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Christmas Railway Arrangements.
CHRISTMAS RAILWAY ARRANGEMENTS .
GREAT WESTERN RAILWAY . THIS Company will issue tickets at their City and West End Offices , an arrangement which cannot fail to be a boon to those travellers who desire to avoid the trouble of obtaining tickets at a crowded Railway Station , and the Booking Office at Paddington Station will be open all day for the issue of tickets on 18 th , 19 th , 20 th , 21 st , 23 rd , and 24 th December . Ordinary tickets obtained in London between 18 th and 24 th December will be available for use on any day between and including those days .
Cheap Third Class tickets at reduced fares will be issued from London to the Yeovil and Weymouth districts , to stations in the West of England , and to Guernsey and Jersey ; similar tickets will also be issued from those districts to London ( except the Channel Islands ) . On Tuesday Night , 24 th December , Cheap Excursions will bo run from
Paddington at 11-10 p . m . for Bath and Bristol ; at 11-35 p . m . for Oxford , Worcester , Malvern , Hereford , Banbury , Leamington , Warwick , Birmingham , Wolverhampton , Shrewsbury , Oswestry , Chester , Birkenhead , Liverpool , & c ; at 12-30 midnight for Newport , Cardiff , New Milford , & c . ; and at 12-40 midnight for Gloucester , Cheltenham , & c .
In order to meet the extraordinary demands upon the Company s resources occasioned by the enormous parcel traffic despatched both from and to London at Christmas time , special fast trains carrying parcels only , and calling afc the principal intermediate stations , will run between London and Plymouth , Birkenhead , Worcester and New Milford . On Tuesday , 24 th December , the 5 - 0 p . m . and 12-15 midnight trains
from Paddington to Plymouth will be extended to Falmouth and Penzance ; and the 7-0 p . m . train from Paddington to Weston will run to Exeter . A special will leave Paddington at 10-0 p . m . for New Milford , and will call at the same stations as the 9-15 p . m . ordinary train . A special express to Reading , Gloucester , Cheltenham , Newport , Cardiff , Swansea , & c , will depart at 11-50 p . m .
The usual Sunday service of trains will be run on Christmas day , but for the convenience of persons who are unable to leave town before the morning of Christmas day , the 5-30 a . m . from Paddington will run as on week days to Oxford , Bristol , Weston-super-Mare , Worcester , Banbury , Leamington , Birmingham , Dudley and Wolverhampton . This train will connect at Bathampton with the 8 47 a . m ., thence to Frome , Yeovil , Dorchester , Weymouth , & c . The 12-15 midnight fast train from Paddington to Plymouth will be run at the usual times on Christmas night .
THIS Company announces that the Ticket Offices at Euston . Broad Street , Kensington , and Willesden Junction will be open throughout the day , from Monday , 16 th , to Monday , 23 rd December inclusive , so that Passengers wishing to obtain Tickets for any destination on the Railway can do so at any time of the day prior to the starting of the train , while tickets , dated to suit the convenience of passengers , can be obtained at any time ( Sundays and Bank
LONDON AND NORTH WESTERN RAILWAY .
Christmas Railway Arrangements.
Holidays excepted ) at the Town Receiving Offices of the Company in all parts of the metropolis . The ordinary service of express and mail trains will be supplemented by additional expresses as follow : —On Tuesday , 24 th , a special train will leave Willesden Junction at 2-55 p . m . for Bletchley , Wolverton , Rugby , principal stations on the Trent Valley Line , ancl Stafford , in advance of the 2-45 p . m .
ordinary train from London ( Euston ) . The 4-30 p . m ., Euston to Birmingham , will be divided—the first portion will run express to Coventry and Birmingham , and leave Euston at 4-25 p . m . ; the second portion of the train will leave Euston at 4-30 p . m . as usual , and convey passengers for Northampton , Market Harboro ' , Melton Mowbray , Wellingboro' , Rugby , Coventry , Birmingham , Walsall , Dudley , and Wolverhampton .
