COLONIAL CLUBS IN LONDON.

Waikato Times, Volume XXIII, Issue 1936, 2 December 1884, Page 4

COLONIAL CLUBS IN LONDON.

Tmk London coiicspondcnt of the ])(uicdin iSt.u w ntcs :—: — A New Zealand gentleman tlioiou^hly v.'ell known in Chiistchiuch and Wellington called hot c yt'htoi day to ask mo to wain intending \iaitoia to the Old Counti) ,i gat nst the miincious so called " colonial" eluhs winch ha\e spmng up in London dining the last few jcrus. I had, of coutse, hcaid of these ]nccious institutions bufoic I saw linn, and knew that foi souil pin poses they wore ptaetically useless ; ljnt it ceit.unly had novel ««tiuek me lliat they wimc <it all d.uigcions 01 fiaudnU nt. My Wellington acquaintance's e\p"tieuces ato, T hope, unique. Mi M -- says that aftet he had been a few d.i^s in Kn^laiid, a \ciy diginlVd and couttly eldcily gentleman called upon linn at hit. hotel, and introduced himself as the lion secretaiy of the X Club. " We heiidyou had at lived in lCngland, Mi M ," he said giactously, " and ;ib the chief motive of our Club's e\istLiic<' tb to bung together all the distinguished colonists who happen to be in England I lost no time in coming to tee you. We shall be having a houbc dinnci io motion evening, Sir P J in the chair. Will you gi\e us the pleasnip of your company? Afterwauls, if yon hUe the club and the people, we may be able to liei.sua.de yon to become a membe r." All this sounded so kind and hospitable and complimentary that Mr M accepted the imitation gladly. The club struck him as rather a small place, but the cooking and wines were both excellent and the dinner set vice perfect. The company consibtcd of about fotty gentlemen, many of whom appeared, like himself, to be guests. Thetewete no New Zealanders of note present, nor (barring the chairman) any Austialians. Still the evening passed o(T veiy pleasantly, and before fcayint'i" Good night" Mr M readily agiecil to allow himself to be nominated a meinbsr. Two days later he received a formal notification of election, with a request fora cheque for £35 ]0s (C 25 entrance fee, and ten guineas annual subscription), -The largeness of the sum flabbergasted him somewhat, as his idea had been übout five guineas 'entrance fee and two guineas subscription. However, be reflected that he should use the club a good deal, and that it would be a nice place to invite his friends, to diiiciai;, so he Bent a cheque fpr the £35j 10a. The first" time Mr M

went to the E Club during the daytime In; experienced a decided shock. With tho exception of ft pa^e boy and •i couple of waiters, there was not a soul there The waiter smiled when asked if the club was often as empty, uid s.ii.l " Members came most to the house dinners." The chief cook (M Mibsiquently ascertained) was only en> Higcd to prepare the house dinners. Tho club had no lcgul.ir chef any more than it had members. Occasionally someone would di op in for a few minutes and turn over the leaves of ft paper or pi iy ,i game of billiards with the marker, hut oftencr than not he found he had the •>eedy, sordid, second rate establishment to hniK-elf. After he had been a member about three months M went into thocountiyonavh.it. When he came back he tound the E Club shut up. The Secretary had absconded with all available funds, and the committee had availed themselves of the crisis to shut up &hop.

