A SPRIG OF ENGLISH NOBILITY.

Waikato Times, Volume XXXIV, Issue 2751, 1 March 1890, Page 6 (Supplement)

A SPRIG OF ENGLISH NOBILITY.

Lord Dpnlo, the eldest son of the Earl of Clanoarty, who married Miss Belle Bilton, a London music hall singer, aud was shipped out to the colonies, has been having a gnod time here, according to hin own standard, of what constitutes that delightful experience. The following letter, addressed to Mr Augustus Moore, and published by him in the Hawk, is of interest:—" Aucklaud. 18th Ootober, 1889. I scrawl you a line just to lot you know that I aui still alive. This is a grand country; so is Australia. I have had a rare good time since I left England. We had exactly sis weeks' voyage till we landed at Adelaide, South Australia. I was most infernally sick of the Lu*itania by then. We stopped at Gib, Naples. Port Said and Colombo on our way out. I stopped ten days in Adelaide, and put. up at the Club there as au honorary member. They put mo up at every club in the colonies. Deuced good of them. I attended the theatres, two race (nesting*, samples the theatres, went over a silver mine, got drunk, and then moved on to Melbourne, where I stopped ten days more. I attended a day's raciug there on the Oaulfield course, went to more theatres, had two or three gallops with the drag hounds. I went up country to stop with some people named Fairbairu, at Lona, and had a good time. I then moved on to Sydney, and, arriving just in time for their seasou, stayed about three weeks. My doings there were as follows Four days' racing at Randwick, about a dozen balls, theatre every night, supper parties, picnics every other day down the harbour (glorious fun that !) hunting twice a week, tennis, cricket, &c., and nearly always drunk - bed being generally reached at 4 a.m. Just about as bad as London. The women here are very much the same as in London—l mean ladies, of course. I suppose it's the climate. I have seen two people here you know, 'Jelly' Churchill and Ned Craven, 19th Hussars. He has beet! having a lot of fun! Broken his collai bone aud ribs whilst pursuing kangaroos. He says he is going home in November. I left Sydney on 10th October, and have just arrived here. I remain in New Zealand till the end of November, aud then go back to Melbourne. After that I know not. How's my wife? All you boys ought to come out here ; you would make a fortune, aud have lots of fun. I

almost live in the saddle. Now, au rev ok Love to all good hoys and girls."