ARRIVAL OF TRISCO MAIL.

Taranaki Herald, Volume XL, Issue 9089, 22 May 1891, Page 2

ARRIVAL OF TRISCO MAIL.

Auckland, May 22.— The mail steamer Monowai, from 'Frisco, arrived on Thursday night at 7 o'clock. Passengers : — Mr and Mrs Hereschoff, Cartlott, and Mr C. Cameron. The Australian list includes Sarah Bernhardt and her dramatic company, about 40, Hon, Patterson, of Victoria, and Major Dane, the well-known lecturer.

MR COURTNEY'S MISSION HOME. Bi r the last mail we received the following letter from Mr Courtney, who was in Scotland when the mail left London: —

Diiin Sir, — I send you two or three extracts, cut from Scotch papers, that will show how I am being taken some little notice of. At both Aberdeen and Arbroath there were a good many people of means who took an interest in New Zealand. Mr Strahan, who represents the Bank of New Zealand, did all he could for me, and were others who have an interest in New Zealand to exert themselves a tenth part as much as he did,' you would soon have a far bigger population in the colony. See what he said at my meeting. I next went to Arbroath, and after that went to Kirkr caldy, where I had a good attendance. I then went to Dysart, where ex-Bailee Thomas Harrow kindly organised a lecture, t taking the loss himself. He is a most en- : terprising man, He has a bakery, wholesale and retail store, is a woollen manufacturer also, and has a model dairy, with refrigerator and all the most modern itn- • provements; and in my presence he opened, up his first lot of New Zealand, and for which he paid 112s per cwt. I then wenj; to Dunfermline, where Bailee W. Bram took the chair for me, ani he spoke in most warm terms of praise as to the' amount of information given. I then went to Greenock, where I had a very good good attendance of people with means, Borne of whom I hope will come out' shortly, if not With me. The next night I had a meeting at Paisley, the worst I ever had in the United Kingdom) 'only seventeen being present. I advertised, largely in Glasgow, and got considerable' help from Mr MacKinnon, who represents the Bank of New Zealand. He is a solici-, tor, but here they call them " writers." He left no stone unturned to make it a success. He got Councillor Wallace as chairman, and two other Councillors on the platform, as well as ox-Bailee Farquhar, who is uncle to Mr Sinclair, the photographer The latter was very pleased, in fact they all expressed themselves as being so. The night was an awful pne, or I shouM have had a very big attendance. As it was I sold 72 books at the lecture, and that is the best proof of the interest taken jn one's, work. Mr Clement, a large butter merchant, was present, and he goes out within a month to arrange for next winter's supply of butter direct, and he is prepared to help farmers by taking a half share in a dairyfactory if the butter is sent to him, and this Haves two hands, and thereby gives' producers a better price. Fancy, there are more people in Glasgow than we have in all New Zealand. A direct line of boats to your , colony will | mean a big thing for New Zealand, as it now costs more than one-third of the passage fare to America to get to London, and to New Zealand it is £16 16s. So when they go direct more will go than at present, and they, as a rule, have more money with them than the same class going from England. I repeated the lecture at Greenock at the request of some people who wanted their relatives and* friends to attend, and I bad a rather small attendance. In each case I had a very influential Bailee in the chair, md yet with all this talk I only send out four persons, two for Taranaki and two for Wellingtons Mr Swan goes to Mr Revell, and Mr Howitt to Mr W. J. Wells. 1 am off to-night to lecture at Bath, and I hopo to have a fair sized party with me whsn I leave on 25th June; - 1 hope I have not taken up too muoh of' your valuable apace.— Yours truly, W. GO^RTNBT. London Officoj 106, Le»4eot}»U'6tre9t, g,Q