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New Zealand Mail, Issue 1265, 28 May 1896, Page 12

in a case at the London County Sheriff’s Court recently it was stated that London exhibitions had invariably proved disastrous failures. Mr Allred Jolmstono, the accountant for Karl’s Court exhibitions, stated that “great shows” were first commenced at Earl’s Court in 1887, when “ Buffalo Jliil ” and his retinue ol cowboys woro engaged. The capital was AGO,OOO, and tho rosult of tho exhibition was a loss of £70,000. In 1881 and 1880 Colonel North advanced a sum of .£35,000 for the Italian and Spanish exhibition-!. The former resulted in a loss of .£BOOO, and the latter in a loss of .£20,000. In 1800 £20,000 was lost in connection with the French exhibition, and in the following year .£25,152 over tho German exhibition. In 181)3 and 1801, during tho industrial exhibitions, there was a further deficit of .£15,000. Mr John Burns, M.P., in voicing tho protest of (he trades councils in the Australian colonies as to coloured labour on mail steamers, said he had nothing to s ay against the Lascar or the Coolie, if lie received a fair wage. But the reason for his being employed was that he was a cheaper animal than the British seaman or fireman, and tho consequence was that white labour was seriously injured. The Post Ullieo was tho greatest sinner in this respect, for it gave tho contracts to the very lines of steamers which employed tho largest number of Lascars. If tho native of India was equal to tho British sailor, let him bo employed, but not becauso he would work for 3d a day. So great a success has the London-Paris telephone proved that the postal authorities aro about to lay a second cable to meet increasing demands for use of tho wires. The work on the land wires is now being proceeded with on both sides of the Channel. _ It is stated that whon the second cable is laid Manchester and Liverpool and some other large centres are likely to bo directly connected. Musicians and others who lovo to air their abilities in the public streets should take warning from an incident which occurred at Limerick some time back. Tlio music of a drum and fife band (amateur, of course) frightened a horse attached to a carriage, and the animal, dashing into tho crowd” trampled and crushed a number of them, live being so seriously injured that at latest accounts they were in tho hospital in a precarious condition. Tlio boy Peter Jarvis, who was disembowelled at Hastings last week, is still im« proving. He is a wonder.