TABLE TALK.

Auckland Star, Volume XXVI, Issue 129, 9 June 1885, Page 2

TABLE TALK.

First instalment of legislators gone |ouft Bad Omen—To owe men. ,'.". Vis*;- 1- " Stolen water is sweet," but FflatiJMttt '' Stolen Kisses ?" Nyum—nyum! '^'« • ■'• '; ■Cambridge larrikins. '■ have M tal»n-»tt v - mutilating horses. .'.*.— »"**£:' The Board of Trade—A workmarfsbwdi. . A Moving Spectaele-A vanloadoffani' ,;■ ture, '■'••'' • '.■;: ,;^;i At Timaru, all hotels are open ttllll p,m. It has been resolved to erect pUbliesbat; toirs at Dunedin, ' . r";:v ' The new Wesleyan Church in-Grafton. - Road will, it is expected, beopfinejl byp . : beginning of July, . ■' I. . Ngatimaniapoto natives wish.TwtaMtp.: reside permanently at Kuitf. ,t' ; j~ — :■■ Three cases of Taranaki iron sand : Mve been forwarded to M. de Harven at Ant-; werp, ' ".' ',' Steps are to be taken at Dnnedin to. annul the bankruptcy of David ProudfooV (] the well-known contractor. vj. ...-.•./"' "A Labour of Love."—A bashful youtO' essaying to " pop the question." _.__-,, The Boxton of Hamilton.West Cepaeter/ has been reprimanded for allowing his Jiorw to graze in the place of graves. ■ ■ •.■.--; ; , There seems to be a Jack of interest» the licensing question at To Awnfc':.tW. annual licensing meeting haying,, t$W lapsed for want of a quorum. ~ • '■ J. ;.„ Mr John Turline, of Amari, ■.vnoW, Home in the Tongariro, left £1,000 with W G. Harper, of Christchurch, W,*''•"; with Mr Sharp, of Kelson, ■to.'teaevotw towards the maintenance of tbreeecnoiarships in connection with Englfen l|ter»'ture. a ■■■'"'■-*: m, Mr Macandrew thinks there ihoniu.n? three model farms established in connection with Otago University College. ';",.„_ Two Ittormon elders - Messrj Wilkm. Gardner and A. W. Harper-aW nor« Raglan, converting the Maoris. They c^ to have made 1,000 converts ontfleir,w»J there from Wellington. ; ' f/j nmm . It is said to be the intention of Govern ment to introduce a bill into Parliament to . enable unlimited Fire andMarineCompwiw to become limited liability companies. • Mr R. T. Booth is lecturing in WelUDg ton, and 241 pledges have already «f This season about 60,000 sheep !}««&"? brought to Auckland from flawK6fl»»/. °VMr aCadman addressed his '&»»>*,'?' stituonts last night, and was awardea vote of confidence. , ' f . The Piako County Council has sent» petition to Hia Excellency the GW« opposing thopropoßal to form Te A«D?^ Waiorongomai, and Quartzville..mto boroughs « «j Mise ' In the Eastern Presbyterian SyncKl» in Sydney Supreme Court, M****^Darley was explaining to the Oo«t^ "if four synodsmen shut on f"£j n t these three shut out two, and tie W° «£». out one, then there would be <m™fa ATrOuen interjected, " Tbu would to M the nine little niggers. ffi>% irreverent," exclaimed Mr Darley.. Several weeks ago a vagabond ww^ w victed in Illinois of stealing **»»«*£ He made o pathetic speect. «f« »" *j ds U tion, ascribing his failure in his Misfortunes in life to "pn^gStf He seoma to have been toambodHM^^, procrastination, which, the poet.t»"» •=. ■ "thotbief of time."