TABLE TALK.

Auckland Star, Volume XX, Issue 137, 11 June 1889, Page 1

TABLE TALK.

Ketch Zillah wrecked. Captain and mate drowned. Volunteer inquiry is proceeding. Bootmakers' strike.at Christchurch* Mr Withy has bought Mr A. E. Isaacs* residence at Remuera.

Supreme Court Criminal sessions will probably conclude this week. '?? *

Mr 0. S. Wright has been chosen as Fre-:' sident of the Knights of Labour. Presentation of a buggy and harness to Father Luck at'Kihikihi on Sunday. Workmen have begun operations on the Nicaragua Canal, at the Greytown end. j St. John's Wesleyan Church anniversary] soiree and public meeting this evening. >, The Fielding Masonic Lodge has decided I to join the Grand Lodge of ]Sew Zealand. • Professor Fisher's Onehunga dancing class meets in the Town Hall this evening. ', 1;

Rev. Thomas Spurgeon's resignation has been accepted by the Tabernacle congrega» tion.

Mr W. Fraser, M.H.R., addresses his, constituents at the Thames to-morrovy evening. . ■.'"■;• .':'

A. shock of earthquake was experienced in New York on Sunday last, but no damage was done.

The Americans hope and believe that Mr Gladstone may yet be persuaded to visit America.

Fifty-eight entries of canaries and sixty* eight of pigeons received by the Newton Association last night. Meeting of Ponsonby residents at the Ponsonby Hall this evening to form a Musical, Social, and Literary Club. ! The steamer Zealandia, with the colonial j mails of the2oth uit., arrived at San Fran*.' cisco on the Bth inst., contract date. S

Messrs Solomon, of the Criterion Theatre, and Allison have arranged for bringing Buffalo Bill's famous show to Australia.

The Thames Harbour Board have de«: cided to petition the Government to have' the Thames re-opened as a port of entry, j Mr Mills is now taking steps to petition' the General Assembly praying for further inquiry into his grievances respecting thei bailiff. " •{ Captain Fielding and Harley, the second j mate of the wrecked steamer Fijian, have; had their certificates suspended for six! months. ?! The steamer Mariposa, with the English: mails of the 18th ult., left San Francisco! for Auckland on the 2nd inst., being ono ; day late. '-\i

The police prevented a Boulangist meet-! ing at Angeloeme on Sunday, and arrested! 24 persons, including MM. Paul Derouledej and Laguerre. ;j Mr Alexander, engineer, formerly enginedriver on the Whangarei-Kamo line, is now! in Whangarei, and will probably start aflajci mill in the neighbourhood. -; David Evans, a miner at Greenstone] Cutting, Hokibika, fell into a saw-pit seven: feet deep and broke four of his ribs. The; case is*eonsidored serious. ,; At Mr Wakelin'3 last sale at Kamo on j the sth instant beef stock was in large] supply with few purchasers, and prices; ruled low for that class of stock. I

A little child named Henderson, while! playing with other children at ChristchurchJ, yesterday, caught its dress in a fire and waaj so greatly burned that it died, „ \ Bankruptcy business being remarkably] quiet just now, the Official Assignee and: clerks are overtaking work that had ac-{ cumulated during the busy season. M Mr D. M. Luckie, the Commissioner of; the Government Insurance Department, re-! turned to Wellington yesterday from Auß;| tralia. He is greatly improved in health.

Ladies ambitions of platform popularity would indignantly deny the truth o£ Whately's " Woman is a creature that cari-1 not reason, and pokes the fire from thai top." Mr Ri. J, Creighton returned to Welling-, ton yesterday from the South. He leaves for California by the outgoing San Fran-: cisco mail, which leaves here on Monday, next.

The cable-repairing steamer Sherard Osborne leaves Sydney immediately for the purpose of overhauling the Australian-New! Zealand cable. A weak spot exists in the cable.

At the Whangarei County Council on' Friday last accounts amounting to over; £700 were passed for payment—chiefly final' payments to contractors, allworks being completed. » - " What are you inhere for ?" asked the, visitor at the penitentiary. " 'Cause I was' put in,:' growled the poorprisoner, savagely, " yer didn't think I come in here 'cause I liked it, did yer ?" A new steel paddle steamer, named the Cobra, was launched from the Fairfield Yard, Glasgow s on March Ist. The Cobra belongs to Messrs Burns, and will travel at the rate of 22 miles per hour.

Maori footballers defeated Daylesford by two goals and four behinds to one goal and five behinds, and scored another victory against the Melbourne Rugby Union by two goals and three tries to nil.' George Francis Train has a new idea. He proposes to abolish poverty and death, by showing a man can live on ten cents' worth of potatoes and one cup of coffee daily, provided he takes a Turkish bath. Applicants for situations at the „ Ci|y Council Offices are reminded that certified' copies only of testimonials should accompany application. The office cannot be responsible for the return of original documents. > i

A letter read ab the Christchurch City, Council last night disclosed the facb thab the New Zealand Licensing Act does noftj require a license to be taken out by Aus-; tralian wine and spirit merchants' travellers, i-

Yesterday Chief Detective Browne returned to Auckland ab the expiration of hia; sick leave, having derived but; little relief from his rheumatic complaint at the To Aroha Baths. He is now contemplating going to the Rotorua Sanatorium. The habit of taking either as an intoxicant is becoming dangerously prevalent in the North of Ireland. The testimony of the resident physician of Londonderry Lunatic Asylum is that quite a number of cases of insanity have been produced by the constant use of the drug. H. Diedrichs, a well-known Hokitika runholder, had his leg broken by his horse stumbling and falling upon him, at Waitaha, yesterday. He bandaged his leg up and rode 15 miles to Ross Hospital. Ha had bandaged it too tightly, and the leg was greatly swollen. The extent of tha injury is not yet ascertained. Mr R. H. Levin, solicitor, who resigned his seat in the N.S. W. Assemblyon Ist June, in consequence of being suspended by the courfc for contravention of the Attorney's Act in allowing his managing clerk to receive a percentage of profits, has been re-elected for Tamworth without opposition. Yes, Bobby, said the minister, who was dining with the family, everything in this world has its use, although we may nob know what ifc is. Now there is the fly, for instance. You wouldn't think that flies were good for anything, yet——• Oh, yes I would, interrupted Bobby; I know what flies are good for. What, Bobby? Pa saye that they are the only thing what keeps him awake when you are preaching. .' \]