Thk election of General C evclnnd as President of the United States is a subject for sincere congratulation, for he is certain to sustain the amicable and coidial relations which have for so many years past existed between that country and the British Empire. He has been "run" by the moderate party in the States, a party which is "rowing in strength evei y day. It is what we, in New Zealand, would call the middle party. Blame, the other candidate, was an out and out Bed Republican, and was supported by that party, including O'Donovan Rossn, who never leaves a stone unturned to foster a feeling of hatred to England. If he had got into power, he wou'd be the very man, judging by his utterances, as reported in the American paper, to play Old Harry with England in particular, and the world in general The election of General Cleveland will be a great triumph for the industrial and peace-loving portion of Brother Jonathan's family, and we (Timaiu Herald) have no hesitation in expressing the beln-f that, during hia Presidency, the relations, political, commeici.il. and social, between the different communities of the Anglo-Saxon race will be brought closer together. Mk DurovT, who was recantly removed fiom the enjoyment of £2,600,000 by an explosion, was probably the largest manufacturer of explosives in the world. One of the most daring achievements recoided in the history of the present | century is one of which he is the centre fiume. During the Crimean War the Russian Government ran short of powder, and the explosive was required to continue tin.' defence of Sebastopol. A cargo was pin chased from the Dnponts in America, and was placed in a steamship lying off Baltimore. The British had fii"itc& posted in waiting outside the Chesapeake. After several feints the watchois weie eluded, and a chase began across tho Atlantic, through Gibraltar, and up the Mediterranean Sea. With rcmaikable good fortune the vessel patae 1 through the B)sphorus and into the Black Sea unchecked ; but when nearmu the place of contention, the English warships hailed the stranger. Young Dupont was at the holm himself and insisted that the vessel proceed, not heeding the: signals from the warships. Two broadsides were fi r ed into the vessel, Lut she was able to steam ahead ami steei through the rocks, and was beached inside the Russian lines. This daring adventuie saved the cargo, for which the Russian Government paid the sum of £600,000. Points oi- a Goon Cow. — The "Michigan Fanner" says it does not believe in '\eiy small cows, nor jet in lai<;e, heavy animals, as neither, as a rule, are capable of filling the bill, the former too often falling short in the jtiantity, while the laige ones are apt to i tin to dany animals. The medium-sized ones invariably piodncethc best results, and a heavy milker and a huge buttermaker is seldom fat, as the majority of the food she consumes is converted into milk and butter. The head should be fne and bony, with small horns, large mealy nose and shapely ears. The base ot the horns and the inside of the ears should be of bright golden colour. We have nm er yet seen an animal with horns and eais well coloured (golden yellow) which failcl to make a fine quality of butter, and highly coloured. The body should be of good size, and the width and depth mpidly increase as it runs to the icdr or hind quartets. The milk veins should be large and proniiuent, and the udder need not necessarily be large, so it is not meaty, but is very small when milked out. The teats should be of good si/c, standing well apart, and only having a single hole in each. The hair should be fine and soft, while the skin should be pliable, and almost as soft to the touch as \el\et or kid. In colour it should be tinged deeply with yellow, especially on the shouldeis and flank and along the back, colour is a secondary matter, though the cows are generally yellow, fawn, gray, or white, with dark maiks edged with yellow.

Ths Bad and Worthless arc never imiUitid or tonitterfeited. This is especially true of a family medicine, and it is positive proot that the remedy uivtutid is of the highest value. As soon as it had been tested and proved by the whole woi Id that Hop Bitters was the Mas the purest, best and most valuable family medicine on earth, many imitations spuing up and began to steal the notices in which the pi ess and the people of the countiy had expressed the merits of H. 8., and m eveiy way trying to induce sulYeting invalids to use their stuff instead, expecting to make money on thf ciedit and good name of H. Is. Many others started nostmms put up in Minilai- sljle to H. B, with variously devi^od nnmes in w hieli the woid "Hop" or " Hops" wcie used in a way to induce people to hclicxe they ay ere the same as Hop Bitteis All such pretended remedies orcuies, no matter what their style or name is, and especially those with the woid " Hop" or Hops'' in their name or in any way connected \\'\t\\ them or their name, are imitations of counterfeits. Bewaic of them. Touch none of them. Use nothing but genuine American Hop Bitteis, with a bunch or cluster of green Hops on the white label, and Dr Soule'o name blown in the glass. Tiust nothing else. Diuggists and Chemists are warned against dealing in imitations of counterfeits..