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Taranaki Herald, Volume XLI, Issue 9540, 5 November 1892, Page 2

Mr W. Retomoycr, a well-known settlor in tho Rangitikci District, ia on a visit to Now Plymouth with a view to seeing tho working o c somo of tho dairy factories in Taranaki. He is on his way to Auckland, wlicre ho goos to act as one of the judges at tho forthcoming Show to bo held in that city. A contributor to Black and White asked Mr Froude how he liked the idea of his now work at OxfoM. "Ah !" he replied brightly enough. " How curious that Lord Salisbury should have choson mo. Oh, I liko the idea very well indeed. lam working away preparing for it, liko nn undergraduate. I expect I shall find Oxford much changed from what it wns in my day ; and for tho better in home ways. Young pooplo aro kept much moro on tho 1 go' now than they wore. And yet the men at Oxford and Cambridge aro less mattirod than wo were. Tbey have an enormous number of exams, to get through ; indeed, 1 wonder they can do it at a'l. But I dislike thoir light readingMark Twain and all that kind of stuff ; far inferior to Bulwer, Scott und the old horoea. However, 1 look forward with a good deal of interest to my new work. I shall tako up my old ground ugain chiefly. I havo no belief in tho modern theoretical ideup of tho Constitution ; I would as hooh have tho theological If I did take up a now period, I should like it to be that of Charles V. I hope, if possible, to make that tho work of my old ago. Ho was a strong, quiet, sensible man, but unfortunately, as in his caso, tho quiet, sensible man is generally hated by both sidos " Attention is directed to F. J,. Ford's now advertisement oc fourth pago. New Spring Goods open. All to be sold at landed cost for cash only, on nccount of V. A. F. giving up business in New Ply mouth. — Advt. All persona suffering from defective sight should got spectacles from J. U Parker, watchmaker, jeweller, & optician, Devon-street, New Plymouth. — N.B. Tho strength of tbo eight is teßted by the • Patent Optouieter," and suitable f 'aeseg supplied.— Advt