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Nelson Evening Mail, Volume XXIV, Issue 193, 16 August 1890, Page 2

Martin Simonsen is again at the head of. an opera company. His prima donna is Miss Elsa May, while his own son is leading tenor.

Sir Morell Mackenzie goes to Amerioa on a leoturing tour under tne management of Manager Fond, and. receives the highest fee yet paid to any lecturer, tie will get £2000 tor fifteen lecbures. Canon F&rrar, who is considered to be very successful on the plat« form, receives only £40 a ieo'turo,

The London correspondent of a con« temporary writes :— The cautious, frugal policy which the Government of New Zealand have been practising now for some years is beginning to attract favourable attention from the finanoial press. The Statist congratulates the colony on having at length emerged from one of the longest aud most severe perioda of depression to which it has ever been subjeoted. It haa done penanoe for its folly, and comes out of the trial stronger, more self-reliant, and more prudent for the discipline endured. The Statist contrasts the exports of New Zealand with those of Victoria, and expresses the opinion that when all allowances are made, it is more than doubtful if the bona fide exports of Victorian industry really exceed the actual value of New Zealand exports.

On July 12 Walter Woodmason, son of Or W. Woodmason, of Malvern, near Melbourne, was gored in the face by a bull, and shook* ingly injured. A remarkable sequel to the mishap has ocourred in the death of the animal under peculiar circumstances. It is asserted that since the accident the bull, which was aa. animal of the pure Jersey breed, and a noted prizetaker at agricultural shows, had persistently refused to take his usual food, which ho had been in the habit of receiving from the unfortunate lad, who had charge of the animal. In spite of every care taken of the bull by the proprietor it sickened and died,

The ship Look Ryan, whioh recently arrived at Melbourne from Glasgow, had an eventful passage. The meridian of the Capo of Good Hope was crossed on. the 28th of June, and next day some extraordinary weather was encountered. The glass which was steady at 30*10 gave no forewarning that mischief was brewing, and the wind all day had been light and variable. The night set in as black as pitch, and one of the heaviest thunderstorms ever met with burst over the ship. The lightning 1 waa something awful and the thunder terrifio, The wind kept flying about in all directions in puffs and squalls, and there were frequent showers of hail. At 4 o'clock next morning a shower of hail, or rather pieces of ice, fell, and for the space of five minnteß wnile it lasted no one could appear on deck. Some of the pieces are alleged to have been the size of a small tumbler or a duck's egg, and the clatter they made in descent was like the sound of a smart fire of a mitrailleuse. The sea at the time was calm. At 4.30 a.m. the main royal pole and truck were sfcruok by lightning and broken in pieces. When the cyclone had expended its fury the wind set in from the north, shifting round to N.W., and increasing to a heavy gale, which brought up a high sea. This lasted for 45 hours, and the ship ran under her top<-sajla and foresail.

To drive out the Chinese laundryman (writes one who has lived in America ) is not ea3y, Cor he is a difficult type of heathen to get rid of. His plan of campaign is very simple, but it is very effective. It may be summed up in the following beautiful lines : Workee, workee, All day workee, No time thiukoe, No time see ; But me livee, oh so oheepee, And me workee while you sleepee ; Me go back to old Chinee.

When ho has accumulated about 400dol he returns to the scenes of his childhood, where he is regarded in the light of a small tycoon; and life is one continued pionic to him ever after. That's what he is dreaming about as ho shoves the tepid iron over the pale, calm bosom of the poor clerk's lonesome shirt. There is reason to believe that the Chinaman works all night. "Me workoe while you sleepee" is no idle boast. A friend of mine, who keeps early houre, avers that at three o'clock in the morning all the Chinese laundries are open for business. — Exchange.