THE ENGLISH MAIL [VIA SAN FRANCISCO.] ANGLO-COLONIAL NOTES. (From Our London Correspondent.) London, December 31.

Te Aroha News, Volume IV, Issue 191, 12 February 1887, Page 5

THE ENGLISH MAIL [VIA SAN FRANCISCO.] ANGLO-COLONIAL NOTES. (From Our London Correspondent.) London, December 31.

The Christinas fesi iviriei and tho wrotched weather that has attended them form the sole topica of conversation. I nover remom bor a more miserable week in the city. The streets on one or two days were almost impassible, and for the remainder id that delightful condition of slush irom half -melted and tnudtrodden snow, which for Aucklandera may perhaps imagine, bub can never really appreciate until you have given it a personal trial. Anglo colonial newa-indeed news of all kinds— is afi usual dull about thiß time of the year. Everybody who can keep inside does bo, and the holiday season gives thorn a decent oxcuse. The passengers by the Ruapehu got the full benefit of the Boxing Night; Btorm. She arrived at Plymouth on that day, and the journey to London through snow-storm occupied about 14 hours instead of seven. Mrs J. D. Davis, on her way to Seven Oaks, stopped a night in the city. She looked, I thought, very thin and ill. I hear there is some, difficulty with tho Coromandel Company (Union Beach) in the way of " title," or arrangements, not. being satisfactorily completed in Mew Zeuland with the different owners. This has complbtely checked their shares in the market They were from 5s to 7a 6a premium before this was known ; now thoy are 5s to 10a discount. This is acting tremendously against tho other companies in the district. , , . The Conquering Hero, Coromandol, is registered in 75,000 shares at £1. The shares will probably be pUeed on tho Market during March. Sir Julius Yon Huaat had gnne to Boun. He has been in rather indifferent health lately, though nothing serious. The work at tho Exhibition told on him a good deal. Another competitor in tho froz-m meat trade has come into the field. The Rowena from Texas, brought 4,575 carcases of mutton, 740 quarters beef, besides a seasonable consignment of tnrko\s and poultry. They are to be auctioned at Leadenhail market to-day. . Mr Thomas Euesoll, C.M.G., w leaving for Auckland next month, and should arrive some time in March. A. M. Thompson, who has recently returned from Australia and New Zealand, has been writing to the newspapers in rebuttal of Mr Norton's statement about the i depressed condition ot the labour markets. He summarizes his advice to would-be emigrants a« xollowb :— " To the educated man without capital -No, certainly. Tothecapi talisttj seeking a better field for his eneigies —Yes, by all means To the clerk or any such allied pursuit— No, emphatically no. To the working man (or woman), skilled or unskilled— Yes, by any means whatsoever."