ANGLO-COLONIAL NOTES. London, October 12. JUDGE MONRO.

Te Aroha News, Volume VI, Issue 321, 1 December 1888, Page 3

ANGLO-COLONIAL NOTES.

London, October 12. JUDGE MONRO.

J udgje Monro and Mrs Monro leave London for Paris on Monday next. After a stay or five months in England, they Sail foivthe Antipodes by the P. and 0. Arcadia, on the 28bh of December from. Brimlisi or Port Said, and meanwhile iuterid tcx-see some•thirigof tlieUonbirienband (possibly) Egypt. On arrival at' Melbourne the Judge will nor. proceed straight to- Auckland. He proposes, instead, to make some stay. in both the Victoiism capital and Sydney, and may nob reach Mew Zealand till March or April. Last week the Monro's visited Canterbury and Rochester, and •• did '' the cathedral-. At the iatter city they fell in by a , pleasant accident with an old friend, a Mr Knight, who recently spent some yeaivs in Auckland for tho sake of his wife's health. Mr and Mrs Knurht were delighted to see the Judeje and Mrs Monro, and insisted on their j-pendiiiff a .day .or two \vit{\ them. Altogether the trip was a great success, andwill long be remembered.

NEW ZEALAND HOPS. Mes-is Tiuelove inform me that about June ne\c' Zealand hops ought; to idealise from 7 to S guineas per cwt. over here.

MRS CAMPBELL PRAED. The second of the novel? which this c'evcr Australian lady has written in conjunction wifch Justin McCarthy was published on Monday. It i* called "The Ladies' Gallery," and 1 elates a s>tory ot mutual self-sacrifice between two friend?, both grand men, who love the same woman. On Tuesday at Eastbourne, a dramatic version of the novel called " TheJSinbian Mine " was produced. The play, which is by Mis Praed (only) will not improbably be offered to Mrs Bernard-Beere, in which case Henry Neville would play the young Australian hero, and Charles Warner " Binbian Joe. ' Leonora Bi-ahaui has followed the example of another prima donna (Marion Hood) and joined the Gaiety Company. Fergus Hume is not in town, and was not present at the farewell dinner to l>e Vagabond. The success of " Madame Midas," if not phenomenal, has been satisfactory.

PERSONAL AND GENERAL. As old Mr Bentley, after hearing his reader's opinion of Sir Julius Vogel s nove 1 . did nob jump at publishing it, your exPremier re-obtained possession of the M.fes. and sent it elsewhere. At the farewell dinntsi to the " YaLrabond '' ab the Savage Club, last week, YV. fl. Vernon (who has just leased ohe Theatre Royal, Peterborough, ior a term of year?), spoke in terms of eulogy of the colonial. .Press. In no part of the world w ere there, he said, more high-class, prosperous and well-edited journals than in Australasia. Mr Philip Berk also piped to much the ?ame tune. As for the wicked old " Vug ' we gushed (and I'm bound to say "hushed 5 ") effusively over him. itiveis of "Scotch cold " rolled down savage throats. u nd savage heads were sore for days after. On Friday the " Vag '' touk. his departure by the lonic. Good luck go with him ! Henry Bracy and his wife, Clara Thompson, are returning to Australia. They w ill take a tarewell benefit at the Sa\ oy on the morning of the 24th, when it is to be hoped there will be a bumper hou-e. Bracy 10-c £4000 daring his brief luckless season at the Avenue. On cW he will play Fairfax in the Australian edition ot "The Yeomen of the Guaid.'* I heaul at the Savage \. nib the olher evening that the Gaiety Company wei? unable to pay a season in Xeu Zealand, owing to the srnallni>3 ot the theatres, wliich, e\tn cifc double pueefo. would not have paid the expenses of the company. The P. and 0 Company's ne.v ttoamei Peninpsjl^i (5.500 tons) was launched at Greenock on Friday. She wi'l have accornmodatioir foi 175 first and 32 second-class families. Sir Charles and Lady Uilke lea\ c England on their tour of >( Greater Britain " on November 6th. Ibis ;iol a f ici/ 'as .stated bj- the paper?) that the Lord M?j'or-i.leeb ever visited your part of the world. Alderman Whitehead and his sou intended making a tour of the colonies last year, but they were unable to get off.

RETIRING BISHOPS. The colonial prelates will soon be leaving. The Primate of Ausbuilia sails in the s.s. Parramatta, which he will join at Brindisi, this week. He will break the journey at Perfch, where he will consecrate the Anglican Cathedral, and on reaching Victoria he will stay for a few days in order to perform a similar office at Ballaiat. The Bishops of Nelson and Waiapu will return t.o New Zealand on October 29th, and the Bishop of Auckland on November 16.

MARRIAGE OF MR FARMER. Mr Herbert Farmer, the second son of Mr James Farmer^ formerly of Auckland, was man ied on the 4th inst., at Christ Church, Lansaster Gate, to Miss Edith Gertrude, the eldest daughter of Sir George Hairis. The Rev. J. E. C. Welldon, Heid Master of Harrow, was , the principal officiating clergyman. The bride waa attired in ivory duchesse satin, trimmed with Brussels point de gaze lace, and carried a bouquet of orange blossoms and tuberose*. The nine oridesmaids wore white China silk dresses, with white moire sashes, large drawn silk hats, trimmed with white moire ribbons and sprays of Virginia creepers, and carried posies of Autumn foliage. The wedding breakfast was given at the residence ot Sir George and Lady, Harris, and the guests included the Earl of Bessborongh, Lord de L'l&le and Dudley, the Bishop of Ripon and Mrs Boyd-Carpenter, Sir Francis and Lady Dillon Bell, Sir George and Lady Bo wen, Sir Walter and Lady Buller, Sir Philip and Lady Ounlitfe-Owen, Dowager Lady and Miss Orde, -*ir F. and Lady Villeaeuve Smith, Mr farmer, the father of the bridegroom, proceeds to New Zealand on the 15th inst.

A SENSATIONAL INCIDENT. ' The passengers for New Zealand by the steam ship lonic experienced a sensation in Plymouth South on the 6th inst. A man named William Jennings, bound for Melbourne, 1 who was suffering from delirium tremens, jumped overboard, after the surgeon had decided he must be sent ashore. He was no sooner in the water than Mr E. It. M cKin stry , R. N. R. , thesecond officer of the lonic, followed him, without waiting to divest himself of even hisboots. Theseawas " choppy," and Jennings impeded hi& rescuer in every possible way ; but in a few minutes McKinstry overpowered his opposition, and the two were' taken on board in safety. It is intended to apply to the Royal Humane Society to recognise the courageous act of the second officer.

An infetantaneouS Method for Producing Vinegar. —Praise one young. lady to another. Old Lady (to druggist's boy)— l want to get -a leetie paint, boy. Boy — Yes' urn ; ■ face or fence ?- , •• s „ ...