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New Zealand Herald, Volume XXIX, Issue 8785, 27 January 1892, Page 5

Mr. Armstrong, the husband of Mdme. Melba, is a good-looking athlete of 30, who, I as a rough rider, had few equals in Aus- c tralia. When Buffalo Bill's Show was at ' West Kensington Armstrong seized the opportunity of showing his friends what he ] could do outside a horae, and accepted Colonel Cody's general challenge to rido his buik-jumpers. One of the nastiest of the ] fiery untamed steeds was trotted out, and on to its back leaped Armstrong and there ; remained, despite all the animal's efforts to shift him. " I guoss you've been at this game before, young t'lar," said the Colonel, not over pleased, as he slunk off to his tent. Mr. CJladstono receives £30 for every article which he contributes to the Speaker, j The Mutual Improvement Association ' opened the session for 1892 with a literary and musical evening on the 13th inst. The ' president, the Rev. J. J. Mather, occupied ' the chair, and after the otiening remarks, called for the following programme : —Reci- i tation, " The Uncommon Man," Mr. Ewie- ; son; song, " The Cow in the Corn," Miss i Steele, of Auckland ; reading, " Civility," T. i Gooilall; song, "Breaming of Home and J Mother," Mrs. Howard ; reading, " Frederic 1 and the Irish Giant," H Hook; song, i "Queen of the Earth," by the president; recitation, "The Song of the Sword/' R j Hames; Bong, "The Bridge," Mrs O. C. ; Hames. Brief criticism followed, and the j meeting closed in the üßual way.—Paparoa Correspondent. On Tuesday evening, ia the Temperance Hall, an entertainment of a somewhat novel i kind in our annals came off. Mr. Wilding, ' a young gentleman representing the N.M. j Life Assurance, who has been here a few ] days, and had invited the public to a lecture, concert, and dance at the conclusion. A fair number put in an appearance. Mr. James ' Coupland presided over the first part of the j business. The lecture, inculcating fore- } thoughtful prpvision for the future, as well s as an apparently fair statement of the i claims of the society the speaker represented, < appeared to interest those present. Amongst those who contributed music or recitations ; were Misses Duddinu, Eyre. Grice, Messrs. ] C. Walker, T. Bolar, C. Judd, jun., Parting- ( ton, and Dapt.—Fort Albert Uorrespoudent* '.