AT THE MELBOURNE EXHIBITION.

Oamaru Mail, Volume X, Issue 4200, 30 August 1888, Page 4

AT THE MELBOURNE EXHIBITION.

The Melbosrna o>rf»Mpor.is-ni e! the Wellington Preaa «JJ, in wr:tt~;: of the Eshtbitfoc :

A* I predicted. tfca fis» art coikcti.-.n in tfe» Nbw Z«»Uu<J ones b » stcpAt drv*, »nd thu iwnatifat scn.-a to >V», waterCrlfPM, f»«ti elfcis •*cla*a*«i!>o» uf admiratijo (r« A-i visitor*.

IVwoßally, I haw bad qniN» .1 bl; cw twcS corny bands in frtsnda found th« e>a.-t, and :« thb capacity h!»*» f.chi»7i»(i a reptrx'i >'i :w tho Nww Z«ul md showman-.'* "(■> usnnnt of wh'ch n s's in rterence to MrtoriFand f.» »impfy aatonbhia-*— oww&etof*?, to l*e\ AVe'. »U th* »*MS»!Xa Vic'ofltn knowsrf Sfnw Jl-'ilv.?! f» than IB is " " —bother that word—and ll<» orrty feito-ws thb bscaaj-j aom»iiO# *!»<» ist contirvn *tly saying »■ r.

My (hod'M ojivrttndi »» ii aj fottows lia*trr'j g-it my Vie<!ort.»p. n*d -r .my wtpjf, and sh" er.tra~.ee t:> ths omr*. ranchad, tho bt- K:tari pin-; tree b brrn;h*. under fib ciit ; c« »r>ri ;i» lh* sm vllant of thn family—" t&s full gr'cn tfee* tna bi l ? ti> ship.' hil-i ha U powfortnst ovaf th« probihte dtmsr.ai-jr.i ©f »h» i tut Kica Op ni'jhilt th.« gold - ri aracion.i t" ho ->37?, as h > ffis;a on "ho gifdad oboiijfc. "jr.w ciun't m#*n t» »*y nil th»6 elm-! not of Jt»« Z'i f Why 56 cansl! bp rwt*rty us rich in minerals !M this—eihi-.y. ("C'l' viy" b.-ciu-Dh>» t') jw on thi r.sma "f They wr.tild pr.-far to »'»y " " aatlna," nr, sti!!, " Empire. ) "Aa rfch I" b tha rt'fnrt. "Why there ia cow oicnpurb '-n. T"n c.»'i's ahore a sradtr to any p-vrt <>f !»a» Zs.tUr.J wtthcal Gadtny »itv--r, cnpp«r. 'in, aotimony, ra.iog»n«'Sf», nicke', cinnirar, or stoae* !"' H-j bofea aom£>«h-.t incredafntt* at fhb, wJ 'hea bon"3 oat with "Then how U it ths c->lot»y b bncfcward ? Why, chcy h»Von'c got p. aixp«cci» to bfaa thau.jtlvua wtih. Thf only cntoay th:%s his ary money ;j Vic tyria. Wo'ea s»5 mi';i>;r.a acct 1" "Jail »©, my b"y," U th-s r»!?*y «*a f .tictr ahctS "T.i x'.'s j-:V- it jroo fcnow. 2»«w X-.-.l'.ad b *A>Ei ■'*—rej"lostoa &ercar»,a»iii were- y and tho others pUy thrm»e>-* • ut, j-;-i thea with her v. 1.11 mfnur»l r?? •atcea a'.ti natosat of noil and a-;*? wtli boom—boom, alr!-aaci th > t.»n i tha Maori ar.ti the Mo» hoi of thr* Pacific" -tfa-j Bciealn"—"Krf.ih-er n-i-.xui, my i: y, mind that— irilt tak«r the soa' t&eaer cofjnioaP [s«foro ho hat tiro 1 t«» pfay np> to tne ori thb I rr.n him owr t-> tha Mosgipl wp'iy, c:nfro>;t him with OaatV dbp!»y rf mail, maka htm read tho atv.hticii ea the woyl »«tii i:r*.!a truphiei oatit hid h -ad tee't, and, hvrir.;; done tha mfcor atsraolwn3, aauri'cr fain thruush th» art c>Fi-ry. Fly :h •>". tiro* h* ia coaviticed that Victor;* b c >t th*.- "nly colony ia tfceso asaj, and that New Zealand b"o>6 sia:b » bad phci da n't yoa knnw."