ROUND THE WORLD.

Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume VIII, Issue 2199, 20 January 1886, Page 2

ROUND THE WORLD.

After his race with Teemer, one of tho crowd who surrounded Hanlaii suggested that Teemer should now go to Australia. Hanlan replied, 'Teemer has 110 business with Beach, who will beat liiin as easily as Lon Myers would beat me in a hundred -yards footrace. The book of the programme of tho Ballarat Reformatory Sports, to be held on Xmas and Boxing Days, lias been issted, and if, as stated, the illustrations and let-ter-press be the work of one of the lads connected with the institution named, it is deserving of ninre than passing mention. The" Christmas Storie" seem to combine brevity and wit as happyily as could be wished, its whole substance boing comprised of the followingßoy gun; shot fun ; gun bust: boy dust.—Federal Australian!.

The Figaro relates the following story, which is poing the rounds of the London studios: Mr Marks met an old modal,who had retired from the profession and was engaged in some inferior capacity at the Zoological Gardens. Mr Marks stopped to speak to him, and enquired how the retired model was finding life among the animals, " What am I a-doing' of ?" responded the model in a hurt and irate way. " Why, I'm a-sweopin' out helephants' dens; a pretty sort of occupation ain't it, 'for a 'man a3 has sat for the twelve apostles ?" When his defeat for Dundalk was announced, Mr Phillip Callan spoke at great length, with a tone of humiliation and disappointment. At one point m his speoch he said, " During the past five years I have repeatedly challenged Mr Parnell to a proof, but he has carefully abstained from putting his finger upon a wrong vote ever given or a wrong act ever done. He said last Sunday that' 1 was truculent and unmanageable.' Now I brand that statement in the face of Mr Parnell as a deliberate malignant lie." Mr Callan here turned and shook his hand at Mr Parnell, 'I brand him as a slanderer and coward, as one who has malignantly vilified me. My friends have been spoken of Mr Parnell as hired bands of Ruffians. I had no money to buy them with, for although 1 entered Parliament a rich man, comparatively speaking, 1 am now a poor .man; Mr Parnell entered Parliament with his estates encumbered, but he has now a large estate, and a balance at his bankers, and it ill becomes him to turn on me in my poverty. I now ask you to go home to say nothing offensive to anyone, but to bide your time, and the day will come when my political and private character will be amply vindicated." Mr Parnell mado no reply to Mr Callan, ' ' ' ;

An English Parliamentary return has been issued, which allows the amount of income taxes, in eaoh o£ the three years ended April 5, 1874, 1879, 1884, from which we find that the net amounts of income and property-tax in Great Britain for the three years respectively were 1874, £5,462,633; 1879, £9,303,917; 1884, £10,143,304. Two young girls in London who worked hard as seamstresses, determined to give themselves a holiday. THey 'invested their hard-earned savings of a twelvemonth in a day's drive, In a brougham in the parks and elsewhoroj a clause being specially inserted in the agreement with the livery-stable keeper that, the footman should touch his hat and say, "My lady!" New York is experiencing a labor difficulty of a peculiar nature, The groat cigar factory of Stratton and Storm, .which employs over two thousand men, women, and children, has closed a few days ago for an indefinite period, and (ihe whole number of employes are, on the edge of winter, thrown out of employment. The reason for this is novel. A "boycott" was placed on the cigars of the firm nearly eighteen months ago by the labor organisations. Tho differences then existing between ihe firm'and the laborers were settled, and the shop was made a Union one; but the boycotting was not stopped. This caused considerable loss to the firm, and they tried by all means available to find out why the boycottingwas continued, but were not able to do so. Even their workmen were ignorant of the cause of the peculiar action of the union, and now tho firm have taken tho rather unusual means of ascertaining the'eauso by closing their factories. They seek in this way to compel their femployej (q take an interest it} s|§ iriaHep ' '