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Auckland Star, Volume XXII, Issue 32, 7 February 1891, Page 1

TABLE TALK.

Athletic Sports again. Crowds in Domain to-day. More labour troubles at Home. Last night of Harvey Minstrels. Russell Regatta for March 17th. More floods in New South Wales. Ship Leading Wind is discharged. General shipping strike at Cardiff. Huntly mining inquiry adjourned. Phonograph speaks Monday nigho. Germany intends exploiting Africa. Guatemala and Honduras will fight. Inquiry re Leading Wind next week. Large number of visitors at Te Aroha. Championship meeting very successful. Hinemoa gone to look for the Kakanui. H.M.s. Orpheus wrecked this day 1883. St. Matthew's Sunday-school festival today. Mr J. C. Brown, ex-M.H.R. for Tupeka, is dead. Moa Minstrels did not perform last evening. Dunedin Freethinkers regret Mr Bradlaugh's death. Two Regatta races to be re-sailed next Saturday. Board of Education elections on Friday, March 13th. Leading Wind's flax cargo is estimated to fetch £3,000. Tug Awhina sold for £4,300. She goes to Newcastle. Ninth excursion of Auckland Fishing Club this afternon. Sir George Grey predicts a brilliant future for Ohinemutu. Macpherson, the Sydney crack athlete, beats the world's amateur record. The Bakers' Picnic to East Tamakj comes off on Wednesday, 18th inst. Mr C. E. Button lectures on "Demon* ology " at the V.M.C.A. to-morrow. Sir F. Abel, Secretary to the Imperial Institute, has been makeaK.C.M.G. Ship Deveron arrived at Sydney from Howland Island with a mutinous crew. Large amount of Leading Wind's dam« aged flax will be prepared ior re shipment. Uprill established a record for New Zealand at yesterday's sports, jumping 20fb 9in. Auckland athletes won three championships yesterday, and are a tie for the most points. The attention of those interested is drawn to Mr Giles's educational announcements. James Black, gentleman, of Lake Takapuna, has filed a petition to be adjudged a bankrupt. The silver party in the United States will probably make an attack on the Free Coinage Supply Bill. The Belmont (Remuera) Cricket Club hold a concert and dance in the Newmarket Hall on Monday evening. A notice in another column notifies that calls in the Whangapoua claim are to be paid by Monday next. Since the beginning of the school holidays twenty-five male teachers have left the employ of the Auckland Boatd of Education. Mr J. G. Ward, Postmaster-General, received a semi-public reception on his arrival at Invercargill from Wellington yesterday. The Minister of Defence has approved of the new undress uniform for volunteers. __ax ai^_na_ie feF own and the material

The Rev. J. D. Gilmore, having returned from his holidays, will occupy the pulpit at Ponsonby Baptist Church to-morrow morning md evening. Mr G. W. Wilson, son of Native Lands Court Judge Wilson, has offered himself to the Church Missionary Society for work, and goes to England shortly. The Government steamer Hinemoa left the Bluff yesterday for Auckland, Campbell, and Snares Islands to make a furbher search for the s.s. Kakanui.

The Mayor of Dunedin has convened a public meeting of citizens to .organise measures for tbe relief of the" persons afflicted by the loss of the Kakanui. The local members of the H.A.C.B. Society are notified that the Order will visit St. Benedict's to-morrow, where they will approach Holy Communion in a body. At the recent standard examination, Beresford-street school presented 747 scholars, of which number 353 passed. Lo yesterday's issue the latter number waa misprinted 53. To-morrow afternoon the Eagle will run to Sb. Helier's and round the islands of bhe gulf, leaving bhe ferry tee at- 2.30, and St. Helier's at 5.15, reaching town again aboub 6 o'clock. Sardou's play " Thermidor," which has been prohibited in Paris owing to the Radicals objecting to criticisms in ib on Robespierre, will shortly be produced in London, Now York and Australia.

The Darling River (N.S.W.) Is rising. The water at Bourke is now within 12 feet of the height attained at the late heavy flood. There is a large quantity of water still to come down the river, and soma anxiety is felt for the town. Mr Cecil Rhodes, the Premier of Cape Colony, repudiates the statement that concessions have been made to Portugal in Manicaland, and The'refuses to grant the Portuguese Government the strip of territory across the continent. It is reported that.thecQftce._ion propriaed, by Mr Gladstone ttf the 1 Home Rule parby in respect to settlement of the land and tho control of the police in Ireland are considered sabisfactory by Messrs O'Brien, Dillon and McCarthy, but Mr Parnell is also claiming control of the militia.

The Victorian Government havo decided not to alter their plans respecting the loan. There is no immediate need of funds, and it does not matter whether the loan is floated for five months or not. It is considered certain in London that the Victorian loan musb be postponed. The poll in connection with the Wellington Ciby Council's drainage scheme yesterday resulted in tbe proposals being rejected. Half the number of votes and voters on the roll, 1,551 and 2,886 respectively, were required to be registered, while only 1,244 persons voted, possessing 2,637 votes, and of the latter 2,290 were in favour of the loan.

The Premier yesterday at Wellington re' ceivad a cablegram from Sir Henry Parkes, Premier of New South Wales, expressing a hope that New Zealand would be fully represented at the Federal Convention, which opens on the 28th inst. Sir Harry Atkinson has informed the Government thab he is willing to act as one of the represenbatives from New Zealand. The Governmenb have again communicated with Sir George Grey on the matter. The Back Creek rush, Hokitika, continues to develop more claims bottomed with payable gold. During the week Jack and parby washed up 30 loads, which gave a return of lOdwb to the load. They have over four feet of wash. The " West Coasb Times" correspondent says 20 claims are on gold, which should return £10 to £20 a man per week. Archbishop Carr, of Melbourne, and Bishop Moore, of Hobart, arrived at Dunedin from the South last evening, and were met ab the railway sbation by a large crowd, who received them with cheering. The Hibernian Society subsequently presented them with views of New Zealand scenery.