TAURANGA.

Observer, Volume 3, Issue 60, 5 November 1881, Page 121

TAURANGA.

The lawn tennis club is in a flourishing condition Macey's oration to an admiring audience in Maxwell's was a beautiful example of logical reading and forcible delivery Hear, oh ye of the Zealandia, and tremble ! Mrs E. reserves her estimate of you for future publication. ......It Avas rather startling to see a notice upon an abode of learning presided over by a AvellknoAvn astronomer and scientist, bearing the mystic words, "When tables, etc., arc mad, probably by 29th prox." Mr M. J. Matthtnvs took the fatal plunge last Aveek. Mr J. McCaw Avas best man, but did not claim the customary favour 'as Mrs McC. Avas looking on. Rev. Jordan performed his unpleasant duty Avith great tact and feeling Arthur has left us. The dulcet tones of his dear A'oiee -will no longer rise in harmonious cadences, blending sweetly Avith the rich notes of his brother clerk. At his departure from the scene he loved so Avell, Stuart asked him, "AVhen Avill you return?" In pathetic accents the poor covey replied, "Ma tier, ma traA-els are bekun," and fainted in his arms A lady Avriter in the B.P. Times, speaking of her voyage in the Zealandia, says the ship " had to tack (ahem !) considerably." One morning they awoke, ancl " found that the davits that held the •captain's boat had been ' stove in.' " A- sea breaking into the deck house in Avhich they slept, "" the passengers set to Avork to bail it out." When the Times extra announcing the portenteous event appeared on Wednesday morning,and when it Avas further announced that the happy man had gone on his honeymoon to the Lakes, our most fondly cherished hopes of seeing a ■"Buster" that evening fell considerably below .zero. However, Aye Avere agreeably disappointed, and considerably surprised, Avhen, notwithstanding Mr M's absence, that brilliant literary production appeared at the usual hour The Library has removed to its now premises. The committee, and especially the librai'ian, deserve a good deal of credit for the altered appearance of the shelves. Instead of the large numbers of dilapidated yellow bound novels Avhich formerly constituted their stock iv trade, the shelves are filled with solid and Avell-bound books of reference, standard authors, and a good deal of first-class light literature. Mr Walmsley should have nothing to growl at iioav A boat-load of jolly fishers Avent outside the heads on Sunday in pursuit of their prey, but could not get in again. Fortunately, a guardian angel in the person of Captain Hawker Wilson Avas at the Mount, who, observing their distress, at once went to their assistance. Boldly rushing across to the beach, ancl not even Avaiting to hoist his umbrella, he shouted, " 'Tis but a sham rock, land through the breakers!" On observing Captain Wilson's noble form and joA-ial countenance shining like a beacon of hope on the storm-girt shore, the seasick mariners summed up their remaining energies and bravely landed through the surf. Once more on terra, firma, their first thought Avas to ask the old salt for a nip from his ever present flask, their next to procure a dray to fetch themselves and boat overland. Captain Wilson, Avith his usual dare-devil spirit, A\-ould not hear of the latter course. Much to the AA'ould-be sailors' disgust he ordered them back into their craft, ancl took command and the helm himself. The unfortunate AA-ights felt like rebelling, but knoAving lioav Captain Wilson quelled the historical mutiny aboard the " Half-caste," they succumbed to the inevitable, and putting on as bold a face as possible, pulled (their sails Avere in tatters) round . the Mount ancl into that haven of rest to the exhausted mariner — • Tauranga Harbour.