TABLE TALK.
~ M >*——: ! "'.'">'':':■■■'■■■>'.!.,;" "FoLEYf festivities "to-night. v ■' '. '*. The Gas Company show great sa-gas-ityfj^ "'*' A " metre " inspector-a poetical critic;; -^-J Big-escape cf "gasV at the "metervI.'! ©logical meeting.-,* * -• '•■■■ -.:-;;■;c,- . Mark.Twain makes a schoolboy define a * '. gas inspector as "arnanthat goes round ■. " ■- and speculates the metre."* -'m ' ! • L- Marksays -andconsumersshoulcPmark" ' his woras-that he "speculates" there is j a lot of unconscious truth in his remark.: 'v : bir Geo. Grey visited: Our Boys' Rest on ;! Inursday last and gave aii address.- r ' ' Bishop Selwyri is to pi^ch twice,to- ' morrow-tn the forenoon at' St. ..Mark's, ■ ,'' >, Kemuera, and m the evening at St. Paul's. < ■■ Anothe* pulpit treat-Rev. Father Glee". '.. son is again to preach at St. Patrick's to-, ' morrow. ' I-*'!, -'.. Messrs Boylan and Tanneld _ tender.has! '- been accepted for the supply of crockery. '■ and earthenware to the:.AucklandHospitaL ' SJ-cMsff** pending: 31s. ; -. Plans of Hanhaforcl'siron coastal beacon S haye been lodged. at 'the Auckland Paten." ? Ulnce. ~..'. ." / "".".' " '-','' ".' '..'■'■ :A Southern.paper says _lia_' the„_&«.'... ot Representatives is ■. composed .'of lawyers I, and pressmen. The pressmen go into the.' »; -^ House to watch the lawyers..''.. '.A '. .„ '*' ".':. f'■ .I A serious disturbance-occurred one nio-ht'6 x last week in the Salvation Army barrack."! I in Wellington.', A number of roughs forced IT~ their way .in, and, after taking a 'great! '.Wk' noise, assaulted and severely, handled the pit? " captain "-. and ; " lieutenant,",*' The 'in- ■: " traders were ejected' after, a regular free''>'■'■■ fight. . . -■ o .j. .1... Our in competent legislators !'.':, "1. ,'■'-"'■ '! ' At Wellington .; yesterday, -Mr Justice ■''■';■ Richmond said that'the "manner in which1' I the penal and penalty clauses of the present.'. Bankruptcy Act had, been drafted showed '- not only carelessness .but want 'of brain'!'. ' power on the part of'those concerned. ~ ■'",'. ,y Auckland.lawyers .quite ', agree with iHis . Honor.. '.. '."'"'.'. '. ,' '. '"- r ' The direct steamer Woosung, from China, ,- has 600 tons of tea for Auckland on board. '. She left China pn'Thursday last.. ; * r '*"* I " Wallop .'em well, sir.!" Such, used to bo ', the injunction of parents in" the good old';, times when handing their, children over to A. ,,: the schoolmaster. ' :;"'I'"^ ;;'_ ' - Other times, bring other " manners ! ,'A- ' schoolmaster at Onehunga is now charged , : with beating the children too severely.' \ -:!"',.'''V.; The " Herald:' thinks, the office of' In- ' ' spector to the Society 1 for th'e'Pi .ventidh'of l Ci-uelty to Animal, is how almo-t a sinecure, ' and thinks he 'should turn-'nis'-tttention to '• children.'' ; ':";'' '_'---; ■'.''.-'■■'-'- :-'-'-i ' ) Wonder if the Inspector ever takes a turn,i J-> down the wharf and sees •__„_} ______ taking :? '-' ;f their finny1 prey from the'hook,. scaling and ' - gutting them, while thefj^if'tbings'keep;'* struggling and gasping re»i'' after being ' disembowelled? :f:'A' L ;:.: -''-r j And \vh_t about the treatment of the uri-'--fortunate dogs iirimurecl in the city kennels! f Ho, ho ! fc>et : an! inspector to ;watch' an * inspector ! -Drowning the dogs is a bit of j, unnecessary cruelty, eh?, :- ; ■ -.' - '•''. Martha' Washington.: of Brooklyn, -has■'-'•• procured- the arrest - pffcher husbahd, - Geo. -1 Washington, for hamfh'ering'her with"-a;.r.01l- A. ing-pin. .'Martha „nd George are1 coloured. r It is understood that George, when arrested!' and shown his'wife's" battered head, -said— J ." I cannot tell a; lie ; : I di.d.it_with'mylittle-' rolling-pin." -And thus does hiStory repeab~l^—itself.' ' ■'■-..„. ;,; - . '.:■<'-\ ■; - ■:.. .. Camellia show-to be opejied in-the t Agri- / cultural Hall on Saturday.'s2i3rd July.' . } .-'"* Major Atkinson will probably "stand" ' for a VVellirigton constituency. '.''*.':• Over L 1,500 is now ; iii hand or promised ' to the Jubilee Memorial Fund-in Christ-' church. An entertainment *'' last '; week'trealised L4OO. - ' * No trace of Dr. Home's ■ remains caiib'©^ found in the debris of the Blenheim 'fire;';-' - ; •At Christehurch Poultry Show, opened f,. yesterday, there" are 200 less exhibits than j last year. ' ' ■ ' ' - - ; .' ' ' The AVesleyan Conference of'^ New' South.?;-; ■■'..- Wales are sending an ihfluenfciaFdeputation . to Tonga; to try and tsettle- the religious ' difficulty there. Glad to hear it. ;• The solution is; simple-—i withdraw Mr Moulton;'.<•■ ('.'J . • ;'
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Auckland Star, Volume XVIII, Issue 54, 2 July 1887, Page 1
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