The Waikato Times.

Waikato Times, Volume X, Issue 729, 17 February 1877, Page 2

The Waikato Times.

Equal and exact justice to all men, Of whatever state or persuasion, religious or political •* m.<-> ; * •* # Here shall the Press the People's right maintain, 1 Unaweil by influence and uubribed by gaib. SA TURD AY. FEBR CAR f 17, 1877.

The Forest Tree Planting Encouragement A.cb of 18.71, hitherto only in operation in Canterbury and Otago, has, by proclamation of the (Governor, been brought into operation] throughout the entire colony. In a district such as this, wberettbe. the planting of forest trees is a duty incumbent upou almost every landowner, the regulations under this Act and the Amendment Act of 1872 cannot be 100 generally made knovyn. There are some few acres On every farm, many upon some farms, steep bank and rough hillside, which are adapted for little else than the planting of timber.Independently of any bonus given" by the Government as an encouragement for planting such land, the owner looking at the matter, either from a private or public point of vievv, could put it to no more profitable use. Year by year, in tie settled districts, , timber will become more, valuable, and especially in districts such as this, where, naturally, it is scarce, and for miles and miles altogetherwanting. Four pounds per acre, will not, of course, defray the cost of planting, though where the landowner raises' his own trees from seedlings, as with the gum and pines he can easily do, it will go a great way towards it. Heavy planting, too, is not required by the Government regulations; 500 trees to the acre, allows each .tree to stand fully, nine feet from any other tree, thus admitting, after a few years, a very useful growth of grass amongst them. Of the benefits to be derived from tree cultivation in this particular district of Waikato we have so often treated, that in ( the present instance we need no more than briefly refer I

to the ad vantages of shelter, and the general improvement of the property |s^whole which the appearance of trees gives to a farm and homestead; and thesmaller the property the more attractive and remarkable does such improvement render it* ffhese, however, are but indirec|7.beiiep^ though really very important onel, and the Govern meut very :^oi:r«ldtly estimates the valae of privl|^ 'enterprise in this matter when ib adds a bonus of so much per acre on eveiy acre planted, as a further indiice : hient'to'thegrbwtli'of timber. We may talk of climatic influences ; j may re-publish information which will bring- hoine to -every intelligenr mind the danger of indiscriminately I denuding our forest lands of trees, or iof neglecting to plant ; oui* open lands with them, biit'in each instance the individual appealed to will see the force of the argument as applied to the case of landowners generally and collectively, bub will consider that his own isolated action in the matter will make very little difference either one way or the other. The Press is persistent in its caution and advice on the subject, and in such works as the '■ Scientific Ameiican ' and other firstclas ' journals ' of the day, w ill be found interesting and important facts in reference to this matter collated and discussed in all their bearings. The ' Melbourne Argus ' only the other day declared that no language could exaggerate the impiprtance pf arresting, the^e'puda tion :. of forests, and showed, that M any. 7 warning ware needed, we should find it in what has taken place in Mauritius within less than the lifetime of & single generation. Twenty years ago the Mauritius was a sanatarium for invalids from India. To-day ib is one: of the unhealfclnest islands in the world., "The. .cause of this remarkable change (says the * Argus ') is given'in the ' Farmer ' by Mr. H. Rogers, senior assistant surgeon, Civil Hospital, Port Louis. He states thab^ it is due almost exclusively to the denudation of the. forest 3ft nds of that island,, which has resulted in a_ rain -fall and an increased temperature, in ihe drying -up. of the sources of streams, and in alternate droughts and floods. And the converse of this state of things would follow the covering of a large portion ofouc open lands with trees. With a little more rain in summer, an approach somewhat to tbevpresent exceptioual' season, this part of New. Zealanel would become the moat 1 fertile of countries. We are now in February, the hoteßt arid the driest month in the year and our pastures are as luxuriant and as green as in the early spring; where in other 1 summers tbey would be dry and, bare. Yet if even'this' were 1 assured to bur readers as the certain result of treeplanting, we do nob suppose for a moment that .more than -one here' and there would practically take the matter up. More than tins is wanted — more even than the bonus offered of _.4 in land for every 'acre planted. In Oapb Campbell Walker, , the New Zealand Groverninenb have' no doubt an; experienced forester Xsib not possible that he could afford some