TABLE TALK.

Auckland Star, Volume XVIII, Issue 142, 17 June 1887, Page 1

TABLE TALK.

Sir George Grey arrives in Auckland on Monday. ■ ', •''',,' "'•" Addresses the electors on Friday night. .■':[ Mr Moss in Parnell Hall to-nighfc. •«« [ Free Jubilee dinner in Auckland. ~' .;,',' Mr Parsons has been elected to the City Council. , . <:: I The machinery for Firth's new mill has arrived. . ■-■-■. -i -_.-;i „, • ;tt;t\] Paddy Doran's Jubilee performance commences to-morrow night. >«n»Vn<.i Mr Garrard complains of abusive" slanguage " used towards him by some tailors, if Can't look for manly conduct from the' ninth part of a man. Garrard's menagerie : is well worth a visit. . " ; ■ •: i; There are big dogs and little dogs, ' ' 'j Dogs black and white; ■' ■ ' •■ Some lie like lifeless logs, ' •' '■' ■■'- < While others bark and fight. . ,j Oh, yes ; the old 'un keeps the kennels' well [supplied .with inmates, and the smell from thetn is worse than the multitudinous stinks of Cologne. , ; , .. ■■'< Over £1,000 subscribed at Christchurch ! for the Jubilee Memorial Home and demonstration. ;,.'i

Mr G. O. Davis has presented to Auckland Museum his valuable collection of Maori weapons, earrings, mats, &c. o ot.*< . Dr. Maunsell, of Dunedin, and Dr. Closs, of Invercargill, have been appointed representatives of the N.Z. Medical Association at the medical congress to be 'held this summer in^Adelaide. How true it is that " charity begins at home." Here's an illustration. • ' .',_

A family, being in distressed circumstances, had some kind friends who undertook to collect clothing, &c, for them. . t One of the good collectors was so fortuh-, ate as to receive a parcel of clothing from aJ kind-hearted lady, but as the articles of clothing were being made-into a .parcel our good collector remarked that " these arej too good to give away; they will do for my husband!" ; , ■,■■•■•

The articles referred to would be worth from 20s to 255. Shows how widespread the distress is, eh ? •'.

All Auckland Volunteers called out for Jubilee Church Parade on Sunday next. . Have you. seen the Jubilee baby? :: j No ; but I've heard it squeak out—"Oh-! Mamma !" from some hidden recesses. Thomas's Short's executors are giving them away in large numbers to customers makingpurchases at their premises this week. > h& They have been having wild weather; at Wellington, i In consequence of slips on tho Rimutaka railway line the Wairarapa trains were delayed for some hours. . in.i 1 Mr Aldis has applied for. letters patent for his fire-escape. ;«Vo \ -; . : , i ? Last week there were four prisoners in Brisbane Gaol under sentence of death.) j Our Jubilee Doctor! ' : ~-. > On Sunday next Dr. Erson is to sing a Jubilee Ode, the wordsand music of which were composed by himself. ; •; »' ,i. > Must bean Admirable Crichton ! Poet, musician,' vocalist, and physician.: "■■;■- -..- ,• "Old Kennedy" (not to be outdone by, Hannaford in Jubilee liberality) announces that he is giving away his wonderful " vegetable hair restorer " at half-price. The Japanese Equivalenb '-dot " Hair! Hair-!-Hair!" -<'.■..•■ buvi ;;anj nsi.-m Oh, "TheMikado"isoffjong 'ago, and " Patience " now occupies f_©.boards at the Opera House.- --*♦-. — Then this is; the sort of strain that is wanted— ~.' , [ A well-regulated young man— An "always in time" young mim— • A ".iusb on the minute," " good for all's in it," A Waterbury watch young man! A boy of 2 years, living in Ballarat, has had one eye scratched put by a fowl which attacked him, and the other eye seriously injured. .../-,' ! ..'. Between 3,000,and'4,000 horses die every week in London. , ' ". "'.''.",,• . •In ■ Christendom there are 16,000,000 Sunday-school' scholars and 1,900,000 teachers. , ",'...:• ' : '•'";'

Queen's Jubilee Park to be opened at Dunedin next week; but no procession ion the occasion. V, ."■; ',:

The female population of Bathurst have decided to erect a fountain in that town as a Jubilee memorial. ' " . "'""''•■':

Will be a sort of set off against the Newmarket Jubilee "pub." :, , V 'f Ironsand redivivus ! , 7 •"' '

Two applications "for patents for treatment of ironsand are gazetted—one'"by Messrs John Chambers and D. R. S. Calbraith, the other by Messrs A. J. Hunter and H. J. Carson. - ■." ''■:', , '

Women's right's ! A lady is alsoamong the_ inventors. Elizabeth- Vialou' has deposited specifications for an invention ;for ointment to be called " Grandpa's Magic Salve.". . ,' : '. •"'.. J- '

Greymouth Borough Council spent £194 on the reception of the Governor spine time ago, and the Auditor General refuses to pass the expenditure as illegal. ' ' _. , Will the Councillors stump up ?" ,' Very,'questionable ; they have in the meantime resolved not to do so unless they are compelled.'"." ~,.-' , George Kill and Thomas Hutson, rabbiters, have been both sentenced; in Wilcanna to two years' imprisonment for having, 'attempted';to,,deceive >the by passing off rat'skins as rabbit skins! ! The Sydney " Bulletin" says the i<.<Stout". Ministry proved tdtf to. standXits " head " being frttthy.. " : " r " .■'Sir. Edward Guinness, who sold his brewery for six millions. sterling, has forwarded a cheque for L 217.000 to his head brewer as a parting souvenir. Ewing aud Co. have sent a consignment of their canned mullet to the San Francisco market! , j."',.'V i.,"/'-!'^.''}',!." r "f^'V* I "''^

In Melbourne, lately, the Charitable Aid Board handed over L 1,500 to Major Barker, to be used in connection with Prison Gate Brigade work. ■;■'',;';■' Reminds me the Auckland Salvationists are getting up a series of Jubilee meetings, including a. tea in St. James's Hall. on Tuesday next, on behalf of the Prison Gate Brigade Home. ',