TABLE TALK.

Auckland Star, Volume XXI, Issue 278, 25 November 1890, Page 1

TABLE TALK.

H.M.S. Cokacoa arrived. Toole to-night). Tβ Anau arrived from South. London financial crisis is ended. King of the Netherlands is dead. French warship Volta ab Dunedin." American Indians on the warpath. Only three weeks to the elections. Sir George Grey is slightly better. Grand Masonic ball to-morrow night. linportanb Masonic meeting to-night. Electoral nominations close on Thurs* day. Richmond due from Islands in a couple of days. Mr H. J. Do Forest's art union ii drawn on Friday. Sir G. M. O'Rorke speaks at Papatoitoi to-night. Mr T. Thompson addresses city electors to-night. Eden Lodge, 1530, English Constitution, meet to-night. Supreme Court criminal sittings start next Monday. W. J. Napier addresses City electors to» morrow night. W. L. Rees and S. Vaile address Eden electors to-night. Promenade concert on Queen-street wharf to-morrow night. H. W. Farnall addressee City elector* Thursday night. Dr. Bakewell lectures on " Consumptaon , * next Friday evening. ; ■ ; Sacred cantata in Graf ton Road Weeleyan Church to-night. S.s. Monowai replaces R.M.a. Zealandia in 'Frisco Mail Service. Since 1871 Germany has spent£ls,ooo,ooo upon new firearms alone. Within the Arctic circle 762 kinde of flowera-have been found. List of subscribers to Auckland Public. Lending Library is increasing. Colonel Hume, Commissioner of Police* has arrived from Wellington. Mr Jackson Palmer was voted thanks and confidence at Devonport last night. Sir John Pope Hennessy will contesfe Kilkenny North, and nob Sir C. Gavau' Duffy. Italian warships with the ; Prince of Naples, will be in Australasian waters shortly. The Earl of Derby has made a donation of £1,000 to General Booth's colonising scheme. Three hundred people "excursed" to Si.' Helier's Bay by moonlight last night in the p. 8. Eagle. Auckland Gasworks Employees', Timber Mill Hands', and Carpenters and Joiner*' Unions meet to-night.. At a public meeting in Cork' the Mayor refused to permit a motion to bo put ex» pressing confidence in Mr Parnell. The National Steam Shipping Company,' London, have commenced the co-operative. system with regard to the dockers. Southern Masonic delegates to quarterly communication Grand Lodge of New Zealand arrive here per s.s. Tβ Anau to-day. Steamers Te Anau and Southern Cros brought up from Wellington the Auckland portion of cargo from London ex R.M.g, lonic. At the Italian elections all the members of the Ministry have been re-elected, and, a* large majority in favour of.the Government is assured.'.:';' ": '"'" ' ' Devonport Borough" Council transacted only formal business last night, the members adjourning to hear Mr Jackson Palmer's address. The London "Daily News" saya ib it unlikely that the holders of Victorian 6 per cent, stock will allow them to be converted into 3£ per cents. The death is announced of King William* 111. of Holland, King of the Netherlands. Important political changes are expected in Holland in consequence of the old monarch's demise. ] The question of establishing a mail service between Melbourne ana Vancouver Island, via New Zealand, ia engaging the attention of Mr J. G. Duffy, PostmasterGeneral of Victoria. A most lamentable accident occurred ab Parua Bay, Whangarei, in the beginning: of last week to Mrs Morey, senior, from hep clothes taking , fire. She is very badly burnt, and is hardly expected to recover. An importanb meeting of the Auckland Knights of Labour is announced by advertisements in another column for to-morrow (Wednesday) evening, and all Knights ars requested to attend on the occasion. An hotel at the Melbourne Haymarkefc,' which was in course of demolition, collapsed last night, and partially wrecked an hotel opposite and a shop adjoining. So far a« is ab present known, no one was fatally injured. Mr Bishop, Resident Magistrate, newly appointed to Whangarei district; sat as warden in Court on Saturday last, and alaaf took several cases in the B.M. Court. There is considerable business awaiting his attention. ? Mr H. Howartb, solicitor of Wellington," advisee the Rotorua natives to issue a war* rant) for the arrest of the Colonial Treasure* and Native Minister on the charge of keeping back the rents due for the Rotorua townehip. : A few days ago a Maori boy found a dead body, apparently that of a sailor*, lying on: the beach near Wiikara', Maunganui Bluff,: West Coaab. He went to report what he had seen, but when he arrived again with a party the tide bad floated tho body out to; sea. A little boy, named Jamee David Roy-, croft, aged three years, was playing on tha bank of the Kauaeranga River, Parawai, Thames, about four o'clock yesterday after-: noon, when he accidentally fell into the river, and was drowned before assistance arrived. A Maori lately secured She Raglan-; Whatawnata mail contract), and the local; electors have just petitioned tho Chief Postmaster to annul the contract on the; ground that the successful tenderer is a ! native. Tho C.P. very sensibly declines trj do so. A cable from New York states that five hundred Sioux Indians are on the warpalb." Seven eettlers have been massacred, aad hundreds of others are fleeing from their homesteads in great alarm. State fcroopss are being despatched to intercept] the Indians. ; The Whangarei Farmers' Club Show lastj Wednesday was a great success. £74 12a 6d was taken at the gates of the Kensington Paik, where the Show was held. However, one of the judges ab the dinner only stated the truth when he said- there iar much better stock in the district than wag shown. The sale of tha valuable properties situate at Otahuhu will take place fcbi' morrow afe 12 o'clock noon at the mart of Mr Alex. Aibken, auctioneer. The opportunity of obtaining such choice seldom occurs, and the terms being easy, there should be a good attendance of speculators and spirited competition. The new County Council for Whangarei will hold their first meeting on Wednesday next to appoint Chairman, etc. There are only three of the old member** Messrs Brown, McKay and Mallabond, in the new CounciL Two of fehera did no 6 seek re-election, namely, Mesara and Wilson. Three go* beaten* MeßSfl