MISCELLANEOUS.

Inangahua Times, Volume VIII, Issue 1278, 1 August 1883, Page 2

MISCELLANEOUS.

In the present rage for lawn tennis, The Queen's announcement as to the lawn tennis dresses of the season will, no doubt, be read with interest. The Queen says: — "If the pretty newcolored and striped flannels intended for lawn-tennis wear are to be generally the costumes this season will be gay I and becoming. The 'crushed straw,' berry, will, of course, be well to thefore in several shades, aud there is a pretty cream, striped with yellow and check composed of squares of cream and two shades of crimson, which bid, fair to be popular. Nun's clothstriped and checked flannels, sateens, and gingUams will all be worn. Ladies who go in for real hard play prefer : flannels— the light, soft, shrunken flannel brought to great perfection this season. The wide gauntlet gloves in tan or white kid, silk and thread, are almost exclusively worn, and the left one is usual kept on even if the other is removed for playing. The hose is* always black or the deepest color of the costume. The newest and'most becoming tennis shoes are the patent leather 'pumps' with a neat silk bow on the toes aud without straps or laces. The most popular hats will be the new sailor shape, shorter by two or three rows of straw at the back thaii in the front. They are in white « crushed strawberry,' terra cotta, bufl and in mixed blue, and white straw. These last look well with dresses that have the same colors in material or trimming." The cholera in Egypt was increasing, according to a dispatch from Alexandria, dated June 17. The flight of Europeans continues, and a commission had been formed to protect Alexandria from malady. Th& festivites usually held on the occasion of the Khedive's accession tothe throne were postponed, and all the Ministers were called to Cairo. Strict quarantine had been ordered at all the Turkish ports, and the Italian, trench, and Australian Governments had issued similar orders. It is probable that the German Government will send medical experts to investigate and report whether the malady now raging there is veritable cholera or cholera morbus. Up to the 27th the ravages of the disease had been confined to the poor. The deaths at Damietta from the epidemic on June 28 are reported at 113 for the proceeding 24 hours. Persons are prohibited from leaving Port Said for other towns in Egypt, and vessels from Imaili are forbidden to communicate with stations in the Canal for fear of spreading the disease. "Hansard"' (says the Tintaru Herald) is frightfully dry reading now-a-days, but we meet with some comical bits in it sometimes. In the debate on Mr Beetham's motion about the Colonies being represented in the House of Commons, the other day, Mr M. W. Green gravely informed the House that "he had an impression that the British Empire has a great future before it." After this, we should say, the British Empire may cheer up and feel pretty jolly. Some people have a notion that the British Empire has seen its best days, and is doomed before long to share the fate of the Assyrian, the Persian, the Roman, and other Empires which made a noise in the world in their day, but came to smash in time. We confess we never were able to discover what this opinion was founded on, but still it makes us a little uncomfortable to hear it so often expressed. After Mr M. W, Green's announcement, however, we shall make our minds easy. Mr Green docs not rashly commit himself to a positive prediction ; but it is satisfactory to know that he has " an impression " that the British Empire haa a great future before i& According to an American calculation, there are thirty-six theatres in London, which rep eseut an investment in land of more than j>4o, 000,000, in buildings of more than £25,000,000, and in other property enough to make up the gross amount of £100,000,000. These theatres regularly employ 10,000 persons, and give employment indirectly to as many more. Their aggregate seating capacity is 75,000 ; the average attendance each night is 51,004, as shown by theLord Chamberlain's report. The average admission is Is 7d. A non-conductor of electricity has yet to be found, for all substances hitherto discovered are conductors of the force under certain known con illticus, tqt Cost- -wi.^. off,- , su . ttt

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