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New Zealand Mail, Issue 852, 29 June 1888, Page 20

Colonel Morgan, the Consul-General for tho United States in Australia, returned by the R.M.S. Zealandia to Sydney (says the Morning Herald) from a visit to Washington, undertaken principally for the purpose of arranging for the representation of the United States at the Melbourne Exhibition. He states that the Exhibition is- exciting considerable interest in the United States, and that despite the fact that the passing of the appropriation for Exhibition expenses, and the appointment of. the commission were unavoidably delayed, America will be well represented at the Exhibition. The whole of the space, 100,000 ft, allotted for the United States Court at the Exhibition will be fully taken up, and it is expected that the exhibits will reach Melbourne in plenty of time to allow of their being effectively displayed on the opening day. A portion of the exhibits are oh board the Zealandia, the next mail steamer from San Francisco will bring a still larger shipment, and the bulk of the exhibits from the Eastern States will be sent direct to Melbourne by sailing vessel. The Secretary for the United States Navy promised Colonel Morgan that he would send one of the largest of the United States cruisers (probably the Trenton) to Melbourne at the time of the Exhibition. Lord Wolseley’s recent speeches are not relished at the, War • Office. It is quite clear (says the London correspondent of the Leeds Mercury) that, if his views are correct, we have had a. succession of incompetent Secretaries for War, -and that it is the duty of the present War Minister to take immediate steps to make the army effective. The Government, however, do not adopt the pessimistic tone of Lord Wolseley and the Duke of Cambridge. In the present circumstances it will not bo surprising, adds the correspondent, if Lord Wolseley, after all, accepted the invitation he has received from the Australian coloniesto spend a year at the Antipodes. By securely fastening the oyster-shells with a wire, the oyster can be kept fresh for a long time. Cartloads of oysters so treated on the shores of Chesapeke Bay have been dispatched to San Franciseo, and arrangements have been made to send consignments to Lfmdon, Paris, Rome, and other cities, so that if tho experiment proved a success the American oyster will be eaten in its natural condition all over the civilises world.