TABLE TALK.

Auckland Star, Volume XVIII, Issue 143, 18 June 1887, Page 1

TABLE TALK.

yTHAUKSarviiirGto-morrow. : -, ■ . ; ~ ::. A Dancing, &c;, on Monday. ~ - ■ v ■'<> on Tuesday. i I|ope the latter will not include dyna* mitei? *:', : ',' '" '■", ' * * Government House at Wellington to be ' illuminated by electricity on Monday night. \ .; ■■'•■■ ' : ••■■'; ?■ ~.4 j Shocking bad weather again. • ■ .: '■- i A flock of sheep composed: ,of all j "wsthersy may be said to resemble our ; climate. \ ' ■-- • ' •' ''' :-■ .. , : Mr C. 0; iDavis is critically ill. " j: . Sir GeorgeXGrey will not arrive in Auck-. land till TufesVlay. i>, . ,-■ .• : .The Salvation Army, in Nevada City, U.S.A.i has b>eß required to pay a license;; the'authorities holding that their meetings are 'f shows." "\ \ l -. i}>\\ I'luori.: vib The '.' Waikato \Times " is .issued now under the sole proprietorship of Mr George Edgecombe.' \*' ; Vf .. Mr Thomas Welsman, of Ponsonby,: died from the effects of. an accident he met with, the other day.j v■ -X . ; rzfrtt i : In,the opinion o£ one bf the recognised leaders of the I Opposition, '('ltdsitrue thafe a coalition between Major A\kinson and Sir Robert Stout was feasible eighteen months ago ; it is no longer possible.?! \r.:h--i .» ■■ ; The Empire- city ils ImperiaMn its aims. At present #319 14s'6d\has beenW,scfibed in Wellington for: the Imperial institute, and £13 8s 6d only for any'local obVct. , '.!, Mr. Aldis's patent'fire escape haa.suc- acessful trial yesterday afternoon. > V N,.,, TeWhiti was to give an address,at^ ar ihaka yesterday—probably an expositioVof the text " The potato is cooked." •; \ Strawberries in midwinter; are a rarity but a few days ago an_ excellent plateful\ were picked from Mr J.R. S. 'Richardson's \ gardens at Cambridge. : • l ■ i? bill ,• Mr John Sheenari, commission . agent, died suddenly at Wellington las/i night. , It is suggested that an additional Supreme Court Judge should be .stationed at Auckland. ■ .' J: " :>.'-is;ci .;•■.-' ■~., At a recent convivial the following toast.was proposed': ".-The bench, and the bar.: If it was : hot for the bar,there would be little use for the bench.", -r,. -, . ■■■ The fruit-growing colony of 'Biv.erside, California, with 'its,. 5,000 inhabitants, possesses but one solitaryiliquor saloon or bar. The • grand , secret 'is a,Municipal license of £416 13s and a. county license, of £62 10s. ■■ • : ■-■ '■'. ..;.■ . " ,-....•■:...: ■< Let us " jubilate." As you haven't mentioned'the .word so far, I conclude the Jubilee, palaver is all over, v ... s- i ')' ,'J ,i Don't Jubileeve. it t ! -' ; It- has.simply got tooextensive for this cohimn.? ■;■;. •■.•■ : '■ .■ One little item you mustkgive,.;however. j The Governor, in. opening the,.Wanganui Exhibition, returned thanks for. the casket | containing the'Jubilee;Ode;;_ : i (] v . ;,, • i Was afraid to give ihanks for;the poem r I suppose, in. case it. should prove, to be as bid as Tennyson's. - ". - •;; : .yi; <; ,Vt ■us.Not quite that. ; The author if .of the Jubilee' Ode is the editor of the-Wanganui " and the Exhibition/businessvis. being , , "run"«under thesauspices rof-the opposition'paper. Journalistic-.jealousy "aeain!\ 'i > ■ i-.. - : .-;. ■ 'i-i:i:\. r -,.: i; r r