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Gisborne Standard and Cook County Gazette, Volume IV, Issue 585, 21 March 1891, Page 3

From Melbourne comes word that the S’ eeplechaser Orlando, lately taken over there f.-oin New Zealand, received such severe injuries while schooling, that he died from the effects.

A correspondent of the London Field, writing from Sydney,- says : Will you allow me space io your columns to refer io » social question of some importance, and that is. with regard to the utterly reckless way in which young mm are drafted off from England to Austra ia ? Not a steamer reaches us without bringing scores of these unf rtunates, who are simply run out of their homes by their p-irents. The situations they occupy iu the colony are potato pee’ers, washers up, wood and water Joes, and simi ar degrading posiiions. Iu all the ci iesand busn townsof the colony they become the outcasts «.f our civilisation. VS e are to d they come here to seek their for'unes, bur frnm wh»t- they “ay it is evident their parents or relatives pay their passages ou f to Au-* ralia t-o get rid of them, and with the hope of nevet seeing them again.

New Orleans (explains a writer in a contemporary), the capital of the State of Louisiana, has had a varied history. Loui siana was originally French territnrv, and New Orleans was settled by the French in the beginning of the la«t century. It was held by them until 1763, when it was ceded to Spain, having been the scene of the disastrous Mississippi scheme in toe interval. It was again ceded by Spain, under pressure, to Napoleon I. 'in 1800, who bad the idea of selling it to the United Spates This sale was completed in 1803, the United States paying 15,000,000 dollars as purchase money. In consequence, of this long occupation by the French, there has always been a considerable nucleus of French families in New Orleans, who have »n advantage over the Anglo S 'xon immigrants nho have crowded into the city, inasmuch as the French are not liable to the yellow fever which periodically devastates it. For some reason or other there has lately been a large immigration of Italians tnro New Orleans, of whom a large proportion are Sicilians. The Sicilians are up to the present day little letter, in fact, in many respects no better, than sav gee Brigandage is an institution in Sicily, or w»»s until very lately. The Italian Government have made strenuous efforts to suppress it, and have partially succeeded, by methods which have at least the merit of being thorough. But they have not succeeded In suppressing the M'ifii, whi h a secret society, composed <f men of all classe 1 ’, which imposes its will and commands on even the high-et civil authorj Ls. Its code is simple—obedience nr death by assassination. Barnet-f ihe members of this conf <arernity emigrated to New Orleans, and then commenced their little games there. An energntia chief cf police, Mr Hennessey, determined to root them out, and probably from ignorance of their cus-oms, or frnm a spine of courage which deep sed danger, neglected the necessa»y precautions, and was murdered by a detachment from the Society.

Wesleian Services to-morrow Gisborne 11 and 7, Makaraka 2, Paiu ahi 8.30, Rev, J. Ward.