Holiday Arrangements.

nnd 4 th August , and the tickets issued ( except those for specified excursion trains ) will be available for use on any of those days . To meet the expected additional traffic by the ordinary trains on Saturday , 4 th August , the Company will run in duplicate the 11 . 45 a . m ., and 1 . 15 , 3 . 0 and 9 . 0 p . m . trains from London to the West of England , the 4 . 45 and 6 . 50 p . m . trains to the north , and the 9 . 20 a . m ., 12 0 noon , and 3 . 15 p . m .

trains to Weymouth , Cheltenham , Hereford , and South Wales . The first portion of the 11 . 45 a . m ., 3 . 0 and 9 . 0 p . m . trains will leave Paddington at 11 . 38 a . m ., 2 . 55 p . m . and 8 . 55 p . m . respectively , but the first portions of the other trains will leave at the advertised times , and the second a few minutes afterwards , the long distance passengers being as far as possible taken in the first portion , but with a few exceptions both trains will stop at the advertised stations to take up and set down passengers .

Fast excursion trains leave Paddington every Wednesday for Shrewsbury , Aberystwyth , Dolgelley , Barmouth , Llandudno , & c . ; Taunton , Minehead , & c . ; every Wednesday noon and . Friday night , to We ton-Super-Mare , Bridgwater , & c . ; every Wednesday night to Newport , Cardiff , Swansea , Tenbv , New Milford , and other places in South Wales ; every Thursday , to Minehead , Lvnton , Lynmouth , & c . ; every Thursday morning and Friday

night , to Barnstaple , Ilfracombe , Exeter , Dawlish , Teignmouth , Torquay , Plymouth , Falmouth , Penzance , and other resorts in the West of England ; every Thursday midnight , to Chester , Birkenhead and Liverpool ; every Friday , to Newbury , Marlborough , Devizes , Trowbridge , Frome , Yeovil , Bridport , & c . ; every Friday night , to the Scilly Islands ; every Friday night and Saturday , to Douglas ( Isle of Man ) , and every Friday and Monday , to Swindon , Bath , Bristol , Weymouth , Gloucester , Cheltenham , Hereford , & c .

Cheap half-day excursions are also run every Tuesday , to Abingdon , Oxford , Blenheim and Woodstock , & c . ; and every Thursday , to Stratford-on-Avon , Banbury , and Leamington . Excursion tiGketa , at a return fare of 22 s , are issued to Guernsey and Jersey by trains leaving Paddington at 9 . 20 a . m . every Saturday morning ,

and Waterloo at 9 . 50 p . m . every Friday night during the season . The service to and from the Islands being now worked jointly by the Great Western and London and South Western Railway Companies , passengers travelling on the forward journey via Paddington and Weymouth may , if they so desire , return via Southampton and Waterloo , and those proceeding via Waterloo and Southampton may return via Weymouth and Paddington .

On Wednesday , 1 st August , an excursion will run to Cheltenham Worcester , Malvern , Hereford , & c . ; on Thursday , 2 nd , to Cork and Killarney ; on Friday , 3 rd , to Stratford-on-Avon , Crewe , Manchester , Waterford , Killarney , Belfast , Giant's Causeway , & c . ; and at midnight to Cardiff , Swansea , Carmarthen , Tenby , New Milford , Oxford , Birmingham ,

Wolverhampton , Chester , Birkenhead , Liverpool , & c . ; on Saturday night , 4 th , to Bath , Bristol , & c . ; on Sunday , 5 th , to Gloucester , Cheltenham , Weston-Super-Mare , Exeter , Dawlish , Teignmouth , Torquay , Plymouth , & c . ; and at midnight to Oxford , Leamington , Birmingham , Wolverhampton , & c . On the Bank Holiday excursions will be run to Reading , Goring , Swindon , Bath , Bristol , Weston-Super-Mare , Gloucester , Cheltenham , & c .

Excursions will be run to London from most of the principal stations and cross country trips have also been arranged . Cheap tickets are issued daily from London and many suburban stations to Staines , Windsor , Taplow , Maidenhead , Henley , Goring , and other riverside resorts . These tickets can be obtained during the whole of the summer months . The train service to and from the riverside stations has also been considerably improved .

* * * MIDLAND RAILWAY . ON Bank Holiday , 6 th August , Tuesday , 7 th , and on the previous Saturday , certain booked trains will be discontinued , of which due notice will be given by special bills at the stations . For the convenience of the public the Midland Railway Company have arranged that the booking offices at St . Pancras and Moorgate Street

