ANGLO-COLONIAL NOTES.

Auckland Star, Volume XXVIII, Issue 260, 9 November 1897, Page 3

ANGLO-COLONIAL NOTES.

(From Qur London Correspondent.)

LONDON, October 2,

BISHOP GRIMES.

„. ~.„ Grimes, alter taking part in Orations at Ebbsf eet in honour *■£■$$ .centenary of the landing 0 « Auffustine, was one of the party of over Canterbury Cathedral by sh Lesar In the evening of that m \p addressed the members of the dlnlip Truth Society at Ramsgate. Jffoncving day he paid a visit to ?!hlr St. John at Hastings, a nun In had been over 30 years in ChristW On Sunday, Sept, 12, he Seated and preached in the beauRS church of the Marist Fathers, 1 inn It was at this church that rpars affo last July Bishop Grimes first Catholic Bishop Tchristelnn-ch, and where in 1874 f .hbishop Redwood was consecrated Sop of Wellington. Last Sunday Loo Grimes spent at the charming Bffiee of Mr E. Granville Ward at Sshwater, Isle of Wight, In the liming he sang Pontifical High Mass •the grand Gothic church on the esf (e and in the evening Vespers and la'ched •to a large congregation. fast week Bishop Grimes was staying . his old home in Paignton, DevonIliire one of the most lovely spots in jflfflapd, and preached last Sunday at the" Church of St. Mary's, which he b uilt on St. Mary's Hill, Paignton, in l6 Sj, This week he has been staying rcjtli Dr. Brownlow, and will shortly be the guest of the Hon. Mr Herbert o f Llanover, Wales. As I mentioned before, Bishop Grimes will again visit Ireland, and he has undertaken to a series of sermons there during the months of October and November. He returns to England early in Decemher, and then goes to France and Italy.

PERSONAL

Whilst in Manchester last week inspecting1 the Ship Canal, Sir Jno. Hall had a look at the arrangements now being1 made by the Colonial Consignment an( j Distribution Coy. below Mode Wheel for dealing with the frozen meat traffic by the erection of large cold air stores, which particularly attracted the visitor's attention, and he expressed the opinion that it would be a good thing for Australia and New Zealand if the frozen meat trade from those colonies could be diverted to Manchester instead of as at present being almest entirely confined to London. The erection of these stores was, he considered, a hopeful indication with regard to the future of this particular trade, as the people on whose behalf they were being- put up had a wide experience of the business, and would not have incurred so much expense if there had not been a probability that the traffic in frozen meat was likely to come to Manchester to a large extent.

Mr James Chapman, chief steward of the s.s. 'Delphic,' has in charge for Mr S. Saunders, of the Lyttelton 'Times,' a consignment of twelve homing pigeons, bred by the famous fancier and flyer, Osman, and blessed pith pedigrees yards long.

Mr H. H. Clarke, of Auckland, looted in at the N.Z.P.A. this week. He informs me that he left Auckland for San Francisco about the middle of last year and after staying there a little'while went on to New York, irtee he did very well, and incidentally found out a little about the kauri gum trade. During the three months that he has spent in England he has been looking up the claim of his family to some land at Knightbridge and elsewhere. This estate has beea without lawful owner, it appears, since 1750 or 1760, I forget which, and two firms of solicitors have thought the claim of the Clarke family good enough to take the matter up and seem likely to carry the case to a successful issue. Many in Auckland Will no doubt be glad to hear that Mr Clarke intends returning to the colony via the United States shortly. In fact, he expects to arrive in New Zealand early in December. He purposes going into the gum trade, with which I understand he was previously connected.

Miss M. Morton, artist, is at present iaktog a short holiday at Plymouth. Since arriving in England two months back she has been studying- under Mr Calderon, the well-known painter. Advantage has been taken of the summer weather to do outdoor sketching from life, and Miss Morton has been cne of a very pleasant party under Mr Calderon's charge who have been working at Midhurst. The technique of the rough sketches done in the open is studied in the artist's London studio, and Miss Morton returns to town in a week's time to take up this work. I don't think that it has been mentioned that Miss Morton sketched the Australian horse Newhaven, which was an honoured passenger by the steamer Oroya, by which she was also a passenger. The sketch was recently published as a special supplement to 'land and Water.'

The thirty Bomney rams shipped by Messrs Abraham and Williams from Wellington on the Kaikoura for Monte Video were delivered in excellent condition. Mr Sidney Jenkins, who had charge of the sheep, arrived by the Kaikoura about the middle of the ftonth, having come on to England for a three months' holiday after safety seeing the sheep to their destination. The remarkably good condition la which the sheep arrived was due to fte voyage being a fine one up to J'onte Video. After leaving that port, lofferer, the Kaikoura broke her shaft near the engine-room, and as r°i know had to be towed into Eio, ■''here a rather clever piece of' engiW|ering work- was done in reversing 1!le broken part. So complete a job *ls made.that the steamer was able ? c °me on to England via Teneriffe ac full speed.