TABLE TALK.

Auckland Star, Volume XXIV, Issue 220, 16 September 1893, Page 1

TABLE TALK.

E'.rly Spring. Football season closing. Rio de Janeiro bombarded. Racing season opened to-day Cricket season opens shortly. Austria has an Ireland of her own, Cogill Minstrels farewell to-night. American yacht Navahoe has at last wop a race. Holloway Dramatic Company opens on Monday. The Governor is expected to assent to tho Electoral Bill immediately. News from Norfolk Island arrived hero last night by the Auckland schooner Sarah Pile.

Coal of a vory fair quality is reported to have been discovered at tho Huia, on tho Manukau.

At the R.M. Court at Christchurch yesterday, Wm. Storey was committed for trial on a charge of forgery. Tho Northern Union Steamboab Company (Limited) invite tenders for supply of piles for slip and coal wharf at Helensville. During the whaling season at Norfolk Island, from July up to date, the Islanders have captured nine whales, yielding 37_ tons of oil.

Littlo Willio-" What is a phonograph!' His mamma—" A thing you talk to and it talks back." Willie--" Ob, I thoughb thab was a servant girl." Tomorrow afternoon the ferry steamer, will call at Calliopo Dock Wharf for the convenience of visitors to H.M.s. Tauranga, whioh is at present there. First Toper—" What would you do if you had £5000 _" Second ditto—" Do ? I would livo for five days as if I enjoyed a yearly income of £365,000. The man Redmond, who jumped over the Queen-streeb Wharf tho other day, and is now in the Hospital for medical treatment, is showing signs of mental aberration.

The annual missionary meeting of tha various Primitive Methodist churches in Auckland will ho held noxt Tuesday evening in St. James's Hall, Wellington-street.

The American Seventh Day Adventisb Mission schooner Pitcairn was ab Norfolk Island at latest advices. Sho is expected to arrive ab Auckland from her Island cruise very shortly.

At a meeting of tho Committee of tho Christchurch Chamber of Commerce yesterday a letter was read from the Premier'a office, in reply to one from the Chamber, stating that tho Govornmenb were favourably disposed towards intercolonial reciprocity

The Melanesian Mission yacht Southern Cross, Captain Bongard, arrivod at Norfolk Island from Auckland on the 28th ult., aftor a rouerh passage, during which she lost one of her boats. She is to be back ab Norfolk Island from Melanesia aboub tho end of November.

A member of the congregation of the Church of the Holy Trinity, Devonport, has subscribed £50 towards reducing tho liabilities of tho church, on condition that) tho parishioners and others contribute £150 for the same purpose next year. It is believed thatthe £150 will be raised by the desired date.

An old colonise and ox-sailor. Mr R. Holyoake, who died at Riwaka, Nelson, recently, aged 87 years, haa been in tha colony since 1834. Seventy years ago he was whaling in New Zealand waters, and ho made a number of trips as second mate in a convict ship from England to Tasmania in the early days,

The first rake of coal, 25 trucks, from tho Mokihinui Company's mine arrived ab Westport last evening by train, which, on reaching the station, was received with cheers by the crowd assembled. Tho coal is of excellenb quality, and fully equal to tho Coalbrookdale, Five hundred tons will be shipped next week.

At tho High Mass to-morrow morning ab St. Benedict's, two original compositions will be sung by Mr Fuller. One is a tenor solo composed by the Rev. Dr. Egan, the conductor of St. Benedict's choir; tho other is a duet for soprano and tenor by tho colebrated Gaetano Capocci, undor whom bho Rev. Dr. Egan studied in Italy. Messrs A. M, Ollivior, G. Henderson, A. A. McKellar, and F. Waymouth, at Christchurch yesterday, wero appointed members of the Council of the Institute of Accountants, in accordance with a resolution passed at tho Wellington Conference. A sub-committee was appointed to consider the subjecb suggested. The name of tho institute is to be altered to thab of the " Institute of Accountants of New Zealand, Incorporated."

With reference to tho Matabelo native troubles in South Africa, mentioned in our cables, news.from the Cape, states thab at the time of writing the whole of tho community of Fort Victoria and districb were housed within the forb in Mashonaland, and the walls were manned by something like 400 men. They had a Gatling gun and two Maxims, and felb capable of holding their own should the Matabelo attack them. The administrator, officials, and Captain Lendy, R.M., had left nothing undone for tho protection and defence of tho white population.