CORRESPONDENCE.

Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume 5, Issue 1389, 28 May 1883, Page 2

CORRESPONDENCE.

THE LATE ENTERTAINMENT. [lO THE EDITOR WAIRARAPA DAILY,J Sir—Will you kindly allow me to offer an explanation with reference to the" character" song which I sang last Thursday at the Theatre Royal, Masteiton, The cause of my retiring from the stage before completing the song was in consequence of, the heavy rain coming down on the iron roof, which prevented,me from hearing the accompaniment. I fully appreciated the very kind encore accorded me by the audience present, which I certainly should .have responded to, but was prevented fjfOin doing si by; the manager, who refused; to'-allow- me to sing a second time.. Thanking you for your friendly criticism',''' I am, ic, Samßek»dn, ! . Stage Manager, W.A.D.O.

Miss Susan B. .Anthony, who for tha r 1.Mt,35 years has been one of the most prominent advocates of wornon's lights in America, has arrived in Europo, her , oojool being to continue iu the Old World ■ ■■'■ ™ w ° rk »ho has so constantly pursued in the New. Miss Anthony, who is of Quaker parentage, is 63 years of age, and w a woman of some considerable fortune. . , A curious story of Iho finding of a irold ; ,. com comes from the neighborhood of ;: Namur, in Belgium. The coin tea quadruple pistole of La Fr.mohe Oomlo, atmck at Besanton in 1575. O.i ihonbverso is the head of Charles V ; on \u the double eaglo, bearing ( , u its Die is; the pillars of Hercules. It is said t» be ... unique; and it was discovered in ilugullet of a slaughtered cow, which must have attempted to swallow it while grazing. ■■■ ■: When the Chinese Emperor Qunngsu saw the comet he sent for the Astronomer Royal, who told him that it meant the gods were displeased with the Ministers of Worship and Public ' Instruction, and the Ministers received their letters of dismissal a few hours later. ■■ ■ ■ _ Ten thousand six hundred and ninetyfive tons of newspapers and periodicals were sent during last year through the New York post-office to nows agencies and regular subscribers. There is an average of 45 tons of newspapers and periodicals mailed every dny at the New York Post-office. ■:. Tließonian Catholic Augustinian ; .Society.--at Lawrence, Massachusetts, . 'holding; a; saving fund that supported .- .the "parochial schools, has become insolvent, the liability amounting to 540,000 dollars. No fraud is alleged, but it is stated that mismanagement .has caused the deficit. There are 700 depositors chiefly poor mill girls.