practical information to the colonists not; merely as to how existing forests should be conserved, but. new \oi_!S planted — what would be tHe probable value per acre of land now planted in, say, fifteen, twenty, or thirty yeavs-^-what' would be the most : profitable kinds of- trees to plants and which the earliest -matured. If good reliable practical information ou these' and cognate .points were afforded to settlersrchere would, we believe, ! be no need of the offer of a bonus, or of any appeal to their feelings of philanthropy or ptablic spirit in assisting the great work of preserving or improving the climate. Show ihem that it will pay as a speculation to plant trees, and we believe thiseould be shown, and there will be nofnrther need' to hold up as warnings the results which have followed the decline of arboriculture in other countrias. The following are the regulations made by the government under theForest Trees Planting Eucon ragement Act of 1871, and Qio Amend-ment-Act of 1872 : : — 1. • The ; planting in respect of which a grant of land under the Act is claimed need not be in one block, but ! may be in BeTeral blocks on the same property. 2. The bad planted must be< securely fenceif, and must have been devoted to planting for at least two yours 3. The trees must be in a rigorous and healthy state when the grant of land is applied for. 4. The trees may be of any deseriplion, and the number plante I must be at the rate of not less than five hundred per acre. 5. il.e t»ees ; roust be of an average height of two tee*, except in ihe case of gum, wattle, poplar, .pr willow, which must be of an average height of four feet. 6. A 8 soon as the land is fenced and the trees planted, a report must be sent t.y the Commissioner for Crown Lands for the Provincial District in which the laudare situate, who will cause inspection of the same to be marie, from the da e pf which, if duly certified, the two years will be calculated. 7. The amount of the land order to be issued under authority of section four of the Eorest Trees PJautiuYEocouragement Act Amendment Act, 1872, in respect of every acre of land planting, shall :>e four pound's. 8. The fulfilment of the " conditions above prescribed shall ba ascertained, and shall be certified in the form annexed by. an office* appointed by the Governor, who shall forward the same to iba Secretary for Crown Lands. Upon the receipt of such certificate, the Governor may either issue his own certificate t/the Waste; Lands Board, or he may, if he think fit, cause further inquiry td be made into the facts of the case." 9. No person shall be . entitled to receive a land order under tbe Forest Trees Planting Encouragement Act Amendment Act, W^uuleja he shall, at the tir.e he makes a claim therefor, pro-

duce to'ahd deposit with the Commissioner of Crown L^nds for the Provincial District in vvhich the lands are' nituate a wlan of the laud planted with trSesfiu respect of which he claims such lUnd ovdsjti showing th9 marks^br numbe|^.by such hnid is khovon on ij»e r|cprd mapV in th^Orbwri^ljanrls Office' of ; the land ; distrifili|i The aop'ioantlnioidl/aiso procluoe and^leave^^whh Bach;otn!er a statutory d^larHtiolii^nade oy "him, IJiat to - r the, best 7f)f his /Ibe.lief thet boundaries «.rid dimensions of siich laud are correctly delineated on such plan, and that no land order h?8 been previously .granted to any person in respect of tbe planting the laud , ; 4eß.cribe,d,.iiUsUoh«plan_-wiih trees*** •■-< •-•■> ■">■■

The THon ffwk '-.' Native- 1 Minister returned to Hamilton from Alexandra ;yea'te^daypm''d']^b6ee M s' : 'ihiis morning to i Auckland. The: "account 6f his interviews with Rewi on Tuesday and yesterday morning will- be found in our telegraphic columns. C,..Tenebes fob ' Ploughing!;. — Those just received, being ineligible, are called for by Mr Woodward, and must be sent in or before Tuesday "next 7 Fat Cattle for AtjokiiAvd.— We understand that some 70 head of fat cattle from Pukerimu. will be sent down to Auckland for the market of the Bbh of March.' • .vs. ■■'7o-' ' '-- : -' '' i: A Ptjriio Meeting, ; lodiscusV the Hamilton bridge question., •,.,■ called by rpqui-ilion to the ' 'Chairman of the Hamilton West Town Board,' will be held in the school-room on Tuesday evening next. ''..."' '• -••>7----«-' - Lonoboitom's Est *te — We* woul dire;mind the public that Mr Kennedy Hill will Bell . by auot»oo" bo .'Saturday, : Hamilton, a quantity of timber, a" milch cow, household furniture, &0.,- without reserve. 7. '■".'. ' One Afti'R- 7Ano ! thh;r houses and stores continue to go up in Hamilton, and latterly. some' ot • these have ;been of brick. Mr Vialou is now Calling for tenders for the erection of a, handsome t^o-stbried brick build <ng in Hamilton, on the allotment adjoining Walker's '?oromen;i*l Hoel, ne»r tha cutting. The building in question will be a remarkably handsome struoture with ornamental front and facings, and plateglass windows, quite equal to the better cUss of stores and warehouses in Queenstreet. It wil be buiitfpr Messrs tiaird and Co., to the order'of, Mr ;J"_mes White.:. "Swam? Fires.