TABLE TALK.

Auckland Star, Volume XXV, Issue 226, 21 September 1894, Page 1

TABLE TALK.

Welcome! Oh,' Sun 1 ...,••• '' | jvFirsb day of spring.' • .-v Watered silk: An umbrella. * ■. 'Big tangi still proceeding at. TaupirL ■:.'-,: : i The tootball season is practically over. ; NoeignofTawhiaogetting-undertheaoct ' yet* * , '..*..' Big railway: accident) in * New South, Wales. & ! 8 Dorothy Social Union annual ball to* flight. L Missßuckland'a reception concert thia evening. " , ; The cricketers are preparing for thg coming season. ~ » :. H V M. 8. Wallaroo is coming down,, ta ; j Auckland from Noumea.' , ' , Mr A. Anderson haa been appointed turncock ab Newmarkeb. ■ Harbour Board Fiaanco and Legal Com* . mittee met this afternoon. . A lantern lecture .was, given in the -v." .'■^f Y. M.C. A. Rooms last evening. \ ' Tho Auckland-owned horse Royal Rose won a race at Randwick yesterday. The Chinese- Jap naval engagement seems; to have been something like a drawn battle. , ■ Miss Buckland's concert) at the Opera.. House to-nighb promises to bo a greats' success. , - " - ' 1 Members of the Chrysanthemum Society are requested to sand in their selection lists abohco. ,' ' I" • '"■ i ■,' A modern writer "describes an"ad." as- ';' the power thao starts and keeps trade in motion." . . . ! : What will the Auckland public do withoufc the excibement of their Saturday jaunta to Potter's Paddock. .... • ■■■■• ; Seventeen able-bodied' men have struck ;r^.:?j} on Fallon's contract on the Eotorua Railway for higher wages.***' - '• -^ « ' "'■': ■'. f ? j'*~ All along the "shores of the harbour 'if there are signs of, preparation' for the launching of the yachts.' ' ' : A proposition to introduce sections for children-at the' next Chrysanthemum Show ".:', l shouldmeeb with favour.' • ■ " Personal and public benefits are derivod |J from it's judicious application," says one. parson of tho almighty " ad." y< ' Rascal! ' That word on the lips of a woman, addressed to a too-daring man, often means—angel!— Anon." .v• i i "The rainfall for 'August'was'*:—Auckland, 1 595 inches; Wellington, 5.6 i;' Chrwtchurch, 251; punedini"3'os. ■ ■' There has bean iconsiderable feeling displayed in tho Newmarkeb/disbncb!relative to the: appointmenti of turncock. ; . The heart of a cbquebfe' is like a rose, of which theloyerg pluck the.; leaves, leaving only the,bhorna for the husband.—Anon. The arrivals in'the colony during Augusb ,- wereil,s46, and the departures 1,/08. Of tlie latter, 1,353 wenti to New South Wales. Viscount Kilbbi oldesb son'of Lord .Grlaegow.j was' a passenger by" the Mana« pouii which■ arrived ab7>Velliugt'on yester^ ,day- i * i Burns* Club; Assembly dance lasfc n^ghb.Jn^he Masonic^•-Hailj Newton, was : «7ell attended," Mr' Diinh "officiating ac ■M.C. ! • ... . ; '■ ~, ' ' - i|4 a An inauesb^is.to.jbo held.-i.on.thaJbadyj^iJH suppose^tp'be one.p^the*Ghristine's m^n^f^^^n ' fbviii'd>:.ne''aK^'e ■•■ mpapl,;olVtftev:.Wa^tarW^#« River '" '' *r * ' "" ' **$>' * hav,B a wife and a "grown daughtßj^ ,y*ou . ''lira'Connolly's Art Unionl eih'ibifcsi aro still on view in the window of Wr J. Tj|_ Garlick. They will only/remain a feyvdaya , .longer../. . ",','.'/ ;'•■',",■'_••-'-/ : An.in'su'lb from certain •sources is a complimehb.' Whtir' an ass kicks at yoii he does so becauee ■he recognises. .'that you ara !unlikehini. What » fool isiho who says to a woman, "Will you ?" Dosb aofc know, simpleton, •that tKoy'always pretend not to bel willing. !—Alfred Bougeart.. ' /■ • Tor oaa Orpheus who wonb to Hell to ■geek liis wife, 'how- many' widowers 'who would nob even go. to' Paradise to find theirs ?—J. Petit Senn, ' ' X: "Doctor, I'm/getting so nearsighted that I can't recognise people in the" street. ', Whab shall I do for it?" Doctor:'"tJmph! . Why not pay your debtsi?" j t ••> - ■• • Father (to dramatic"'manager): "Yoa :• have heard the voice of my son. Whatrofij. : do you think he oiighb to' Bfcudy ?'' , Manager: " Auctioneering, sir." .She: Cease your flattery,'sir, or Ichall' pub my hands over, my ears. He (wishing to pay her a. complimonb): ■■-. Impoßßifatte it Your hands aro too small for that?. : ~ Miss Timid: Did you ever find a man, . ' under the. bed? Mrsfßlaff:}; Yep.- Tho. nighb we fchoughfc there were burglars iv thffl houso I found my husband, there. , Unless an improved train service ba granted on- the Kaipara line, many of tba. residents say that they will hare, -,to return. . to town to live, much against their will. Tommy: Is sister going to plays* afc Indians ? Mamma,: Certainly nob, Tommy, _; .^-'T whab made you thiak so? Tommy: Oh t she was painting up in her room just now. 'Don't you think these paintings aro badly hung ?'asked one gentleman of another, at a recent arb exhibition. • Badly" hung? Yes,, horribly executed!' was tho' reply. . ' ' "'." .." ' . j A petition for an improved .railway t service on the Kaipara line has been signed by the greater part of tho houßelioldera { ■ along the lino between Avondalevafad Heh« derson. .■ , ..: (.■_:■■■' He: I couldn't finil your fabhorYchequa among the wedding presents. ,1 would.liko to know whab became of Wl She: Fa is so absent-minded. After the. ceremony he lit his cigar with ib. • The " A ";Bafctery paraded ab tbo Drill-" shed last evening, under Captain O'Brien, * and Lioutonanbs Lipscombo and Bosworfch. They were given a coarse of dismounted. • cavalry drill by Sergeanb-Major Bush. ■ :° Some interesting portions of the last reporb of the Ashley Downs v Orphanges r ' Bristol, were given ab the lecbura at the. Young Men's Ropma last evening., -Many in Auckland will romember the visit of tba. venerable George, Miiller, of' the Hospital, to this citiy. Ono Irishman, meeting another, asked what had become of their old acquaintance. Patrick Murphy. "Arrah, now, dear honey," answered the.other, "poor Pafcwa? condemned to be hanged, but«ie Eaved bir. • life by-dyingl in ■> prison." • ■' Our wharves are -still* to remain in semidarkDesß. The Works ands Tariff Coin- .. mibbee decided, yesterday, chabJnviewoJ the cosb of the firsb installation, not tore/ commend to the Hurbour. Board the introduction of electric lighting on the wharvoß. Mr Crirtera (beforo;the curtain rice»); , ' "Say, mister, I wanb my money back. This bill o1 fare says there will bo a lapse of bwo moVitho 'tween the fourth anJ last acts, an' I'll be darned if I'll pay my fare clean from Backblocks agen for tho letst act. ,So shell out." " ' -