OUR AUSTRALIAN LETTER.

Dominion, Volume 2, Issue 496, 1 May 1909, Page 10

OUR AUSTRALIAN LETTER.

. , TEE ,!LATE ARCHBISHOP SMITH. [IHOM.OUB OWN'COIUIESPONDENT.] . \r, ." 0 ; -U. ;,' Sydney, April 24. ~, ' Saumarez Smith, the Anglican Arch bishop of Sydney, who died on Sunday night was one of the most unobtrusive of men, do wdred to his; home and < the work of hii Ohurch, and avoiding any prominence' in th< outside world or in the. social life of thi btate. On no occasion did he mate any not able pubher utterance outside the sphere o his actual Church work, and oven in the pul pit, he was not a great preacher. This unob trusiveness was regarded in the eyes of som< members his Churoh as a shortoomiuj; but, on the _other : hand, ,it certainly mad, for. peace. He was extremely kindly am gentle in manner, so thatthe members of hi. Church feel that in his death they have loir an amiable and charitable leader and friend Archbishop Smith was a brilliant' student * Cambridge, where he gained high honours hie was in robust health, apparently, unti he received the paralytic stroke ; which car him off a week afterwards., ; Only abou a fortnight ago ho travelled across to Nortl bydney by ferry steamer to be nfoawt at t-h< i!I n ? r i ono :?f Ws clergymen, and' 'tlier he. looked, as well as ever.' To-day ho is ir Jus grave. It shows once more tho uncertainty, of things. Prom all quarter! SK messages of sympathy came, cardinal Moran was lone'of, those who: expressed oondolence. ,and on the'- evening be fore the funeral, while' the body of the Arch bishop was ljing m state in St. Andrew 1 ! Cathedral, the bells of St. Mary's Cathedra! rang a muffled peal. There has been considerablecomment, however, over the fad h* +W r a baH was giver by the Governor-General at Government House, at which the leaders of society.: en. joyed themselves dancing. It . would- have been a graceful act to postpone this funo tIOZL* . The visiting Tennis' Players. Tennis circles, are greatly interested this week over the visit of the New Zealand players, and on Friday, when % New Zeaianders appeared m the ladies' matches'for the first time the p] a y ? f Miss Nunneley . and Miss Powdrell, of both of whom so much ha £ been heard, was eagerly watched. Miss Colqulioun, who took the place of Miss Collings m the home team was not good enough or Miss Nunnoley, who wore her down in h, 6 J on it ! C ®' POT ' drall - on the other hand, was deieated m: the singles bv Miss TWlfv' a PPear quito up to form. Mi ni, 0 , Miss Nunneley and Miss, Baker should be a capital one The sensation of yesterday's pkf in the ladiel' games was the victory gained by Miss Trav:rs,, with a remarkable'forehand drive >aid to excel that of any lady Dlavini* in uey, defeated Miss; « P "gSJ q",New'zSd! n S' g&j speedy enough for her o P %nS but Was not An interesting Exhibition. , G j, rls ' Guild Exhibition at'tW Sydney Town Hall is attracting the greatest interest. It 18 designed to low tho wM ariety of women's work, and as an anwvei to i&e question, "What aro wo to do with m? girls?'' it is complete..- Practically thing that a woman-can do is illustriS herfr—from the cutting of sandwiches or the to the manufacture "ol butter csd cheese, for in the basement ■ ■ ™11-eqmpped dairy is kept going day » new^aper; * y M o,f3 -' kemg issued during the 3xhlbition. Nurswg_is an important depart ment, of course,, and teaching is not forgot • cn - A miniature nflo range, at which score* >re registered daily, shows tkt some of tk *irls are not unwilling to prepare : them±Z- 0T tta defence of their cSuntry with)ut being considered Amazonian^