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cheap fares to Brighton , and other South Coast Stations , and to the Continent ; those for the Continent having the privilege of returning by any ordinary train within i 6 days . On Good Friday , 5 th April , from Bradford , Leeds , Sheffield , Blackburn , Bolton , Blackpool , Preston , Oldham , Manchester , Liverpool , & c , for two , four , or five days , and from Burton , Derby , Nottingham , Birmingham , Leicester ,

& c , for one , four , or five days . Cheap three or four days excursion trains will also be run to London on Friday night , 5 th April , from Colne , Blackburn , Bolton , Blackpool , Preston , Rochdale , Oldham , Manchester , Liverpool , & c , and on Saturday , 6 th April , from Sheffield tond Chesterfield , and day , half-day , and three or four days trips from Nottingham , Loughboro ' , and Leicester .

On Easter Monday , single day excursion trains will be run from Burton , Derby , Nottingham , Leicester , Northampton , Bedford , Luton , St . Albans , & c , and a one or two days trip from Birmingham and the South Stafford District . To prevent inconvenience and crowding , the Booking Offices at St . Pancras and Moorgate Street Stations will be open for the issue

of tickets all day on Wednesday , Thursday , and Saturday , 3 rd , 4 th , and 6 th April , land tickets to all principal stations on the Midland Railway will also be issued beforehand at any of their offices in the metropolis . The tickets obtained at these offices will be available from St . Pancras Station ,- and will be issued at the same fares as charged at that station , and dated to suit the convenience of

passengers . On Good Friday , the trains on the Midland Railway will run as appointed for Sundays , with the following exceptions : —The newspaper express leaving St . Pancras at 5 . 15 a . m . will run to Bedford , Leicester , Nottingham , Derby , Sheffield , and Manchester . The 8 . 55 a . m . local train , Sheffield to Leeds , & c , will await the arrival

of the newspaper express at Sheffield . The night expresses will leave Glasgow at 0 . 30 , and Edinburgh at 10 . 0 p . m . on Good Friday , 5 th April , and proceed from Carlisle at 12 . 22 and 12 . 50 a . m . respectively , on Saturday morning , 6 th April , in the same wiay as they are run south of Carlisle on ordinary week-days , and the 12 . 23 a . m . Carlisle to London will not run on Saturday morning , 6 th April . The 2 . 58

a . m . Carlisle to Stranraer , and 8 . 50 p . m . Stranraer Harbour to Carlisle , in connection with steamers to and from Ireland , will run on Good Friday , the same as on ordinary week-days . The steamers between Barrow and Belfast will sail on Good Friday in both directions . That from Barrow will await the arrival of the 5 . 0 p . m . train from Leeds . On Easter Monday certain booked trains will be withdrawn , of which due notice will be given by special bills at the stations .

Great Western Railway . THIS Company issue ordinary as well as excursion tickets at their city and west end offices , where tickets can be obtained during the whole week preceding Easter . Tickets can also be obtained at Clapham Junction , Battersea , Chelsea , Kensington ( Addison Road ) , and the stations " on the Hammersmith and City Line . The booking office at Paddington Station will be open the whole day on the Monday , Tuesday , Wednesday and Thursday , before Easter .

On Wednesday , 3 rd April , excursions will be run to Waterford , Limerick , Killarney , Belfast , Armagh , Giants' Causeway , & c , for a fortnight or less . On Thursday , 4 th April , excursions will run to Bath , Bristol , Weston-super-Mare , Taunton , Minehead , Ilfracombe , Exeter , Dawlish , Teignmouth , Torquay , Plymouth , Bodmin , Falmouth ,

Penzance , Newbury , Trowbridge , Frome , Yeovil , Weymouth , Oxford , Evesham , Worcester , Malvern , Birmingham , Shrewsbury . Aberystwyth , Barmouth , Llandudno , Carnarvon , Chester , •Manchester , Liverpool , Swindon , Cirencester , Gloucester , Cheltenham , Hereford , Newport , Cardiff , Swansea , Carmarthen , Tenby , New Milford , Cork , Killarney , & c .

