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Globe, Volume XXIII, Issue 2333, 24 September 1881, Page 4

The American horse is doing much to remove the disagreeable impression created by American tourists abroad. The fact seems to have been overlooked that on May 14th Madame Adelina Patti had completed twenty years in the service of the English public. Many will recall the petite figure of the Spanish girl of eighteen who, on May 14th, 1861, first stepped on the stage of Covent Garden in the familiar costume of Amina. “ Mein ole fren’,’’ Mr Maurice Strakoscb, could, if he liked, tell interesting tales of the blue-funk in which he and his promising little sister-in-law and pupil were in on that eventful night. Her beautiful voice and her talent, however, told at once, and the little girl immediately leaped into popularity. How she has progressed since then, how from the very slender salary at first allowed her by the late Mr Gye she has earned two fortunes and can command fees such as no artist has ever been paid before, and will probably never bo paid again, are matters for a future historian. It is at any rate certain that no previous operatic artist has ever obtained the celebrity of Madame Patti, has held her position year by year for twenty pears, and increased it until, at the comparatively youthful age of thirty-eight, she now holds a rank in art and possesses a p wer of attraction unique in tbs history of the operatic stage. Salvini’s success with his “mixed company,” which was a good deal ridiculed at first, has persuaded Edwin Booth to try the experiment. He will play " Hamlet’’ in Berlin, the other characters being taken by native Germans. He will have the advantage, too, that “ Hamlet” is very familiar to the Germans,

An observing philosopher declares that, as a rule, the prettiest girls make the best shopgirls. Confident in their beauty, they are persistent, when a homelier girl would give up in despair.

A. O. F. T HEA T R E R° Y A L. THE ANNUAL PERFORMANCE, IN AID OF THE WIDOW AND ORPHAN FUND, ON MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 26th. Reserve Seats can be secured on and after Friday at Montague’s Fancy Bazaar, High street. Members are requested to appear In Regalia. 9636 H. CROOKS, Hon. Secretary. .A.* Cameron’s XX-LFRED ANNUAL CONSULTATION OF £6OOO ON MELBOURNE CUP. 120 Horses Nominated. Fee, £l. First Horse... ... ... ... £IOOO Second Horse ... ... ... 400 Third Horse ... 200 Other Starters (divided) 1000 Non-starters (divided) ... ... 2200 And sixty (60) Extra Consolation Prizes, value £2O each ... 1200 180 Prizes—Amount ... £6OOO The £IOOO for Other Starters (divided) will average about £66 for each starter. The £2200 for Non-starters (divided) will also average a good all-round dividend for about 102 Horses ; and the £1,200 added on to this Sweep for Sixty Special Consolation Prizes will yield £2O each. With crossed cheques, add Is exchange. Two postage stamps for replies. Post Office orders or registered letters recommended. ALFRED A, CAMERON, Box 251, Dunedin. Agencies in Christchurch, &c. —At Empire Hotel, at Market Hotel, and at City Bachs, Colombo street; also, Mr T, McDonald, at Lyttelton. 9370 ELECTION OE MATOE. TO JOHN GEORGE RUDDENKLAU. ESQ. DEAR SIR, —We, the undersigned Ratepayers of the City of Christchurch, beg very respectfully that you will CONSENT to be NOMINATED as a CANDIDATE for the MAYORALTY. Your long residence in Christchurch and neighborhood, the material interest which you possess in the advancement and welfare of the City, as well as the experience you must have gained of Municipal affairs during your five years of office as Councillor, eminently qualify yon for the honorable position which we desire to see you occupy. Should you accede to our request it will be our pleasure to use our best endeavors to secure your return. We beg to subscribe ourselves. Yours very faithfully. And 302 other ratepayers. To Messrs W. R. Mitchell, C. T. Ick. T. Delamare, and the other 359 Ratepayers signing tha requisition GENTLEMEN, —I hardly know how to express my thanks for the great compliment you have paid mo in presenting such a large and influentially signed requisition, asking me to allow myself to be NOMINATED for the honorable office of MAYOR of this CITY at the ENSUING ELECTION. I assure you I was taken quite by surprise; It is true, I have been a Citizen of Christchurch twenty-four years, during which time I have had the honor of a seat in the City Council five years. This lengthened experience has enabled me to become familiar with the conduct of Municipal affairs, and as I have now retired from business, my time is entirely my own. I shall therefore have great pleasure in accepting your flattering offer ; and, if elected, will make it my duty to place that time and such common sense and business knowledge os I may possess at your disposal. I have the honor to be. Gentlemen, Tour obedient Servant, 9-23 9666 J. G. RUDDENKLAU. ANTED, THE TRADESMEN of Christchurch to Study their own interests, and have THEIR CLOTHES MADE, In order to keep the Money the in District And Foster Native Industry. The Prices being now considerably Reduced and only equal to Home Prices. G, I. MERRIK, St. Asaph street, is now OFFERING ALL GOODS at GREATLY REDUCED PRICES as an inducement. Let Tradesmen of all branches assist one another and protect themselves. THE TRADESMEN’S TAILOR, ‘ St, Asaph street, near Manchester street