ANGLO-COLONIAL HOTEL

Lyttelton Times, Volume LXXX, Issue 10112, 10 August 1893, Page 2

ANGLO-COLONIAL HOTEL

[FROM OUB LONDON CORRESPONDENT.] London, June 23. MARKING FOREIGN MEAT. The Agent-General was, as arranged, examined by the Committee of the House of Lords, engaged in enquiring into tho marking of foreign meat last Friday, and managed—with the assistance of Lord Onslon’a skilfully framed questions—to enlarge, at come length, on the productiveness of his Colony and the growth of the frozen mutton trade. Mr Perceval's views on tho marking question you know. Opinion in New Zealand on the subject was, he said, divided. The persons most largely interested in the trade were against it. He did not think the producers in, the Colony were anxious to benefit at the espouse, of the consumers here. The Colonists desired to- rely on the quality c-f the mutton exported to 'sustain' the Trade because the best qualities of frozen mutton were not distinguishable from the bast or highest class English mutton. If• a system of marking the carcase could be devised which was not vexatious to the trade, which was effectual and not unsightly, he should not be against it, but up to the present he had failed to discover any system which would be really effective.

Major Stackpoole, of the Commissariat Department, stated in the course of his examination that 60 per cent of foreign meat was used iu tho army, and the soldiers preferred it to English, as they got both prime and indifferent joints instead of—aa in toe case of English meat—secondary joints only. If ho could have his way he would servo the army entirely with New Zealand mutton and Canadian chilled beef. The first named was as good gr the beat Welsh mutton,and the latter equal to prime Hereford beef. This witness laid stress on the necessity of dieting lushing between chilled beef, which was excellent, and frozen beef, which was too often the reverse.

Sir Weddell (of W. Weddell and Co,) objected strongly to tbe marking schema in Lord Onslow's Bill, on the ground that it would harass tho trade. Ha had, however, no objection to branding all kinds of meat- if it could be effectively "done. Mr Perceval says- the deliberations of the Committee are not likely to result in legislation until some concrete scheme for marking meat (which is at once simple and effective) has been formulated. At present they are merely plumbing about, questioning tins man and that in the rather forlorn hope of discovering the desirable modus operandi. T was almost forgetting to add that Mr Perceval impressed on the Committee that hundreds, nay thousands, of shops all over England now openly sold and advertised Now Zealand mutton, and that every month their numbers increased. In time it would be as much a matter of course for a butcher to advestiss his New Zealand aa he did his Southdown or Welsh mutton. DEATH Of MRS J. E. NATHAN. You will have beard by cable of the _Ead death of Mrs J. E. Nathan, who expired 'on board the New Zealand Shipping Company’s Kaikoura, on June 10, soon after the vessel left Teneriffe. The deceased lady had been suffering from some distressing internal malady for a long time, and the voyage Home was taken with a view of obtaining the advice and ministrations of a London specialist. Soon after leaving the Colony Mrs Nathan’s illness took a turn for the worse, but Dr Wake was hopeful to within a few hours of the end. The body, which was enclosed in a shell on board, and embalmed with 'such preservatives 03 were to hand, was lauded at the Royal Albert Docks on Tuesday. Preparations for immediate interment had been made by wire from Plymouth, and on Wednesday the remains were laid to rest in Willesdea Cemetery. Mr Nathan is, of course, terribly grieved by his wife’s death, but tho violence of the blow has been somewhat mitigated by tbe great kindness he has experienced in his affliction on all hands. He is specially grateful to Captain Crutebley, of the Eaikoiua, and to Dr Waite for their sympathy and help, and also to the Dock and Customs authorities, who did all in their power to save him trouble and pain. 318 GERALD KKNNAWAT’b SUCCESSES.