Stations shall be open for the issue of tickets all day on Friday and Saturday , 4 th and 5 th August . Tickets to all principal stations on the Midland Railway will also be obtainable beforehand at their City and Suburban Offices , in all parts of the metropolis . The tickets obtained at these Offices will be available from St . Pancras station , and will be issued at the same fates as charged at that station , and dated to suit the convenience of

passengers . Cheap excursion trains will be run from London on Friday night , 3 rd August , to Stirling , Perth , Aberdeen , Inverness , & c , for 4 or 10 days , and to Edinburgh , Glasgow , Dumfries , Castle Douglas , Ayr , & c , for 4 and 10 days , by which trains third class return tickets will be issued at about a singlo fare for the double journey , available for 16 days . Cheap excursion tickets will be issued from London ( St . Pancras ) to Dublin , Belfast , Londonderry , & c . ( see

bills for times , fares , routes , & c ) . On Friday midnight , 3 rd , for 3 , 6 , or 7 days , and on Saturday midnight , 4 th , for 2 , 5 , or 6 days , to Leicester , Nottingham , Manchester , Stockport , Liverpool , Sheffield , Leeds , Bradford , & c . On Saturday , 4 th , a cheap excursion train will be run to Birmingham , Walsall , Wolverhampton , Leicester , Nottingham , Melton , Burton-on-Trent , Derby , Manchester , Liverpool , Blackburn , Bolton ,- Preston , Wigan , Blackpool , Rochdale , Oldham , Bury , the Furness District , Sheffield , Leeds , Bradford , Barnsley , Keighley , York , Hull , Scarboro ' , Darlington , Durham , Newcastle

, Carlisle , & c , & c , for 3 , 6 , or 7 days . On Monday , 6 th August , day trip trains will be run from London ( St . Pancras ) to Southend-on-Sea , St . Albans , Harpenden , Luton , Bedford and Kettering . There will also be a 1 , 2 , or 3 days trip to Leicester , Loughboro ' , and Nottingham ; a 1 , 2 , 4 or 5 days trip to Birmingham , and a 2 or 5 days excursion to Nottingham , Stockport and Manchester . Tickets for these trains for starting from St . Pancras Station can be obtained on the two days previous to the running of the trains at the various Offices .

Cheap season excursion tickets are now issued each Saturday , until 29 th September , from London ( St . Pancras ) , to Matlock , Buxton , Liverpool , Southport , Blackpool , Lytham , St . Anne ' s-on-Sea , Scarboro ' , Bridlington , Whitby , Morecambe , Lancaster , the English Lake District , & c , available for passengers to return in either 3 , 8 , 10 , 15 , or 17 days , and to the Isle of Man

oh Friday nights and Saturday mornings , for 3 , 8 , 10 , 15 or 17 days . Fortnightly excursions to Northallerton , Richmond , Darlington , Durham , Newcastle , and Berwick will be run on alternate Fridays , from 3 rd August to 28 th September inclusive , leaving St . Pancras at 8 . 30 p . m ., and affording facilities for 4 , 10 , or 16 days' stay .

Cheap week-end tickets are issued every Friday and Saturday from London ( St . Pancras ) and other principal Midland Stations to numerous seaside and inland holiday resorts , including the " Peak" district of Derbyshire , Yorkshire , the North East Coast , Morecambe , Dumfries , Ayr , Kilmarnock , Glasgow , Greenock , Melrose , Edinburgh , Perth , Dundee , Aberdeen , etc , efco , The tickets are available for return on the following

Holiday Arrangements.

Sunday ( where train service permits ) , Monday or Tuesday , and those issued on 3 rd and 4 th August will be available for return up to Wednesday , 8 tb August . A cheap excursion train will be run to London on Saturday , 4 th , from Birmingham , Walsall , Wolverhampton , & c , for 3 , 4 , or 6 days ; and from CarlisleKeighleyBradfordLeeds , Barnsley , Sheffield , Liverpool , Manchester ,

, , , Blackburn , Bolton , Burnley , Bury , Rochdale , Burton-on-Trent , Derby , Lincoln , Nottingham , Leicester , & c , for 6 or 8 days ; also from Liverpool , Southport , Warrington , Manchester , & c , for 1 , 3 , 6 , or 8 days . Passengers will be booked at cheap fares to Brighton and other South Coast stations for 8 or 15 days ; and to Paris and other places on the continent , having the

privilege of returning within 16 days . On Monday , 6 th August , cheap day excursion trains to London will be run from Derby , Nottingham , Leicester , Bedford , Luton , St . Albans , & c , a 2 and 4 days trip from Bradford , Leeds , Barnsley , Sheffield , Chesterfield , Blackburn , Bolton , Bury , Manchester , Stockport , & c , and a 1 , 2 , and 5 days trip from Birmingham , Walsall , Wolverhampton , & c .

Cheap daily and week-end excursion tickets are issued from St . Pancras and other Midland Stations to Southend-on-Sea , by the new and shorter route , via the Tottenham and Forest Gate Line . Holiday travellers are reminded that the Midland Railway Company have increased the amount of luggage which passengers travelling between stations on the Midland Railway are allowed to carry free of charge to first

class , 150 lbs . ; third class , 100 lbs . Excess luggage beyond the above weights will be charged , for on the advertised scale hitherto in operation , but no excess charge will be made unless amounting to 6 d or upwards . It may be added that facilities for the collection , conveyance in advance , and delivery of passengers' luggage at Is per package will remain in operation on the Midland Railway . Conditions and further particulars may be obtained on application to the Company .

