TABLE TALK.

Auckland Star, Volume XXII, Issue 250, 21 October 1891, Page 1

TABLE TALK.

General Booth ovatad. Cholera is raging in Syria. Big Salvationist meetings.

Wainui left for the Islands. Te Kapo arrived from South. More trouble in the Argentine. Influenza is spreading in Paris. Russia ignores China's protests. General Booth goes South to-morrow. General Booth delivered two addressee to-day. . , , , Mr"Parn ell's grave is visited by a number of pilgrims. , Interesting debate in Diocesan Synod lasb evening. ? ■ Roy. Mr Beecroft at Onehunga to-morroW (Thursday) night. Through the agency of rainmakers, a drought has beon averted in Texas. Mr Dibba is forming a Ministry in New South Wales, and the Assembly meets today. The Very Piev. H. G. Liddell, Dean of Cbristchuroh, Oxford, resigns at Christmas.

" United Ireland " refers to the Dillonifces as fools, wretches, and creeping wriggling reptiles. Hon. GeorgoTnkusho, Premier of Tonga, left for the leiands lasb night by the Wainui.

The use of Dr. Koch's tuberculine hae been forbiddan in the Russian military hospitals. Another largo troub weighing 81b was found stranded on Mr Brett's property at the Lake today. A man named Robert Riddal was killed at. Catlius'River, Otago, by a tree falling on him when bush-felling. The elections for the Chilian National Congress are taking place, and so far they have been carried out peaceably. Forty-five Melbourne policemen have caught the influenza. It is satisfactory to find the police catching something. Some marry early, some late in life, others nob all. Whichever you do, either of the remaining two will eeem preferable. In the Swiss Nationalrath, crushing majorities have declared in favour of protection, a State Bank, and note monopoly.

The object of bhe Minister of Education's sudden departure for East Coasb was bo pay a surprise visit Co the native schools in the district.

A return presented to the Methodist Conference at Chicago estimates fchat the total number of Methodists in the world reaches 30,000,000.

Mr F. 0. Licht, English sugar export, in his monthly circular, estimates fche firsfj month's bosb production will show a decrease of 16,000 tons.

The Chilian Government have decided to pay reasonable sums as compensation for damages and losses sustained by foreign companies and individuals during the recent civil war.

A Chicago lady at Chaubauqua has de* clared in favour of a brouserebta dreas-ra-forra movement. With trouserettes and a mayorebte who smokes cigarettes Chicago will getto there yette.—Chicago "Post."

The London Hansard Publishing Union, which recently went inbo liquidation, threaten to institute proceedings againsti the Debenture Corporation (Limited), claiming over a million for alleged illegal seizura of property.

The violotta, the new stringed insbru« menb between a viola and a 'cello, is exactly an octave below the violin. Its fingering is like that of the 'cello, and ib ii . commended to women as a substitute for 4 that instrument.

• The English pres3, in referring to the political crisis in New South Wales, express regret ab the defeat of the Parkes Ministry, saying that the influence of the policy of the Labour Party in that colony will be anxiously watched at home.

A New Caledonian official has a largo board completely covered with what looka like pieces of parchment wibh blue drawings thereon. These items consist of artistic tr.fctoo marks cub from the hide of decapitated convicts, and stuck on the board while still warm.

A Sydney paper says bhab Jonathan Roberts, son of a New Zealand farmer, has arrived ab a good position in the Chilian army whicli beat Balmaceda. Young Roberts, who had been something in the M.L. forces, accepted a commission and fought his way to the front.

A man named Paul Drew was killed ab Dunedin last night by being run over by a tram car. Ib appears he jumped off the front of the car while ib was in motion without the driver noticing him, and ha must have fallen under the wheels, which passed over his chesfc, killing him at once.

An entertainment will, bo held in the Nixon-streot School-room to-morrov/ ing, October 22nd, to wind up the Epiphany Gymnasium Club season. Performances on rings, parallel bare, clubs and dumbells ; songs by friends of the Club, recitations, etc. A mosfcenjoyable evening may be sponb for che small sum of sixpence.