The Kev. W. S. Greens Alpine Exploits.

Te Aroha News, Volume VI, Issue 359, 13 April 1889, Page 4

The Key. W. S. Greens Alpine Exploits.

Notwithstanding the explorations of Mr Edward Whympev in the' Andes, and Mr Graham in the Himalayas, it appears there are still peaks to conquer. The Rev. W. S. Green, of Carrigaline, co. Cork, has just returned from British Columbia, where he has been surveying and exploring among the Selkirk Range. The Royal Geographical Society defrayed the cost of the expedition, and Mr Green has returned with valuable maps. He has surveyed regions where men have never been before, and has called two of the peaks Mount Donkin and Mount Fox — after the two unfortunate members of the Alpine Club who recently losb their lives in the Caucasus. When Mr Green went mountaineering, in New Zealand— he was the first man to ascend Mount Cook — he took Swiss guides with him ; but during his recent explorations he was accompanied only by his cousin. Both men are practised climbers, and they encountered some very awkward places, notably on a very steep arete, on a spur near the summit of Mount Bonney, where they started an avalanche, which nearly carried them with it to the valley. Mr Green stands 6ft 2in, is about forty years of age, has a black beard and moustache, and speaks with a decided Irish accent.

The Germans are constructing a huge floating exhibition palace at a cost of £250,000, in which to give ocular demonstration of the superiority of German manufactures to the sceptical amongst the distant nations . of the earth. The vessel will be called the Kaiser Wilhelin, and will be 564 ft. long, 66ft. wide, and 46ft. deep. She will be, it is said, the most magnificently fitted ship afloat. The exhibition will be made to yield a profit of £100,000 annually from the income derived from rented space, and from the sales of goods. It is expected that the ship will sail from Hamburg in the spring of 1890, but her first destination is not known. Helen, six years old, had a copy of ' ' ./Esop's Fables " given to her. She looked at the title page attentively for a few moments, noticing probably the diphthong M in capitals for the first time. " That Ais in a hurry isn't it, Auntie?" she said. , " Why so?" said her aunt. "Because it's f crowding, the E. The "Detroit Free Press" has the following profane remarks about our new and very aristocratic Governor : — The Earl of Onslow, the new Governor of New Zea^ j land, is an alert, terrier-like little man, wibli keen, intelligent eyes, a narrow protilo, crisp manners, and brindled hair.