LONDON. LETTER.

Evening Post, Volume LXXVIII, Issue 107, 2 November 1909, Page 3

LONDON. LETTER.

ANGLO-NEW ZEALAND NOTES. COLONIAL COMMERCE. PROSPECTS OF EMIGRANTS. [fhoji our own coeeespondent.] LONDON, 25th September. Mr. R. L. Gwynne writes to the Guardian from the Wellington Club, saying that as many of the clergy are often consulted -as to emigration, he should like" to give them a few simple facts. He holds that there is absolutely no room in New Zealand for clerks or men with only a literary training. Work on the land is not as simple as it looks. It means at least two years' rough and hard apprenticeship (at very poor pay) to "backblock" farmers. Ladr. who have a trade, such as carpenters, •plumbers, and builders, wfii be able, after some months, to g-et good wages, but hardly regular employment. If the I clergy can dissuade the town-bred youth from venturing South, they will prevent much suffering and woeful disappointment. The Church of England in New Zealand has a heavy task, for it is utterly impossible for* her clergy to look after the _• thousands of Church lads "dumped" in Wellington by the shipping companies. He also warns parents and guardians against Gending persons weak in moral control out there, and concludes by saying that theBishop of Wellington and the Bishop of Auckland are both in agreement with his remarks. , ORGAN-GRINDER "VISCOUNT." News of the death of tho organgrinder^ who used to describe himself as "Viscount Hint-on," has just become known. He died in the Holborn Poor Law Infirmary in April last under the name of Tumour. It will bo remembered that on the death of Lord I*b«lett ten years ago Tumour claimed the title, j but when the matter came before the I Committee of Privileges in July, 1903, j judgment was given against him. For many years he was a well-known figure in they London streets, where he earned a. living by playing a barrel-organ. His last days seem to have been passed in poverty. CADETS' WORLD TOUR. In continuance of a scheme formulated by the Marine Society for the Training of British Youths for the British Mercantile Marine, oceangoing training ship Port Jackson left the South India Dock on Saturday fox; Sydney, with 37 young midshipmen on board, including a son of Mr. Michael Joyce, M.P. The scheme for nautical training, in which Port Jackson plays a. part, was originated by Lord Brassey in conjunction with Messrs. Dyyitt and Moore, one of the oldest shipping firms engaged in the Australian \trade. All going well) the Port Jackson is expected to arrive at her destination in time for the cadets to spend Christmas in port. A stay of from six to seven weeks in to be made at Sydney, and the ship will proceed to London by way of Cape Horn, and arrive in the Thames about June of next year. COLONIAL COMMERCE. An important scheme for the promotion of Imperial commerce is> nearing completion. This is an Imperial Commerce Club, which will be opened in Novembsr under the presidency of the Lord Mayor. A site has been secured in Oxford-street, and it is to be hoped that the movement will be supported by the Crown Agents for the colonies in this country. Briefly, the objects will be to further the best interests of the Empire's commerce, to provide a firstclass, centrally-situated, social and nonpolitical club for the principals and leading representatives of business houses, and to foster the periodical discussion of all subjects of interest relating- to trade and 'commercte. .Representatives of business houses in the colonies, who are on a visit to this country, will be eligible for honorary membership. MISSION WORK IN NEW \ZEALAND. Mr. Eugene Stock, D.C.L., is contributing to the Church Family Newspaper a series of articles entitled "Recollections of a septuagenarian." . This week he records his visit to Australia and New Zealand, which was undertaken, in company with Robert Stewart, at the instance of the C.M.S. Speaking of the result of their work in regard to missionary recruits he says : — "The three associations — New South Wales, Victoria, and New Zealand — have sent out some eighty missionaries in the aeventeen years, most of whom are still in the field, and are supported by their own Churches. Not all are working under the C.M.S. The associations also nelp local missions, among the Chinese in Australia, the Maoris in New Zealand, and the Melanesian Islanders. But many are doing admirable work in Asia and Africa." EMIGRATION AND MILITARY TRAINING. The importance of military training, from an emigration point of view, has been brought home to the secretary of an emigrants' organisation, who writes to the Standard to say that among the emigrants recently sent from England several have proved very unsatisfactory. The expenses of these men have been' paid by friends, and yet they have given way to intemperance, violence, incivility, and attempts to stir up discontent by preaching Socialism. The writer refers to the immense difference observable between the Londoners who- have been used to discipline, whether military or that acquired in the Woolwich Arsenal, and those who have not had the advantage of such training. Judging by what he had seen of the trained and untrained Britons, the efficiency that would result from universal training would be cheaply bought. IN MEMORY OF CHARLES I. The .Archbishops of Canterbury and York have received an appeal from the Royal Martyr Church Union for the reinstatement of the name of King Charles I. in the Church Calendar. It is pointed out in the petition that the monarch's name has been omitted since 1859. The petitioners allege that King Charles by his death "sg,ved the Church of England from incalculable peril, and the catholic and apostolic principles of the English Church were vindicated. He was a man of deep personal religion, a loyal servant of the Church, a firm believer in her doctrines, and a faithful observer of her practices. The Church of England to-day needs more than ever that example of faith, devotion and selfsacrifice that shone forth in King Charles the Martyr." FAIR MAID OF KENT. The partially mummified body of a woman was found in a Iqaden coffin recently unearthed during drainage excavations on tho site of the former Blackfriars Monastery at Stamford. The coffin also contained a Latin inscription on sheep skin, bearing the name of Johan. It is suggested that the body is that of Jonn. the "Fair Maid of Kent," wife of the Black Prince and mother of King Richard the 11. It is announced that the local authorities of Stamford, j in their wisdom, refused burial in tho local cemetery to the remains, which have been buried in a field outside the town in a wooden coffin. THE LONDON MARKETS. During July and August tho weight of meat/ and poultry delivered afc the

London Central Markets was 66,955 tons, as compared with 63,175 during the same period of last year. Of this quantity J. 0,641 tons were British, 6694 foreign, 26,660 American, and 22,960 tons were from Australia and New Zealand. At Billingsgate 33,805 tons arrived, 21,765 by land and 12,040 by water. At Islington Cattle Market the supplies consisted of 8130 oxen, 66.474 sheep, and 318 calves. At the Foreign Cattle Market there arrived 24,895 oxen, and 60 sheep from cither Canadian or American ports. NEW ZEALAND BUTCHERS. Some weeks back a gentleman under the nom-de-plume of "Disappointed Butcher" contributed a very critical letter to the Meat Trades Journal condemning New Zealand butchers generally, and particularly for the manner in which they sent the meat to England. He receives his answer this week from Mr. W. R. Shattock, junr., of Christchurch, who says: — "I will a'bpeal to the many of your readers who handle New Zealand meat, and I feel confident that they will agree that it is the cleanest and best dressed coloni.il meat ihat comes into the Central Meat Markets. My advice to any fellow butcher who thinks of coming out hers is, stop at home if he | expects a better or lazier time here than he would get on a boat coming out, as "Disappointed Butcher" seemed to expect. But for any young energetic tradesman who is not afraid of work, then my honest opinion is that there is no better country in the world for him to settle."