TABLE TALK.

Auckland Star, Volume XXII, Issue 238, 7 October 1891, Page 1

TABLE TALK.

Spring ehowera. Balmaceda reported alive.. " La Maseotte-" charming. Mr Lake elected for Waikato. More labour troubles at Home. Anfci-Papal disturbances in Italy. More new books for Free Library. The King,of Wurtemburg is dying. Russian famine has scared the Czar. Burns Club fancy dress ball fchia evening. . - ' Alleged illicit skill case at Police Court fco-day. Star Monthly Summary will be published to-morrow. Northern Railway League Committee meets this evening. The Muonta (Victoria) strikers decline arbitration at present:. Capfc. 0. T. H earne goes to YTestland to teach a public school. Mr Phmsoll urges the English seamen to support the Tory party. An English clergyman rises to say that theosophy is Va fraud." ;i The Alnraeda, with .the outward mails, leaves on Saturday next. Miss Lily Stephens ie excellent as Fiaraetta in " La Maseotte." Austrian anarchists tried to blow up the Archbishop of Trieste, but failed. The Russian railway authorities have decided not to adopt the zone system. Captain O'Shea is bringing an action to . upsot his divorced wife's marriage settlement. The Rev. Mr Spurgeon has recovered sufficiently to remove to the seaside ab Eastbourne. The boiler of a steam engine exploded at Chicago, killing eight persons and injuring many others. The Austrian Emperor's visit to Bohemia, which was intended to reconcile the German Czechs, ie a failure. Seventy thousand miners in Soufch Wales are negotiating with the view to join the Labour Federation. Funeral of the late Mr John J. Calej f took placein Wesleyan Cemetery, Symondsstreet, thia afternoon. ' , The Diocesan Missionary lectures on) "The Life of Christ" at St. Sepulchre , ?~' schoolroom to-morrow night. We have to acknowledge receipt of a ; cheque for £2 from Mr J. H. Hannan, subscription for the benefit of Mrs Sibbin. Presidenb Harrison demands an indemnity from Spain for the outrages on American missionaries in the Caroline Islands. The Methodist (Ecumenical Congress has opened its session at Chicago. A hundred and twenty British delegates are present. A bomb with a fuse alight wa« found in the Archbishop's palace at Trieste (Austria)," but no explosion occurred. The perpetrators are unbraced. Mr W. H. Smith has suffered a relapse, '-. and a London physician has been summoned: to Walmer Castle, where the Right Hon. gentleman is staying. To remove an eironeous impression, we have been requested to state that Mr Tom Sullivan, the sculler, is at present residing with hie parents at the North Shore.

Mr Egan, the United States Minister in Chili, has notified the Chilian .Government that persistence in its preserve atttii'iude will lead to the "cessation of friendly relations. Subscribers to the telephone exchange who are in arrears with their subscriptions arc reminded that they must; pay by the morning- of the Sth irist., or they will be cull ofi' from communication.

Attention is called to the sale of household furniture and effects to be held by Messrs Digby Tonfcs and Co. at the residence, lolanthe Villa, corner of Mount and Symonds-streets, to-morrow at 11 o'clock. In the great fire which is . raging :in Tooley-street, on the south side of London Bridge, a large quantity of gum was burned. The fire began at Leach and Co.'s warehouse, which, with five others, was gutted. Babbits and hares are increasing to an alarming extent in the Now South Wales country districts, though owing to the good season the damage is not bo noticeable. The ravages in Cobar section have driven the stock off the runs.

Ab the close of the meeting of the Auck* land Boot Manufacturers' Association, held last evening at Robson's Rooms, the presentation of a purse of sovereigns to Mr Hodgson, the hon. secretary, took place by the president,(Mr H. Davy). Miss Rimmer sings at St. Sepulchre's Schoolroom to-morrow night:—" He Wipea the Tear from Every Eye" (Lee), "Jerusalem " (Parker), •• The Better Land" (Jude). Mr Charles Hudson will eing :— "Consider the Lilies" (Glover), "The Appeal from the Gross" (Story of the Cross). The Hon. J. W. Fortescue, of London, in a letter to the " Pall Mall Gazette," accuses the Victorian Government of showing a sham surplus. He cites the refusal of South Australia fco contribute to the cost of the New Guinea protectorate, and the New Plymouth Harbour Board's default as instances of broken obligations and cheating of creditors. A meeting of the Library Committee wae held last night in the Council Chamber, for the purpose of, selecting tppks, to be, ori 'd&sL;.;i.s lisfeof to iSngland, amounting to about £300. Last night a further list up, atn i workcbf fiction and travel; were ordered for the lending library, and for th£ reference library an excellenb collection 8f works in general literature, and also on technical subjects.