THE CHAMPION BOAT RACE.

Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume VII, Issue 1952, 30 March 1885, Page 2

THE CHAMPION BOAT RACE.

• Sydney, March 28, The sculling match between William -i Beach and Edward Haiilan for £SOO i a-sido and the championship of the world, ' took place to-day- over the usual course ' ; on the Parramatta; River. The morning waß dull, with light rain falling, but to- [: - wards noon the.weather cleared, .and at ' starting time was'fine. The water was ']■ Bmqoth, aridevery point of vantage «ut I thronged with eager spectators. The •• Bteamers'iWere crowded .to their utmost ' • capacity, interest was •.manifested by tfcimmense assemblageBoth meiu wireon splendid HanlaiL rowe3."irhis new "Ruddick'W j, boat. T,he"raefrrjjot well away, and the first was terrific, both' being well together; then Beach gradually, but surely drew ahead, until he wan half a boat's length; in front of Hanlan. From that out, the Sew South Welshman increased his lead, and at Putney had a length to the good, the Canadian being in difficulties, Beach still fresh and pulling \ strong. Passing Gladeßville, it was patent v. ' to all that the race was virtually over, \ Beach won as he liked and came in six lengths ahead of hißipponent, amidst a perfect storm of shouts and the most ';■•. intense excitement.- .Time, 23min 56aec.

An odd collection of party Bnuff-boxes is owned by the German Parliament, Each political section of the Reichstag is provided with its own.special Parliamentary snuff-box, which; ip kept filled by one of the membersj a snuff manufacturer. Prince Bismark disclaims any personal antipathy to Mr Gladstone. He mereiy despises hini.'" In a conversation with'an American journalist at Berlin, on "the Ist of January last',' the Chancellor statejl k that he regarded with- the utmost equa- * nimity the'p»rty'struggles in England, So long as the Earl of Beaconsfield lived.r*Sfe he could rely upon his keeping Great W ' Britain m accord with'the rest'pf Europe; ; but whatever Mr Gladstone's' policy or n'p • policy might bo, it was a matter of tho''smallest importance to Germany. >'.'' There: shqijlp] bp great joy dairymaids', for a. Frehoh scientist; claims to have discovered ahexpedlous method of making butter," which ifl thug described: —"The mUk.nr cream is ■ isolated vessel, 'and '-by means of 'two electrodes immersed ! -in' ! the liquid,' -an' electric current is established arid kept up until the segregation of the particles of butter'has "))een' effected. A i dynamo-electric machine oi :fprty,elements j| is said to be sufficient 'to 'getV.ttie tutted |i out of 45 qijarts of cjeampr' jiiilk ;in'jiye' minutes,' ~ J " ' "'"'.' •:

'JL ROUND THE WORLD. Thei'o are only three Roman Catholic churches in Sweden. A tract of 100,000 acres in Utah lias been secured for the establishment of an Irish colony. Tho collections in the London churches for the city hospitals on Feb. 8, amounted to £40,000. A Buddhist temple has been opened in Paris, and the priest conies from Ceylon to enlighten tho French. The Jews of New York city are building a home for invalids in honour of the hundredth anniversary of Sir Moses Monteriore's birthday. A Roman Catholic convent for colored women in Baltimore has 32 professional nuns, two novices, and one postulant. The Chicago authorities have forbidden the'eustom of throwing the slipper after bridal couple?, on account of several serious accidents lecently. There are 4000 public libraries in the United States, containing 15,000,000 voli . umes, and towards the support of which 3,000,000 dols are annually paid. Violet gathering on the hill-side is the poetical "hard labor" imposed on the ijfijfrvicts at Simla, the Indian Government TRmmer station, The violets are used for making sherbet. There were 344 suicides in Vienna last year—27l men and 03 women. This is exclusive of the army. Self-murder has been greafch\on the increase of late, the above number being 45 over 1883 and 78 ... over 1882. The following inscription is in Belturbet churchyard, Ireland;—" Here lies John Higley, whose father and mother were drowned on their passage from America. Had they both lived they would have been huried hero." A lady writes: " The most abnormally modest girl 1 ever heard of came to town ' a few days a?o. I was in her bedroom. \ Somo handsome flowers I had previously ' seenthorewere gone. ''Did you send . them out for fear that, «s some say, they j might have a. bad ell'ect on your health , • while you sleep?' 1 "Oh, no, my dear," \ she murmured, " Botany was my hobby ' at school, and I became familiar with the fact that there are actually sexes in plants—males and females in every ' f . Apecies, don't you know ? Well, I found Jjjpin : examination that the flowers in this .•room were masculine, and they didn't .:•': •: seem quite propei| in a lady's chamber. Really;-I. couldn't disrobe comfortably,' nor sleep-in peace," . '• A'nian was recently admitted into the City of Dublin Hospital who had 'swallowed 17 half sovereigns. • Tho wife of Norman Lovell, the lately ■ ' deceased king of the largest band of ■ Gypsies in America, died last May at the ' age of one hundred. . A fund is being established in London to be used in the prosecution of enginedrivers and the companies employing - them, for. needlessly whistling. ..■ ;_'■ ■ All the; inhabitants of a Swiss village • ■ .-.are'said to have become Mormons. They ■." propose'- however, to remain in their homes, and not to go to Utah. It is said that the skin of Campi, the Paris murderer, has been tanned, and will be used m binding the books and documents relating to his crime, which were published. .' M. Pasteur is energetically at work ( jflbis establishment for mad dogs, now , wst the French Senate has voted him a i< 80,000 francs to continue his search for q a remedy for hydrophobia. ' -. Three thousand horses die each week in London. Their carcases are purchased by a company which delivers meat for r cats and dogs to many thousands of customers, There are 700,000 cats in the City. i ■ By tho Queen's command a large and \ handsome chair of polished granite has '""" beep placed by the side of a road at Bal- / moral as a memorial of the late Duke of Albany. The road was one of his '- favorite walks. i France is of all nations (says the Times) j the largest consumer of alcoholic drink; J next pomes Belgium and Switzerland, jr almost neck and neck ; Denmark makes a good fourth; while England ranks only i fifth, and Germany sixth. j A Brussels telegram states that an in- 0i spector of police and four policemen at b the Hague have been suspended for a v month for not having done their duty Si with respect to two English ladies who ti Were insulted by a mob at Hague. A London restaurant, has made itself agreeable by the introduction of portable eflftcic lamps, which arc set upon each taw, and, being provided with umbrella, V shades, cast a soft glow on the faces (if ' the guests and a strong light upon the plates and dishes. -i