ANGLO COLONIAL NOTES. (FROM "STAR" LONDON CORRESPONDENT.)

Te Aroha News, Volume III, Issue 139, 30 January 1886, Page 6

ANGLO COLONIAL NOTES. (FROM "STAR" LONDON CORRESPONDENT.)

Froaen Meat -Market. . . The icy cold weather of the last few days ' has caueod a general improvement in, ill • (idodß \of dead meat; "Frbien- mutton hju 'risen quite 2d per lb~4ut&ngv:tlte';week. Stock*, too, are at last showing signs hi 1 reducing. ? There are still 80,000 carcases - -on the marketjincluditig 10,300 just arrived by IheTongiriro'Uod 25,003 from the Platb. • The N:Z. beef, though "aUo showing some r *lmpr6Tement, is not so firm as the mutton. -•Prewnt quotations : -Canterburry mutto^, Si to 3^ 4d ; Auckland mutton, 2a 8d to 3ft, "^N.Z. bctif 3si* Melbourne mutton, none ° offering ; English 3s .6d to 4s lOd ; Scotch, 4» Sd to ss ; Dutch, 3s 6d to te'4d j Rivqr >Plate;2s 9d to 2a lOd.

" Personal ' and General. Amongst the passengers by the R M.S. Tongarixo .in .Mr W. Clark Russell, the' famoux novelist whose thrilling tales of sea.life and brilliant articles in the "Telegraph '' . (under the norn de plUme of *' A Seafarer ") -> are, of course} well known . to your readers'. Mr Russell has for some months past' been suffering from chronic rheunwtkm, and is taking a long voyage in -the hope of effecting a cure, j. Ho says he has. not definitely decided to go further than tho Cape' in the Tongariro, but I fancy, when ho finds himi i&olf on blue water again* < : *nd in the con> geniat society of Captain Bone and hid r officers, too temptation.-; to make the round Itrip will be too much for. him. Moreover,' there are tho N.Z. Hot Lakes, which have a .great reputation for • effecting -cures of .chronic rheumatism, : ond of. which, en route, he is sure to hear a great deal. 1 Altogether, I fmcy you'll see the author of 11 The Wreck of the Groavenor" in New Zealand. ' - Mr Dcane Prand, whom I mentioned to you recently as being associated with the " Tambour Major " Company in their Australasian tour, has, in conjunction with- Mr Walter Parke, written a romantic opera in three acts, entitled "Chatelaine, or the! Mystery of the Golden Vault," which will be produced shortly in London with Mr Deane Brand himself in the principal part. Mr F. Calvert. who came from Australia with Messrs Spiers and Pond, and is one of their oldest servants, has been appointed to the responsible position of manager of the famous " Albion Tavern in Drury Lane, which the great restaurateurs have just taken over. At the last House dinner of the Empire Club Lord Brabourne commented on the remarkable opportunities which the Club afforded for doing honour to distinguished colon ies and hinted that the Committee woul d find their hands pretty full next summer, The Empire is a comfortable little Clob, and doing well, everything considered. People have, however,* been co bitten by so-called "Colonial" Clubs that it is exceedingly difficult to get them to join. Swells innumerable patronise the House dinners, which are excellent alike as regards cuisine and company, but when pressed to become members and pay a heavy entrance fee they roy they'll "wait a bit." A volume of impressions and adventures by Mr Hugh Bomilly, who temporarily succeeds Sir Peter Soratchley as Commissioner of the Western Pacific, will be one of the literary features of the coming spring. "Hands Across the Sea" is the title of rather a jovial Anglo-Colonial song by Byron Webber and Florian Pascal, which, according to report, is going to be sung in all the pantomimes, It has a capital chorus : — Hands aorois the wa, feet on British ground ; The motherhood means brotherhood the greater England found. Your recent visitor, Mr J. E. Redmond, has not been long in finding the seat in the new House of Commons which the worthy citizens of the Kirkdale division of Liverpool refused him in the early days of the elections. He was returned for Northern Wexford last week by an overwhelming majority ; Lord Stopford, who represented the anti-Parnellite section, scoring only 817 votes against Redmond's 6,531. Mr John Pender, the great telegraphcable man, has been most unexpectedly defeated for Wick, which he represented as a Liberal in the last Parliament. His sue: cessful opponent (a "crofter" candidate named McDonald Cameron) had only 45 votes to the good. ••ThL»," says " Vanity Fair," "is what they are Baying in the city :— * Foreign securities are better because Lord Salisbury remains in office. Colonial securities are better because Lord Derby remains out of office." Mr Fredrickson D. M. Guggisberg (ye godsl what a name) has been successful in securing a colonial cadetsbip. In consequence of the dangers and difficulties which unmarried female emigrants are exposed to on their arrival at great colonial ports, it is suggested that servants' homes for their acception, etc., should bo started. Mie<s Stuart Wortley and sorno friends are collecting subscriptions for one at Brisbane. It is undor tho patronage of Lady Muagrave and the Biebop of Brisbane.

Postscript to Summary. London, December 11, 5.30 p.m. Dr. Posnette, 'XL.D., of Trinity College, Dublin, bas been appointed Professor of Classics at Otago University. He ii 31 years of age, married, and baa the highest testimonial?. The matter was only settled yesterday afternoon. Bryce's action against Rusden is down on tho paper for to-day, but I doubt its coming on. Sir 3?. Bell has failed in trying to get some more salmon ora to send ont just sow.