TABLE TALK.

Auckland Star, Volume XXVI, Issue 178, 27 July 1895, Page 1

TABLE TALK.

FoOTBAMv v-'0.q0.1 and clear., r „ ,» /Test matches at .Epsom, .■;■■■ :. . Oscar Wilde a bankrupt. V S.b. Ovalau arrived from the Islands. ;Marquardb concert on Monday evening/1 Gourlay-Stokes. season closes this even- ' ing."".. ■■■ , ■'. ' . ■■ ' >■;■•? ::--• ■ ;>"Large turn>o»b of volunteer CD,-?:* last nighb. a Maritana Social in Sb. George's Hall oa ' Nopday nexb. : . : ■ - A fresh survey is to bo made at the tow^ ship of Waihi, ' , * •'.There is 1 no'tenure like freehold."— .■■;■:■ ■Crowthcr, W.'H.R. .i JThab millionaire is still poor who ae-.^ bo add to his wealth. ' Whon work becomes a routine it seems _r resbfulj but ib isn't. ; ■ - There is no profitable egoti?^ th«t lack* thei "support ofability. People who take thingg easy often take • more than'their'share. .''' '"' : ■ The face is the. still brook that serves on : the mirror oE the conscience. ■ I ;Tho people easiesfi'pleased ara those who ' are satisfied with-themselves.' ' . . ■', Joshua's Boomerang: brandy has been awarded the gbldimedalab Amsterdam. ;A consignmenbiof 485 cheep waebroughfr. np from Lybbeltoh by the 8.8." Ohau to* ■ day. . ■: I • . ■The'FTQn,c|i;religiouaWr4era have decided to submit to. taxation in order' to avoid a conflicb wibh the State.' ■'!Economy fchab impairs the efficiency ol - any-public iriatitution is out of tuno with / the call that) demands retrenchment. . ■■ One'of the -penalties-of success1 is 'to ba' ' , kicked^ vat by the! people; who fail because" ' they do not doeerve success.— Exchange. .' • Teddie : What are woman's rights, pa? . Pa: <''^lthey.-^■■wan^li■■■*■ln3r"■■«b6yi;•■>i•■.;.l .■■! Always remember thab.r^"Boston Coarier. 1-' The Auckland Technical School is pro- > greasing favourably/ and good' results are >v?! ; looked f_or. Thero are now 160 pupils eri* .<-.-*> rolled. ■•■'-. . .■■■ -■•.■•■•:.-'.■.■. ■■■, ' - : An average of three British seamen J lose :i theirliyesleveryjdayiby drowning, and 300 :", British steanaera add sailing vessels''arelosb.'i ' yearly at sea. . • , - :■.-'-•% ;.; fieportsi' are ptiblisbecl ab- Vienna} th^b ir Sofia is disturbed. Open hostility is. shown '■'■ \to Prince Ferdinand, and the Government): \ is powerless. ': ■ ~-,-.,. •'■..:, ■■:.■::„..■■ ■■:. 1 Our! readers will do woll to peruse Pro- ' Ifessor ■■Loisebte's advertisement in', this . I issue,'' with nearly a column of valuable ' endorsements of his system. i '' The recerib westerly gales have brought - ashore a number of small of amber- ; gris 'oaHthe Weeb-Coast. The Kaipara ' people are'1 keeping their eyes open for ; ambergria just now. The^Roalyn (Dunedin) Tramway Company's'operations for the past year resulted < ■ in'a profib of £905, oub of which the i directors recommend the payment of a 74 per cent, dividend, absorbing £747; ' ■■■■ Majoro&lorrow,1 who• was decorated at-? thei/Drill-shed last night, was present) nndec-_> Colonel Lj'ons in skirmishes at Wairoft-re-iS doubt'arid ab the;attack oh* Native Settla«f\;je merit,? Qtaai Wairoa, in September 16tb, 1863. .Mr Softly: Er—Miss Ethel, there is ; 'eomethihgl-i-er^—particularly want to say' to you. Er—when could I have a minute > with you alone ? Ethel: Oh, I'll arrsnga that- • Something from Wagner, plaa?e, • Lucy. ' Now;Mr Softly. . ; . .*-. Miss ' JVewago :; ,W hat v s dono *t the Now'- Womah' Ihternationfil PfogreHsive ' Club to-day-?- Bncholor girl: Oh, noth^ag. You see Mrs Sweetie Kappbfted'-to c'omo'in. : ;.■'. with her.baby, and before we all. finished kissing the little cherub ib was time to adjourn, ' ■ • Major WiH. Skinner; whoiwaspresented with the Imperial'long-service medal last \ night, volunteered for'the Corps of Foresbi " Rangers; under; Captain Jackeon in 1863,: t and was present at the jßghb withnabives in the bush at Wellwood, near the Mauku, oa • September Bth, 1863. . ' -Ab ;tbe weekly, drill of the 'Auckland j Naval Artillery' Volunteera lastreVeriing,;l Mrs ; Little, wife; of Lieut.-Com. Libtlo, officercommandingtheCompany, presented • the corps with a handsome; enlarged:'photo' i of the ladies No. 6 stall at the. recenb volunteer bazaar. ..''■•• ■ ■■■•'■ "Cosb of living is; steadily decreasing. ( Cavo'ur. Cigars are wonderfully cheap ab ' 8 for Is 3d.-(Advb.) Monster sale of drapery, for one week only, commences jSaturday;,nesli.,^ JDoorai ,; open atf 12.30 noon ,* closed during .morning; to prepare.— J. A. BradsbreebjKarangahape'' Rbad^^-tAdyt.) .