MISS OTIE CHEW'S SUCCESS.

Auckland Star, Volume XXII, Issue 87, 14 April 1891, Page 8

MISS OTIE CHEW'S SUCCESS.

The sending Home of young colonists who display promise either as vocalists or instrumentalists to study a 6 the Royal College of Music is, comparatively speaking, a new experiment, but it lias been actended with such striking success there can be little doubfc it will be continued, and the antipodean candidates for scholarships increase in numbers annually. So far colonial pupils have acquitted themselves extremely well. Nearly all the Auatralias have at one time or another carried off scholarships. "Holy Adelaide" must be exceptionally musical, as her lads and lasse3 constantly distinguish themselves. New Zealand, on the other hand, has rather a low average. You will therefore be gratified to hear of the success of Miss Frances Ottawa Chew, daughter of the Rev. Jas. Chew, of Auckland, who has won an open scholarship for the violin at the Royal College of Music, beating 45 competitors from all parts of the world. Misa Chew is ab preeent residing with her sister in South Kensington. THE MINING EXHIBITION. Ifc is to be hoped that no falae economy will prevent New Zealand from being thoroughly well represented ab the Mining and Metallurgical Exhibition in connection with the Imperial Institute in 1892. 1 his sh.uw will be simply the most important ol the sorb that has ever bsen held, and the fact of its being displayed hi the magnificent new building at South Kensington ensures a popular success. For New Zealand to bo unrepresented would bo as suicidal and disastrous a blunder as was South Auatralia'd thrifty deteimination to ignore Paris. The South Australian Government roared with laughter ac the notion that the colony's credit could be affected by their not having a court at Paris Exhibition. It seemed too absurd. But it nevertheless proved painfully true, and ever since South Australia has been trying vainly to retrieve the situation. Hence it 3 lavish display ab Sydenham last year, where the money really was thrown away. The truth at Paris was of course the European money market believed South Australia's resources were go poor compared with those of Victoria and New South Wales that she dared nob enter into competition vi'xth the splendid displays from those colonies. Victoria's grandly filled court ab Paris enormously strengthened the colony's credit in Europe and the United States. All the world went to. Paris, and upon the tens of thousands who passed through Victoria's court daily exactly the same impression was made. "We knew Victoria was a thriving colony, and we've heard of Melbourne's splendours all our lives. Nevertheless, we'd no notion they were like this. What resources, gold, silver, wool, wine, corn, meat, etc. ,»otc." The photographs too were, of course, superb, and created a great effect. Now, bhe moral of this discourse is.that if New Zealand declines to display her minoral resource? ab South Kensington in '92 she will simply make folks believe she hasn't anything worth exhibiting. MR HENRY REYNOLDS. Having thoroughly satislied himself of the enormous advantages to be gained for New Zealand dairy produce, by bringing it within the reach of the consuming public, without the aid of brokers and middlemen, Mr Reynolds has opened a depot at 30 Borough, London, S. E. Tho great benefit of this depot will be the fact that every sample of butter and cheese arriving from New Zealand, will be tested as to weight and . quality betore being put on the market. This will obviate entirely the dangers that constantly arise through bad or inferior stuff being gold en bloc with good. Mr Reynolds is assured of the ultimate success of his departure, but he has been . somewhat hampered in fulfilling orders of late owing to the troubles in connection with tho New Zealand liners. In some instances, for example, his consignments did not come from the docks for seven or eight days after the vessel was in. But these incoveniences are, let us hope, only temporary. Good New Zealand factory butter is at present bringing from 112s to 115s per cwt —a fairly remunerative rate, surely. Two consign menta of cheese, Mr Reynolds told me, have turned , out extremely well and realised an average price of 49s per cwb. For the present, Mr Reynolds and his wife and children are located in the salubrious and convenient Buburb Denmark Hill. They both enjoy London immensely, and find they have almost as many friends as in their own city — Auckland. Mr Reynolds intends returning to the colony about tho end of May, in order to give the managers ab his various establishments the benefit ct his English experiences. Mrs Reynolds does not accompany him, as he will only stay in New Zealand about 3 months, and moreover ib will be necessary to leave some one in charge at this end beyond an ordinary manager.