ANGLO-COLONIAL NOTES. {From Our Special Correspondent. ) London, November 30.

Te Aroha News, Volume V, Issue 237, 14 January 1888, Page 4

ANGLO-COLONIAL NOTES. {From Our Special Correspondent. ) London, November 30.

Tile Lady of the Nuggets. Anglo-Colonial sensation of the hour is undoubtedly the " Woman Mine Promoter " or " Lady of the Nuggets,'? Miss Alice "Corn well." Since she arrived from Australia the other day, this ; enterprising lady has been at once the wonder .and admiration of tho promoting world. Erom the Lord Mayor at tho Mansion House downwards she has " bailed up" every capitalist worth assault with her specimens, tho net result being that in an incredibly short time a new company called the " Nudas " has keen triumphantly floated. Naturally the anost amaaing stories are current relative to Miss " C.'s v adventmes in Australia. The " society " papers havo already discovered ~her, and in a tew days she will unquestionably receive the crowning distinction of an ■"interview " in the " Tall Mall Gazette. 1 ' By tho way, Imperial Interviewer on tour of the, world for JSir Stead's organ, should be reaching your parts. His name, I understand} is JSorman (Mr Henry Norman) and he was responsible ior some very inaccurate and misleading letters on the fl believe) WoocUord evictions which ap peared in the ; ♦ ♦ Fall M all U azette. ' ' He is, a good interviewer, and unless Iris notions of New Zealand ha\e been ! over - strongly coloured by Mr Froude, should do you a turn. >

Death of Lord and Lady Valliousie- *. All who met Lord and Lady Dalhousie in Jfcfew Zealand must have been terribly shocked to hear of their sudden and premature deaths within a few hours of one another. Lord Dalhousie had for a long time been delicate, in fact it was for his sake they took the iNew Zealand trip. Lady Dalhousie had excellent health, and met her fate purely through neglecting an apparently slight ailment. Lord .Dalhousie was devoted to liis wife, and when her death was announced serious fears were expressed for him. lie died, it seems, of an attack of apoplexy in the night. Lady Dalhousie was one of the ** beautiful Bennots " and (it may not be .generally known) figures in " Lothair " as ** Lady Corisande. " She had great influence over political circles, and had her husband been stronger, would never have rested, content till she had landed him Prime Minister. The heir, Lord Ramsay, is a little lad of 10 years old. r , "The fact that the Australasian Football team at Edinburgh is largely made up of 3few, Zealanders speaks well for the supremacy of , your colony at the game. The Club have already won three matches this<seasou. Their Captain, L.E. Burnett, jcomes from New Zealand, and so do Messrs J. C. Palmer, N. Trotter, C. E. Maude, G. H. Monro and E. Williams. 1 Mr Gisborne's new book on New Zealand •which I mentioned to you some months ago is the eve of production and I understand that the clever sketches of colonial life which have appeaaed from time to time In the " St. James s Gazette" will also reappear shortly in book form. Mr Ineiis's **Our Maori Cousins" would have sold better had the cover and general get up Seen attractive. Mr Ernest Valentine Miller, of Auck land, was married at Northam (North Devon) on the 10th inst. to Miss Lena Stapledon,' daughter of Mr Stapledon, of v Lakenham, Westwood Ho ! and also of Port Said, Egypt.

THE KEY CHARLES CLARKE. The Bey. Charles Clark, who has given i?p his church at Baling, had intended to visit, the Colonies this Aucuuan, He has however, now resolved to stay in England till 1889. In forming this decision Mr Clark was probably influenced by the iacts thatanotherseriouslecturer to art, Miss Agnes Yon Grrukelotein, meditates an imanediate descent on the Antipodes. This lady, who is of Slavonic origin, is a native of Jerusalem, and her lectures on " Social and Religious life in Palestine have for the last three winters attracted very large audiences an JUmdon and the Provinces. Ifc is £Bci§Qcl frequently difficult to find halls or churches spacious enough to hold the thousands who flock to hear the fair <3trukelstein. Her performance is ajudicious combination of the serious with the theatrical and appeals equally to the godly and tbe unregenerate. Miss G. has an imposing presence, an eloquent tongue, and a fascinating delivery. Her object is to present •vivid, pictures of ancient and modern life in the Holy Land and the effect of her words is much" enhanced by the fact the the lecturer and the ladies and gentlemen who assist her ale dressed in oriental costume, and the platform is fitted up as a parlour in Jerusalem.

Frozen Meat. The supplies of frozen mutton are still greatly in excess of the demand. At the «nd of last week there were 70,000 jNfew Zealand sheep in stock, or at, recent rates of enough to meet all demands for six weeks to come. there was another fall of Id a jstone, though things have improved somewhat since. , To-day'a quotations will not be to hand till too late for the mail. I append ! some of last week's : — New Zealand anutton, 2s 4d to 2s 7d per stone ; Sydney, 2s 2d to 2s Ad j River Plate, 2s to 2s 2d ; Scotch, 4s to 4s 6d. '<

Only the mght v before his death Sir Wm, Me Arthur was actively engaged at a meeting of the Imperial Federation League., Tlie 20 days run, of" the " Ormuz " to Adelaide is considered by .mercantile folk," to "have finally .decided the, eventual mail to New Zealand- London to, Adelaide, thence by, rail tQ,£>ydney, and ,from thence by,h'rst ' boat to Auckland or Wellington must they th^nk' becomethe champion, ..express route ip,. time. Even now viaßrindisi letters posted on the Fridaythe direct mail steamer leave? rfeach £)unedin first. So at leasVl am told. ' General Gamble, C.8., who' playeji sqch a prominent -> part ' in" New. Zealand from 1863-6 died <M the 20th inst, after a long Ill'neSs. 'He' was residing in London. Mr ft. 'S. Smythe" " the popular f arid enejgetic ( agent" t ai'rived, . in .Londonj a week or two 'back and ha^ been casting his eagle i eye around with', reg^'rii to, certaii| iuture' lectiirar^ 'campaigns.*' Proctor may n&t* improbably 'talce' f . the field again".^ understand !t^hd f amongst persons^ w,hp W6ifld lik'e-'th'e great ferny tiie.s assistaji<^; very .much if /only he ! ',lik'e,d 'them ma^^e mentioned M Ginx^'BabV " '(or' rather, the atWot&feofj'aria ** feder Wmp'S, TV -®6rii,m£mim\l 'iU ( leading %emb;e ?^, of Tne 'OSieflCompaHf * J4 yhM r, Xennobf have now'beeh signed for the. Außfiralajßian tou?.' !l rclo f 6bVby tVe'W/ wethef l jfofy will play in "besides' Auckland. Their repertoire'js'to he confined to the gvee&siidtfe&M^ifmfim&tik Sheppard" and " Monto Christo, jun.," and this year's Chri«tm"a"S^idvetty >^ f f^aiiken- lstein." In theXMttlr^Nellf fraWen "plays thetitle'r6l6;4n<fvPredWsHefthe%l^n r ster.