The night Irish Mail , due to leave Euston 8-20 p . m ., wilt not leave until 9-5 p . m . The mail steamer for Kingstown will wait the arrival of the train at Holyhead . The 120 night train from London ( Euston ) , due at Warrington at 5-15
a . m . on Wednesday , 25 th December , will be extended from Warrington to Kendal and Carlisle as on ordinary week days . On Christmas Day a special train will leave Euston at 6-15 a . m . for Northampton , Rugby , Birmingham , Stafford , Stoke , Crewe , Manchester , Liverpool , Chester , Ireland , Lancaster , Preston , Carlisle , Edinburgh , Glasgow , & c .
The ordinary Sunday service of trains will be in operation . On Bank Holiday , Thursday , 26 ch December , the express trains usually leaving London ( Euston ) , at 12-0 noon and 4-0 p . m . will not be run , passengers will be conveyed by the 12-10 p . m . and 4-10 p . m . trains respectively . The 4-30 p . m London ( Euston ) to Birmingham and Wolverhampton will also be discontinued , and passengers will be conveyed by tho 5-0 p . m . train , except
those for Market Harboro ' , Melton Mowbray , Nottingham , Sec , who will travel by tho 3-0 p . m . train from Euston . The 8-10 p . m ., Euston to Tring , will not be run . Numerous residential trains will not run , particulars of which can be ascertained on reference to the Company's local notices . The up and down dining saloons between London , Liverpool , and Manchester will not be run ou Bank Holiday , but the corridor dining car trains between London and Edinburgh and Glasgow will be run as usual .
The Company also announce cheap excursions to Coventry , Leamington , Birmingham , South Staffordshire stations , Wolverhampton , Nuneaton , Liverpool , Warrington , Lancaster , the English Lake District , Manchester , Oldham , Stoke , Chester , North and South Wales , and tho Cambrian Line , Shrewsbury , Carlisle , Scotland , Ireland , & e . For full particulars see special notices .
MIDLAND RAILWAY .
CCOMMENCING from the 1 st November , books of Cloakroom tickets for ) Commercial Travellers' luggage have been on sale at the stations of the Midland Railway . The tickets are issued for the convenience of Commercial Travellers to enable them to send their packages to the cloakrooms of the Company from their Hotels , & c , and obtain possession of the packages on
arrival at the station . A ticket is required for each article , which will frank its deposit in the cloakroom for any period not exceeding forty-eight hours , after which time the usual charge for Commercial luggage will be made in accordance with the Company ' s regulations . Books containing thirty tickets cost 2 s 6 d eaoh .
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The Theatres , & c . — : o;—Drury Lane . —1-30 and 7 . 30 , Cheer , Boys , Cheer . Transferred to Olympia on Thursday , 19 th . Covent Garden . —Fancy Dress Ball , 18 th Dec . Lyceum . —8-5 , Romeo and Juliet . Wednesday and Saturday next , 2 o ' clock only .. Court . —8-30 , Tho Rivals . Matinee , Saturday , 2 . 30 . Princess ' s . —7-45 , A Dark Secret . G lobe . —8 , The Journey ' s End . 9 , Charley ' s Aunt . Matinee , Wednesday , 3 . Prince of Wales ' . —7-35 , A Woman ' s Caprice . 8-15 , Gentleman Joe . Matinee , Saturday , 2-30 . Gaiety . —8 , Tho Shop Girl . Matinee , Saturday , 2 . Criterion . —8-30 , The Squire of Dames . Matinee , Wednesday and Saturday , 3 . Terry ' s . —8 , An Old Garden . 8-50 , The Strange Adventures of Miss Brown . Matinee , Wednesday and Saturday , Garrick . —8 , The Interview . 