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Auckland Star, Volume XXVI, Issue 6, 8 January 1895, Page 1

TABLE" TALK- - • ■ ''. '■' '''-i ■' '■ "» ' . ■ .: .. ~ ..■"< Welcome rain, y - ; r ' " Graphic " published to-morrow, Mr John Walter, of the! "Times," le|» "> £277,000. . ; •:» ■ ..".■ . . l', , s Slight outbreak of fire, in Grafton Road , yosterday evening. . . • '[' ■ The Devonport Torpedo Corps are having a hew Cutter built. Mullet is eaid to be very plentiful in bhe ; ■ Kaipara this seasoD. Auckland Yacht Club give their annual , excursion on Saturday. \ .., The Weka is now called the Little Grey- ( hound of the Manukau. ' § .The yachb Mabangi. returned- from her ■", holiday cruise on. Sunday. - :> The s.e. .Mararoa arrived from Sydney , •wibh a fair complemenb of passengers. , ~ , "':••'VNew Boy," farowellod ab the^-Opera House yesterday.; Season now closed. /W j Japan has\ refused to agree to an armi- , stice, pendingbhe negotiations for peace. . ;■■ \ Mr Earnshaw has resigned his position as ! a member of the Kaitang'ata Relief Fund. ', The new yacht built by Mr Logan for \ Wellington owners sails South tomorrow. "" Two Frenchmen aro reported to have , reached Lhassa, the sacred, capital of , Thibet. Details of the Turkish outrages in , Armenia reveal instances of most revolting .' cruelty. ) Monowai arrived from tbe South this . morning and will leave for Sydney to- .1 morrow. . The six Supreme Courb districts ; have '~ been proclaimed industrial district's under >y the Conciliation/Act. . '~'.' " j • Maori hakas,in the City ( Hall on Thursday '. and succeeding nights by warriors of "the,^ Ngatiwhakauae tribe.. . • "-/ j i German residents in America intend to . make Prince Bismarck a valuable presenta- .■ tionon his 88th birthday, ■]'. ,'..',' A house at Tuakau belonging to Mr • James Smith was burned to the ground on r ' Sunday evening last,. nothing being saved. , . Mrs Besanb refuses to reply to the ex- . poeures of Thebspphy made in the " West- ~ minster Gazebte " till she return's to Eng- , land. ' " '' -': ~ '■.",'■,'■■•'■■, , The House Steward of .the Hospital desires to thank the Town Clerk for a par- ■-, eel of illustrated papers for use of j patients. ' . At the meeting of the Parnell Borough ( Council yesterday ib was resolved by a, J largo; majority, tb support. Saturday as the s half-holiday. ' (< ■■"'," , . ,' Germany and France both object to., American doctors residing in their ports for , the purpose of examining intending emigrants to the States. ■ ' ~;■; . \ ' j Telegraph messages can now be sent on r other forma than those supipiied by the • Government .provided they are approved , . by the Minister in charge. \ -. Entries for the Ladies' and Gentlemen's ' Championship Singles in the Auckland •;■ Lawn Tennis Association will be received • up to Saturday night. , ' ' Lasker,. the chees champion who was ', expected to visit the colonies soon, haa , been forced, to postpone his trip owing to : J an,attack of typhoid fever. , ".■-'•■■- ' Te Whiti and his chief men are on their \ way:frbm Parihaka to rHawera, where To s ■Whiti will be examined,- before the Deputy } Official Assignee in, Bankruptcy. . f Among the passengers from Sydney by , 'the Marafoa "yosterday were Sir Joseph ; sAbbp,btii-'j9peaker:' of■; thefNew South' Wales '.:■... •Lpgi-lariy'eAssembly,:r„nd''Lady-Abbott. • ' : i. Dr. Caro, of Napier; has returned froav :Eurbpe where he has been ebudyitfg-the •hew.irei_Bdi-8 for diphtheria*_hdi croup. ■» Ho has brought with him samples of bho , -antitoxin."' y , .'■ '"..-. ' '■ :;-.':'•-. ' About 200, AraWaß will arrive in town '/ from Rotorua to-morrow evening,, taking , advantage of. the special terms offered by ''the.railway, authorities, on ; the suggestion _of,the?Premier.y • "; /■■;;.':'■ .-,■ ■: , . , •A Matiri wedding rook place ab Rangia- ,« huh, in the Hokiuiiga district, the other , day, everything being conducted inmost , lavish etyle, and after the most approved • European pattern, r .■'•'' The Hon. Jacob Garrard, Minister for ■ Education for New South Wales, arrived by the Mararoa yesterday. He iutenda to rg tour the colony to examine into the work- Jr ing of our labour bureau. The exhibition of native dancing, to be ; given in the City HalLon Thursday nexb , by members of the .Ngatiwhakauae tribe,.'.; is expected from its novelty bo attract, a - large number of the public. ' MrSeddon has sent a letter to the Can- ' terbury .Progressive .Liberal Association , assuring them of his sympathy with their ; desire to establish a School of Domestic; Instruction in Christchurch... In a Speech delivered to his constituents last pighbj Mr Carnell, member for Napier, r abtacked Sir Robert Stoub and Captain Russell i defended the Government, and advocated the issue of paper-money. Mr Thomas Herborb, of bhe Premier ' Joinery Works, is nowfilling a large order • for carving and for Beats for Free Churches ' in Tonga. This is only one of many orders ' thab are being received from bhe Islands. Ab the ordinary monbhly meeting of the ' ladies' lodge Lily of the Valley held lasb ' night,'Mr J. Coliis, of Sydney, presented a ! large photograph bo the lodge on behalf ' of tbe ladies' lodge Daughters of Derry, ' Sydney. \ « At the iriqueeb on bhe body of William ' Kewisb, of Dunedin, who died euddenly after taking seidlitz powder, the docbor sUtodl.Jfcha.t on analysis he could'1 I'd'i-cover no trace of poison.! The jury . returned a verdict of death from natural causes. ' The illustrated history of the Grammar School published in tho "Graphic" to-' morrow, contains two ' largo groups of ' pupils, and , fine ' photogravures of'-the' school, school band, scholastic staff, Old' Boys'"Association, and other interesting' pictures^ The Obago Central Railway League considers'tKat unless it is better backed,up by ■ the public: it may dissolve, lb objects to' being characterised, as a semi-political or-' ganiaabioni and hopes that every effort will' be made to expend the vote on the railway as soon aa possible. •' ■The number of persons relieved by the Dunedin Benevolent Insbibution during the' pasb.year was 3,143, or 476 more than, in*' the previous year. Forty deaths occurred during the twelve months, the average* weekly charge was 4s 6id per head, £7,377, was disbursed in outdoor, relief, and the, total increase in the expenditure for tha. year was £1,083 16s8d. .' ~.-', -The Wellington Crickeb AesociatJou havei agreed to the proposal to play a match. North v. South Island, so long as it. does; nob interfere with tho Fiji match, and eug--gest February 2Btb, and March Ist and; 2nd as suitable dates. Mr H. D. Bell has; been elected vice preeident for. Wellington; on the Crickeb Council, and Measrs Cross and Holdship the local delogabos. . »

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