TABLE TALK.

Auckland Star, Volume XXIV, Issue 218, 14 September 1893, Page 1

TABLE TALK.

MuNioirAi- elections,

Borough polling today. Brazilian rebels repulsed. Mrs Matson lighting for I'arnell Borougß Council.

Petitions ajjainsb women's franchise aro boing circulated. Tne coming man will ueitlior smoke tobacco nor eat onions.

1 The peculiarity of a crank is fchab he •!• ways thinks ib'a his turn.

Love laughs ab locksmiths, bub it has ft wholesome fear of keyholes.

The Mohammedan rising in Uganda, Central Africa, has been suppressed.

The s.s. Upolu, for Tonga and Soraoa, put back last night owing to a mishap to her machinery.

The annual meeting of the members of the Gordon Cricked Club is called for tomorrow (Friday) evening.

Ib is inberesting to see how sorry the man who went to the country for a vacation and tho man who sbayed a home are for each other.

Mr J. J. Holland has acceded bo a requisition asking him bo allow himself bo b& nominated for tho position of Mayor of Auckland.

The Dunedin football team to play against) Southland is tho same as played against Canterbury, save that Sullivan replaces Mann as three-quarter. "Felo-de-se" waß the verdiob returned at the inquest yesterday at the Hospital on the body of Donald McKenzie, who died from the effects of chlorodyne poisoningl. The man Redmond, who fell over the Queen-street) Wharf on Tuesday, and was rescued by Mr Elliott, was sent to the District) Hospital yesterday for medical treatment.

In reference to the bankruptcy proceeding against Mr Newton Fairs, of Hawera, it is stated that Mr Fairs intended to return to Hawera and had bis ticket taken for that) purpose. An inquest into the recenb fire at the Sydenham Tailoring Company, Queenetreet, was commenced today at tho Oriental Hotel by Dr. Phileon, coroner, bub was adjourned till next Tuesday.

Mr C. Mills, junr., of Puparoa, was struck recently by a falling tree while bush-foiling, which inflicted serious injuries to his head and chest. He is now recovering fram the effects of the accident.

A gentleman whoce business requires him to keep a diary of the weather, asserts that much as we compluin about the prolonged wet, there have been 122 dayß up to date on each of which there was absolutely no rain.

An Unlucky Remark.—" My dear, I think the bonnet you have on is very becoming," said Mr Jones to his wife. " Yes," was the reply, "it is becoming very aged, and I was just going to tell you I am going to have a new one." At) an inquest on a station hand named Michael Hare, who wa? found on the Napier roadside, injured by a fall from a horse, and who died in the hospital, the jury passed a rider censuring a publican at Taradale for supplying him with too much drink.

A fair number of brethren of the craft) attended the regular monthly meeting of Lodge Ara, No. 1, N.Z.C., last evening, in the Freemasons' Hall, Princes-street. Bio. A. 8. Rusßell, 1.P.M., presided. Two candidates were initiated, in addition to other routine business.

Air Field-Wolrlge will deliver, a very interesting lecture on Rome in bhe Parnell Hall this evening;. The lecture is beautifully illustrated with viewe, and should prove very instructive. Mr Wolrigo has very recently visited Rome, and is in a position to describe the Rome of to-day ia eloquent and telling language. Ab the ordinary meeting of the Thames Drainage Board yesterday it was decided to write to the proprietors of the Queen of Beauty mine demanding immediate payment of arrears. A rebate of 25 per cenb. on contributions from mines paid within tho month waa agreed upon. Id was reported that the machinery of the big pump had worked well daring tho month.

The laab section ot the Oxford-Rotorua railway formation has now been completed, the contractor, Mr M. Fallon, having completed his contract. It is expected that the railway can, with expedition, b$ taken into Rotorua by next April. In any case the line as far as Terokenga will be available for next season's tourißt traffic. The recent) wet weather has greatly retarded the work.

Two members of what the police term the spieling fratornity, named Joseph Dickeon and John Rodd, were sentenced to a month's imprisonment with hard labour ab Oaraatu yeßterday for using obscene language in a railway train. The obscene language was mainly directed aba clergyman wtio was in the railway carriage. A number of epielere were in the train returning from the Ashburton races. Some months ago a number of peculiar looking mounds in Pelorus Sound (Cook's Straits) attracted the attention of Mr J. Rutland, who resides in that district, and on digging into some, of them he found a quantity of burnb bones and ashes. Mr Rutland forwarded some of the pieces of bone to Mr E. Tregear, Secretary of the Polynesian Society, to ascertain whether it was" likely that human beings had been buried in the mounds. Mr Tregear was satisfied that the bones were not those of a human being,, but .probably had been parb of a large fish. 'The "whole thing was to him a perfect puzzle. Sir James Hector said he also was unable to fathom the mystery.