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Taranaki Herald, Volume XXXIX, Issue 8885, 19 September 1890, Page 2

The Tai Tapu (Canterbury) Dairy Co. advertise for a butter maker. The ladies of tho Excelsior Quadrille Class intend giving a return ball on Monday. 29th inst. The Band have decided to give up holding the Tuesday night rink. Weather permitting an open air concert will be given in front of the Government Buildings next Tuesday. The s.s. Wanaka leaves Nelson at 10 o'clock to-night, is due hero at noon tomorrow, and sail for Manukau at 2. p.m. Last train at 1.30 p.m. The Northern members of Parliament arrived by special train from Wellington on Thursday night. They spent a couple of hours in town, and then joined the Hinomoa at the breakwater. The steamer got away for Onehunga about 10 o'clock. Wo have received from Mr T. Avery a copy of a very amusing publication, consisting of a number of " Comical Sketches of the Strike" by Mr J. S. Allan of Wellington. Its price is sixpence, but it is well worth the ■ money, for it will cause many a hearty laugh whilst looking over these very amusing sketches. About thirty of the party who came out with Mr Courtney, on his return from his last visit to England, were photographed in tho Becreation Grounds tho other day by Mr Collis. It 'forms a very pretty picture, and considering it was taken in August, which would be the same season of the year as February at Home, it will astonish the friends of the party to see them reclining in all positions on tho grass, and amongst the ferns as if it was summer. The faces of those taken are all very distinct, and it is one of 'the best photographs Mr Collis has taken. Bef erring to the New Zealand and River Plate Land Mortgage Company business in Buenos Ayres, the Auckland Herald says: — "That Company has not been prejudically affected by the recent disturbances. The Company's business is confined to investments on real property, and the lending margin has been so narrowed by the extreme caution of the Company's agents that even with the disturbed condition of affairs in the Argentine Republic no apprehension of loss is felt, and one very satisfactory evidence of such opinion being justified is that not a penny of interest is overdue. The Company's investments are made on a gold basis, and are not therefore affected by the disturbances in exchanges."