Our London Letter.

Te Aroha News, Volume XXII, Issue 42775, 7 September 1905, Page 2

Our London Letter.

(From our own Correspondent.) (Continued from last ioauo.) The great champion for the unity of our great empire and for preference for our own race across the seas as against the foreigner,' has been on the war path once more. He addressed a large gathering at the Royal Albert Hall. Applications for seats by letter, telephone, and telegram flooded the office* of the Tariff Reform League. Hundreds of Australians and Canadians were present. Hundreds more, unfortunately, could not gain admission. I say unfortunately, because we want the whole Empire to know that this thing has got to come. The friends of the foreigner must be muzzled, or g ent to one of those romantic castles on the ■nine. The time has come when the whole °ountry, the whole Empire, must speak, must shout its dictum, as it has done before, and as it can do again. The Albert Hall can accomodate 10,000 people’ and close on 40,000 applications were received. It is impossible —space will not permit —any account of the meeting, but it was a dislinct success and another step towards the goal which it is hoped will be reached in the lifetime of Mr Chamberlain who has done and is doing so much for the integrity of the Empire. , The American still hungers after the Old Country. English, Scotch; and Irish' emigrate to the States to make their pile. In the second or third generation their daughters bring the almighty dollar in' abundance to the sons of our aristocracy. Larger numbers of American visitors than ever—something like 20,000 —are coming over to Europe this year, and of course that includes a visit to our little village. Th« American accent can be heard everywhere, on bus and tram and in the hotels. A great beauty vote has taken place iu the States; Seventy charming damsels of America have been selected, and for their beauty, have been given a free holiday to Europe. They have arrived in London.

The undergoound railway ran their first electric train on July Ist. Their :rolling stock is still short, and there are orly a limited number of electric tranis at present, electricity and steam being used on the same line. ; An important event was the opening of the steamboat service by the Prince of Wales. Of course there were the usual number of accidents incidental to a new aud untriel venture. They run well now and are much appreciated. To those who I’ke figures here are a few: —Number of vehicles pas Jug through a ma' l road out of Lotion in one day : Cycles, 4000; motor vehicles, 600; electric trams, 400; horse vehicle , 200 ; tramway receipts (Lon lon Coun y Council only) week ending June 24th, £15,000 ; steamboats on the Thames, number of tickets issued the first day, 39,000; hospital Sunday fund, a fund for the benefit of the London hospitals, amount colleea lup ts July 26th, £40,000; quantity of fish receivt, l at Bil’iugsgate, one of Loudon’s fish markets, for one month (June) 18,000 tous; quantity of water supplied by the Water Board du ilg May, 233,000,000 gallons, suppl'ed to 1,000,000 houses with a population of 6,700,000; amount spent on the Torrey-Alexander (American Reviva 1 ) Mission, £17,000, £6OOO o? tb’s being colleciel at the meet' .‘gs; British exports, June 1905, £26,000,000, increase ou June, 1904, £2,000,000; impo-us, June, 1905, £43,000,090, inc .ease on June, 1904, £360,000 ; Ur It id Kiugdom revenue from fo:d and drink, 1905, £51,800,000; sum received for a copy of Caxton’s famous book printed at Westminster Abboy, £1,350. Tne Jap- n Society he’d a ga.den party in honour of their Imperial Highnesses, Prince and Princess Arisugawa, at the Royal Botanic Gardens. It wro a smart affair and well at. >nd )d. The Lyceum keeps up its reputat’on 'for a fine varied to* v .tinmen- . The naval exhibit leu at Eari's Court is drawing large crowds. Some very gcci concert* are be’ cj given at Bechsic'n Hal l .