8-20 , The Professor ' s Love Story . Matinee , Wednesday i . nd Saturday , 2-30 . Avenue . —815 , A Dangerous Ruffian . 8-50 , Mrs . Pondcrbury's Past . Matinee , Saturday , 3 . Daly's—8-15 , Second edition of Au Artist ' s Model . Matinee , Saturda )' . Vaudeville . —8 30 , Merrifield ' s Ghost . 9 , The Now Boy . Matineo , Wednesday and Saturday , 3 . Comedy . —8 , The Benefit of the Doubt . Matinee , Saturday , 2-15 . Haymarket . —8-30 , Trilby . Matinee , Wednesday and Saturday , 2-30 . Lyric—9-15 , The Bric-a-brac Will . Matinee . Saturday 2 . St James ' s . —8 , Tho Misogynist , and the Divided Way . ( Last day . ) Savoy . —7-50 , After all . 8-30 , The Mikado . Matinee , Saturday , 2-30 . Cpera Comique . —8 , Madame . 9-15 , A Model Tiilby . Matinee , Saturday , 2 30 . Strand . —8 , The Man in the Street . 8-50 , Niobe . Matinee , Wednes lay and Saturdiv , 3 . Royalty .-8 , Kitty Clive—Actress . " 840 , The Chili Widow . Matinee , Saturday , 2-30 . Olympic . —On Thursday , Cheer , Boys , Cheer ! Alhambra . —7-50 , Variety Entertainment . Two Grand Ballets . 8-45 , Titania . 10 45 , Lochinvar . On Monday , Blue Beard . Empire . — Variety Entertainment . Two Grand Ballets . 7-54 , On Brighton Pier . 10-15 , Faust .
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Palace . —7-40 , Variety Entertainment , Tableaux Vivants , & c . Oxford . —7-30 , Variety Entertainment . Maiinee , Saturday , 2-30 . Royal . —7-30 , Variety Company . Saturday , 2-30 . Crystal Palace . —Varied attractions daily . Royal Aquarium . —Open at 10 ; close at 11-30 . Constant Amusement . Tivoli . —7 - 30 , Variety Entertainment . Saturday , 2-30 also . Egyptian Hall . —3 and 8 , Mr . Maskelyne ' s Magical Entertainment . Moore and Burgess Minstrels . —St . James ' s Hall . Monday , Wednesday , and Saturday , 3 . Madame Tussaud ' s ( Baker Street ) . —Open daily .
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t HOYAL CYCLE * R EPOSITORY AND HIDING SCHOOLS , 81EUSTONRD.N.W. ( Facing the MitllnLd Grand Hotel . ) Ladies and Gentlemen taught Biding Daily in the Koyal Schools . Largest and BesD in London . Open daily from 8 a . m . till 9 p . m . TERMS :-10 / 6 TILL PERFECT . LISTS FREE BY POST . BICYCLES&TRICYCLES Bought lb .- Cash , ia any 3 condition . Largest Cepot for New and Second-hand Machines in the World . Okl Machines Altered , Repairec , or taken ia part payment and prut exchange for new . Utmost value allowed , Auction Sales every Wednesday , at 1 o ' clock . From " Illustrated Spirting nnd D iimsitic New ? , " 25 tli May lS ' . io-. — -Tli . ' Duko . mid lluuhc s of York , with Princess Christum of S-hlcswig-Itn'stein , on Wedne > diiy ni ' tenioon visilt-d THK Rov . vt . 1 YCI . * " IIUMI Srnooi . s , si Kcsrox [ io . iD . The Koyiil ¦ . Visitor- were sliqwn rvcr the . . imitl'iigs by . tlio Miimtye ' r , ill-. Biw ¦ 11 , 11 ml betuiv deparUi . n expressed themselves most pleased with ih « clover eycl- ; -iulii > g of somo of the youug ladies . "
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Christmas Railway Arrangements.
CHRISTMAS RAILWAY ARRANGEMENTS .
GREAT WESTERN RAILWAY . THIS Company will issue tickets at their City and West End Offices , an arrangement which cannot fail to be a boon to those travellers who desire to avoid the trouble of obtaining tickets at a crowded Railway Station , and the Booking Office at Paddington Station will be open all day for the issue of tickets on 18 th , 19 th , 20 th , 21 st , 23 rd , and 24 th December . Ordinary tickets obtained in London between 18 th and 24 th December will be available for use on any day between and including those days .
