ANGLO COLONIAL NOTES. UNKNOWN. London, July 4th.

Te Aroha News, Volume IV, Issue 168, 4 September 1886, Page 3

ANGLO COLONIAL NOTES. UNKNOWN. London, July 4th.

imould^^pis^^^ During h&stay iß^.Wlwd^^'lMWtoi^ made "many-friends, * find , aUiighly <■ brod.^^ot perfectly >unoflturpijag : m^onerj,. ; ehre^aififellfgehceV maiaj ll K!m befcan^W carry twit* a^colojkiial** miVsioti. <tonly Australian '°.'Gbvfcri!mVeMe,< 00 w.heti 1 * "theywanV'ttf se&d : Horned rSpifesentaWves^to* inqtflrf ?ttto t! tHlii • lir'the dtheiv 'or* to piftmote ehii^tlbiv would eelect men of AldeStpW' calibre^'we 2 should *pt"hav6" aode&fhdkiijg'jdf;" the\colonls& »» a* -if they weraWalieri' and inf eiibf rac*; very' Vvell to petWdiWc'Qn^© ijn'&Vayf but not 'equals. Mr 'Alderfon 'ifairrve'fto^oubt, 1 Himselft«ll ydu'what he has been' doing. ■' He was' much struck ''The SHipperies " Exhibition' .at Liverpool, which he j full? in< ep&ffi&t^blmnk>' ™*'* »*,<s* O^^^'trfc fehairiou^oiijWb'hofJoHtmi Auß^lums" on the "" official" liat,^' during iners $^n one recent excursion, "has led to many, ren^arke, and Vot'V few 'significant, hinte,i^\Vdfciety \ourn%.' * The* bffeid V ing] par^eß/are,^ however, ! Ur Kejf ond ' casts. They known Sir Graham Berry will not interfere, and thai is; all they care about. , ... j,. ,_j . % . A, large number 01 Indian and Colonial, visitofa wero the gueeta of the' St. George's Olub, atlßen'.ey lastweek, • The l'Clabihas a commp,cUouB house ~ boat; on ' the river, and dispensed liberal hospitality therefrom dmJßgtiiftifegatla. H . r ,/ , , *„ „ ; "The Colonistfl 1 " Doings. . The Queen's reception at Windsor onMonday evening week was a very select an^ ; lf the truth must be told, rather dull function. The* only New Zealanders invltod were Sir Julius Yon Haaet, Sir Francis Bell and Dr. Buller, with their respective spores. Mr Moore, ot Canterbury, .New Zealand, was also present, as " a specially. invited guest," owing to ' his sister, the : Hog. , Evelyn Moore, being a maid-of-hoopur, and in residence just then. The programme I sketched out ' in my last of the day's doings was atrictly adhered to. '* The Queen appeared but for a Tory, ehort time in the afternoon, and according to report did not seem in a specially gracious mood. Ab usual, Sir Charles Tupper (most irrepressible of orators) and Sir Samuel Davenport were very t much en evidence. Lord Koaebery, knowing, that many of the guests at the banquet of the % Federation League on Saturday, week wished to be present at Lady ,Derby's reception, sent round the toaatmaBter to several of the speakers requesting them to be brief. This in certain' cages gave offence. Lord Wolseley more particularly, was " put. out," and had the badjtaetejtOrehow it,, referring acridly to the matter in £i8 speech. Amongst the I^ew Zealanders at Lady Derby's reception .were Dr and Mra Builer, Mr and Mrs Oliver, and Mr and Mrs Cow lisbaw. On the evening of Tuesday, the Institute of Civil Engineers entertained the Colonial Commissioners with a whitebait banquet, at the renowned Ship Hotel, Greenwich. The party went down by special, ateamer from Westminster, and, before dinner, ing spected Greenwich Hospital and the Royal Naval College} Lord Napier of Magdala act ing cicerone. The speeches after dinner were unusually tnrief, but of course afforded the inevitable Sir Charles Tupper, and the equally loquacious Sir Philip Cunliffe Owen opportunities for orating. Only .the most unexceptional " colonists " received cards for the Baroness' BurdettCoutte'a garden party at Holly Lodge on Thursday afternoon last. The gathering was a very large one, the whole of " society " etill in town putting in an appearance some time between four and half -past seven. Three bands (one of them the Coldstreams) difcouraed dance music in different parts of the grounds, refreshment tents were numerous, and the supply of deliciously .iced green-fleshed melons, frozen strawberries and cream, mammothhot-house nectarines, a beverage of rare tea (a present from the -Chinese ambassador) served Russian fashion with a slice of lemon in it, seemed quite inexhaustible. The Goldsmiths' Company entertained a section of the colonial visitors on ' Wednesday, prior to their witnessing the ancient ceremony of the trial of the Pyx. .The garden party, at Marlborough House ■on Satnrday afternoon was principally remarkable'for the absence of the colonial contingent, none of whom received in vita" tiona. The Queen came up f rom Windsor, and the small gardens were uncomfortably crowded,' the company being, as usual, at this fine junction >of the season, rather mixed. Personal and General. On Saturday evening the Exhibition Commissioners were banqueted by the Travellers' Club.' Sir F. D. Bell was present, and occupied the seat of honour on the left of the chairman H.B.H. the Duke; ef Cambridge. Only four toasts were down on the list, 1 but neither Sir Charles Tupper nor Sir Graham Berry could be entirely suppressed; Despite their Bpeechifying, however, the dinner was a great success. : The eeating arrangements were admirable,' and the menu what- might be expected from the naoat famous' cA4/ in Club-land. ■ •-The <f Bpectitor,'-a journal which carries great influence in offioial quarters, has pro--n'oanced warmly in favour of the proposed permanent* Colonial M useum. There was ■ a capital article on the subject in last- Saturday's issao^ July "10). . ,-. <-. «iJL.',K ' 4i lt w now practically certain W. G. Grace milt accompany the .English elevenlto Au6' tralia in October next. . ■ < " '-, ''thanks to the colonial visitors, West End tradesmen -in London have -had a very good- season. -It is -estimated that the expenditure of the colonists will not average far short of £250 a-head. „ «,t * *• - Air - Howard Spensley, -writing ; to the *«'Ftnan6ial Newe^" indignantly repudiates »U connection with the.Ot&go Woolgrowers Company (Limited); the concern which waa recently so eeverely criticised by the Dunedin Chamber of Commerce. The New Zealand Trust and Loan Company will declare a dividend of 10s per share at their meeting on the 21st inst., which, with the foimer interim dividend of a similar amount; makes 20 per. cent, per annum. . - The Fishmongers' Company Entertained a action of «• The V .at dinner- on Saturday evening.- >, ; - - -.- - > The Roy, >W. ! G. Green will lecture on Alps of New Zealand," at the Exhibition on July 27, and Mr Pennefather^on " New Zealand; Historically and Socially Considered " on the-SOth >• * •- - Mr-Brodieflotre/'ofthe famous banking house* of Batnettf, Hoare, andvLloyds, leaves; England in September 25th for a <tonr-4t» NNcrw r Zealand- and the Australias. -He tr»vela via »Frisco, -and will ,be accom-, panted by fclrß Hoare, ; . I i s >*, . * '^Mft: T.'ide Moulin, a old identity; return* to Auckland per^Tongariro on the 23rd mot.