ANGLO-COLONIAL NOTES. (FROM OUR EONDON CORRESPONDENT.) London, August 28.

Te Aroha News, Volume IV, Issue 174, 16 October 1886, Page 1 (Supplement)

ANGLO-COLONIAL NOTES. (FROM OUR EONDON CORRESPONDENT.) London, August 28.

Thh news of the death of .Mr J. D. Davis, of the Auckland Stab, was received with deep regret at Hastings and St. Leonards, where deceased's family reside. The cablegram announcing the sad lact arrived just as Messrs R. L. and S. E. Davis (Mr J. D. Davi»'a brothers) were setting out to join tha funeral and pay their 4aat respects to th» remains of Mr Stephen Jutland, an undo who had died a few days previously.

Mr Edwin Heaketh. M> Edwin Heeketh, of Auckland, ia still at Matlock, and apparently deriving a good deal of b«uefit from the hydropathic treatment there.

▲ Royal Visitor to the Colonlea. The King of Portugal was so struck with the Indian and Australian courts at South Kensington that he has resolved to pay an early vi»i to these portions of the British Empire, and has consulted with the Com* miesionere as to the best period of the year to make a start.

A Returning Colonist. Mr W. Carrer, ot Attenborough, means to return to New Zealand immediately, and on the 28th inst. his splendid Btud of greyhounds, including the pup 3, .eapliDga, 'and running doge, will be offered for sale at the Barbicon. The " Star" lota are the tamoui etud dog Battonstill, and tho brood bitch Maggie (sister to Britonstill). Reservea will bo placed on these two, and if they are not reached Mr Carver will endeavour to take them with him to the oolony. ■

The Frozen Meat Trad*. To-day's " British Australian " eayn ttha meat trade continues in a very dull and depressed oniition. The supplies of fresh meat last week were an much in excess of demand that the refrigerators were unable to take in all the meat, and all the excess wa offered at low and irregular prices, country was not in condition to tempt butchers. The weather prevailing during the last few days further curtailed the demand, which is now so exceedingly email that notwithstanding the falling off of pupplies aa ta< what was offering last week, it ia found- difficult to sell. Under these circumstances, it is not surprising that colonial produce meets with restricted inquiry, ami that lower price? have been accepted. New Zealand cheep are nominally quoted the game as laat week, but at the same time few carcases are making 3s per stone, and it is re« ported that some have not fetched more than 2s 6d. The average value of carcases may |be taken at 2s 9d per stone. The trade in lambs may nowf'be considered as almost at an end. They have now receded 2s2dto3sBd. Quotations: New Zealand sheep, 2s 8d to 3s per stone ; Melbourne sheep, 2s 6d to 2s 8d } River Plate sheep, 2a fid to 2s 8d ; English sheep, 3s 8d to 5s ; Scotch sheep, 5s to 5s 3d ; German and Dutch sheep, 3s 8d to 4s 3d.

Honours to Colonists. It is fan open secret that an additional honours list in connection with the Colonial Exhibition will be issued when the big show closes in November. Mr Somers Yins is to be made C.8., and Mr Mason (of Fiji) and one or two other Crown colony men may get C.M.G.'s. There aeema no imme* diate prospect of Dr. Buller becoming " Sit Walter." 1 In deference to public opinion, a number of the best pictures sent over from New Zealand have been brought down from the top gallery in the Albert Hall, and erected on stands in their own Courts, where they are much admired.

Colonists on tn« Hop. Most of the peregrinating colonists are still away "doing" either Scotland or Sheffield and other Yorkshire towns. Those' who have come back can talk of nothing but their reception in Ireland, which appears to have been. < trnly regal, and where even the populace turned to cheer. The popular idol par'excellence proved to be Mr Geddinga, the epecial reporter of the "South Australian Advertiser," whose remarkable likeness to the Nationalist, Mr Timothy Healy, led to his being continually mistaken for that hero. At first Mr Geddings was a good deal puzzled by the applause and benediction showered urjon him everywhere, but. on learning of his resemblance to the Parnellite he took very kindly to the joke, and endeavoured 'conscientiously to "live up" to his appearance. He patronised the Home Rule Hotel, talked Home Rule politics, and impregnated himself with the Parnellite programme. Very few New Ze&landers ■ went on the Irish trip/j^Fhe visit of colonists to Liverpool was soa'fßely a success.' The act who went on that- par* ticUlar trip were not the elite] of the ! visitors, and the Liverpoolians (much disappointed) ''pronounced their guests a common lot. The. latter 'oomplain that save a dinner and ball giv&risbjrTthe Mayor at the Town Hall they were left to entertain themselves. The really fatal omission lay 1 in the fact l that ' the Mayor gave no instruction for the payment of the colonists' hotel bills. This is a little attention to which tihe visitors An tour have grown accustomed, and whenperchanceitis forgotten or omitted," very sour looks*prevail. At Chester, on the other hand, the colonists found themselves " in clover." -^'Champagne flowed 5 like water, and "no bills " were the order of the' day. ' - ' '

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