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Te Aroha News, Volume IV, Issue 162, 24 July 1886, Page 10

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DuNEDitr, July 21. The Aorangi's Smart Passage. The direct steamer Aorangi has lowered all previous records of fast passages between England and Hqw Zealand. If she had received a larger supply of coal at the Cape, Captain Turpin is confident that he could nave reduced his time by nearly a day. As it was,he made gail for Hobarfc all the way after leaving the Cape, fearing his supply of coal would give out, and kept in lower latitude than be would otherwise have required to have done. LATEST ENGLISH NEWS. London, June 6. The " Lancet " commenting on the Christchurch Hospital case, says it exhibits the medical profession in JNew Zealand in a very unpleasant light. The verdict of one shilling entirely met the requirements of the c&3©, Rhondda Valley, in Wales, has been thrown into a ferment by a most unpleasant social catastrophe. A young master-ganger at the colliery, who till recently occupied apartments in the house of a well-to do married couple, has eloped with his hostess and sailed for New Zealand, the pair taking with them the woman's four children. Efforts will be made to arrest the erraat pair on their arrival at your end of the world. The ganger had just come into some money. A detective has been despatched to the colony after one Hinton, eaid to be associate.! with mercantile frauds of considerable dimensions styled "The Open Mart." Stanley to Visit Australasia. . I saw Mr H. M. Stanley one day last week for a moment, and was surprised to learn that he thinks of visiting Australia and New Zealand (travelling via San Francisco) at no distant date? He could not give the exact date of his departure, but said, " You may rely upon its being soon." Mr Lyaaght, who was bringing an action against the "shipping ring," has been soothed by being ad mi ted into the com- | bioation. Tyser and Co. still combine to carry on the war, and are periodically loading vessels for Australian ports. Despite the immense weight of popular opinion in its favour, the luckless Marriage with a Deceased Wife's Sister Bill was again rejected by the bishops in the House of Lords. The votes of the lay peers for and against were exactly equal, 127 on each side. The majority againet it wa9 made up by 20 bishops and two clerical peers. Three neera went o-ver from the opposition and supported the bill, one crossing the other way. The Archbishop of Dublin did not j vote, and it is woth noting that only two Scotch peers voted fbr the bill* although it has the support of GO of the 72 Scotch members of the House of Commons. New Zealand's Detractors. The mischief Mr Froude is doing by his reckless letters and talk about New Zealand's financial condition will become unpleasantly apparent by-ond-byei He goes every where just now, is accepted as an authority on colonial matters, and having been attacked ( on this particular subject", converses about it incessantly. Moreover, h© is' only one i of many birds of ill-omen. 1 Sir Julius Yogel has many bitter enemies' in the city, and they never miss a chance of Scoring againet him. To this venom may be attributed the now constantly-recurring attack}? l on New Zealand's insolvency in the newspapers. It may be true, as Sir F. D. Bell avers, that no particular article does much barjo. Tbe question is rather whether this constant crying out of f ' Beware" on the part of the %t Standard," " Economist," "Financial News;" and such authorities as Mr Froude,will not at last arotise a. feeling of insecurity amongst holders of stocks. It may be 'an accident, but one* of > the largest brokers in London emphatically declared tomtftbe bther day that during: the last four mqntbs he has ; sold' ;a ; la%er number of *em&ll parcels^ 1 of* ■--, New; Zealand stocks ; for priya|ef than during ' the ' .previous v^wof y^cir|.i The arinoupcemefrV £1,50U,00q ; isregiiired wiUWt^r'fear^men^ matters^; r f^^y -;/:■- --i Tiwafwlure l oi ¥ :Me^^Harnl!;an9;l(opd? ; win, an old ehan^^;wn.b^r^^tlp|!^e^^^e^i-af Sydney-an^ l^

p^er-energetip^tra'diijg^bn^the:, part/of a rasH jiinior; farther, f will, ' in aIV pro^a--bility, pay I*7B ediiij/he £. ! ,-J. A bet of £500 iven has been laid on Beach f or .the scullirig championship of the world, the conditiorig being that only Beach; =Hanlan,;>Tee'!ner, ;and fioss* row for the prize. Mr John Radcii£fe, wbo'bas juat returned from the colonies, r/spedks 1 very highly of the reception accorded' him by all classes. A New Zealand Advocate. Mr Arthur Clayderi ! s self -constituted mission for cracking . up New Zealand in general, and Nelson in particular, as a field for immigration does not seem to be prospering. Before accepting Mr Clayden'e statements as gospel, some suspicious farmers recently declared that they must have his word of honour as a gentleman that he was not interested in any land speculation in the colony. The query so outraged Mr Clayden's feelings that he deolined to answer it. The farmers thereupon *' sniggered "in their sleeves. As may well be" imagined, the splendid conservatory of New Zealand ferns and plants, just opened at the Exhibition, add greatly to the attraction of the New Zealand Court, which idj however (owiug,,l maintain, purely tc ths absence of pictures and photos), the least popular of the Australian sections, - ' Colonial mutton participates in the firmness of other descriptions ,pi produce, and last week there was a rise of 2d perlb., but pricea have not been maintained. New Zealand sheep brought 3s 4d to 3a 6d ; New Zealand lambs, 4s 6d to 5s ; Melbourne, 3s to 3s 4d ; River Plato, 2s lOd ; Scotch, 6s 4d to 6s 6d ; English, 4s 8d to 6s ; German, 5a to 5d 4d. The Orange Army. There is news of a very queer character afloat. "The Full Mall Gazette " - first, I as usual, in a sensation — has got what professes to be a copy of the " official musterroll of the Orange Army." It is news thafc there is an Orange Army at all, but the " Pall Mali" publishes column after oolumn — presumably from a traitor— of the details of the organisation, with the names of the divisions, brigades, regiments, and batteries, their rally centres, and their active and reserve strength. The army is said to consist of an Army of Action and an Army of Reserve, the former taken from the unmarried Orangemen resident in UJster up to fourty-five years of age, the. second of those up to 55 years of age. The four divisions of the force are described as the first or North-East 1 Ulster, the second, or South-East Ulster, third, or Mid-Ulster, the fourth or Southern. The first division consists of five brigades (all named), the second of six, the third of five, the fourth of six. Brigades are formed of regiments, regiments are divided into sections, representing two or more Orange Lodges contiguous to each otiier. The whole is under the command of a Grand Comman-der-in-Chief, and the direction is in the handa ef a Vigilance Committee.- This i 3 formidable enough, but where, I would ask, are the armß for the Ulster army ? Where isithe artillery? Old Crimean guns' that would burst at the first discharge? I fancy the amair is less serious than it looks. Mr Gladstone's Dinner. Mr Gladstone's Saturday dinner was really a dinner of reconciliation. Lord Hartington, Mr Bright, and Mr Chamberlain met their old chief. " jnst to show thei*e was no ill-feel-ing." The Duke of Sunderland was asked, but would nob come, though Mr Gladstone, who is the most charming of hosts, and whose absDlute rule it is never to talk politics in society, might fairly complain j that his old, but very crotchetty, adherent might have done him the grace to attend a pnrely non -political ceremony. But all tho Ministerial f eastings were overcast by tbe news of the death of Mr Chiiders's eldest son— Lord Wolseley's old aidede camp, and one of the smartest and best of the officers who fought in the Egyptian and Soudan campaigns. Mr Chiiders's sons have all been promising young men, doing well at Oxford, in the army, wherever their careers took them. He has now sustained his third great loss. His midshipman son went down with the Captain, and a sad catastrophe overtook liis first wife eleven years ago.