MISCELLANEOUS.

Te Aroha News, Volume VII, Issue 408, 5 October 1889, Page 4

MISCELLANEOUS.

The following persons are inquired for in '• Lloyd's Weekly London Paper " :—William and Louisa Brown, formerly of Little (Joxwell, Berks, last heard of ab Canterbury ten years ago ; their parents are anxious. Hugh Henry Morris, last heard of in Willisstreet, Wellington ; his brother asks. William Carr, who went to New Zealand 12 years ago ; his mother is anxious. John Williamson, clerk, formerly of Harteford, who went to Wellington 1878, and was working on a railway 1882 ; his parents ask. John Thomas Coutts, who left Mile End in 1875 for Lyttelton ; his sister Agne* inquires. Mary and Julia Cartwell, who lefb London in 1866 on board the Blue Jacket for Christchui'ch ; their tister Ellen inquires. Mrs W. W. Clifford (nee Neill), last heard of ab Christchurch in 1883 ; her mother seeks tidings. Edward J. Phipps, sailed for New Zealand in 1885, and last wrote from Auckland ; his father'wishes for news. George Beele, formerly of 3, Boston Terrace, Wordsworth-street, Wellington, is asked to write to his sister. Thomas William Jones, who left- England in the Undaunted, was last heard of ab Hokianga ; his sister Agnes asks. Arthur Oliver i& sought for by George Knyeretb, late of Nelson ; now home. William, Moses and Richard Meek last heard of New Zealand in 1878, are inquired for by their nephew George. George Parker, who went to New Zealand in 1872 and last heard of in Otago, 1885 ; his aged mother is anxious. John Charles Fisher, who went to New Zealand 1873, last heard of keeping a railway book stall at Christchurch ; his father and mother , seek news. Samuel Taylor enlisted in the 70th Regiment, and in 1886 wrote from New Zealand ; his father inquires for him. Writing with reference to the recent interprovincial football match between Auckland and Wellington, an old Aucklander who is now in the Southern city says : — It was a fair, well-fought match, and I think that the Wellington men (to quote th« Stab) are " not very much inferior " to yours, that Ellison may have been off-side, bub nob " shamelessly loafing," and that having been put on side, he was smart) enough bo seize his opporbuniby, that against all bhe "ifs" on the Auckland side may be set all the " ifs " from a Wellington point of view, and aldo that the Blacks have been playing on a hard ground every Saturday this season (owing to the lack of rain), go that a web ground would not be likely to advantage them much on the plea of their beiti? used to it." Then, again, your team have not done so brilliantly on other and dry grounds, to wit, Hawke'sßay. Chrisbchurch, and Dunedin. I think they have had very hard luck, and especial hard luck in not making a " draw " here — the match. However, the only thine: now is to wait until you get our men North, and then pay them out — if possible. Apart from the plaj, the Auckland lads had a very good ■ time here, and I am certain I never saw such a fine *• send off" as they had on leaving here. It was a beastly wet night, bub quite a crowd assembled to see them away, and we all cheered ourselves hoarse. It would be a thousand pities after ali this cordiality if any newspaper remarks on the match should have a tendency to neutralise the good teeling, and once more cause a soreness between the teams. The cattle industry of the United States represents bhe immense capital of $1,200,000,000. A person asked some little boys' what) they were good for! "Good to make men out of," said one of them. There is a story in joutnalistic circles in London that Mr Stead is to become editor „ of a new. morning paper in London. 'With three-fif tha of the area of England, Scotland has little more than one-fifth of the railway mileage, and even of its 3,000 miles nob much over one-third is double line, while in England the proportion is the other way. 1 £10,000, to Prince Eddie, £8,000 to Prince George,, and £3,000 to the Duchess of Fife. That is the proposed distribution ' of the Royal pranb, bhe balance being allowed to accumulate. . The other princesses may not marry £80,000 a year.