TABLE TALK.

Auckland Star, Volume XXVI, Issue 4521, 25 November 1884, Page 2

TABLE TALK.

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yl hew way to pay old debfa-(J*b, with j j lnTho SGovernor is going to Dunedin Agrf'l, cultural Shor. , . , J The business of an astronomer is 1001ctTMif^ttll has l«ft Wellington for ChrLjtchurcii.' ~ „. • , , . The men injured if £& »™c explosion at Thames are doing well. - , " By gum " is the favourite oath Iff WoftM A™ t is reported that Sir Julius Vogel and Mr Stout have fallen out. Flirts are like fiddles-of no use without tf has been fesolved to form a Chamber of the King of Spain to stop bull-fighting. Th* King intend* to petition Londoners to stop i *XtS/fodndi in Mtelton harbour last Frirfa? has been identified a» tbat of Thoe. i^SffllriftSS'. "Why do «. «* 'ffitf waft tfnttl the last dafleef Young adv ■ " O«, to S**e yott time to stow, The rjarish of B«#t Sofndon, Ease*, ba» Bill vill make things look_J««&***£• ™ After bis visit to the Hot *P™#k »* Julius Vogel goes to be banquetted and addresses his constituents at; Chnstehurch. The " Pall Mali Gazette" thinks that the only chance f« tho declining industries of SrKjls Atttfi* tfloptihg freeflade. £ f* flat+fli. the Belgian delegate, had an interview with thft P^r yesterday at Wellington, and k tevJng every mton&ation placed at his disposal. . . Appropriately enough in tftese days, d wbnTal defence, the latest N«r ***** industry fe gunpowder manufacture It* Sl\Vliat isMe dffte'r«»ce between a bare head and a hair bed ? Offe flees for nhelter, tbo other iea shelter for flea*. w Captain Kennedy, of the s.s. Hffaftyto, has Been appointed ship's husband to the VniSfl B,s. Company's fleet at Wellington. Mf S. Bay, the well-known trainer to Robinson and J^nse, has decided to leave *i£ffiti3Bfcl» Chrth .t Ttaan,, used as a stoTe&o*, wfis o* firs last night, but little damage wnrf ironA; . A citizen of Odessa, £(!*& w«aJatdy. gent thirteen years to prison tor tbitntmg vitriol over a nobleman. m ♦ ti The novel, "Two Kisses," i« said to be hating a great run. We know of a man in this tom who took two kisses and Is having a1 great WD; Ttt« woman's husband is alter El; MafidoHaia, of Doosdin, nariowly escaped drfiwninV in Otago HMbonr on Saturday night. H« **juaadlfegb«t when the boom knocked hrffl overboard and he was much exhausted whefl rewnea. Any Season is Better than None.~Ats» franchise demonstration at GalasnieW, Scotlnid, a few days ago, a man was ob- j served staggering along with a hnK« banner on which was inscribed, "Down wi(h*b» Peert." On being: asketl why^he was so mticfc 6W«*«d to the Peers who had never harmed him, b# rspiied, "I dinnn ken what y're sayin'; btft 5 wish Feero (pears) was doon to the came pfk» as A f*Mr roomed cottage at Roslyn, Otepo, was burfifia ttown on Sunday morning. The owner, Mr A. GHrmotir, had it insured for £80 in the Victoria Coinpfiny. The Now Zealand Government ftflvo aatermined to boy a battery of nine-poafld« brceoh-loading guns from the English War Office fol £900. .... Ordered to dear the Court, an Iriab crier did 00 fe? th%afinotfheement, "Now, then, all ye bkcbgiiSfdJ tkit iw't lawyors mnst leave the Coort!" "Is it peace or war f betttf I^Sr-; ««?■ Tennyaon, and he is not far wrong. Qtitmany spends between 500,000,000 and 600,000,000 france annually for her armies, but 2,200,000,000 franca for drink— i.e., mdre than four times a§ much. The French spend tinree times as much for liquor as for the?r soldiers, the English four times as lifttch, and the Belgians over ten times as "No nJbre Greek ii to V 8 tatfgßt in the Chicago public echdalß,' Bnglishf ig the language to be used whea selling pc/rb; Kvery morning let a reasonable day* work be contrived, and when It is accomplished, stop. < An American has invented & "s<« brake which stops chips and steamers co (ftHSKfy as to remove all danger of collision. There are 4,020 daily newspapers in the world, with an aggregate circulation of twenty-two millions per diem. Government intend during the recess preparing a broad scheme of local government for New Zealand, which will give full control of loan expenditure to County Councils, and probably also decontralise the management of the educatii rial system. Then is .still trouble ov«.r the Pert Chalmevs bar. It was stated at Dunedifl Chamber of Commerce meeting yesterday that the Ruapehu ' had been unable to dia<i charge all her cargo at the port, as if she had it would have disturbed her trim so that she would have drawn more than 21ft. 6in., and could not hare pot oat.