MAIL NEWS.

Patea Mail, Volume IX, Issue 1076, 22 August 1883, Page 4

MAIL NEWS.

WELCOME TO ARCHBISHOP CHOKE. An extraordinary demonstration took place at Felhard, county Tipperary, on July-6, in honpiir of Archbishop Oroke. His Grace visited* j'ihe district for the purpose of dedicating a new church at Kilusty, near "the ’town ’of :Fethard. A prbcessidn ! ,was ? formed/outside the rail? way : stalibn. ’ The trietnbers of the ppnfraierhity of ,the Holy. Family, wearing green ribbons and carrying banners, inarched four .deep, a brass band headed the procession,’ playing ‘ ‘ See the com qnering hero comes !” His Grace, who wore a black gown and belt, with a purple cap, walked immediately behind the band, accompanied by Archdeacon Keniinne, P.P., Futhard ; the Tery Rev Canon Cahill, P.P., the Very Rev P Ryan, P.P., the Rev P Maher, P.P., and a, large,number of the priests. The road from the station to (he town was spanned by garlands, with, such mottoevS ns “ Orange and, green united,” “ God save Ireland/’ “ Weleome ‘ back from the ’’/Eternal City, &c. Trees wore planted at .each side .of. the, road. The banners bore such inscriptions “ The Archbishop of Cashel,” “ The Moses of the Irish people,” “ The day of Ireland’s redemption is at hand.” The town presented an extraordinary appearance. The fronts of’the hbns'-s wore entirely covered with -flowers and green boughs. An address was presented to the Archbishop at tin* steps in front of the chapel, in which-the priests and people of Fethnrd spoke of His Grace as the friend of the poor, the enemy of crime, the terror of the tyrant, the pride of the Irish race. His Grace, in reply, said he had for very good reasons resolved not .to receive any more addresses, or, if he_ did, not to reply to them. He would therefore only say they understood him and he understood them, and that comprehended a great deal. They stood, together iitj the past, and with God’s blessing they would be found together in the fnfriro. The people then knelt down oh the road, and His Grace blessed them. The - people of Kilnsty also presented an address, in which they said, “ Onr, dear Erin has long since twined ;tls latifcl of pnre patriotism ronnd yonr noble brow.”

, ' COLONIAL NOTES. • ' ’ (European Mail.) Sin, Arthur Blyih, Sir Francis Dillon Bell, Sir P Cpnliffe Owen, Sir Henry Barkjy, vond Sir Charles Nicholson were amongst those present at the Stale Ball,; given at Buckingham Palace on July 6. Much has been written about the acclimatisation of cattle and sheep, and it is a well-known fact that some breeds are not all cosmopolitan in character. As an instance of ibis, the Live Stock Journal' was informed the other day by a gentleman now home from New Zealand that lie had sent from.England two f years ago several two-year-old heifers, which he is sure the breeder wonld not now be able to recognise. These animals have entirely changed in character. Their coats are ranch thicker and coarser, and their frames ranch bigger and stronger, and not at all like,the neat lithe and fine handlers they were when they arrived in New Zealand. Their ability to fill the milk pail is in no way diminished, although they have! changed in external appearance. A meeting qf members of the House of Commons will shortly be held to consider Mr Brogden’s motion with reference (6 the native land question in New Zealand, and the expediency of taking steps for the protection of the rights of the natives. Among the passengers who perished in the ill-fated ship Waitara, which came into collision with the Hmunni, off Portland, last month, and instantly sunk, was Isaac, son of the Rev P Ornstein, of the Borongh Synagogue. This youth, who was only 17 years of age, was on his voyage to New Zealand, where he intended trying his fortune in commercial life. All the friends of the rev gentlemen and family will siricbrely deplore this calamitous event, which is rendered . the; more sad - by its suddenness.

Captain the Hon. John Carnegie, R.N., who has away, was present at all the operations in New Zealand daring the war in and was awarded the New‘Zealand medal. I hear that Sir Francis D. Bell has been (engaged in Paris on a question of great mercantilethoment, chiefly, indeed, to New Zealand, but also toAustralasia in general; i! The line of steamers lately establishedbetween Marseilles and Noumea is now found inadequate,'that port being too remote from the great wool centres of the north ahd northeast of France, i The < cost of taking wool from Marselles to Rheims, Roubnix,. and other: great industrial centres, is 50 per cent, in; excess of the cost of bringing it fropi London. , If Havre, however, was made by the French Government a. departure point for a second . line connecting the various French colonies in the Pacific, vid Sydney and. New Zealand, to Noumea, &c., n new,mercantile relation would perhaps spring dp of importance to Australasia, while the French would unite their colonies in the Pacific. I hear that the French Government might be contented with a moderate contribution towards the costs for a limited period. If such a proposal could be carried through, Australasia • generally would possess a line uniting .the,.principal, members of the group to Franco,, ahd thus Australasian wool&.pnght be introduced direct into;.; the manufacturing districts of northern Franco, and compete on the spot , with the fleeces of the La Plata floclrSj Vhich go only to Havre and Antwerp. It is alleged by the French that they would be able to give better prices for Australasian'tha.njfir the La Plata wools. ;