Cheap Third Class tickets at reduced fares will be issued from London to the Yeovil and Weymouth districts , to stations in the West of England , and to Guernsey and Jersey ; similar tickets will also be issued from those districts to London ( except the Channel Islands ) . On Tuesday Night , 24 th December , Cheap Excursions will bo run from
Paddington at 11-10 p . m . for Bath and Bristol ; at 11-35 p . m . for Oxford , Worcester , Malvern , Hereford , Banbury , Leamington , Warwick , Birmingham , Wolverhampton , Shrewsbury , Oswestry , Chester , Birkenhead , Liverpool , & c ; at 12-30 midnight for Newport , Cardiff , New Milford , & c . ; and at 12-40 midnight for Gloucester , Cheltenham , & c .
In order to meet the extraordinary demands upon the Company s resources occasioned by the enormous parcel traffic despatched both from and to London at Christmas time , special fast trains carrying parcels only , and calling afc the principal intermediate stations , will run between London and Plymouth , Birkenhead , Worcester and New Milford . On Tuesday , 24 th December , the 5 - 0 p . m . and 12-15 midnight trains
from Paddington to Plymouth will be extended to Falmouth and Penzance ; and the 7-0 p . m . train from Paddington to Weston will run to Exeter . A special will leave Paddington at 10-0 p . m . for New Milford , and will call at the same stations as the 9-15 p . m . ordinary train . A special express to Reading , Gloucester , Cheltenham , Newport , Cardiff , Swansea , & c , will depart at 11-50 p . m .
The usual Sunday service of trains will be run on Christmas day , but for the convenience of persons who are unable to leave town before the morning of Christmas day , the 5-30 a . m . from Paddington will run as on week days to Oxford , Bristol , Weston-super-Mare , Worcester , Banbury , Leamington , Birmingham , Dudley and Wolverhampton . This train will connect at Bathampton with the 8 47 a . m ., thence to Frome , Yeovil , Dorchester , Weymouth , & c . The 12-15 midnight fast train from Paddington to Plymouth will be run at the usual times on Christmas night .
THIS Company announces that the Ticket Offices at Euston . Broad Street , Kensington , and Willesden Junction will be open throughout the day , from Monday , 16 th , to Monday , 23 rd December inclusive , so that Passengers wishing to obtain Tickets for any destination on the Railway can do so at any time of the day prior to the starting of the train , while tickets , dated to suit the convenience of passengers , can be obtained at any time ( Sundays and Bank
LONDON AND NORTH WESTERN RAILWAY .
Christmas Railway Arrangements.
Holidays excepted ) at the Town Receiving Offices of the Company in all parts of the metropolis . The ordinary service of express and mail trains will be supplemented by additional expresses as follow : —On Tuesday , 24 th , a special train will leave Willesden Junction at 2-55 p . m . for Bletchley , Wolverton , Rugby , principal stations on the Trent Valley Line , ancl Stafford , in advance of the 2-45 p . m .
ordinary train from London ( Euston ) . The 4-30 p . m ., Euston to Birmingham , will be divided—the first portion will run express to Coventry and Birmingham , and leave Euston at 4-25 p . m . ; the second portion of the train will leave Euston at 4-30 p . m . as usual , and convey passengers for Northampton , Market Harboro ' , Melton Mowbray , Wellingboro' , Rugby , Coventry , Birmingham , Walsall , Dudley , and Wolverhampton .
The night Irish Mail , due to leave Euston 8-20 p . m ., wilt not leave until 9-5 p . m . The mail steamer for Kingstown will wait the arrival of the train at Holyhead . The 120 night train from London ( Euston ) , due at Warrington at 5-15
a . m . on Wednesday , 25 th December , will be extended from Warrington to Kendal and Carlisle as on ordinary week days . On Christmas Day a special train will leave Euston at 6-15 a . m . for Northampton , Rugby , Birmingham , Stafford , Stoke , Crewe , Manchester , Liverpool , Chester , Ireland , Lancaster , Preston , Carlisle , Edinburgh , Glasgow , & c .
