TABLE TALK.

Auckland Star, Volume XIX, Issue 230, 29 September 1888, Page 1

TABLE TALK.

Kemp was too good for Hanlan. Mr Valentine, M.H.E., in town. Piisentation to: Dr. Giles deferred^ A rose without a thorn^l^dmiroßS.' • • Made of awl work;—; Hand-sewn sEoesi Evening photography at W. Ei Robin* 80n'6.;- .' ■, . .■.; .:, ■ 7 "-' ';.. __ .: ,'. ' ': ;. The Chinese are flocking-, iato British ■ Columbia. ' "' . ■ ' activity* ataongsfc; <6he yachtsmen to-day. , * The pue great object of the life of » Moorish woman i» to gefc tat. 'Use yoiit :^wn iioitialii Ibf yb&r table llnsa*"' and silver, not your husbands; ■•■■ • _ St. Mary's Cathedral ,;will be coDseotafced J to-morrow. Wellington talks of holding a colonial re- . gatta. .'';'" ■'•■.'' Cholera prevails among th© BuropeaDs Jai"": H * ■Hongkong.":;' •. ..■..>;..*.,..;■,■■■ .■..!■■ ■:-■•. \ ■■■■;». «• ;i *i , ifMary Anderson is still in a convent, which she entered forrest.. . Hon.-8,, Mitchelsbh gone" froni Welling- < ton to Napier. Crowded attendance at the Golombia laib ' night. ' , ' /\', / ■ c.\. • Diggers are being warned agaioetthe n»w ■ Waikakaho goldfieid, .'Crowds; gone to the raceß at Oaehangft this afternoon. Burlesque football match being arranged - for the sports next Satnrdajr. ' Wellingtonppera Horiseis to beligatea I with electricity.' . : Aluminium,|is coming into nsb as a : material for dental pUttes.^ -' ' » v Melbourne cable tramways have jusfcpala > a dividend!bf-17 per-centi ' The Commissioner of PoKce" arrivea ia i Auckland on Monday. Sighbr Eiccardi is still laid npiri Sydney ' with a broken leg. ; .'■■■'•> ...''" The unfortunate>'Agnewß. are still airing ;' their grievances in Wellington. 'Hazard's Bhooting competition closesito** • night. '■ Charges against Eettleweli in connection,' with the Parnell Convent affair withdrawn. " 1 Ponsbnby' Social (^idmfi^&niui^B^-'-im^ season by adel^htful baU^last evening^. ; ;.^ /? 5 Herr Sehott, professor of music, has died. at;Hobart,-aged's7^' r; ■";':! ■;'■." "": ' .''' '"'-' Twenty pounds for information'of Rudolf ; Ritter. L:idy Jervois attended Miss Yon Finkelstein's lecture at Wellington last night. : P«^haps Dr. r mayybotVbeVimp^-:-;:;:^./, after all. ■ Joha L. Sullivan held a half-crown as a target for an expert rifle phot, and now ' mourns a group of mutilated fingers. ■ Georgie Smithson's concert at the City • Hall to-flisht. Pharmacy' Board have decided that <sandidates for the profession shall eerve an apprenticeship of four ye '.'■ :. ! x-'Captain Clayton, of: in&"' Diamond, did ; the " lions " of i Thames yesterday, and- ! then proceeded to Te Aroha. I " Woman is the Sunday of man," says a contemporary phUosopher, who evidently never; once thought about the sermons. Messrs Haugh, Dixon, Rix, Carter and Eaton Cflmpeto ia tiie five mile race at. the rink on Wednesday. Says a philosopher : When a man wants to economise he always begins by limiting 'bisiiwife>s"ekpenß«Bi'vi-"l f;"":';■ :;l|"-:;':'?;; '■<•."■!?■"*■■'■*?:/ '"■■' • ~ Gladstone thinks that the prospects of the Liborul party have greatly improved duriug the lasfc two years. : . Two supetb state railway carriages have just been built in Paris for the Emperor and Empress of China. ■ ■. Mi's Hammersley, now Lady Marlborough, has a pearl necilace valued: afc; £10,000. The City of New York, British built, made twenty-five miles an hour on her trial ' trip. .;,-.. '~.■.';.; ■„■v';-:,'^-.v'.;.;.^;.^■:.•;.,,.;,:. .....;„, " Father, what ie the quickest way to get' rich ?" "Honesty is the slowest way, my' son." :;■■■■■■ - ": -^:: v-' ■■::>'=.-' ■■';'- ," ■".''' Choral Society has postponed the performance of " Ruins -of Athene" and "Zion." ' • Canterbury representatives were not good enough for tne English footballers ati, cricket. Tauranga Acclimatisation Society hasimi ported and liberated a number of humble bees. Wife (whose husband is rescuing her from drowning):—" Shall I keep my mouth shut, Jolan 1" , Husband—" Yes, if jt»a can." ' ' m . ■■ ■ ■ ■ ' ' Owing to want of funds, Taarang* ' Cemetery; trustees i have had/■■•,tbv ask;the y « Church IVlisßion Society to resuma control of the old mission cemetery. .. : Mr W. Gonyersi formerly Commißßioner of South Island Railways,, writes to'Mr Vaile approving of his scheme of railway reform. • At Hamilton, rinkihg caniiyal Miss R. Newell was adjudged the most nastef ully--dressed latly, Miss Nellie Sandes the most | graceful skater, and Mr John Edgeoumbe j the best got-up character. Mrs Crawford, the respondent in the recenimalodorous divorce suit, has joined, the Methodist chitrch in London, and i 3 a%V(rtSng herself largely t&JcMtttiifctev, "works. ' --« -•'■ ""'■ ' ■""' !V' ' "■""v' Tauranga deputation are applying to the Npr^er^ Steamship Cbiop^wjfop&T'educ-' jb^QW :6f the return Auckland iare to*£l Ip 6. They also asked for two Clansman trips per . week. ■ ■ ■ : , ■■': ■-■, ■;:;■ ... . ImreELiralfy says that he is making ar-v cV : . rangements to have Blondin cross the, > Niagara again before he returns to Europe blondin wants £2,000, andfKiralfy will probably accede. The New Zealand Pharmacy Board.de-. cided to take action against all persons styling themselves qualine'l chemists ; and ■ Jdruggists, and, facing to register;Utheni-, selves under the Pharmacy Act. {'■:■• Rev. J. S. Hill hopes the time" will come •' whettState aid in any.form wili'ceaae,; and men, instead of being pauperised by Government relief work, will be left, to work r -■« out their own social salvation in; industry, f thrift,-.and'self-sacrifice. " It is so sudden, Mr Peduncle," said the?lady, softly; " give roe time to think of it.'' " Certainly," replied the business-like commercial traveller, '' I'll be around again in • j. thirty dayt." "I only wanted a moment, Harry, "she said sweetly.