On Thursday , 4 th April , excursion tickets , at a return fare of P 2 s , will be issued to Guernsey and Jersey , by trains leaving Paddington at 9 . 15 p . m ., and Waterloo > at 9 . 50 p . m . 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 Good Friday and Easter Sunday , cheap trains will run to Reading , Oxford , and other riverside stations . On Saturday , 6 th April , excursions will run to Swindon , Gloucester , Cheltenham , Cardiff , Swansea , Carmarthen , Bath , Bristol , Weston-super-Mare , & c , and on Easter Monday , to Reading , Pangbourne , Goring , Swindon , Bath , Bristol , Weston-super-Mare , GloucesterCheltenham & c .

, , On Tuesday , gth April , a cheap half-day excursion will leave Paddington at 12 . 8 noon for Banbury , Leamington , and Stratfordon-Avon .

In addition to these excursions , cheap trains will be run to London from most of the provincial towns , and between the principal centres of population . On the Wednesday and Thursday before Easter many of the long distance trains will be duplicated .

. ° £°° Friday , the trains will run as on Sundays , and special trains will leave Paddington at 5 . 30 a . m ., for Reading , Swindon , Gloucester . Cheltenham , Hereford , Swansea , Bath , Bristol , Westonsuper-Mare , Exeter , Torquay , Plymouth , Penzance , Frome , Yeovil , Dorchester Weymouth , & c . ; and at 5 . 35 a . m ., for Reading , Oxford Worcester , Malvern , Kidderminster , Banbury , Leamington , Birmingham , Wolverhampton , & c . 5

Cheap third class excursion tickets will be issued on Good Friday Saturday , 6 th April , Easter Sunday and Monday , by specified trains from Paddington , Clapham Junction , Kensington ( Addison Road ) , Hammersmith , and certain stations on the Metropolitan , Metropol-

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itan District , and North London Railways , to Windsor , Taplow , Maidenhead , Henley , and other riverside resorts . Week-end tickets will also be issued to *" the same stations on 4 th , 5 th , 6 th , or 7 th April , available for return on the following Saturday , Sunday , Monday , or Tuesday .

Cheap week-end tickets will be issued on Thursday , Good Friday ( where train service permits ) , and Saturday , 4 th , 5 th , and 6 th April , to Winchester , Southampton , Bridport , Abbotsbury , Dorchester , Weymouth , Cheltenham , Clevedon , Weston-super-Mare , Ilfracombe ,

Dawlish , Teignmouth , Torquay , Dartmouth , Droitwich , Malvern , Church Stretton , Abingdon , Oxford , Leamington , Warwick , Stratford-on-Avon , Aberystwvth , Dolgelley , Barmouth , Rhyl , Llandudno , Bangor , Carnarvon , Holyhead , & c . These tickets are issued on Fridays and Saturdays throughout the year .

London and North Western Railway . THIS Company announce that the ticket offices at Euston , Broad Street , Kensington , Victoria ( Pimlico ) , and Willesden Junction will be open throughout the day , from Mondav , 1 st April to Easter Monday , Sth April inclusive , so that passengers wishing to obtain

tickets for any destination on the London and North Western Railway can do so at any time of the day prior to the starting of the trains . Tickets , dated to suit the convenience of passengers , can also be obtained at any time ( Sundays and Bank Holidays excepted ) at the Town receiving offices of the Company .

Additional express trains will be run , and special arrangements made in connection with the London and North Western Passenger Trains for the Easter Holidays . The Company also announce cheap excursions for the Easter Holidays , as follow : —

On Wednesday , 3 rd April , to Dublin , Greenore , Belfast , Ardglass , Armagh , Bray , 'Bundoran , Cork , Downpatrick , Dundalk , Enniskillen , Galway , Greystones , Killaloe , Killarney , Limerick , Londonderry , Newcastle ( co . Down ) , Newry , Ovoca , Portrush , Sligo , Thurles , Warrenpoint , Westport , Wexford , Wicklow , and other places in Ireland . To return within 16 days .

