TABLE TALK.

Auckland Star, Volume XXIII, Issue 142, 16 June 1892, Page 1

TABLE TALK.

Cold nights. : '■' ■Healthy weather. : More amusements coming ]\ Last nights of Wirbh's Circus eve\ Ui D S aadCaledonian S°Ciety !*»»! -?b^ncr nat Norfchshor°*-; H^^^ ea6theGraffcott%di at^iii^^^Boys'lnstitutel land vSeSsSSeS^t 9 A«t endeavour .to remedyThTSSff he Wcmlc^ capitation. ; - y-.ttte Present system of. of Wellington >y&rctlblßhoPßedwood,, classes are held.three tioei^eek. ™ The liquor trade intend trvihP to upset) the: action ofthe EoslynSna nf Committee They.willaUotr^S. amendment made inthepreswbficeS^^ The Board of Governors of the Canter-' Jjuryj,College has .accepted Mr H 0 Forbes 8 explanation as toarfciclea'inissinc' from the Canterbury Museum as'satisfac'' Constable Steele, of 4e Auckland poKca] office, has been transferred, to Otorohan' ea in the King Country, Constable >G6rdoW coming to town fromiOfcprphanga-' to'take" his place. The Salvation Army have purchased the; property of the late Dr;. JicDonald' in; Vincent-street, . and .-purpose": fcfiingfthV Banaeiaß; a Rescue HomeV;'Th« ealevwaß:, negotiated by Messrs Baker Bros. About 20 additional■.application's htiyr' beenmade;fpr land, in the proposed Ohuraj Valley special settlement. A meeting of those interested will be held«in|th^jCkam-( ber of Commerce room tO'inbrrpw4^i v |: Any white man foundgiyinginkixicatiug! , drink to an ; aborigine •'or, half-caate ■ inl-iany^ I district in Fiji is liable to.a'penalty ,of fifty/ ■ j pounds or imprisonment. ' That is belter than ..'•• high license " for the native Fiji. , " !: Arthur McDonald, woolbrokor, bajik-' rupb, of;Dunedin, aays^thatiofiS^OpO'Dalsfl'bf;' iwool sent to; London oiilyti^l^hales^ffero' complained of, and : of, £25,000 Mtotimoty , Tabbitskins only £400 worth was convplaifod J? f- •>■/■- ■-■- , - .**.(/s*& ' 1;j Provost M'Lean, Govan, Scptland^Atur* ing recently on llighland.retninjscc?c?3» re,-*, inembered being at) a funoral lwlj^W): Uiwa, were ;jno""fewer than.-B^tosTj" taasts, drunk 'before the reWaltis^were- ropi^W:.*"."?°; -■;,At a meeting of persons intfreF*ed; in fchß: iliquor trade at Dunedin::,yesMoay»<:refer-, ;ence was made to the hardshwinfliooedon^ ■some whose houses were cloao»'larS 6. BU™B having been expanded at of the, ; former Committee. ' / ' !v Thomas wrange, formffly;; marine en^ igineer, of Lybtelbon, a* afteirwarda ; pro, pcietor of the Clseses Ww> Akaroa, die^' satidenly at Akaroa yesterday,! suppose* ithrough rupture of / blood., vessel.;- i±9 iwas 62 years old. / .■ , . ~ . ' . Auckland tradesnßn-Bhpuld bopnbheirw guard against coaniirfeibßhillings and other spurious coin. JVr S. v G., «uildfordi,i of-Symonds-streefc, /aa yesterday impoaed on with a, counterf/b shilling,,a clever .imitation of the silve/coin. ■ V .•'■'.■■ ' The BehringSea contro.verßy^fprceafrom a 'Frisco pape/bhe opinion <:hat MjEnghshmen need a blrashing worse than any race on the earbh'/Burface," i and ; bh;ab '?war with England woald be a financial, as well as a sentimental bonanzai";. .* . •:A meeting of wage-earning woman takes place to-morrow evening 'at-7.30 m, the Wesley/Hall;' Rev.: J. J. Berry: will preßid|. MissesS'Morrison,: Johnston, : Messrs/; Aldridge; Hampton, and other popular, speakera v will address the meeting. !; A public meeting of theße interested i»;! the- traffic, ab Dunedin; yesterday,; sympathised with the license; holders r«« who Rave been, deprived -of' their ;licenses^with- - out any sufficient cause or ;reason; being assigned by the Mcen^ngGommibteea.^: Garrotera now work in fours, v according,, to a Melbourne paper, tfwo walk«a>lopg, way behind and • two in fronb, ofi, their > in-; tended victim; When: theycome: t 0; a, quiet spot the rear column doubles up, anat ; thefronb column marks time..Between the four the wayfarer is caught;.' ■_.;. • ' , The Governmenb sbearner Hinemoa, reaclied Taxirinfa-y"^lstef^lrprnvWemngj ton; She is to be engaged repairing and replacincr the buoys in the harbour preparatory to the visit of H.M.S. Goldfinch. Mr P^cMd Ibhere vlb the^end;-pf this ; or;.the: beginning of the next week. . . , ' Yesterday, one of the first-class petty offir cers of the Austrian frigate Saida, name* John Biba, who died in the Auckland Jios* pital lasb Sunday, was buried at_ Waikomiti cemetery. Mr Johansen (Damstt Consul), had him under,his care..A firing I>arty from the Permanenb Force fired tne customary three volleys over the grave.. 0 •rAt a.meeting' of the^Punedin hospital trustees yesterday,: a ; letber, was; received y from Andrew Telfer, complaining; thab^his brother's death was, In. his opinion^nasr tened by his being in the same ward.ano in the neVb bed to a patient suflering^om; blood poisoning. . The .committeei^porv, ted that they were making a full inquiry into the matter. - - •-, Siaoii The international; tug-of-war contesfta.now stand as follows :-~Maoris, 4 matcfaej won, 1 lost; Colonials,i 4 *<*> \J°**k English, ,4 won, 2 lost; Scandinavians^ * won, 2^Bb; Scotch, 2; won, 2 f losb; 2 won, 3 losb; Welshmen,, no *^®$°£ ■ losb; Chinese, nd:matches won, 4losj. The final tugs; are -to take place on Satur r dafh e: eTem gperance'Society of *r*j; Church of Scotland^made^rapid^og^ during the past year. .The membsrsbip rose:% 10,fc and now: sfcand8 n ab ft ov« 90 000 Of thirty-six ministers ordamea - during tb^weive'inonths.^y-five^ abstainers, and:nearly;all:the studentß ra fthecolleges are teetotallers., . .\ , _^ There is said to be a rural church^near Wellington,'whicb,'therebe Ing1ng no regular parsonf^pends on itinerant^ supply ; . It is the 'nSt regularly-attended church m the district. When, as often happens, the expected preacher doesn'b^urn rus6c masher clears away, the anA with the serapha of th 6i choir, dances fo», many an houP^to thedulceb Bbrains oflh» harmonium. The flervjses f|f g^WWg »:■-