-— Now that the weather seems to have mada up is miud to "ake a turn for tin better, we7m*y expect to seethe burning of the Swamp on the" Delt.v carried out, as It is' the intention of. the Public ; Works; authyrit.es to burn' away all the ground on either side of the : rail way formation between Hamilton and Onaupo, so as to raider the line safe from outside fires by isolating it, if the present fine weather continues',, the inhabitants of the Hamilton township will not .be troubled much with mosquitoes, bui. it. is. to be. hoped, that i the prevailing winds will be from the, east, astUeaH vuosphere coniing from a' burning swamp is any i h ing but un agreeable one. Thb Proposed Barpo- « at, tms :Va Hhuwd, r-^A) meeting of settlers 5 :of which M< Graham was. chairuttanr-wiif iheAi yohterday' st the'lfou^e , of Captain J*mes Runciman, 'to^oonsiiier' 'tlie de'sira-' -bleaess of eleccing a committee, on the east side of the river, to co operate with the. committee, elecfce'd a* Ohaupo on the previous Tuesday for the purpose of canvassing the district for ' subscriptions to meet the cost of erecting a bridge over the Waikato afc'-the'narrows/ between the farms of Meesrs Martyn and Hunt. Toe folio -ving gant.'lpmißii rj ' wttre 1 -- -appointed ' k' coii»mirtee :— Messrs i&iWirtm, 'J Douglas, Forrest, Martyn, ; and'tf bliri Ruhciujan. three to form a quorum.; A-suru of £60' was subscribed by four gentlemen preseui, Tbck Hamilton Po-NTis, for a pout, a very\ convenient 60e, : and in the absence of a bridge we should be sorry to see it smashnd up or even temporarily thrown ' -eta to f gea r. U n less, .ho w e vei , mb re care is exercis. d in crossing cattle l \y it some such accident will happen. . Yesterday some .seven! tien head- , of large cattle we» ; e admitted at once upon the punt, and it • was easy to see that a very "heavy and dangerous strain , was upon .it. / Then at landing there ' wa3|afruih ; 'and the rope was broken that holds the punt to the side frame, and. 'by the time the lust bullock had a'.-chance of "getting off there was s onto space between the punfc and the landing, and he got down between thetwo, aud a^eritli- fillip in the sbape of jamming •vis t,iil— : whioh acts on a bullock like smellTig salt 8 on a half-fuiuiing lady — ; had to--Ibe nd min isteie'd. ■'-■ 7 - > • The " Agricultural Economist," in an article on the damage done to seeds by birds, says the best means that can be adopted lo keep off the winged robbers is to dredge the seeds with red lead be fore sowing; The plan recommended is to _pla.ee the seeds in shallow pans, sprinkle with water, and then with the hand or by means of a dredge box dust over the red lead. 'Tlie lead, of course, is poison," and it is said that birds n-cognise it as such, and give it a wide berth, never touching, anyebing adulterated with it or lying near it It has been tried several years," and each year is said to have -confirmed the efficacy of the simple protection, whioh, it ii affirmed, does not in: any degree interfere with the germination of the seed, or with \.\i\- Lea th and vigor of the plant raised foin it. A proof of the extreme care exercised ' by the- Imigration Department : io forwarding « desi able' immigrants, is furnished by the /'Southland News" :— " Anioug the passengers by the ship Garraok Cast'e where a man his wife and j o.je child. From tl>e'day of their arrival almost they have been in the bauds, or u_der the care of the . authorities for drunkenness. Latterly the husband went up-country, while the wife supported herself, somehow,' in town. A correspondent write* us that a few days *iso the man died, as declared at the inquest, from presistenfc hard driuki ig, and tMO authorities have been served with a bill amounting to oyer five pound for his funeral expenses, Putting aside thu uice question who should pay tbis, it may be given as an arithmetical problem to some smart boy -How much h*ve these pai co-it the Colony, and what returns have they made?" A French oaval officer, M. Marchal, • stimates tbo relative sirongth of the war navies of the Great Powers an follows : — If England he represented by 1000, France will be represented by 767, Germany by 334 and Italy by 255. The fleet of Turkey comes next, and rnnks before that of Russia. The war navy of the Czar, an compared w ; th ours, is as 138 is to 1000. Austria, Brazil and Chili come' last oil M."Marchal'« list, aud we find no mention of the United States. The seven strongest ironclads are th.* Inflexible, English ; the Duilio and Dandolo, Italian; the Ajax, English; the Foudmyant, Freuch ; the Dreadnaught, English; and the Peter the Great, Russian. Italy possesses in her cuirassed vessels the Duilio and the, Dandolo, thanks to their powerful 'artillery, the most formidable engines of destruction existing ; but to England is awarded the plan of having in the Inflexible the most perfect model of a" ship of the new class yet constructed.

