RED-HEADED CHINAMEN.

Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume 4, Issue 1252, 13 December 1882, Page 2

RED-HEADED CHINAMEN.

rw A -iJ ?Tl kr < whl,e visiting the - Coptic with the Quarantine Officer oa her Mrivalin port recestlv, discovered. 8n out-and-outred-headed Chinamen., The hair and queue of this Celestial were of no doubtful shade, being as far aa possible from violet This _ '•sorreltop" received most dis'tmguished consideration from his country, men. Instead of calling him " Brick-top " ''Bed-head,""Ginger,"&o, terms only too familiar to the red-haired Causacian, the Chinese appeared to treat their red-headed ;> with special respect, reserving for him the ohoicestmorse's of the meal, and treating him generally as a superior. Yet he didAot appoar at all proud of his distinctive On the contrary, he appeared to bs JU oenstant endeavor to hide it beneath a .large but close-rittiug cap as though he seemed to appreciate the oddity and inconsistency of one of his .dusky complexion flaunting a Wood-red queuo in the face of oreation. Besides this Chinaman there was on board another, a China boy, aged about fourteen, whose shiny black hair was compelled to divide the honors between numerous long and thick tufts of hair. Butthislad'wusno.t regarded with that esteem accorded to the other. The boy was looked upon somewhat in the light of a base presentment. They were a Btrange pair, and arc doubtless now the observe! s uxChinatown.

" Grand old libeller, unscrupulous '-old antagonist, bitter and malicious old reviler, speedy retribution, awaits thee! Thy sin bos found thee out l l ' '! There is not the least chance of his making his •last speech on Tower-hill, much aa he deserves to do so," Theae.are specimens of the language used in' Blackwood's Magazine about Mr Gladstone. In -.. AuokUnd, with a population 'if 16,664, there are two daily Newspapers (one morning and one evening) and three weekly (of whioh one is a society journal); in Wellington, with 20,563 of a population, one moruiug, ons evening, and five weeklies (uno being a society and another the licensed victuallers' orgjn); and in Dunedin, with a population of. 24,872, two morning, one evening, and two weeklies, •

The Christcburch Telegraph has the following:-"The system which is in force at tho Burnham Industrial Home, of hirinit out children to service alter they have been some time in the institution and shown sufficiency good behavior, is an excellent one, and has been found to work admirably, The children are hired out to employers nf labor, and the wages earned by them are paid to the master and banked by him. When the boyi attain'the age of 18 or 19 years and the. sfirla are married, their earning with the interest acaruine, is paid over to them, Mr Maddison informs ua that a few days ago he paid a youth of 19 £2OO which he badearned in this way He had been a very steady lad, and had given the highest satisfaction loeveryone who had employed! bin. The money was oxpended in part payment for a nice little farm, and now this young fellow has, by his own industry, got a start in life which falls' to the lot of few How many youths of 19 are there amongst the Chiiatchureh working classes who can show a credit balance of £200?"

The Illmtrated London News of'2lat October gives an interesting paper by Mr' R.A. Proctor on the comet, with diagram; illustrating its orbit, which closely ap-i proximates to that of the comet in 1943" From observations made at Vienna, lie concludes that the comet is retreating on a path which it will circuit in less, than a y<iar, whether it be the one of 1666, 1843' and 1880 come-back or not. But jiis; opinion of his final destination ia accompanied by a declaration that its absorption - by the sun will not do us any barm, He says:—" It sooma certain then (if wo can depend en the Vienna observation of the. 24th), knowing as we certainly do that the comet was at its nearest to the sun on September 17th, that before many mouths are over, we shall see it back again tn return in ever-narrowing circuits and eyer-shortning periods, until finally it will circle round the sun in a few hours, to be constantly retarded by friclional resistance, but accelerated in greater degree by resulting inrush towards the Bun,'until finally each portion of its substance reaches the sun's surface with a velocity of a little more than a mile per second. That surface is itself moving in an exactly contrary direction, with a velocity of a little more than a mile per second. There will then, in all probability, be considerable disturbrnce, but although (he idea is now utterly exploded that comets are • mere films, of vapour, the total mass of the comet thus destroyed is, I conceive, toti small for any such increase of heat to- ; be produced as will seriously trouble the inhabitants of the earth.

On 18th November tho Queen reviewed 8000 troops who had taken part in ; the Egyptian Campaign. The Duke ol Oonnaught headed the brigade of Feot Guards, who were received by the Queen tu front of Buckingham Palace. Her Majeaty presented war medals to two representatives of each regiment, and a general presentation of medals is to take place at Windsor on the 21st.

Theatrical people are gossiping over an un • fortnnatequarrel between Fred Deßellevielle, formerly member of the Lyster Garn'er Comedy Company a d his reputated wife, Mrs Pe Bellevielle, She accompanied her husband to this country from Australia, where she says they were married at Qeplong, He denies any marriage, and has married a ballet girl conneoted.with the Union Square Company, to strengthen this denial. The deserted wife has commenced legal proceedings. Meantime the oase, being a tempting one for reporters, is being tried at length in all the vapers. A new American drama called the "Silver King." brought out at the Princess Theatre, London, on the 17th, proved very successful It is written by Messrs Jones and Herman.