For holiday companions , travellers cannot do better than secure copies of the new publications which have just been issued by the Midland Railway Company , including " Country and Seaside Holidays , " 19 U 0 ( an illustrated guide with list of furnished apartments in the country and by the seaside );

" Choose aye the Middle Course , " an illustrated account of the most interesting route to Scotland ; " Pocket Guide to the Midland Railway " ; " Pocket Diary and Guide to the Isle of Man and English Lake District" ; " The Peak of Derbyshire " ; " Scotch Tourists' Programme , " & c . The Books may be obtained at any Midland station or agency .

* * * GREAT CENTRAL RAILWAY . THIS Company announce a series of excursions for the holidays from London ( Marylebone ) . On Fridays , 3 rd , 17 th , and 31 st August an excursion for sixteen days will be run to Ireland , via Liverpool ; and to Northallerton , Darlington , Newcastle , Edinburgh , Glasgow , Oban , Fort William , for 4 , 10 , or 16 days , calling at Harrow ; and to Douglas ( Isle of Man ) for 3 , 8 , 10 , 15 , or 17 days .

On Frida 3 ' - and Saturday , 3 rd and 4 th August , to Rugby , Leicester , Nottingham , Sheffield , Penistone , Liverpool , Guide Bridge , Manchester , & c , for 3 , 6 , or 8 days , calling at Harrow . Commencing 4 th August , and every Saturday thereafter , to Bridlington , Filey , Scarboro ' , Whitby , Robin Hood's Bay , Saltburn , Redcar , Tynernouth , Whitley Bay , Cullercoats , Douglas ( Isle of Man ) , Liverpool , Southport , Blackpool , St . Anne's , Lytham , Fleetwood , Grimsby , New Glee , Cleethorpes , Chester , for 3 , 8 , 10 , 15 , or 17 days .

On Saturday , 4 th August , to Bridlington , Filey , Middlesboro ' , Newcastle , Scarboro ' , York , Knutsford , Northwich , St . Helens , Southport , Widnes , Wigan , Barnsley , Bradford , Dewsbury , Halifax , Huddersfield , Leicester , Liverpool , Manchester ( London Road ) , Nottingham ( Victoria ) , Penistone ,

Rotherham and Masboro ' , Ru ^ by ( Central ) , Sheffield ( Victoria ) , Cleethorpes , Duncaster , Gainsboro ' , Grimsby , Hull , Retford , Guide Bridge , Chesterfield Heath , Kirkby and Pinxton , New Basford , Staveley Town , Culworth , Finmere , Helmdon , Woodford and Hinton , Brackley , Loughboro ' , for 3 , 6 , or 8 days .

On Sunday , 5 th August , to Leicester , Nottingham , ( Victoria ) , Sheffield ( Victoria ) , Penistone , Guide Bridge , and Manchester ( London Road ) , for 2 or 5 days . On Monday , 6 th August , to E'inmere , Brackley , Rugby , Lutterworth , Leicester , Loughboro ' , and Nottingham for half-day and 1 , 2 , or 3 days .

Also cheap week-end trips in the country every Saturday ( for half-day and 2 or 3 days ) , every Sunday ( for 1 or 2 days ) , and every Monday ( for 1 day ) , to Culvert , Finmere , Brackley , Helmdon , Culworth , Woodford and Hinton , Charwelton and Willoughby . For furthor details passengers should obtain the printed pamphlet issued by the Great Central Railway Company .

* * * GREAT NORTHERN RAILWAY . THIS Company announce that on each Wedneday until 19 th September inclusive , cheap excursions will be run for 8 days , to Skegness , Suttonon-Sea , and Mablethorpe , from King's Cross ( G . N . ) at 8 . 45 a . m . ; also for 8 days to Sheringham , Cromer ( Beach ) , Mundesley-on-Sea , and Yarmouth ( Beach ) , from King ' s Cross ( G . N . ) at 3-0 p . m ., and that each Saturday until 29 th September inclusive ( for 3 , 8 , 10 , 15 or 17 days ) , to the principal holiday

resorts . , Numerous cheap trains will be run on Friday and Saturday o £ next week , and on the Bank Holiday , while the cheap week-end tickets usually issued each Friday and Saturday will be issued on Friday , 3 rd August , and Saturday , 4 th August , available for . return on Sunday ( if train service admits ) , Monday ,

Tuesday , or Wednesday , 5 th , 6 th , 7 th , or 8 th August . To prevent inconvenience from crowding ao the Company ' s principal terminal station , King ' s Cross , tickets , dated in advance , will be issued at King ' s Gross ( G . N . R . ) , Victoria ( S . E . and O ) , Ludgate Hill , Moorgate , Aldersgate , Farringdon , and suburban stations , and at the ticket offices throughout London .

Tickets available from Woolwich and Greenwich can be obtained from the Great Northern Agent , 7 Beresford Square , South Woolwich , and Thornton House , South Street , Greenwich , respectively .

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