TABLE TALK.

Auckland Star, Volume XVIII, Issue 271, 17 November 1887, Page 1

TABLE TALK.

New reading—The " May "eronis. They " may come " to Auckland. Flower show opens to-morrow. County Council elections all over. Strawberries beat coal at Birkenhead. Charitable Aid Board elections on Wed* nesday ne.x h, Mr W. Finlay Wilson will contest Onehunga Mayoralty. Veiy cheap rates arranged for next Takapuna race meeting. A •' ferry" nice arrangement indeed, the bird of freedom shrieked ! The late Mr John Johnston, M.L.C., was a Wellington merchant. He had drawn his honorarium of about ! a quarter of a century. Dr. Laishley has agreed to select books for Auckland Free Lending Library. The doctor makes his letter of acceptance a learned disquisition on his pet topic. There are two peaceful powers—justice and fitness. We do not possess what we do not understand. Widow O'Brien on board the Bristol, Saturday evening. Auckland Museum is closed from to-day till Monday, 26th inst., for the annual cleaning. John Bright never was at any school a day. after he was 15 years old. Unlimited activity of whatever kind must) at last end in bankruptcy. Tenders for pumping station and reservoir in connection with Onehunga waterworks are receivable up till Wednesday next. Hobson-street works are going on vigorously ; it is notified that Lower Hobsonstreet and West Wyndham-streetare closed for traffic. A meeting is to be held next month to consider the proposed amalgamation of the Xevv Zealand Sugar Company with the Colonial Sugar Refining Comoany. Mr J. H. Witheford's tender for the sole right of advertising on the Auckland section of the New Zealand Railways has been accepted. Yesterday afternoon prizes were awarded by the Scripture Gift Association to a number of scholars in attendance at the City Truant School, Albert-street. Commissioner {Howard, of the Salvation Army, states that officers will be shortly told off for duty amongst the natives. There are violent folks about Invercargill, A youth has been convicted of stabbing a Japanese in the street, and Martin Johnson has been found guilty of threatening to do bodily harm. Sentence deferred in both cases. A lad named William Adams, who was injured by being jammed between the buffers of railway trucks at Petone on Monday, has died from his injuries. Mr Justice. Richmond has reserved judgemnt in the case brought by the Maoris of Ngatikawhata hapu against the "white chief," Alexander McDonald. Letters have been received from the principal exhibitors at the Adelaide Exhibition expressing their willingness to send exhibits to Dunedin if an exhibition is held next year. It is pointed out by a correspondent that) a mixture of 1 lb of Paris green to 100 gallons of water is top,, strong, for though it will destroy the eodliri moth, it will also destroy pears. Apples do not appear to be injured by it, however. At a meeting of Dunedin University Council yesterday it was stated in the discussion on the proposal to extend classrooms that it would be necessary to reduce the salaries of the professors and others, aa the revenue would be diminished by £2,000 or £3,000. During the next two years the Wajtaki endowment alone, it is estimated, will decrease by £1,500.