New Catholio Cnr/BOH, Hamilton. —Our Catholic readers will be glad to learn that a new church wiji^ b? ereoleai, i%Hamilton East almost;#mnie^uttely7 ' tiSldsrs h.aving b.en carhsl /for by7 the tirbhitect, Mr Whiie, of^faupiri, 7iThe;n^ building wdij 1 ; we iunWerstahdi W>. pja'in bufc -eotnmbdinus, some 50 byfitpft. %:. The Parsons, and the- 'Reporters — Tiie pracsiice ot the New York j .urnalsof repoitiug^the Sunday .sermons of the yariouojpreaohers seemi i i One ease to have led to some amusiug oouaeq.;enceß. £ fo J ribuQe ' r e P° r « a trial of a Rev 0 B. Smyth, minister „nd pastor of the Sh V^u l^^^.^P»>t.ad^.PreßbyterianChurch, before Ihe First United Prpsbyterian .Church Piesbytery of New York, the Rev Dr Find lay, moderator. The rev gentleman was charged withrhavinfe;. . after his _efm6F"6n "a previous Sunday, collected 'he six reporter* who were there, and asked them to drink. The charge, after stating that he took the reporters to a refreshment house, went on to say:— 'Fourth, that beef-steak and oysters having been ordered, he. turned to tne reporters and asked them what they would drink ; fifth, that orders having been given, he-hinlself requested the barkeeper to bring him some of the same; sixtn, that this turned out to be gin and milk, of the former of which liq lids, he took five fingers; seventh, .that he swal owed the dose with evident relish ; eighth, that tbe viands having been disposed of, all roseto leave, and Mr Smyth turned to the barkeeper carelessly re-' questing him to 'hang that up.' The p.oseoution think th_t the facts mentioned in the foregoing allegations involve a breaeh of th_Fo_»th Commandment as ordained by BJxodus 20, v 8 to 11, and that if they prove to be true Mr Smyth ought to be censured. . It is sad to record that foir this laudable hospitality to a de-. serving class Mr Smyth w#s, visited with the censure of the Presbytery. Tub Scotsman has a long article onNew Zealand, from . which .we quote a few lines of the beginnina; and a few of the concision :— '"Macaulay's New Zealauder' is one of the most fumiliar, if not among the oldest, friends of the reading public. He has so often been marched out. in prophetic anticipation to take that meditative stand .of his on the ruins of London Bridge, that he may fairly be considered as worn out in the service, and entitled to a place on the sheb alongside ihe Oldest. Inhabitant and a : few other veterans of the same kidney. But the ' New Zealander of the present, unlike his venerable descendant, is full of vigour and youth. He has a knack, .as most juveniles have, c'f speculating on. his future greatuess;, buf he is also . ofopinion .that he is a person of no small ibportanoe even at the present moment, and that • this opinion is not altogether without warrant : he annually proves by a great array of •fac 8 and figures. * # •'. Still it may be questioned whether the New Zealand Governmtnt and Legislature have not gone a little too fust by putting on the shoulders of the people such a load of taxation. Enterprise: is an excellent quality, especially m a -'new country that needs opening up, ibut ido^inueh entetprise in the matier of rail^fty and kindred projects, has led tb'tnVvirtuaFius'oiVency,' or at least to .the open repudiation of their liabilities, of many large Stales of Ihe American Union. . New Z alanl is not at all likely to follow such an example, certainly, but it is dear thai her citizens will have to fight hard before they can bring the Tfi'iancea of the^ eolohy into a healthy condition." *■■•.•? ■-■ - .