MELBOURNE NOTES.

Ashburton Guardian, Volume VII, Issue 2312, 23 December 1889, Page 2

MELBOURNE NOTES.

. . - . . «i ; (from oub own correspondent.) Melbourne. December 10.' 11 Whom the gods love die young " So be It. Nevertheless the fates, of ihe gods, hive been rather bard on Searle, the champion Boaller, la cutting him off : to early, jaet as he had climbed the pinnaolo of f»me, acd I have no doubt that had he bean consulted, he woald have preferred to be ' Moved" lees and to Htj longer. Yes: its hard on Searle, jast when he had set foot la Australia, his native land, covered with laurels, to be laid by the heals and vat qaisned by typhoid fever He was known to be slutting »nd little hope was entertained of hij recovery, and I left my den »t Hawthorn at 5 a.m. this morning and wended to , the nearest news agent for tb.3 early paper. |: The Age" devoted half a oolumn to Saarle, beginning thae: — "The conil'ioD of Searle the champion eonller of the world, has now reached sooh a low ebb that all hops of bis recovery n»s been practically abandoned*" and ths article oonolades : :< he hsi gradually sank to a condition w'otoh seems at any moment likely to terminate fattlly." On reaching tiwn at half past ten I found newsboys calling ' ex traordi carles' of the "Evening Standard," and announcing the death of Searle.' I bought one cf the copies. It was stamped "Extraord n »ry ". It announced the deith, and gave a portrait of Searle the ohaaiploa uoaller, aad what was really very extraordinary was the olroumstanca that the paper, was dated 9 h Deosmber, last evening. I was considerably surprised that an evening newspaper of eight, peges should be able to publish a full-blown edition at 10 30 In the mornlog ; but, of course, the date settled the myatery; Is was a " bit of enterprfsng journalism." Nelthet the ' Argus ' nor the "Age" had got hold of the news of Searle'a death when they went to preoa at three fMo morning. Bat tho "Evening Standard" mask have got h<jld of It hter o«3, and this Is whit mas'; have happen :d : 'Room mast have been madp m yesterday's undistributed types or Bterlo pUtes, the sews woald be 'dropped In,' the word, . ' Extraordinary' would be Inserted, yesterdiy'a date wonld be designedly left and the machine was then set to work. Newspaper people and pr^samen woald not be deceived ; but ihe m j-,rlty of the public woald. The II dodge " wbb not a bad ono, but I am sadly afraid tint tha same dodge will be blown up n when the hour at which poor Searle died oomra to be known* One of tba Melbourne Society^ papers made «v awful blander last Friday. It is published on Frilay morning, and the Governor had been announoed to open the Agricultural Show at Waralyon on the previous day. So aj>ar was written In advanoe, aad what wrs worao it wai printed In advanoe likewioo, thos :— u His Bxcellenoy, the Ea 1 of Hop^buri, delighted the people ef Soath Glppsland by opening tjbe Grand National Agrlobltnrai Show at Waralgon yesterday (Thursday), December 5, He attended tha banquet afterwards and made an eioellent: speech," The joke is that the Governor was not there. The Bhbps ni alreaay preparing foe their share of public patronage during the holidays, and amoftgaV them are several new hoqaes which are opened by old eotabHehed firms. The most prominent of thcie la the building jast thrown open In Sffanaton street by Mr S Nathan, % description of ; which baa occupied considerable spsoß In the , columns of the. dally press. It lira striking speolman of street arohlteotare, tow«lng 100 feet above the pavement. There ia nothing ornate m the external design but it Is en Imposing strnotute and an inspection of the Internel arrangements shows that the edifioe has been designed to B«it the extensive bae'ness jast traciferred to It. A very attrwotlve featnre U the enormously large and beaut'fal plate glass wlndqvo on the ground floor. A spaolous staircase leads to the four appav fl»ts each of whloh hai handsome brotzi supports. A lift, essential to buildings of this olass conveys visitors to the various departments. The cost of this building has been £20,000 and It Is remarkable as containing the largest Iron girder ever put to ether m Melbourne, a loog account of which appeared In the press at the time It was made; The stock m this huge furniture pa'aoe oannot have cost less tban £50,000 and U oontalDs every requßUa for mansion or cottage allKe. Ji has just been thrown open for Inspection and forms one of the chief attractions to shop visitors just now. I notice this morning that there. Is a slight defleotlon In tha price of wool In London. J&t us hope that It will not be permanonr. It eeema to be rather a temporary depression as buyer*! oannot have supplied their wants just yet. This nawi was telegraphed by Messrs Dalgetty and 00. Limited, of London, to their branoh here. The business of this large Company has been very good during tha pasi year. When thele financial yntr ended, on irune 80, h, they showed a net profii on the twelve months' transactions of £110,820. The working expenses of the year had been £75,364, so that the gross earnings were not leai than £180,145 Thelv advtnoes on lan<?, stations, stock, wool and other produoe were not lesV tban £4,167, 475. and taking that alroum&tanoa into consideration one Is not surprlted to learn that as wool consignees they stund ahead of any other firm In London. Tbia position they have held since 1882; and the year qnder* notice they headed'tbe Kit ' with J 00447 bales , Of the magnitude of tbclsf oth'or trauMotions In a^.'tok nv>d station prodopo, It need ooiy ba said that tbey are upon a corresponding soale. \ 1 Mr Kagleman well-known from hist | IdwUs9m4p.il (q tha ooloqlw, feu iqtd

amiD named MoDo ad.ofWestGhailton, to recover £20, the tmoant of a promliioiy note given by the defendant. The plaintiff, It is alleged, undertook to cure the defendant's son, and hts wife of aome real or Imaginary diseases, the defendant would appear to hava ceased to me the medlclnor, and h»o been sned for the amount of tb« bill. The result of the trial will be watah 3d with Interest.