TABLE TALK.

Auckland Star, Volume XXI, Issue 25, 31 January 1890, Page 1

TABLE TALK.

New Zealand Jubilee. Auckland Celebration. . _ Half-holiday this afternoon. Rowing Regatta proceeding. Wai canoe races and war-dance this afternoon. Horticultural Show opened — A greab success. , Sir W. Gull, the well-known physician, is dead. Jubilee ball to Governors and Admiral last night, . ' Eniin is improving, and has now left tha hospital. ...... Intercolonial cricket match was continued this afternoon. Narrow escape from drowning at Calliope Dock yesterday. Captain Cosfeillo has resumed the Governorship of Mozambique. Squadron sports for to-morrow are attracting much attention. The death is announced of Senator H. H. Riddleberger, of Virginia. President Harrison has cordially recognised the Brazilian Republic. The " St. James- Gazette "denounces the, Irish land purchase proposals. Auckland Fire Brigade gave visiting firemen a smoke concert last night. Pastor Griffiths has left for Lyttelton to take charge of the Greendale Church. There is said to be a prospect of the Argentine railways using Newcastle coal. It is understood thab Mr Kinloch Cooke has been nominated Chief Justice at Samoa. In the return Intercolonial Cricket Match New South Wales beat Victoria by four wickets. H.M.s. Orlando is to be docked on Monday next in the Calliope Dock for a thorough cleaning. Colonel Coetlogan has been . gazetted British Consul at New Caledonia and New,' Hebrides. ; The weather continues hot and dry ab Whangarei, but very good for the harvest, gathering. . France has refused to join Russia in a' protest against the Italian protectorate in. \ Abyssinia. General Fonseca's tyranny and arrogance of the military are causing serious discontent in Brazil. Herekino settlers celebrated their third anniversary by a concert and ball on January 17th. Sir Robert Stout denies that he has any intention of seeking a seat in the House of Commons. Fact. Benzon is detained in custody in Londonon a charge of obtaining money and goods under false pretences. Italy is pacifying Addwer on behalf of. King Menelek, of Abyssinia, bat repudiates any.idea of occupation.. . France is - disposed to agree to / the Egyptian conversion scheme if Army and Police Reserve Funds are created. ■ ''. In consequence of the receipt of a million pounds in gold from Russia, the Bank of England f has lent freely ab 6 per cent. The Rarotongan native who died in Auckland wks interred at Purewa cemetery on Wednesday. Rev. J. Chew officiated. The "Pall Mall Gazette" urges Mr' Goschen to'apply his surplus $o the purpose of establishing a» .Iwpwfel penny pofit. The Dunedin police have raided the city hotels for keeping bartoaid. .mployed after hours. Several licensees were fined £3 and1 costs. Archbishop Carr, of Melbourne; visits Dunedin shortly accompanied by the Right?l Rev. Dr. Donnelly, coadjutor bishop of Dublin. The Hon. Alfred Deakin has been appointed Minister of Public Health for Victoria. This office was created under tho new Health' Bill. In order to give him time to inspectSouth Canterbury runs.the Hot). Mr Fergus has postponed his address at Dunedin till the end of next week. The Consuls representing Germany, Portugal, France, Chili, Denmark, Belgium, aud the United States paid an official visib to H.M.s. Orlando yesterday. The Dunedin switchback has been visited by over 120.C00 people, and is still in full swing. The Auckland switchback will probably be in working order on Saturday; At the bowlers' banquet at Dunedin, Mr Jeans, captain of the Victorian team, intimated his intention of investing in property there, if not eventually settling ia Dunedin. At London wool sales on January 29th, 5,600 bales were catalogued. Good Australian merino and crossbreds aro unchanged and firm. Inferior sorts live per cent, lower. Sir W. Robinson says Melbourne is the real capital of Australia. He thinks the federation conference may produce federation for defence, but is not sanguine for its succers politically. On Anniversary Day (tbe 29th) the admissions to the Dunedin Exhibition were over 8,000. Up to date 181,000 have paid for admission, the gross receipts from thab source beincr £8,881. ' . The Canadian Parliament has unanimously voted an address to the Queen, declaring it an in-ult to doubt the loyalty of Canada, or represent her as desirous of separating from the._Ep.pire. ,', ; """': '*"'"'"... ."' At the Sydney wool tales yesterday 1.600 bales were offered, and 1.200 sold. Inferior to good greasy realised-,-7£d to I0£d» interior to medium washed, 13£ dto Mid j average to good scoured, 17_.d t/i 2b|d. Sydney silver share quotations are \— Broken Hill Proprietary, £89; British Broken Hill, £6 7s 6d ; Central, £12 14s; North, £2 8s ; South, £7 8s ; Block 14, £11; Block 10, £15 7s 6d; Junction, £8 3s. . ~ ; The ladies of the Auckland West Kindergarten beg to acknowledge with thanks, 12 sacks of potatoes from "friend," One Tree Hill, 6 sacks from "friend, " Epsom, and 108 from "a friend," through Mr Grainger. Ngataitautai, one of the Rarotongan troupe, died at his residence, Swansonstreet, on Wednesday.' Deceased wasa strapping young fellow, 18 years of age. He was suilering from congestion of the lungs when he arrived.