TABLE TALK.

Auckland Star, Volume XXI, Issue 288, 6 December 1890, Page 1

TABLE TALK.

W@v Sale.

Tubmoii over. New Parliament elected. Very close fighb for City. Two more nights of Toole. Sir G. M. O'Rorke defeated. Star ticket elected for City. Judge's Bay Regatta to-day. Richmond lef b for the Islands. Many a proud M.H.R. to-day. $3ir Harry Atkinson re-elected. Mr Mit'chelson in again for Eden. Great excitement in town last night.' " Serious Family" at tho Opera House. French warship Volta is now at Lyttel* Parnell may now resign the Irish leader* ! Fishing Club'a fourth excursion thlt afternoon. Stab Office besieged by eager electors last evening , . Orchestral Union gave a successful con* cert last evening. Newton Rifles are in camp ab Mount Eden Rifle Range. Mr Alex. Gillespie, custodian of Govern. menb House, is dead. Members of late Ministry have nearly all been again returned. S.s. Rose Casey is to run special ex« cursions to Waiwera. M. Pasteur, of Paris, baa discovered £ preventative for tubercle. Portuguese hauled down the British flag in Kraal Manica, South Africa. Captain Hore, F.R.G.S., of Lake Tanganyika, Central Africa, is in town. Sixteen inmates in Salvation Army Prison Gate Brigade Home at present. . The announcement that Dr. Koch has discovered a cure for diphtheria and tetanus is confirmed. Miss Freda Maraden at St. Paul's tomorrow evening, violin and organ, Gounod'a Meditations." Wool is firm in London, and prices have hardened slightly. The present) series of sales close on December 12. The whereabouts of Alick Mason, o£ JTralee, and late of the A.C. Force, is inquired for in our advertising columns. " ' Hemp is in poor demand in London. Two hundred and fifty bales were sold at auction yesterday. Good average quality realised £23. j Mr Chas. Marvin, of London, who came into Motica some years back through his disclosure of the Salisbury—Schouvaloft treaty, is dead. Mr Balfour has introduced a Bill in the House of Commons to supply seed potatoes t(r>he inhabitants of Ireland. Railway relief works will follow. . /■ This being: the Wesleyan jubilee, portraits of the deathbed scene of John Wesley should sell freely. Large photos may be had at the office of Mr fi. White, Coombes' Arcade. •

A Christmas breakfast ab the V.M.C.A. on Thursday, 25th inst., at 8 a.m. The after meeting will be held in the lecture Jvjll, when addresses will be : delivered. Tickets (Is) may be obtained at the Rooms. J The London Labour Council has ordered tho New Zealand Shipping Company, Shaw, Savill and Co., and the British India Company to be boycotted for shipping sailors aboard instead 'of ab their 'offices. I ■ The attention of the members* of the ' Auckland Ministers' Association is called ha a special notice of meeting for Monday next, when Rev. G-. King and Captain Hore/ of Central Africa, will be present and give an account of mission work. It is understood the Argentine Government will adopt the London Committee's scheme, and issue a loan for twelve millions, on the. security of the Customs tcj meet coupons. The paper currency will be reduced, and no further borrowing undertaken for five years. . During the week the Redemptorisfa Fathers have been conducting & mission for children at St. Patrick's Cathedral. Crowds of children have attended fiom. the city. To-morrow the mission for adults will ha opened at 11 o'clock by sermon and high mass. In the evening at 7 o'clock there will be a sermon and benediction. The Ministers' Association have arranged fora week of united prayer, commencing on Monday in the Key. A. J. Smith's V- church, Alexandra-street, when the Rev. W. Birch and Mr Hemery will speak, the ijttbjecfe being "Confession and Thanksgivinor." An all-day meeting will be held on Wednesday in the V.M.C.A. Rooms. Particulars of the various meetings in our advertising columns. A London cable states that news haa been received to the effect that the Portuguese lowered the British flag at Malacas, in Kraal Manica country, and hoisted their own. A party sent by the British • South African Company surprised the Portuguese, i and replaced the flag they sent. They captured two of the Portuguese leaders. I In addition to hauling down the British » flag, the Portuguese are reported to have invaded British territory in Africa at other points. . j Several large shipments of Kaiapoi clothing, including special value in men's and ; boys' suits, have just been opene_d up by ! Smith and Caughey. Good value in men's working tweed trousers, including 250 pairs j of Nelson tweed.—(Advt.) A large supply of strawberries and cream at Willow Grove Gardens to-morrow (Sunday). Arrangements have been made to \ that the ferry steamers from 2.30 will call: ab both wharves, Devonport, for the con- . venience of visitors.—(Advt.) A Rβ Aii Treat will be provided to those whe drink Arthur Nathan's Packed Teas, pronounced the perfection of the Blender's art. Gives the best satisfaction. 2s and 2s 6d.— ; (Advt.)