ROUND THE WORLD.

Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume 6, Issue 1779, 4 September 1884, Page 2

ROUND THE WORLD.

The French natiou used to be conBidered very abstemious, bufcdrunkenness in France is constantly' on- the increase, and especially in Paris, _ The reports of the Education' Commission in Victoria are unanimous in recommending, unaec'tarian' religious instruction in the State Schools. At San Erancisco;Madame_Tatti had' to engage five carriages to convey to her hotel the flowers scattered at her feet during a concert.

Annual consumption of cigars in New. South Wales estimated at 500,0001b., of which only 50001b. arei£) of American manufacture. "^

, conducts' without a note of 'music before him, and however intricate 'the composition performed, never .misses a single instrumental "entry. ■ '■-■

;,Haverley's .manager has a hoarding in ; Victoria-street, London, .160. feet long and 60 feet high, and holdinyp 1100 square feet of demy paper: w It-is proposed, at the instance oTthe Chambers of Commerce and Manufacturers in Melbourne, to establish an independent ; organisation ; " .with the object of introducing certain classes of labor into the colony under'suitable arrangements for their selection nndW distillation, : .' ■ ' ■ r

Some of the married United States Senators are utilising their-wives as private secretaries. As these secretaries get six dollars a day from the Government, it is supposed ,to be a scheme to provide the wives aforesaid with funds to visit Niagara next summer.

An Englishman wanted to cultivate the Chinese trade on the Victorian diggings years ago. He got a Chinaman to write him a sign, and was amazed to find the Celestial trade fall off at once. At last he got his sign interpreted, and found that it run, "This man is a blooming rogue." There were 1049 'State schools in Victoria,in 1872, and 1,762. yi. 1882, ' and the total number ofscholarsoWie rolls increased from 136,035 to 222^915. One of the greatest of music loving princes, Prince Leopold.of Saxe-Coburdte died lately. at Vienna. ganatically married to apianisto. The Manxmen' in South Australia presented w address to Sir Benry Loch complimenting him on his nineteenth year's governorship of the Isle of Man. ~.,.■

Archbishop Moran' ll'a' temperance advocate, and he is likely to start a blue ribbon army among the Roman Catholics of the colony very soon after his arrival.

A fair valuation of the buildings and contents of New York and Brooklyn Theatres brings the total up'/.to five millions and one hundred "and fifty thousand dollar's. • ' ■.

_ Before Wilson Barrett became known in London he' had won success as a provincial aotor in plays written by himself. Mr Barrett is as well a painter of no mean ability. • By the withdrawal of spirits Aim 'bond over and above the average™te of consumption, in anticipation of m increase in ' duty, the VictornlP Treasury lost about £6OOO. ~' •It is stated by the World that Mr Barry Sullivan will soon start:'on his third professional tour round the world, visiting the United States, 1 Australia, Japan, China, and India : A large number of men are out of employment in Adelaide. Government is making every effort- to provide work, the wages being 6s 6d a day, with tools and tents found.

Mr Curtis (who is described as a semi-Australian) has been despatched by the friends of "Chinese .Gordon" from London to Khartoum to tell the general what has been done in England in his cause, during the last few months. Curtis is a daring'; fellow. He is now engaged in' a ? desperate expedition. Charles Laitri, junior, is ffiplay '' Jackey"—an Australian aborigmitlin M. Mayer's proposed production of Chaile's Eeade's "It is never'too W to mend," at the Porte-Saint-Mart|r One of our own sweet niggei-g; holding forth in the French language will be a novelty. How does I. Mayer propose to translate Hudgeree," for instance 1 It comes like an echo from the past to hear that Mr F. tf, Crouch, the composer of" Kathleen Mavourneen," is still alive. If is painful to hear tha'< he' is old and poor, with' a poo'r'old wife; It is pleasant to hear that a generous American has taken them into his. house and provided for their remaining days, Mr Crouch is an Englishman. The private coach recently built for Mr E. H. Talbot, of the Qhicago 'Railway Age,' is one of the most luxurious affairs (says Mr Pullman) ever put on a railway track. , It runs on twelve wheels, six of. which' weremade in Germany by Kriipp, The observation room at the end of the car is finished in oak, with pja>-glas9 windows extending to the floor; velvet carpets, embossed leather furniture, includin» sofas. The bed-room is furnished in maple and opening from it is the parlor, t|M(t elegant apartment of the car. It ia finished in solid mahogany/with many panels and carvings of rare and; costly woods from all corners of the earth, including the Holy Larid. The butler's pantry, kitchen, and the, sleeping apartments for the f servants are models of elegance.and comfort. To duplicate the car would cosfc:'7s,ooodol. It was a present to Mr Talbot.

•A German living in England saya that, having served six years in the German army, it is'his-opinion that "the military system -of that country constitutes the most cursedly tyrannical form of slavery that ever disgraced a oivilised nation.. Ic is no wonder,'he says, "that England and the United States are overrun by Teutons anxious to taste, abroad "the sweets of freedom, which they ''• can never. enjoyV at home," . .''■"■"'"' ' •'

A case of white, slavery.came before the magistrates at June 6. A man named ! fibgeg; was charged with keeping- severjLssmakersatwork after hours. Besides working all day they worked, throughout the night and all the following day as .well, The. characterised by the magistrates as white slavery and an act of oppression against poor unprotected girls and they imposed a fine otizO in the aggregate;' ,'•