Mr Gerald Kennaway, the third son of Mr Walter Kennaway, C.M.G., .the respected Secretary of the New Zealand Government Agency in London, ie a New Zealander " by birth,” if not (as Chevalier sings) "by eddickyuhun,”■ and it is therefore a very pleasr.nt duty to chronicle his success in the Law Tripos at Cambridge University ; the results of the examinations for which wore made known yesterday. Mr Kennaway, who is a Trinity Hall man, emerged from the ordeal at the top of the tree, beating two more fancied (if less popular) candidates, and is now able to attach to bis name the significant letters LL.B. and B.A. To come out at the head of the Law Tripos is a distinction now regarded as nearly equal to that of being Senior Wrangler. Mr Kennaway, who is not yot twenty - three years of age, was educated at King’s College, London, and gained there a scholarship of £soj tenable for four years. He annexed a similar trophy soon after entering ■’Varsity life. Hie success in the Law Tripos was very popular amongst his fellow-studeate, for, besides being clever, Mr Eeunaway takes a a intelligent interest in all field sports, and is reckoned a good all-round man. me peroeval’s paper. The Society of Arts has shown its appreciation of Sir Perceval's paper on Imperial Federation, by conferring upon him a silver medal. A further distinction is in store for the Agent-General, for, I understand that the Secretary of the Imperial. Federation League is engaged upon a criticism of the paper, which will appear in the next issue of the Society’s Journal. SUICIDE OP I/IRG HuRRAT;ATNSI,ET. The cable will have informed you of the shocking suicide of Admiral MurrayAynsley’a wife during the homeward voyage of the Doric. She was suffering, her husband and the doctor knew, from an attack of melancholia induced partly through ill-health, and partly through brooding over money losses in the Australian Banks, and she was carefully watched whilst on deck. _ When, however, Mrs Aynaley in the tropics begged her husband to occupy another cabin, remarking- that she would thus be quieter and more comfortable, he unsuspiciously agreed. The poor lady retired to rest as usual, Next morning she was discovered bleeding to death and in a state of collapse. A pair of scissors was the only weapon in her possession, and with these she had with extraordinary determination severed the main arteries of her right arm. The doctor managed to bring Mrs Aynsley back to consciousness, but she gradually sank, and, dying an hour later, was buried at sea. The affair cast a gloom over the remainder of. the passage, and it was a relief to everyone when it cams to an end. Doctors are, I fancy, rather fond of sending melancholic patients to eea ,- but my belief is, the waste of waters always before their eyes depresses instead of brightens such. Moreover, the ease with which suicide can be attained makes tbo idea seductive. This is the fourth shipboard suicide within my personal knowledge. KEW ZEALAND AT THE INSTITUTE. In order that the Colony mu y bo ablo to, in some measure, a apreciato tne excellent work Sir Walter Duller has done at the Imperial Institute, Mr Primeval is having a number of largo photos taken of the principal exhibits and the frozen meat kiosk, which will, in due course, be transmitted to the Colony. The address to Lord Onslow and his infant son Huia, which the chiefs of the Ngatihuia sent Home per favour of Sir Waiter Duller, has been translated by an expert, and appeared at lull length in the Daily Telegraph the other day. PERSONAL AND GENERAL. The young Marquis of Dov/nshire, whom some of you no doubt met when he visited the Colony some years ago, was married at St Peter’s, Eaton square, on Wednesday, to Miss Hare, niece of the Eail of

Listowel. It was ft very pretty wedding. The bridesmaids numbered eight, and were gowned in ivory satin, with pale-blue aashea and trimmings of white lace, with hate cm suite.

The mar, in a paragraph congratulating New Zealand on the return of Sir Robert Stout to public life, designates that gentleman with doubtful felicity, “ the Bradlangh of the Antipodes 1” The Bishop of Eipon, speaking at the dinner of the Newspaper Press Fund on Saturday evening, expressed his surprise, considering the marvellous number of English newspapers, that their average quality was so high. Commenting on this, the St James' Gazette agrees heartily. It has “no wish 'to disparage the cleverness of French journals, the earnestness of some German ones, or even the ,c liveness” of most American ones, but for enterprise in collecting news, and for honesty in commenting on it, the Press of this country is not only second to that of no other, but■ far and away superior to the rest. The only serious rival”—concludes the High.. Tory journal, with a graceful bow in your ', direction, “is"to*be"found in the class Australian and New Zealand papers.” The ceremony- •of the • -installation of. Bishop Solwyn, D.D., as Master bf Selwyh College, Cambridge, took place in the chapel last Friday morning, Bishop Abrabam, formerly of Wellington, performing the ceremony. The new Master was presented to the Bishop by Dr Swete (Regius Professor of Divinity) and Dr Stanton (two members of the College Council), Among those present were the Bishop of Shrewsbury, Bishop Julius, the Warden of Keble, the Hon and Rev A. T. Lyttelton (retiring Master), and numerous English and Antipodean friends of the new Master.