morning train Masterton to Te Aro and afternoon train T« Aro to Masterton. . „ , All other ordinary trains will bo cancelled, but trains will run as on Sundays between To Aro, Lower Hntt and Upper Hntt, with exception of tho 6.30 pm.Te Aro to Lower Hntt. - * On BOXING BAY (27th December) and NEW YEAR’S DAY the ordinary timetable between Te Aro and Woodville will bo suspended, with the exception ol mail trams Te Aro to -Napier and Napier to Te Aro, which will rnnas-naual, but excursion tickets: will NOT he issued from Te Aro, Lower Hull, or intermediate stations , to. Featherston (ear'cent on Boxing Day), Femstde, Woodside, Oreytown, vau'et, Datyfield, CaTt&Tton t Cldreville, Kurupuni, or Masterton, by the North mail train, nor mil excursion tickets' be .available from the above stations by .the South mail train. Excursionists wishing to travel to or from these stations will use the train leaving Te Aro at 7.bS.a.m.', Wellington 810, Lower Unit 8.41 a.m., arriving at Featherston at 11.16 a.m , Greytown 11.44, Carterton 12 noon, and Masterton 12.30, and the return train leaving Masterton at 5.10 p.m., Carterton 5.40. Greytown 5.50, Featherston 8.25p.m., arriving at Wellington at9'.43 and Te Aro 10.0 p.m. In addition to above, trains will run as under:— For Woodville,—Featherston dep.,. 5.50 p.m.; Masterton, 7.0 a.m, and 7.5 p.m,; Woodville arrive, 9.40 a.m. and 9.45 p.m. . Note.— The 7.0 a.m. Masterton to Woodville connects with train to Palmerston. For Featherston.—Woodville dep., 7.0 a. m.; Masterton, 9.40; Featherston arrive, 10.48 a- Por Masterton.—Woodville dep. 7.0 p.ta. (connects with train from Palmerston); Masterton arrive, 9.40 p m. _ For Upper Hntt.—Te Aro dep,, 9.40 a.m., 1.20 p.m. and 7.50 p.m.; Wellington dep., 9.55 a.m., 1.80 and 8.2 p.m. ; For Wellington and Te -Aro.—Upper Hntt dep., 7.55 and 11.45 a.m. and 6.5 p.m. Trains will run between Te Aro and Lower Hntt at frequent intervals. For further particulars see Handbills. BY ORDER. District Traffic Office, Wellington, December, 1897. 660 the hermitage, mount cook. INTENDING visitors to this portion of the Southern Alps may now proceed sither by rail to fairlie and thence by coach saving Fairlie on Tuesdays and Fridays, or >y rail to Knrow, and from there by coach o Fnkaki on Tuesdays, connecting with the ?airlie coaches at Fnkaki, leaving on Wedlesdays. Tourists can take the regular mail soaoh or arrange at Fairlie or Knrow for ipecial buggy- at about 1 the same rate, vix., Vb return. Through return tickets, available or either route, aro issued by the Railway department. Fare, from Christchurch, J 54 15s-; from dnnedin, £5 ss. The Hermitage is under the osre of Hr and Jra Boas, with Mr Clark as guide. Biding torsos to visit the Tasman Glacier and other venders can be hired at the Hermitage. Tho rooraa- are comfortable, and the table veil provided. Wines at usual rates. SIDNEY' WEETMAN, Commissioner of Crown Lands, 133 Christchurch,