TABLE TALK.

Auckland Star, Volume XIX, Issue 218, 15 September 1888, Page 1

TABLE TALK.

More earthquakes in the South. ~ 3 Seven shocks abHanmer Plains on Thura- )ffl *' Colleen Bawu " at the Opera House on M Monday next, ' '-■ Mr Mitcholsonpaid a^visib to the spiritsl in prison yesterday. ■ ■ M. rersico, the Papal'delegate, willnoM return to Ireland. '.'■■! 1^ ;^les ■*wliament is to ineet»»l cti the 21st October. n wS!f- lr, arrV Atkinson was io arrive at I Wellington last night. ~,;M A donkey will tuke pavt in the Skating-: J Carnival on Monday ne sfc. * H Some people.■think •thatVfchero will be aIK big crowd of " donkej-3 " there/ -If A local compaiiy 'has -been" performine Ifi1 " Pinafore 1: at T auranga lately JSir Robert Stout,. Lady StbuVan^familylM have gone to .see the Melbwrn© Exhibi-jJ Dr. Hannay and Mr Homy Mo had a>l waiin reception ab;Jdpunt.'Etlen't-biigrega-.<J i* tional Church laot night. ' i ** w Ib hao been found that stoel ■ mixed Stir's* 1 twenty-four per cent, of manfraneee becomes m j non-magnotKl. «v*'%Uilßl Sneak thieves arc at,work in thosubarb?;.'f they are picking.iip.'frtod at PonßQ^nnmnM ciotiang .-it iiockj N'ooi;. '"-fflHffiflMM Tlio vßankfof Australasia bas'.dbciU&&J£H dividend/of 12 per cent., and corned^&3i(OTsis to the reserve fund.., % Sir.Jas.< Hectorff has fcc-cured ;a'.6&ol'-« chamber at.vllelbournc Exhibiti6n';for'iK«M duce that may bo sent for t'ae'dan-y.eho^l*1 It i^i .said that v lurgo amount of^Englnßl^l' capital is being put. into Victoria at thra^K ■■ In tho ca?e i'anl Srraka v. Pu'hVi Ro^^P Hoard, tlic Coinpijtieation Court has iiwardram^ithe claimant i'lool4s, including ccafe.'i! >| Eiglit thousand troopa are to bo1 iu6M|»| Used for the purposo of punishing '$hfl|B Indian tribes t,'lio recently Eauiderea'tqi^K Ballyo and Corporal-Winston. - V: \ '' Jlullo !" said a man to a frienawh'Mnß lie saw l-unniD^kildly dou'n ;thefitre'lei^ "Hullo! Are you trainiug fov -.<. 'xve^VSm. "No," cried tho flying man, " Tm i-actfigsH. for a train." • ■ ' ii^M Melbourne Exhibition is lo cost 'tW'KiP™ torians a quarter of a inilliou. '■• The *tota»S cost will be :prbbably a, million, indirect gain:will||ptal many millioi^??|| 1 A London cablegram states that m:eaa^ra|||i nicnt freight by.4 steamers will probably :ssM raised to 80s a- tod .shortly. Measu;reiiieii,tM freight by Bailing' vessels . vias already.'ids|» van cc-d by 2s 6iJ: ■ ■ '■'■'' '| \ Ifl It is reportei'.tliatlMr W. H. Smith,'ttrerM leader of thu Jloijso of Commons, :-i to. be|jl raised to ths Peerage,«nd: that he will^bo'|« succeeded a? leader by Mr (.!. J. Goßch?ni||i the Chancellor of tho Exchequer,.;! ,' T,l^^ The directors-report of ■ tiie.:KaitarigfttisS Railway and Coal Company, Otagd, ü ßtaie^l that the balanco to credit of profit. and'.lioH^S is £6,890. A'dividendisrecbmtnerid&tt/;ipf>i^m ]>cr cent, pernnnumjfdrjsix rnorithßi-'ijv'i^nl^^ bonus of 15 ]kv cont.' £3,765 is.to'-bj^ carried fonvnrd. ' ' . :;M Tho examination .In Law- and. Gencral|ffl Knowledge wllcofSmencei afc'lo o'cloc)c*6a.|'S Monday, at, tho Oddfallows' Hall, <'r,,,- | sonby,- under the 'supei;vißioh: of; the Mr Runeiman. ■ ' '; ' I Mr T. J. Ferrerfji'who was f'J.nnd : .tlead:iw^ bod at Nelson on Thursdny morning, wotfja Eomid to have dif<l ot heart disease. Tlht'l rlcceaseclarrived in'Jv'elson in IS-15,! and .woi^i it otic time fi schoolmaster here; then bobe^a 3anie one of the tiret fanners in Canterburyv|'« Subsequently,:lie took a hotel iv Wellin>^l ton, and then wont vo Auckland, wh'ere'fi^i-3 became a maetei- mariner.'. Fifteen -years*! )<zo he again settled at Kelson, and becam.B|j| well known for. his . carving.' ' ejj^ Catholic churches specimens of hie^. artistic work in their altar pieces/.'.He^D&^l longed to an old ■.Warwickshire fondly, 'afiqlj i short time ago wua led to • belie vie that 'htt/l had come into possession of Bnddsley Hnll;j,;| md v baronetcy, but a, distant •couem':^ bhrncd up who was thought dead. ;--| II