TABLE TALK.

Auckland Star, Volume XIX, Issue 266, 10 November 1888, Page 1

TABLE TALK.

'Frisco mail arrived. Domain paths are very muddy. Big dividends at the races yesterday. Sir George Grey on the stump next week. j The attacking party failed to capture ! Mangore. ~ ■ Gall o£ Is in the Arch Hill Brick and Tib Company. The Germans are trying to 4< boycott" the "S«raoa Times." Last night of the present programme by the All Star Minstrels. Splendid programme published for St. Matthew's concert on Monday night. Nowton Congregational Sunday-school anniversary services to-morrow. "Bohemian Girl" by the Onebuncra Choral Society on Tuesday and Thursday. Farewell of Major and Mrs Lovelock aij the Salvation Army Barracks to-morrow. Captain Moss retires from his position of manager of the Sailors' Homo. j Sir George Grey presented the prizes ail the Band of Hope Union last evening. Mr T. Morrin had a day out yesterday, getting three first places at the races. Professor Simmons "farewells" at the rink to-night. Auckland Town Clerk leaves for the Melbourne Exhibition next week. Discharged stonebreakers are asking for? work in the country or anywhere. '' God bless the Prince of Wales." Eight; "drunks" at the Police Court this morning. Xonunations for Auckland Mayoralty on the 20th and election on the 28th, Who speaks first ? There lias just died in Hackney a centenarian Jew who acted as guide to- Napoleon and was present at Waterloo. Queensland objects to its new Governor. Why should nob the colonies choose for themselves ? A woman's life is made up of littlis things. Make her life happy by little courtesies. Another wet day for the races, and they have consequently been postponed till Monday. . . . ■■> A woman 108 years of age is living afe Pyle, Waies, who has a daughter 87 years of a^e. Benefit for the Fire Brigade Sick and Accident Fund realised £51 7s, but the expenses amounted to £38 J3s 9d. There -was a heavy fall of snow on the lulls at the southern side of Lyttelton Harbour on Thursday night. The revenue of the Lyctelton Harbour Board for October amounted to more than £3,500. of which £1,760.was for wharfage.' Lee Hung, a Chinese fruiterer, strangled himself at JJunedin while temporarily insane.' He had been suffering from illhealth. - . . ' ■"■• - V' It was found that the death of G-. bmdtl, late a bookseller of Timaru, was, caused by a white cWt in the left ventricle of thfe Though it rained heavily at Auckland and Eilerslie yesterday, there was no rain at Devonport" Uorthcote and many other suburbs. . •, „ ' Among the curiosities sn the (jrey collection are some specimens of--.pottery and a calendar taken ■ ortfc of- the ruins of some of the bnviecl cities: in South America. Mr John Gliivie.r announces himself as a candidate for the* representation of Lincoln in Parliament in' place of Mr A. P. O'Callagbaii, resigned. ■ _ ■ . I)evonporfc Lawn1 Tennis Cluo, in consequence of the tlrn&tjjnins aspect of the leather,'postponed the day of opening till the 17th. i ■ . ' i "~, Mr G G. Miln, tb'e American tragedian, at pre?e«i. iv Sydney, will probably leave for New Zealand on t&he; conclusion ot hi 3 SC The Sons of Temperance in the colony ni)mb"i'674. beii)!? mr. increase of 112 for ! the yei and have T, total of £5,985 to their ! credit, or an average oi £6 19s 6d per ■ m<Sr H. Bo vlan, formerly of iho Omarumutu Hotel, Bear Opotaki, died lasu Saturday. He dres^d himself w his Sundny clothes, bade h/e wjfe and. children good-bye, and lay do\vn and died peaceiUO«r £4,000 was pa^ed through the totalizator at Ellersli ß ye«te, -^y, winehw about £1,000 less than last year. H<iu_ the weather been favourable, it A? certain that The amount would have bed W? to tl In P tnfSican Churches ov Auckland dis ie to-mon-ow, the encyclical letter pub Forth by the bishops recently a?sewble|ot Lambeth, under the presidency ?^g£ bishop of Canterbury, will be read at the mnrninp services. , ~ A Sriing Cowns S(3 uatteF gaVe T Chinaman a holiday last T^^o^^ Toonooinba^md the MoPßol^g|»g returned at 6 o'clock. About, that houi. t.QO qSer received thb-followiag telegram: "3 • Ko elatoheo tlaio. Come horr.e eleven o'elokk. Plea milklee clow. -Hop Lee.