MAIL NEWS.

Te Aroha News, Volume V, Issue 221, 24 September 1887, Page 2

MAIL NEWS.

Frozen HEcat At the beginning of last week the frozen mutton market was tinner, and .showed a rising tendency, lmb by Thursday things >veio dull again. The tendency of the holiday seabon,^ now commencing, i^ to re^tiiet the demand. The total number ot frozen sheep at present in London is about 70,000 colonial and 30,900 "Rher Plate. Theie are also some 21,000 New Zealand lambs. Of the carcases that arrived in Apiil 3,400 aye atill uusold. Cunenl rates — New Zealand mutton, 2s 4d to 2s Sd ; New Zealand lamb, 3s to 3b 6d ; Falkland Island, 2s 2d to 2s 4d ; Kher ri«ito,2& 4d ; Scotch. 4s 4d to 4s B<l ; English (w ethers), 4b to 4s 6d ; English (ewes), 3s 4d to 3s 6d. A hue neu steel-built steamer, especially consti acted for the purpose ot c.urying iio/t-n meat between Aubtialia and New Zealand and this country, was launched by Swan and Hunter at Wallscnd on the 28th. She was built to the oidcr of Turnbull, Iklarhn, and Co., of Glasgow, is 355 ft. in length, 48ft. bieadth, and will usury 5,000 tons dead-weight. The refrigerating maehineiy (Lightfoot'-* patent) is of the latent and most .approved style, and there is excellent accommodation for MDme 50 saloon passengers. The \ essel was christened the Fituhhiie, and will be commanded by Captain W. A. Millar, late of the Eldcrslie. A new vessel, called the Tort Denison, ha.s alhO been added to Miiburn'& Ausstralian line. Loid Buckinghamshire and Mr BroadJiursfc (late M.l\ for St. Anstell) aic passengcis by the s.s. Cl}de, sailing toanoriow. Mr Henniker Heaton left London for Sydney on Tucbdjy l.iot. The " Saturday Re\iew % ' rather eiueliy remarks that if inquiring into the desirability of an Anglo-Australasian penny po->t would only .keep Mr lleaton in Aubtialia for a few yeais there would be much to be said in favour of the scheme. Loid and Lad} Vaux will bo passengers by the P. and O. Carthage, sailing October 7th. Booked for Auckland per same steamer : Mr Hiusey, Mrs llobson, Mrs Snelling, 3Tor Lyttelton : Rev. and Mrs Wiightson. Booked per Mat-ilia, sailing Octolier 21st: For Toit Chalmers— Mi b^VY. Wood, JMr Hamilton. Amongst those going out w ith the English elo\en to Australia aio Messrs Braun and Newham. The&e are two of the masters of Ardingley College, Sussex, and their presence will be much nn^ed in the school as well as. in the county, a& thry are both excellent all-iound cncketeis, and ha\ebeen playing well duiing the season, while I learn it is their intention to zemain iv Austinhii. So Mrs Latigtry is not going <o Australia after all. Her change oi mind uri^eo from the fact that she finds she will loose her American citizenship, if out of the States for so longa-3 the tiip would zoquire. When, however, >\\e luib been in the States 5 years Mrs L. uillbofiee to roam as in days oi yore. Mr Gladstone is most anxious to learn all about Lord Aberdeen's colonial experiences, and with this end in \ie\v ha* promised to \isit the Eail and Countess at Haddo some nine in October. Sir Geoige Bow en Inning quite recently resigned tlio governoiship of Hong Kong, and retired upon a stilt' pension on the ground of ill-health, it i^ somewhat sur piling to learn that he contemplates forth with cr.tenng English political life and the House of Commons. The " "Westminster Eca iew " for August contains a luminoub article on " Young Austiaba, ' which 13 attubuted either to jVIr Twojsenny of the " Otago Daily Times " cr Mr Gisbonie. Lord and Lady Aberdeen entortained most of tho Au^tntlat-ian and American saloon passengers who ciossed with them a few week^> back in the Servm at a gaidon party at Dolhs Hill, last Saturday. Miss Amy Sherwin will once again be the "star of ptomenade concerts at Coven t Garden this autumn. The "St. Siephenb Rev iew" says the Australian colonies are to be " rnueh patronised" by "society"' folks during the coming autumn and winter.