BRITISH AND FOREIGN.

Lyttelton Times, Volume LXXIII, Issue 9093, 2 May 1890, Page 5

BRITISH AND FOREIGN.

jur Bhsvnuu a elk qua vm.— cob yiuqht.] [Special to Press Association.] [Received May X, at 13.40 p.m.] DR BARRY’S EXPERIENCE. LONDON. Arnn, 30. Dir Barry, speaking at a dinner given at King’s College, said his experience in Australia had keen a very bitter one, and bo found the people to be very crude. , . ' PRESBYTERIAN. The Eev John Thompson has been appointed Moderator of tbo Presbybwriau Cuui’Ctc of England. Eor the past seventeen years Mr Thompson has had charge of the Westmoreland church, Newcastle-on-Tyno, and his book-on “St Peter ”is well known. CRICKET. Sporting critics are pleased with the quality of the new blood c6ntained in the Australian team. [Received May 1, at 10.30 p.m.J PRESENTATION SAMPLES. Messrs Penny and Eegman, a firm in Blenheim, New Zealand, have made a present of a quantity of frozen mutton and butter to Sir H. A. Isaacs, Lord Mayor of London. LOCOMOTIVE LINK-MOTION. Mr Gibson, patentee of a locomotive link-motion, has sailed for Melbourne, where he expects that his patent will roceive,a fair trial. A Syndicate ha already guaranteed that the patent shall be tried on the Victorian railways.