- Too mtjOh of a Bathe,— They take boarders out at "Dr" Jones', aud among them are Messrs Tyson and Boots, two young m:;n who are engaged in business in the city. Oue day last July, after Clipper, Tyioh and Boots went to the creek to swim. As soon as they left the house, two or three of! the other fellows ses it up that it would be a good joke for two of them to dress in women's clothes and,g3 over and scare Tyson and Boots. So seyeraloi them borrowed some skirts and hats, and other female fixings, and rtiterrassuming them, started towards the 7cre*k^ The two swimmers siw' them and began to paddle up the stream to get out of their way. The female fi^uros came neaier, and. took seats on the bank of the stream, so close lo tho clothes of the swimmers that, .theie was nojehance at all for Tyson^and Boots to sneak out and dress themselves hurriedly. And the women sat there in the most aggravating manner, while Tyson and Budts stayed in the river shivering. Presently they got up to go as th'? swim- r mers thought ; but to the horror of the latter, they perceived the woinpn get into a boat and paddle up the stre*m. They went ..very slowly, and so Tysm and Boots had time enough to 8 w im further uo iu order to get out of the way; The boat followed, them up for about a mile, aud then Tyson oonoluded to do something to explain the. situation .to the ladies. He was bsgiiining to feel sick. Accordingly he shouted at the top of his voice, as Boots continued to pull up stream. The swimmers were nearly crazy, and at last they mide a dash for the bank and hid behind the bushes. 'I hen the women in the boat turned round aud began to row down, the stream. Boots and Tyson goib iiibo the water again and swam after the boat. The women landed close to their clothes, and to the amazement, of the swimmers, picked them up and began to walk off with them, and . hen the women ' bpgan to laugh and the victims of the joke saw just how it was. Telescopic Philantrophy. — ; There were a ycore or more women gathered I together at.. Mr, Johnson's house. Mr Johnson is a good-heaatpd roan . and a respectable citizen, though he is rather sceptical about some things. The women ha 1 juat organised ' Th« Foreign Benevolent Society ' when Mv Johnson entered the room. He was at once appealed to to donate a few shillings as a foun-lation to work on, and Mrs Grraham adled-^-' lt would be so pleasaut in aftor years for you Jo'remember that you i?aye this society its first shilling and Ihe first kind word.' He opened his wallet, drew out a £1 note, and, as the ladies smacked their lips and clapped their hands, he askedj ',__* this booiety in aid of the poor of foreign countries ?' ' Yes — yes— yes ! ' they chorused. 1 And it wants money ?' « Yes— yes f • Well now,' said Johnson ; as he folded 'h^.note in a tsmpting shape, .' there are 20 married women here ; if there are 15 of you who can make oath that you have oomb-;d your children's hair this morning, wa-hed the dinhes, blacked the cookstove, and made tbe beds, I'll donate this $1 note." " I have," answered two of the crowd, and the rest- said, ''Why, now, Mr Johnson 1" "Ifls of you can make oath that your husbands are not wearing socks with holes in the heels this money is yours," continued the wretch.. " Just hear him !" they exclaimed, each one looking at the other! "If 10 of you have boys without holes in the r knees of. their pants this note goes to the society,"' said Johnson. "Such a man!"* they whispered. "If there are five . pairs of , stockings in this room that don t need darning I'll hand over the money," he went on. "Mr Johnson^"" said Mrs Graham, with great dignity, " the rules of this society declare_that no money shall be contributed except by members, and, as you are not a .member, I beg .that you will withdraw, and let us proceed vith the routine business."

