TABLE TALK.

Auckland Star, Volume XXI, Issue 172, 24 July 1890, Page 1

TABLE TALK.

Serious strike riots in Chili. City Council meet this evening. Mr Nunn as lago lacks subtlety. Newfoundland dispute still critical. '' 0 .hello " went well last night. Burns Club entertainment this evening l . Trade and Labour Council meet to-nigh<r_ Great discontent in Argentine Republic. New Zealand 4 per cents, are at 105J ia London. "*" Crowded gathering at the Sailors' Home : last evening. The London frozen meat market is strong with an upward tendency. Professor Allen, of Melbourne, will attend the Medical Congress at Berlin in August. New Zealand hemp in London, good medium, is quoted at £19 15s to £20 per ton. New Zealand wheat in London is ab 37s to 37s 6d, for long-berried, ex warehouse. The Australian Chilling and Freezing Company has been subscribed privately ia London, Sir John Lubbock succeeds the Earl of Rosebery as chairman of the Londoa Council. The Peninsular and Oriental Steam Navigation Company's deferred shares are 193J in London. The popular impression in London is that t the English Grenadier Guards have been harshly treated. There is much discontent among the Bulgarian army officers, and numerous deser- * tions are reported. Mr T. Bakewell has beon elected Treasurer of Court Zealandsa, Ancenfc Order of Foresters. In the two mile double sculling race at New Yjork, Gaudaur and Mackay defeated Teemer and Hosmer. The Turkish Government refuses to make ' reparation to Servia for the murder of. the Servian Consul at Pristina. John Sears was drowned while crossing the Waipara River, at the Kaiteratahi ford, ' near Gisborne, yesterday morning. -lenn, the defaulting secretary of the Belfast Union Building Society, has been sentenced to five years' penal servitude. Atthe R.M. Court, Onehunga, to-day, before Dr. W. R. Erson, J.P., two person* were fined 5s and costs for being drunk. Owing to the proposed Home corner in ' < phemicals, the shares in the chemical companies, Newcastle, have risen two per cent. ' Policemen are luckier than authors. The ' author has to cudgel his own brains for a '' living, while the policemen cudgel other folks. Sir James Fergusson denies that it is the - intention of the British Government to cede Gambia to France in exchange for ■ Newfoundland. A noted miser used to say, "If you keep one servant, the work is done ; if you keep " two, it is half done; if you keep three, you may do it yourself." Bishop Cowie, Rev. W. Birch, Captaina Logan and Clayton, and Mr J. T. Arundel ' gave addresses at the Sailors' Home Mis- . sion Hall yesterday. x "Farewell" was the title of a poem sent us last week. It is a good thing that the gifted authoress bade it good-bye, as she will never see it again. ; Mr Jackson, of Onehunga, who was . knocked down by a cart in Auckland yes- ' terday, is to-day much better, and will., shortly be about again. . " Joseph Harrup has been charged at ** Christchurch with forginga:chexmß for £57.' The case was similar to Hadfield _; Accused was remanded till Monday.' A. the National Rifle Association's meeting in England the Queen's prize was won by Sergeant Beates, of the Ist Battalion of Warwickshire Regiment. ' The President of Guatemala has appealed '" to the United States of America to prevent, Mexico from interfering in the present dispute on behalf of San Salvador. Messrs J. Arneil, E. McCausland and W. Speight have been appointed a selection ' committee to choose Auckland's representative footballers for the Taranaki match. During a school inspection one of the ' boys was asked why a man should only have one wife. The prompt reply came, " Because no man can serve two masters." ' The, seizure by the French of a New- ! fouodland fishery schooner off St. Pierre Island has had the effect of reviving the irritation felt at tbe French in Newfoundland. An editor at a dinner-table being asked ' if he would take some pudding, replied in . a fit of abstraction, "Owing to a crowd of : other matter, we are unable to find room " for it." " The Marquis of Salisbury declares that ;, at the Brussels Anti-Slavery Conference ' England stood alone in a desire to abolish '. the drink traffic among the natives in , Africa. ' A movement is on foot in Armenia to join the Greek Church of Russia. The ' Turkish Porte is seeking to neutralise the matter by migrating 1,000 Circassians to Armenia. A swell said to a fair partner at a ball,; "Don't you think, miss, my moustaches * are becoming ?" To which she replied, ; , " Well, sir, tbey may be coming, but they ] havo hot yet arrived." Samson sans his hair. — Barber (insinuatingly) : But your hair, sir, cornea. quite down to your coat-collar. Great , tenor - In that case I'll have the coat- . . collar cub down ! See. An extraordinary fatality which bas oc- ■'" curred among horses is causing great consternation among farmers in the Laidley - ! ' : district, near Brisbane. Veterinary cur- ■ geons are investigating the matter. Tragedy. Little girl, Box of paints, i Sucked her brush, I * Joined the saints. ' Bigger girl, Healthy bloom. Belt too tight, / Early tomb. Many members of the House of Com- " mons are urging Mr Edward Stanhope, • Secretary of the War Department, to reduce the sentences passed on the Grena- '.' j dier Guards, convicted of mutinous behaviour. A five-roomed cottage, belonging to Mr John Townsend, of the Thames, waa totally destroyed by fire at Hikutaia. There . was a policy of £150 in the South British office on the house, but the furniture was- :- uninsured. ', The army of the Argentine Republic hasr ; been increased and the police espionage. •- It is believed that the alleged plot dia-,: covered for the overthrow of the Govern- ' ment was instigated by the President for" political ends. A bitter quarrel has arisen between the ' Radical Ministry of Servia and King ' Milan. - The latter proposes to pay a visit - to the camp ak Nisch, and is likely to in- ■ vite the troops to make a pronunciamento r in favour of the King. Large crowds assembled at London *■>■*.* witness the departure of the Grenadier * Guards for Bermudas. The greatest en**J thusiasmwas displayed, and a large ncm- 7 ber of police were required to keep th« , crowd in order. The men were cheerful, < and were taken straight oa 4>oard H.M.1.. JTamaj;,at Chatham. . .1 ; '■ - ■ ■■'■!',]