The ordinary Sunday service of trains will be in operation . On Bank Holiday , Thursday , 26 ch December , the express trains usually leaving London ( Euston ) , at 12-0 noon and 4-0 p . m . will not be run , passengers will be conveyed by the 12-10 p . m . and 4-10 p . m . trains respectively . The 4-30 p . m London ( Euston ) to Birmingham and Wolverhampton will also be discontinued , and passengers will be conveyed by tho 5-0 p . m . train , except
those for Market Harboro ' , Melton Mowbray , Nottingham , Sec , who will travel by tho 3-0 p . m . train from Euston . The 8-10 p . m ., Euston to Tring , will not be run . Numerous residential trains will not run , particulars of which can be ascertained on reference to the Company's local notices . The up and down dining saloons between London , Liverpool , and Manchester will not be run ou Bank Holiday , but the corridor dining car trains between London and Edinburgh and Glasgow will be run as usual .
The Company also announce cheap excursions to Coventry , Leamington , Birmingham , South Staffordshire stations , Wolverhampton , Nuneaton , Liverpool , Warrington , Lancaster , the English Lake District , Manchester , Oldham , Stoke , Chester , North and South Wales , and tho Cambrian Line , Shrewsbury , Carlisle , Scotland , Ireland , & e . For full particulars see special notices .
MIDLAND RAILWAY .
CCOMMENCING from the 1 st November , books of Cloakroom tickets for ) Commercial Travellers' luggage have been on sale at the stations of the Midland Railway . The tickets are issued for the convenience of Commercial Travellers to enable them to send their packages to the cloakrooms of the Company from their Hotels , & c , and obtain possession of the packages on
arrival at the station . A ticket is required for each article , which will frank its deposit in the cloakroom for any period not exceeding forty-eight hours , after which time the usual charge for Commercial luggage will be made in accordance with the Company ' s regulations . Books containing thirty tickets cost 2 s 6 d eaoh .
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WhiteSewingMachines ARE STILL THE BEST , MACHINES < = ^^ j ^ yliL MEW TERMS IHi ^^^ ffl YEAR 8 ' OF ^ s ^ f ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^^ l WARRAMTY . 3 , 000 Agencies in Great Britain , and more wanted . WRITE FOR PRICE LISTS . WHITE SEWING MACHINE Co ., 48 Holborn Viaduct , London , E . C .
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RIDEAWINCYCLE AND WIN EVERYTHING . WRITE FOR IS 9 CATALOGUE AND SCENTED BOOKLET DUNLOP PNEUMATIC , CUSHION OR OTHER TYRES EASY PAYMENTS . A Few Agencies still Open . WHITE SEWING-MACHINE Co ., 48 Holborn Viaduct , London , E . C .
