TABLE TALK.

Auckland Star, Volume XXV, Issue 67, 19 March 1894, Page 1

TABLE TALK.

Rain or heafc. Which is it? ' Mararoa from Sydnejt Manapouri frqm-the South. Forfarshire sailed for London, Tahiti, barque, for New York. Island steamer Taviuni arrived. Taviuni leaves for Sydney to-day. Lynch Family at the Opera House. ■ The Postal Conference sitting today, Mararoa had a rough passage across. ■ Mararoa arrived frou Sydney yesterdftyc Whooping cough is prevalent in Oamaru. Potatoes are practically a drug in the market. ' Professor Seeley has been made & K.C.M.G. , President Peixoto denounces th 6 Brazilian rebels as pirates. ■..' ,<,■■■' Big strike of file workers at Marseilles foi a ten hours day. Sir G. M. O'Rorke arrived from Wellington yesterday. Professor Francili's concert takes place in the Choral Hall to-night. A man in Melbourne recently Bold bis wife and children for £1,500. f The fascination of gambling probably comes from its winning ways. Mr F. J. Moss accompanies the Governor to Rarotonga in the Hinemoa. Ocean steamship agents nro complaining of the state of Dunodin Harbour. The votaries of St. Patrick bad anything but pleasant weather on Saturday. Dr. Smiles, the writer of " Self Help ■' and similar work is said to be poor. Yesterday seoms to have been a d»y of heavy rain in all parts of the colony. A great deal of interest was manifested in .the Thames regatta on Saturday. Union Free Church Sunday-school celebrated its third anniversary yesterday. There were five cases of suicide and fi?e deaths from accidents during thelastmontht Lord Hopetoun will probably remain in Victoria till the expiry of his term o£ office.

Sir Charles Dilke thinks the war office take a too' optimistic view of the defence question. The Presbyterian City Mission holds ifca annual meeting in St. James'e Church this

evening. , A burglary was committed at the Son-day-school depot on Friday night. The

thieves got 3.05. The glassophone which the Lyncb Family have brought with them, is quite a novelty here. Gunner Henderson, of the "A" Battery, won the "0" Battery Challenge Cup on Saturday afternoon. A mass meeting of workers will probably be held during the sitting of the Labour Conference in this city. According to the Wellington •• Press" the Empire city shows the most signs of growth of all New Zealand towns. President Peixoto, now that he baa crushed the rebellion in Brazil, is thanking the United States for its aid. Mr Henniker Ileaton says His Imperial penny postage proposal will only apply to outward mails from England. The Irish national concert in St|. James's Hall this evening will, of course, be enthusiastically patronised by all Irishmen.

The Hinemoa is expected to-day, and wil' leave ta-morrow witti the Governor, Lady Glasgow and the Vibe-regal party for Etttj?' tonga. It is said that the Prince of Wales ea loves a cigar, that he will hurry over a meal for the cigar that comes on with the coffee.'

The contest for the cricket championship in the Domain on Saturday, Parnell made' 126 runs, and Auckland 12 runs for one wicket down. ?' ' '& Schopenhauer very truly says tbab the safest way of having no thoughts of our own > ■' is to take up a book every moment] we have nothing to do. ~..-.,. The Welsh members in the Commorift are satisfied with Harcourb's promise t& '." force on a Bill for the disestablishment oi the Welsh Church. , The Hikurangi Coal Company has struck a very fine seam of coal. This news will be gratifying to the shareholders and the settlors in the district. The warehousemen and their friends id considerable numbers visited Motutapu or. Saturday and in spite of the weather spent a very pleasant time there. ..'/ "Yea, air," said Jenkins, "Smithers is a man who keeps his word; bub then h^ has to." "How is that?" asked Jones, " Because no one will take ib." Sir Robert Stout wants to send Home o testimonial to Gladstone ; ■ nob so much fot Gladstone's cake as for Stout's. Oh tht vanity of these self-advertisern ? - Campbell Bannerman, the British Secret tary of State for the W"ar Department, approves of the Australian forces being federated under one commander. ■ The output of matches in tho world last ' year is valued at £21,000,000k r This is exclusive of 4,100 marriages solemnised in New Zealand.—Oamaru "Mail." The Portuguese admiral is getting into trouble with the Brazilian Government through having afforded protection to the rebel refugees and refusing to/ give them , UP- / His Excellency the Governor and Lad; Glasgow entertained bho Mayor apd Mayoress and a few other ladles ana gentlemen at Government on Saturday evening. Visitor : Tommy, I wish to ask you a fsit questions in grammar. Tommy; tfesj sir* Visitor: If I give you the sentence "the pupil loves his" teacher," what is thab > Tommy : Sarcasm. Mr Jones—" I never believed so much --" time could be wasted in talk till I read the speeches in Parliament." Mr Smith— •'Urn ; you never conversed with Mrs Smith, did you?" , f % The installation of the W.M. of Alpha r Lodge takes place ab Cambridge to- ' morrow. The M.W.G.M. and Grand Lodge C Officers have arranged to be present to take *" part in bhe ceremony. A correspondent of the Manawatu " Times " says that a settler at Taonui, who has 100 hives of bees, has sold about 2fc tons of honey, thus giving an average ofover SOlbs of honey per hive. The usual monthly religious service was held ab the Avondale Asylum yesterday. Mr Boynton officiated, and about 100 of the inmates attended. Mr S. Adams' company gave three instrumental solos, which/ 5 were evidently much appreciated. \ Serious charge against two troopers in „ Matabeleland. Lobengula, it is said, sent a m present of £1,000 bo the British officere.and rl an intimation that he would surrender. -* The messengers gave the money anS the message to the troopers who, ib is said, kept both to themselves and let the war go on.