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Waikato Times, Volume XXXIII, Issue 2663, 6 August 1889, Page 2

Tub Rev. Dr. Temple, Bishop of London, drinks enormous quantities of strong lea. Adol'T one hundred deaths resulted from tho recent waterspouts and floods hi Austria. Massachusetts illiterates form 8 per cent of the population, tho worst average in the United States. Tiik Duke of Portland's marriage removes tho last really desirable English peer from the matrimonial market. PiiiNCK Aliikkt VicTOtt will make n tour in India during the coming winter. Tho trip will include visits to all tho native states. It is said that John Wright's papers will be treated as Lord l> ea cons field's have been, withheld from publication during the lifetime of tho <Jueen. Them; are only two women livingi it is siiici, who have gowns embroidered with real pearls. These are Qucim Margherita, of Italy, and Mrs liiinanzn Mnckay. Tiik copyright of ths well-kn.iwn pong , , " l-\iur Jolly Smiths" (Laslie), was sold the nth'ir day for £2«2 lOs. " Oh, oh, hear the wild wind blow" fetched £127. It is stated tliatmi excursion steamer is to lie built for Wobson's ]jay, to steam {.wcnly-lliran miles an hour, to bo 310 feet ionfj, Willi all modern improvements and fur passengeis. Tiiere is much competition at present in l.ho U';:-|)iii:king business. Messrs Brown r>.ureit and Co., Auckland, who have but recently entered the lists, are rapidly making .1 nniiio for tlifiiiiselvos, by the excellenee of their blends, theKsxelsior, Colombo (Jarden, Standard and IVmii brands. Kxci.isii ship-':oilders arc overdoing tho business and freights are fallinu'. There has been such a harvest for vessels the last two or three years that building has boon stimulated beyond the bounds of prudence. Lant year tho enormous figure of 000,000 tons of new ships was reached, and this year promises to be 1,200,000.