TABLE TALK.

Auckland Star, Volume XXII, Issue 309, 31 December 1891, Page 1

TABLE TALK.

Exit 1891. "' ..**■*'.'.'' New Year's Eve. Hogmanay to-night, „ . - Watch-niffht services. ■• > . Mail boats to-morrow. ; _ - ,- ( " ■■•■* • Faqrqto loft for South,' . 'J _, Excursions .to-morrow. . ' \ ' ! H. to. Stanley to-night. ' • . . Excessive heafc in Sydney. ' x ' : Canadian civil war predicted* ■ '. ■ i The Allied Circus opens at fche Shore this evening. . /f ,\ ,'J» <' t * Hogmanay social in, Foresters' Hall, [ Nowton, this evening. Cricket match, Auckland v. ab Hamilton to-morrow. , „ „~■ .(~: '7 " Spielers and pickpockets " strong force at Potter's PaddoekyestardaVj J , • Tho celebrated yacht 'Beagle, "■" bourne, was to leave Tahiti this month for Valparaiso. , £i; 200 has beon subscribed in England/ to tho fund in aid- of Mrs Grimwood, the Mnnipur heroine. • " - Sir Lvelyn Baring, British Minister at) Cairo, will probably succeed the late Sir , W. A. White in Constantinople. - • Lord Sheffield's English team of cricketers commence their match against) Combined Australia at Melbourne to-morrow. There is a universal desiro for the Eng-'■* lish Liberal Clubs to celebrate in a; fitting manner the S2nd birthday of Mr Glad- • stone. A trial of a new, description of German artillery has been very satisfactory, and shows.the'shells to-have been terribly destructive. ■'....■ > The Ilev. W. J; 51ayeri?,'of Dr. Barnarclo's Home, will speak and sing on Sunday v morning, next in the Graf ton Wesleyan Church. , ; The telegraph operators on the Texas< (U.S.) railway lines have struck"for, ah in-.'" orease of*-wages, and in. consequence 700 miles of lines are blocked.' •: ■• The Rev. W. J. Mayers will give an address ab the watch-night, service in: the-. V.M.C.A. Rooms this evening, commencing at 11 o'clock. All are invited. Alarjjo number of'persons are going to • Auckland by Friday excursion, returning on Saturday,night, tho train service suiting > so Well.— Wailtato correspondent. .",,': The'Lyttelton Regatta, which takes place' to-morrow, is of more than ordinaryinterest? • to Aucklandoi3, as the yacht Mapu, owned ' by Mr 0. B. Waymouth of this city, is one r of the competitors in the secoud-class yachb race. ■ ! , . . ..', .-■ > All arrangements are complete for the cricket match on Friday against Auckland ab Hamilton.; It is a great mistake to say that Hamilton is a strong team in any shape or' form, or that they caa hold their own against a < combination containing all senior playere from : the? Auckland team. It is a fair country team, - with no recommendation and little individual practice. If anything helps' Wailtato-it will be the ground, which is far' different from the Domain pitches..~Corres-: pondent. ... ■ (Caterpillars are afcwork in the oats all ovec Waikato disbriet, playing great havoc and' necessitating the cutting of the crops very green. The sparrows are also terribly destructive, taking the graty gsi fast as-it ripens, never touching caterpillars. In places where the starlings are numerous, very little damage is being done,these birds destroying the insects by hundreds oi thousands, and living entirely about the. oacfields. Fruit is doing well; peaches and plums arc going down by every train. One grower, Karl, of Ohaupo, has senb away fifteen tons of gooseberries, all selling at fair prices.—Correspondent. Diaiiy fob, best diary for the year is issued with Brett'3 Auckland Almanac. This publication combines, with the diary, every variety of information a commercial man can require. Price, one shilling. The favourite whisky is now the little squat black bottle with the gold stripe, containing the Gaelic. It has come to the front like Pinfire did in the Auckland Cup, |—(Advt.) I Mackintosh coats are easily carried when J out picnicking, and often save a good wetting. Powlds, T'ictoria Arcade, is offering some cheap during the holidays.— (Advt.) K. D.C. is proving itself a sure cure for indigestion and dyspepsia. All chemists. — (Advb.)