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The Theatres , & c . — : o;—Drury Lane . —1-30 and 7 . 30 , Cheer , Boys , Cheer . Transferred to Olympia on Thursday , 19 th . Covent Garden . —Fancy Dress Ball , 18 th Dec . Lyceum . —8-5 , Romeo and Juliet . Wednesday and Saturday next , 2 o ' clock only .. Court . —8-30 , Tho Rivals . Matinee , Saturday , 2 . 30 . Princess ' s . —7-45 , A Dark Secret . G lobe . —8 , The Journey ' s End . 9 , Charley ' s Aunt . Matinee , Wednesday , 3 . Prince of Wales ' . —7-35 , A Woman ' s Caprice . 8-15 , Gentleman Joe . Matinee , Saturday , 2-30 . Gaiety . —8 , Tho Shop Girl . Matinee , Saturday , 2 . Criterion . —8-30 , The Squire of Dames . Matinee , Wednesday and Saturday , 3 . Terry ' s . —8 , An Old Garden . 8-50 , The Strange Adventures of Miss Brown . Matinee , Wednesday and Saturday , Garrick . —8 , The Interview . 8-20 , The Professor ' s Love Story . Matinee , Wednesday i . nd Saturday , 2-30 . Avenue . —815 , A Dangerous Ruffian . 8-50 , Mrs . Pondcrbury's Past . Matinee , Saturday , 3 . Daly's—8-15 , Second edition of Au Artist ' s Model . Matinee , Saturda )' . Vaudeville . —8 30 , Merrifield ' s Ghost . 9 , The Now Boy . Matineo , Wednesday and Saturday , 3 . Comedy . —8 , The Benefit of the Doubt . Matinee , Saturday , 2-15 . Haymarket . —8-30 , Trilby . Matinee , Wednesday and Saturday , 2-30 . Lyric—9-15 , The Bric-a-brac Will . Matinee . Saturday 2 . St James ' s . —8 , Tho Misogynist , and the Divided Way . ( Last day . ) Savoy . —7-50 , After all . 8-30 , The Mikado . Matinee , Saturday , 2-30 . Cpera Comique . —8 , Madame . 9-15 , A Model Tiilby . Matinee , Saturday , 2 30 . Strand . —8 , The Man in the Street . 8-50 , Niobe . Matinee , Wednes lay and Saturdiv , 3 . Royalty .-8 , Kitty Clive—Actress . " 840 , The Chili Widow . Matinee , Saturday , 2-30 . Olympic . —On Thursday , Cheer , Boys , Cheer ! Alhambra . —7-50 , Variety Entertainment . Two Grand Ballets . 8-45 , Titania . 10 45 , Lochinvar . On Monday , Blue Beard . Empire . — Variety Entertainment . Two Grand Ballets . 7-54 , On Brighton Pier . 10-15 , Faust .
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Palace . —7-40 , Variety Entertainment , Tableaux Vivants , & c . Oxford . —7-30 , Variety Entertainment . Maiinee , Saturday , 2-30 . Royal . —7-30 , Variety Company . Saturday , 2-30 . Crystal Palace . —Varied attractions daily . Royal Aquarium . —Open at 10 ; close at 11-30 . Constant Amusement . Tivoli . —7 - 30 , Variety Entertainment . Saturday , 2-30 also . Egyptian Hall . —3 and 8 , Mr . Maskelyne ' s Magical Entertainment . Moore and Burgess Minstrels . —St . James ' s Hall . Monday , Wednesday , and Saturday , 3 . Madame Tussaud ' s ( Baker Street ) . —Open daily .
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t HOYAL CYCLE * R EPOSITORY AND HIDING SCHOOLS , 81EUSTONRD.N.W. ( Facing the MitllnLd Grand Hotel . ) Ladies and Gentlemen taught Biding Daily in the Koyal Schools . Largest and BesD in London . Open daily from 8 a . m . till 9 p . m . TERMS :-10 / 6 TILL PERFECT . LISTS FREE BY POST . BICYCLES&TRICYCLES Bought lb .- Cash , ia any 3 condition . Largest Cepot for New and Second-hand Machines in the World . Okl Machines Altered , Repairec , or taken ia part payment and prut exchange for new . Utmost value allowed , Auction Sales every Wednesday , at 1 o ' clock . From " Illustrated Spirting nnd D iimsitic New ? , " 25 tli May lS ' . io-. — -Tli . ' Duko . mid lluuhc s of York , with Princess Christum of S-hlcswig-Itn'stein , on Wedne > diiy ni ' tenioon visilt-d THK Rov . vt . 1 YCI . * " IIUMI Srnooi . s , si Kcsrox [ io . iD . The Koyiil ¦ . Visitor- were sliqwn rvcr the . . imitl'iigs by . tlio Miimtye ' r , ill-. Biw ¦ 11 , 11 ml betuiv deparUi . n expressed themselves most pleased with ih « clover eycl- ; -iulii > g of somo of the youug ladies . "