THE SUEZ MAIL. [From the "European Mail," Nov. 16].

Te Aroha News, Volume I, Issue 31, 5 January 1884, Page 3

THE SUEZ MAIL. [From the "European Mail," Nov. 16].

Nearly £2000 have been subscribed towards sa building for the Royal Colonial Institute. Among the donations is a sura of £100 from Mr Robert Porter of New Zealand. Mrs and Miss Macdonald were passengers by the " t T. and O. Co.'s Parramatta for Auckland. Mr J. Ballard, who is a passenger by the Tongariro, takes out with him to Auckland five Shropshire sheep —four ewevS and .a ram, the ewes having been previously mated with four other rams, which have been selected with great care from the celebrated flock of Captain Townshend, of Caldecote Hall, Warwickshire The sheep are of the purest breed, and are descended from wellknown prize-winners. The British King, Waitangi, and Victory arc taking out over one thousand emigrants for New Zealand. Mr E. Jollie, who, it will bo remembered, once took a leading part in politics in Canterbury, and who has been visiting 1 the Continent and England with his family, is returning to New Zealand in the British King. Mr Marsham, formerly manager of the Canterbury railways, but now Chief Commissioner of Crown Lands in that provincial district, is also a passenger. The Princess Christian opened a Working Gh'ls' Club in Greek Street, Soho, on November 3. The institution was founded some years ago by Miss Stanly, and had so grown that special premises became necessai%y for its accommodation. The Fifth of November celebrations are described as having been duller than those of last year. In some places persons were injured through accidental causes, but religious strife or party feeling did not influence the commemoration. On board the Tongariro have beon shipped by Messrs Sturgeon, of Gray's Hall, for Mr John Reid, of Elderslie, Oamaru, a grand selection of sheep, regardless of expense, from the best breeders in England and Scotland. They comprise ! nino Border Leicester rams, the pick of the Kelso rum fair. A new land company, called the Auckland and Hawke's Bay Land Company (Limited), has just been formed to take up blocks of land now offering in the Hawke's Bay district of New Zealand. In view of the advantages which have accrued, both to the companies themselves, to tho settlers who have benetittcd by their operations, and to the colony as a whole, from the working of similar companies, good results may be anticipated trom a well-worked company in this district. The offices arc at 17 Water-street, Liverpool. The New Zealand Agency is now advertising for a gymnastic master for the Otago Boys' and Girls High School and Normal School at Dunedin. The Osmaston Manor Estate, Derbyshire, comprising 3,400 acres, with a rentroll of £6,000 per annum, and a mansion which cost about a quarter of a million, which was unsuccessfully oftered for sale by auction in August last, has been purchased by Sir Samuel Wilson, the present occupant of Hughenden Manor. Sir Samuel has also purchased the whole of the contents of the mansion (with tho exception of pictures), -v\hich were to have been dispersed by an eight days' sale.