Bloemfontein is progressing towards the normal, as the following from the Post of May 31 will show : — Theatre-goers will be glad to note that this highly-talented com pany (the Leigh-Piarce Company) arrived in Bloemfontein yesterday, the artistes engaged numbering no less than 17, which may be accounted a fairly strong company. They will make their first appearance at the Town Hall on Tuesday evening, and every evening following. The company is very highly spoken of in Capetown, and those who attend the performances will receive passes at the hall, entitling them to remain outdoors until midnight. The box office is now opsn at Deale's.
The Na Mata, a newspaper printed by I he Fiji Government at Suva, in the native language, gives the amount of money earned by the natives during the year 1899 as £70,000, and comments on the manner in which they afterwards disposed of their earnings, deprecating the wasting of it in solevus, or big meetings for feasting and jollification, according to native ideas, and advising them to purchase clothing for their families and European food and com forts. The journal also reminds the natives that they have escaped a hurricane this year, and that in consequence their earn ings for the current year will probably be much greater.
