MR. REDMOND at WELLINGTON. [BY TELEGRAPH.-OWN CORRESPONDENT.] Wellington, Last Night.

Waikato Times, Volume XXI, Issue 1760, 16 October 1883, Page 2

MR. REDMOND at WELLINGTON. [BY TELEGRAPH.-OWN CORRESPONDENT.] Wellington, Last Night.

A number of Irish residents of this city and the surrounding districts waited upon Mr J. E. Redmond this morning, to welcome him and present him with an address, the principal portion of which was as follows : — "Dear Sir, — On behalf of the Irishmen of Wellington, we beg to welcome you to this city. We welcome you as the accredited agent of our beloved native land, the land to which our hearts belong, the land which has the right to claim our assistance when she calls for it. Much as we may like the country of our adoption, our first love is given to Ireland, our dearest hopes are for her success, in her struggle for Home Rule, in her endeavours to gain the self-government which we have happily enjoyed, in her struggle to keep her children at home, and mantain them as free and prosperous citizens. You are one of the foremost spirits of that brave band, which has fought the constitutional battle of our country as it never hitherto has been fought. Their bearing in Parliament, and their persistancs iv urging there the Irish cau&e has fi\ed the eyes of our race all over the Avorld on that party, with pride in them, and hope for our country. We beg of you to convey to Messrs Parnell and Davitt, and the other leader* of the Irish people, the assurance of every support we can give thorn in their patriotic constitutional movement, and on behalf of our countrymen there. We pledge ourselves to support the Irish National League until it has achieved the object for which it was formed. Another address was presented by the Irishmen of the Hutt. Mr Redmond replied in appropriate team. He did not consider the expression contained in the addresses as tendered so much to him.self as to the cause of which he was the advocate. He remai ked that there had been many unscruplous calumnies heaped upon him in other places, and that sometimes by persons who knew very little .about his platform. He hoped the citizens of Wellington would come to the lectures which he proposed delivering here, and show the manliness of their English character, which was not to condemn a man before he was heard. Ho would assure them that they would hoar nothing from him that they could take exception to. The cause of the Irish National League was perfectly constitutional, and the arguments used in support of the cause were in every sense reasonable and constitutional. Mr Redmond lectures to-night.

Tjiky were laughing at young Veriducle s extremities, one of the fellows remarking that they were so slender you could hardly see them. Fogg, who sometimes deals in nautical phrases, said that was hecause Veridude had not got his see legs on. In Chicago lately a mind reader was asked by a prominent citizen on the stage to tell what he was wishing for at that moment. The mind reader placed his hand on the gentleman's forehead and quickly replied, ' You are wishing that these experiments were over so that you could slip out and get a drink.' And everybody exclaimed, 'Wonderful !' Whbn old people go back^o their childhood, what things do they Wmetnber most ? What do you remember about your mother that is gone? Not uiything by which she was formally made known to the world, but some picture, some sense of tenderness, some fragiant sentiment which lingers in your imagination. The Western hurricane of ISG9 blew over hundreds of thousands of cocoanut* trees in the Bahamas. Instead of cluing, they not only keep on growing in their horizontal position, but t>ent up shoots fioni the top. These shoots are now from forty to fifty feet in height, and > ield an abundance of fruit. Two gentlemen paused before an owl setup in a bird stulFer's window, and discussed it for five minute*, deciding that it was the wor.it case ot " botchery in stuffing they c\er saw,' 1 and then the bird woke up and moved his head. Sweet Infancy. —Some infants at an orphan asylum were asked to name a few animal productions. Many correct answers were given. One infant, however, sung out, "'Sweets, sir." The examiner was staggered. " What sweets do you mean ? ' " Bulls-eyes, sir." Wiik.n" Mr Henry James was writing his " Portrait of a Lady,"' his publishers, it is said, wondered whether the story would ever end. Finally the editor of the Atlantic wioto to him to this effect — " Is your story leally a portiait, or a panorama?" Ax old darkey went iuto an Austin drug store uith his head bandaged up and groaning as if every bone in his body was broken, ' What's the matter ?' asked the drug clerk. 'We have had the very debblo of a time, me and de ole woman, battering each other \\ id de chairs and sich.' 'Well, what do you want? 1 'We needs some anarchy. Dar ain't no Anarchy in de house De bottle got; smashed in de fuss, and de anarchy spilled all over the floor.' 'If you had moie harmony in your house, there would be less anarchy," remarked the clerk, smiling, as he filled a small bottle With arnica. ' You am right, boss. Dats jes what the fuss was about. De icason we needs anarchy is bekase dar was no hominy in the house, and dats why de ole woman hit me with the chair.' Ax Inteukstino Discovery. — The Pall Mall Gazette of July 27th has the following :— There is one cheering items of news fiom the East at the present moment which will do much to divert people's minds from dwelling on the subject of cholera, the Suez Canal, and other pleasant subjects of that sort. A Constantinople contemporary announces the discovery of Noah's Ark. It appears that some Turkish Commissioners appointed to investigate the question of avalanches on Mount Aiarat suddenly came'upon a gi»autic structure of very dark wood protruding fioni a glacier. They made iuquiiies ot the inhabitants (Q. 1723 in there report). These had seen it for six years, but had been afraid to approach it because a spirit of fierce aspect had been seen looking out of the upper window. Tiukish Commissioners, however, are bold men, not deterred by such trifles, and they determined to reach it. Situated as it was among the fastnesses of one of the glens of Mount Ararat, it was a work of enormous difficulty, ond it was only after incredible hardships that they suo ceeded. The ark, one will be glad to hear, was in a good state of preservation, although the angles— observe not the bow or stern — had been a, good deal broken in its descent. They recognised it, at once. There was an Englishman among them who had presumably read thejitt>le< .and he saw it was made of the aniSffl^ 'gopher wood of Scripture, which, aa. every one knows, only grows on the plains 6r the Euphrates. Effecting _an into the structure, which was painted brown they found that the Admiralty requirements for the conveyance of horses had been carried out, and the interior was divided into partitions 15 feet high. Into three of these only could they get, the other being full of ice, and how far the ark extended into the glacier they could not tell. If, however, on being uncovered it turns out to be 300 cubits long it will go hard with disbelievers in the Book of Genesis. Needless to say an American was soon on the spot, and negotiations have been entered into with the local pasha for its speedy transfer to the United Statss. An advertisement will he found over out leader cailing for fresh tenders for the erection, of a dwelling-house at Lichficld. La Don's Grand Consultation on the Melbourne Cup is advertised to close in a few days. The Public Works Department invite tenders for the erection of stationmasters' and gatekeepers' houses at Mercer. Mr Thomas Trim announces that he has commenced carting between Hamilton, Morrinsyille and To Aroha. Mr D. Kempt, surgeon dentist, will be at Gwynno's Hotel, Hamilton, on Thuisday, 25tb inst. and at Kirkwoods Hotel, Cambridge, oo Wednesday, the 24th. ' Mr Crosse, -surgeon dentist; /will, by special desire, visit Hamilton, Cambridge, Kihikihi, TeAwamutu, Alexandra and Ohaupo on the dates, and between th,e hours given in tho advertisement, which win be iound, in our business columns*