Notes and Events.

Manawatu Herald, 30 March 1895, Page 3

Notes and Events.

I In the character sketch of H.R.H. i the Prince of Wales, in the Review of £tviews, Mr Stead callß attention to the wonderful position held by our Prince and tho new Russian Czar, uncle and nephew. "These two men share between them the over-lordship of Asia. To the Czar, the north from the Onral to the far Saghalien ; to the other, the south trom the straits of Bab el Mandeb to Hong Kong. No two men on this planet ever represented so vast a range of Imperial power as the first mourners at the bier of Alexander the Third. Behind them stretched into the infinite distance, dim uncounted millions of Asiatics whose prosperity and peace depended almost absolutely on the harmony and good relations existing between these two mourners, and the peoples whom they represented."

The part the Prince took in Bus* sia is warmly applauded, the Review saying that when he left St. Petersburg •• he had the complaisant conviction that for the first time in his life on which he had been allowed to play an Imperial part on an International stage, he had carried himself, so as not only to be able worthily to play his part, but so as to earn the gratitude of two Empires."

A correspondent of a Paris paper also writes " no other Prince in the world, perhaps, lilies his ease better than the heir to the English Throne, yet see the terrible task undertaken by him for more than a fortnight. . . . . His attitude was not less remarkable in the private circle in the Anitchkoff Palace. There he ens deavoured, after each of these sad ceremonies, to effect a consoling re-, action against grief, being affeotion* ate towards all, and even going the length of playing with the children. Thi9 attitude was certainly deliberate, but who can say that it was not sincere ? How could it help being highly appreciated, and how could it help bearing fruit ?"

In the Strand, in an account of how the bible is printed and circulated the followingle is told: — In preparing a version for the press for use in New Guinea one or two native assistants were called in to help in the translation of the Gospel of St. Mark. These gentlemen oould not understand how Our Lord— whom they looked upon as like themselves could possibly afford the time to think of children, so they translated the well known verse as follows :— " And He took them up in his arms, laid His hands upon them, and kicked them out of His presence." Of course this was quickly put right.