ANGLO-COLONIAL NOTES.

Auckland Star, Volume XXVI, Issue 4421, 15 July 1884, Page 3

ANGLO-COLONIAL NOTES.

(15y Brini>isi Mail.)

[KIIOM OUR LONDON OOnUKSrONHKNT.I London, May :!1

Tin: masculine portion of the Anglo

Colonial community mustered in great force on Epsom Downs the day before yesterday. There were not, perhaps, as many New Zoalnndors injjthe'paddock as was tho caso last year, when Mr Stead's Splendor was a fancied competitor for "Tho Blue Riband .of Iho Turf,'1 but judging by the mimbor of well-known faces I saw ki what pcopio call tho " Australian Corner " of tho ring, thero couldn't have boon many antipodeaus loft in London that afternoon. It is from this "Australian Corner" a loud "coooy" is given just boforo tho start. I used to disbelieve totally in tho thing ever being dono, but last year, during a lull in tho betting, I distinctly hoard the cry. Tho idea, of courso, is to summon all Australian-, to the spot, but only those closo by aro ablo to respond. People stand wedged together as tight as sardines'till after tho Derby, and to get from ono end of tho on closure to the other would bo simply impossible. For somo absurd reason many men prefer to have tho fact of their attending tho groat "Cockney Carnival" kept sccrot, so 1 won't name those 1 saw there. One colonist, who, I feel confident, never missed an Auckland Cup in his life, absolutely said to me :—" You need not notice my being at tho Derby in your letter to the Star !" Shipping nnd Passenger Notes. Mr and Mrs Coster return toChristchurch by the Ruapohu. They will be much missed in Anglo-Colonial circles hero. Mr Coster is equally popular in the city and at the West End, and Mrs Coster, it seems needless to say, leaves behind numerous admiring friends. They will, however, I understand, revisit England boforo long.

The s.s. Tongariro, homeward bound, touched at Rio on May 21th ('.'l days out); she is consequently sure to make a very fast passage. Tho third mato of a largo Atlantic steamer told mo tho other day that many of tho ablest otlicers in the trade wero doing their utmost to secure berths in tho New Zealand Shipping Company's service, as they (tho New Zealand Shipping Company) were almost the only linn who now paid a fair day's wago for a fair day's work. The Cunaid, Iniimn, Monarch, and many other lines aro reducing their ollieers' pay considerably ; in fact, things aro so bad on some steamers that the carpenter absolutely receives more than the second mate.

The following is a full list of tho passengers ]>or s.a. Runpeliu, which loft London yesterday :—First saloon : For Lyttolton Mr and Mrs Coster, Mr W. F. M. Buckley andO. .1. A. Richardson. For Dunedin—Dr. W. 8. Roberts. ForWangaiiui— Mrniiil Mrs S. Foreman. For Auckland -MessrsE. W.and C. W. Bucko, and tho Rev. \V. Dv Rien. Second saloon : For Wellington—Mr and Mrs Broomo and family, Mr and Mrs W. A. I'arko, Messrs Bennett, Coleman, Coombes, McKelvey, A. andG. T. Powell, and H. and F. R. Wagstull". For Lyttolton—Mr and Mrs G. A. Endon and family, Mr and Mrs Morrison and family, Mr and Mrs Whitehoiiso, Mrs and Miss" Harrison, Messrs Laidlay and Woolmer. For Otago— Mrs and Miss Melldowio.Miss A. S. Loxley, and Mr T. G. Adam. For Gisborne— Mrs Fryer. For New Plymouth—Mr and Mrs G. A. Harvey and infant. For AucklandMrs Seymour and children and Mr H. \V. Laing. Third cabin : For Lyttolton—Mr and Mrs Moritzon, Mr and Miss MoCoJinoll, Mr and Mies Sandsrs, Miss Nichol, Miss Norton, Miss Hay, Miss Silk, Messrs Antrolus, Fulford, Gibson, 11111*1 Joluißtone, and Kaas. For Wellington—Mr and Mrs Parsons, Mr and Mrs T. Smith and son, Miss Johnson, Messrs A. and W. C. Dimock, Dillon, Gunn, and Walker. For Otago—Mr and Mrs Grieve, Mrs A. Bath, Mrs Bennett and daughters, Miss E. Mansou, Miss Mainland, Messrs Brownloo, Cameron, Mercor, Vieweg, and Wikon. For Gisborno—Mr Hatton. For Auckland —Mrs J, Lloyd and family, and Mr S. 11. Eagles. Also, 90 nominated immigrants. The Orient liner, John Elder, which left London on tho 28th, takes no passengers booked through to New Zealand. Miss Clayton, sister of flio well-known Captain Clayton, is going gut to Auckland with a largo party of ffiends in tho Now Zealand Company's steamer at the end of August. Shaw, Savill's e.g. Coptic left London on May 20th with a largo number of passengers for Now Zealand. {Arrival of tho Maori King. lhe Sorata, with Tawhiao nnd suite on board, passed Sagres on tho"2Bth May, and wi 1 prooably arrive at Plymouth to-morrow, and reach Gravesond on the noKt day, so that Tawhiao will bo in London Into on Sunday night. Tho Lnstingham has gone at last; she passed Deal last Tuesday, all well. The- lonic, which leaves for Auckland, Wellington, nnd Canterbury, on Juno 17th, is filling fast, and will probably loave with her full complement of passongers.