CHRISTCHURCH.

New Zealand Tablet, Volume XIII, Issue 26, 23 October 1885, Page 19

CHRISTCHURCH.

(From onr own Correspondent.)

OITB Volunteer review, at which the Irian Rifles madJas fine a dLlay a. any on the ground, is the talk of the place. We had the horse tf Cta2iS i iad™ B^-^* b T e Bhow ot ««"er7.men When the General, to 3adge by his tremendous uniform -he could not hay* tt T D ,i c8 f7 <satne 0D the e round ' the w °ole forwin line with SSowei SKtH al,handßOma I , handBOm€ L Bi ? ht ' - was the march paU That followed. After that all was confusion for a time, for the DODularitv of the Volunteers killed the review. The dear delightful pubuS the force into its affectionate embrace, and would hardly let^f Z again. The General* plan of battle had to be gTven H Tatoge he? 5S oTSI Wh> & g °f aCCOUDt Of itßelf • The General (i refer to military talents, and as he allowed the battalion commander to mass aSt^Ev* 0 W ;° dward of . him ' bi9 "P^h did not make the iWes! sxon which on these occasions is desirable. Men who have foZwed SL thl U e >TT ce K mPn vv f y° m the earl^ d*yßofd *y Bof Volunteering declare that the spirit of these Volunteers who turned out last Friday is the most earnest spirit that has ever been displayed. Our cack corps" i ™ adm "ed for their steadmesa and smartness. All the new corps (the Irish, Scottish, Richmond, and Woolaten Rifles and h^Zi^^ BtrUCk aU thC beh ° ldere b * their Proficiency. The horses of the yeomanry were pronounced by maD y judges to be fit for the household cavalry, likewise the men In fact, we only want another war scare to make our soldiers equal to aoy in the world ThY • h Vr t you spoke, sir, of the loyalty displayed by Irish Volunteers m the colonies as bearing fruit in the Old Country |for the benefit of the race. A strikinf display was given rt 5? 7at th ! C °v Cert ° f the Inßh tt>fl *» <» the night $ the review The concert, whicn wae lively and successful, wound up wi.h a grand tableaux, introducing Britannia, Her Majesty the Q T£ w gr - c ,V, V T c V y ° f fIaRS and awards,' a bl Me o red fire, and the National Anthem When the description of this display gets Home it will not dimmish the effer.t of the testimony you

Sir To h fl V7> 7 * 1? ACa CT Bt f te ° f c*e *P e2t a«on, waiting for what 8 Julius Vogel and Mr. Holmes are to say at the banquet on the wll; J here t 1 « a V deai 181 8 ? BleqaarteriltDat Ghristchurch ought to have given the banquet in honour of all the Canterbury members 7&XI \ -th * ° hh K VG dODe ™T well by tbe district. But eventsfirsT ° W ° ™™ d prefer to do ' hem honour at all The Railway Leasrue has taken a departure which has mad« The desire of bir Julius is to bring down a large railway nolicv em7 R he(^ Ce^ t ? 1 ' the Easl aQd wSSS'Sd Kifai T^ ci . MrAmßlMllM r AmBIMII the "^finished Trunk *>,&"?" ahance With kelson is a forerunner of .h^ 11 ?; 1^ eS' very generallJ accepted - Ifc i 8 the The comiag into force of the Hospital and Charitable Aid Act t£e l 5 Vo?T emen V hat the firßt el^ion wouHe held on 1 ..u Of the month ' hftS not m<lde any more stir in this KfprL a C ° Un , try lb K n tboße P IeMID B Paragraphs we ge? from tenrint ott 880C1 r , ab ° Ut tbe * ccident * ™* offences of the neig£ %Z g t T M J ar t B * Can 8ee ' evett the existing instituturn, Female Retuge, Lyttelton Orphanage, and the rest-aeem destined to pass under the new Board wuholt a murmur. Th7wo,k We hare had Mr. Arthur Clayden interviewed for the benefit of nhi^nfh 6 " ? eWßP , aper9 ,' rhiB S entleman «»»• possessed with a philanthropic desire to induce tbe tenan- farmers of Great Britain to fly from the high rents of the Old Country to the low pr£e? of ?3S?» S6S 6 DC T f aiDQ I* " a midjl «-daß» immigration to the i oiany. He wants to see such an immigration as-isted by loana of £ on ?f,? f , PasßP asB f c ra ' v )np y. ,, b X depots where they can live cheaply on arrival, while seeking cheap land, which should be provided and by organisation of some means of the Government whereby they can be advised about everything colonial. The idea is very excellent. Th»re are, it strikes me, a good many people living in our midst who ought also to have every facility for getting on to the °LSi of the

C °i On^\u Bafc i hatdoeßnot PrelrentP relrent Mr - Clayden's advice to ns to get out the right sort of people from beine goo i. to ns to evils of the present time is four shillings » busi.el. I bave met some men sanguine enough to predict that price for wheat before the a M T^ c 9he^ r p ' 11 ff * merß a re a little excited by the circular of Mr Sjanot, of Melbourne, asking them to join in an attempt to get the' S^ ¥ J T neae t0 take to wearin « pollens. There will bf a new demand from between three and four hundred mil lira people they SKr;?** ? DCe ' bUt by ?reeß a PP^ iabla " w«u VSpleasaS £1 ann hl°7 P " Cea - l he i ?, ert maa * w : " Wjol haa be «° down # ,» a r?u h&S go . ae U P ;lt wIU «f° U P Why should I inter«l° 7,>f IM| * il ir i : "Ia Cbin *. P 3o P le are too conserva. tive and the area of free trade round the treaty ports too limited. In Japan where these obstacles do not exist there are not two Fhi Tr° f Pe ° ple Who coald affard to bu * w °o»«° tmS? The cautious man says : " Dinna' you fash yoursel 1 ; you will only be working for Bradford, you ken." The hopeful man says : « SSntE It iflikelvZ h CCOI ;T Vatißm 'n keep Jt "P. success is^tain." Th. .hi? f peful man wIU aucceed in K ettlQ g b« way tried. The sheep farmers are very keen over it. The head of the firm of Scott B.others, which got the contract for £?£& otlveß^o the N.Z. Railways, has just returned her^ ?*iin . Blpr ? ed by Btndy of Ihe lar S e ™ il « a y workshops of th« ?! l ? %' a ? d « Bapply Of book 8» iwlading technical works for the employees of the firm. Mr. Scott is a colonist of the right stamp. ♦Hp m-H ome W y^ er l to *u lk to ue - the c »tholicsiof Christchurch, as the Bisnop of Nottingham has been lalking to the Catholics of Eajrland and Scotland we might be induced to stand together sufficiently cohesively to be able to find life for our Literary Society. At present, the Society obhged for want of means to vacate the quarter it was so comfortably and centrally lodged in, is maintaining a doubtful struggle for existence. *