The Hamilton Bridge Meeting. — A ".Uhjerouaiy attended meeting was held iirthb Tewii Hall, Hamilton Esst. yesterto uign upon the Governmou| s the desirableness of ending a brjage ai,Hauiilton. Captain Steele^qcupiedthe'i chair, and a resolutij^T was passed, appointing Messrs Hutnet GW } Sandes, Steele, and Cumming a commitee ■ to memorialise the . Res dent Ministfri in Auckland, with the view of definitely| Jascertsining if ' there was auy immediate prospect of the bridge being thrown over the Waikato at Hamilton as a neceesary approach to the railway. «Af ter -the- meetiirgj'the'commit'tee^ " on the Native Minisier, then in Hnmil»on. on the subjaot. Dr Pollen stated that the matter was out of his department, ..but that as fan as he knew- there »was ,; no' money voted for the purpose, and the cost—some, £j,ooo^-was beyond anything ministers oould undertake without a vote, even if they considered . the wort necessary as a feeder to the railway. Tie inatter was one which he recommended to th» attention of the county councils on either side of the river. He promised, .however, to present any written statemeut} of a claim for Buch expenditure they; might entrust him with for the considerai tion of the Minister of Public Works. ; . The Late Ex'OUTions.— There has been a great '''deal', of unhealthy writing oalled forih, especially in thfs ' Auckland papers, by the exeoution Of Woodgate, at Picton, and Curtin, in Auckland. How men could possibfy sympathise with the former, who mii'rdered his own child born of his otfn daughter, we are at a loss to understand. Over the crime of the latter a certain amount of sophistry has been expended until many persons not aware of the ful! details of the oaee, have come to think ' that possibly a man has. been hanged who was not. guilty of wilful murder in the full acceptation of the term., The following letter respectingthe death of Shana^ ghanhas been published within the last" few days in the ;.' Herald,\* and ; -shows the true character of the deed which Oui- ■ l in ; has now expated , with h& "life :— * * * Now comes the fiendish part of the most cruel and . blooJy piece - of work. The down Proseeu or having such a strong case.agaiust thet)risoner out of pity to bim, I suppose, did^not say - what might have been said about the binding of Shanaghan, who, * perhaps^ might .have -been recovering himsfalf whilst being bound. We may fancy the agony he -endured at his first awakening to find himself in this 1 horrible^ situJation^ .with his implacable enemy gloating oyer him with a fiendish delight. The victim .niovi a,., -and Curtain gives another blow which prevents any further struggling for ithe time. Having lied 'up Shanaghan^ in a way which effectually prevents his ' >uoving to call, for help, Curtin leaves him to die a cruel arid lingering death. Curtin then begins to. think of an excuse, and how he is to account for the deed of blood which he has just committed. He ' mskes up the story about the fight and uoes to the police. Had there, been ; a fight and Curtin had got the best of' It by striking a blow sufficient to cause death, had he possessed the feelings of* a man'instead of those of a fiend,.- he. would, have ; hastened to bis nearest neighbour for help and assistance, instead of binding up his opponent whilst he was in the agonies of death;" A Sirangb Marriage.— The'staid bid . Providence J >Urnal has a |most romantic story of a marriage in the eurf. Among the : recei:t summer guests at Narrangansett have been a wealthy resi lent at Baltimore, his blooming' daughter and a companion, whose office was to stand guard over her young mistress, aiid intercept any letters that she might 'send to a young gentleman at the Soui-h. Before a fortnig it had elapsed a dainty little missive was in the Baltimore mailbag. Tha young gentleman packed his valise , and set out lor Rhode Island. The father was forbidden by his physician to bathe in the surf, and his daughter's companion hated salt water, and usually sat oh the rocks when her charge donned a bathing suit. While the hap pv girl wasin the water her .lover appeared before her, -swimming like a buck, and proposed that they Bhould be- married the next day" s iu .the breakers. ' She - said "Yes,": Tlie next * noon ths lovers, a clergyman,; agd : two : witnesses .forme la. little group in the surf farther oub than ; other bathers dared to go. The'marriage : ceremony had to he suspended; every few seconds on account of the breakers, and a ■ laugh broke from the lips of the girl when the clergyman solemnly gave full ppporr. tuiiiiy for the forbi tding of the banns., Everybody noticed how gay she was at dinner that day, ' ahd-L .her lather thought: " She'B forgotten that Baltimore upstart already." A few hours later he was undeceived,. Then the tempest raged again, but a lawyer's cool council prevailed. The bridegroom lingered, a few days, and then went baok to Baltimore, where, next Ootober, the principals of the 11 Comedy in the Surf " will re-appear in the same characters in the drama of a "Grand Wedding" before the eyes of tbe world.