On Wednesday midnight , 3 rd April , to Blackburn , Blackpool , Bolton , Carlisle , Carnforth , Chorley , English Lake District , Fleetwood , Furness Line Stations , Lancaster , Maryport , Morecambe , Preston , St . Helens , Southport , Wigan , & c , 'returning 8 th and 9 th April .

On Thursday , 4 th April , to Aberdovey , Abergavenny , Abergele , Aberystwyth , Bangor , Barmouth , Bettws-y-Coed , Blaenau , Festiniog , Brynmawr , Builth Wells , Carmarthen , Carnarvon , Colwyn Bay , Conway , Criccieth , Dolgelly , Dowlais , Ebbw Vale , Harlech , Hereford , Holyhead , Llanberis , Llandilo , Llandrindod , Llandudno , Llangammarch , Llanwrtyd , Merthyr , Oswestry , Pwllheli , Rhayader , Rhyl , Shrewsbury , Swansea , Tredegar , Wellington , Welshpool , Wrexham , & c , returning Sth , jQth , and 13 th April .

To Ashbourne , Birkenhead , Birmingham , Burton , Chester , Coventry , Derby , Dudley , Leamington , Leicester , Macclesfield , North Staffordshire Company ' s Stations , Nuneaton , Rugby , Tamworth , Thorpe Cloud ( for Dove Dale ) , Walsall , Warwick , Wolverhampton , & c , returning Sth and 9 th April .

To Carlisle , Edinburgh , Glasgow , Aberdeen , Arbroath , Ayr , Ballater , Banff , Brechin , Buckie , Callander , Castle Douglas , Crieff , Cruden Bay , Dumbarton , Dumfries , Dundee , Dunkeld , Elgin , Forfar , Fort William , Gourock , Greenock , Inverness , Keith , Kirkcudbright , Moffat , Montrose , Nairn , Newton Stewart , Oban-, Perth , Stirling , Stranraer , Strathpeffer , Whithorn , Wigtown , and other places in Scotland , returning Sth and 12 th April , or within 16 days .

On Thursday midnight , 4 th April , to Crewe , Liverpool , Stafford , Warrington , Widnes , Ashton , Manchester , Oldham , Stalybridge , Stockport , & c , returning Sth and 9 th April . On Saturday midnight , 6 th April , to Liverpool , Manchester , Warrington , and Stockport , returning Sth and 9 th April .

Cheap week-end tickets will be issued on Thursday , Good Friday ( where train service permits ) , and Saturday , 4 th , 5 th , and 6 th April , to Aberystwyth , -Barmouth , Carlisle , Church Stretton , Grange , Lancaster , Leamington , Llandrindod , Llandudno , Llanwrtyd ,

Llangammarch , Malvern , Morecambe , Rhyl , Stratford-on-Avon , Windermere , Aberdeen , Edinburgh , Glasgow , Greenock , Inverness , Montrose , Oban , Perth , Stirling , and other places , available for the return journey on the following Sunday ( where train service permits ) , Monday , or Tuesday .

Tourists tickets available for two months are issued daily to North and Central Wales , Cambrian Line Stations , Blackpool , Southport , Morecambe , Windermere , Grange , Ulverston , the English Lake District , Greenore , Portrush , & c . For full particulars see the Company ' s announcements .

At an influential meeting , convened by the York branch of the National Association for the Prevention of Consumption , held at the Mansion House , York , on Wednesday , under the presidency of the Earl of Zetland Prov . G . M . N . and E . Yorks , a resolution was passed approving of a proposal to

establish a sanatorium for the benefit of the consumptive poor in York and the North and East Ridings of Yorkshire , as a memorial to the late Queen . The proposed site of the sanatorium is in the neighbourhood of Coxwold , in the North Riding , on the estate of Sir George O . Wombwell , Bart .

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