TABLE TALK.

Auckland Star, Volume XXVII, Issue 201, 26 August 1896, Page 1

TABLE TALK.

'. IXTERPROVINCIAI, football. ; Taranaki v. Auckland. "Graphic " published to-day. E Board of Education met to-dof--1 Coursing matches at Avondale to-d»y. Sale of " King " Country lands to-day; 1 H. M'. s. Rapid w»b at) Oaebnnga to-day. > Wellington foofcballeri beat Thamea by IS • to 10. ■ ■ ' Hospital nureea* ball this eromDg in the ■ Choral Hall. . Sir Robert Stout gofe "hnffy" ia th« House last niphb and walked outside. ; Auckland Ladies' Liederkraaz first coacert at tha Opera House tomorrow night. Mr Malcolm Niccol, of MlO North Shore, I has been married to Miss,Von Stormer, of . Waikato/. . ■ '.'. . The local branch bf the Irish National . Federation meets to-morrow evening in St. Patrick's Hall. / J ' All the latest society news, mining in- ' formation, with stories and sketche*, etc., 1 inthe "Graphic." Snapshots of the New Zealand Grand Notional Race Meeting at Christchorch in to-day's "Graphic." \ . . ; ■ > The mining pictures in the "Graphic" thU week are two fine engravings of the Golden Hill Extended mine. The Matabele complain thab the'white ' police thrashed their men, and that their women were ;improperly treated. " The, Cob test for the Possession of tha City of Mansoul," is the theme of Mr Aldridge's illustrated address at the Foresters' Hall tonight. The block of 4,650 acres opened ab 20s per acre, blocks 3 and 4, Pironeia, Kawhia County, has been withdrawn from, sale and the. price baa been reduced t« 12s 6d per acre.' ; ■- ■■ -.:• * <.-. ~ ■ ■■ ... . Bill Collector ; Now,, then, eir. Took sharp, if .you please; I've e*ll«d again for Misfit's account, nnd time ia money witb me. Dudeson: Ah, is it? Well, tjum, I'll pay in time. ~' ■-; ■-■-■.■■ The City Schools Committee declined last ereniug to give permission .for the«lo«ntj of the schools on account ef to-day's football match. >Mr Julian eaid the match would only be "afree fight." The Crown Lands Board has decided to throw qpen for selection, unsurveyed land, 440 acres, block I,' Herekino, at 10s per adre, ; .|n4.; 2,475 acres, block, 14, Tatna survey district, at 7s 6d per acre. M.r Isaacs: I sells you. dot coat at a sacrifice.,- Customer; Bob yon tay that of all youf go»9da. ' Bow dp yon make a liTing? W : Me|fl freint, I makes a scbmall profit on do paper and ' ''sfcring;"* v' ;• •■ "■; ;", '■.. ■ : •■;.■■ : -The City Riflei Vdlanteer-Corps paraded at thelJDrifUshed last evening, under Lieut. Cpx; and the men were pnb, through some drill i by-Sergeant-Major Carperitor. Tb« "A" Battery signalling detachment mm were instrn.cte'fi in Bigaalling by SergeaniMajor Bueb'. '' ...:.. Prison labour is beiug largely used in British New Guinea for road-making and a good deal of work has been done in thia direction by the Convicts. The steamer Titus lately embarked cSO prisoners, all natives, at Samarai, and took them to Sudest; where they were employed under Mr Meredith, t^e head gaoler, clearing* road for gpldmining company. fv,:'r' .. ' ' At *ho last meeting of the Apia (Samoa) Municipal Council it was stated that t> ■humbef^pWTndian^ pedlars were'shortly ta be expected; It ■ was ..resolved.' thjab the Council cpnside.rs* that^Jßaat Indians arc undesirable immigrants and that th« President be requested to take necessarysteps towards imposinft the same restrictions upon their landing as now exist in regard to Chinese and Hawaiians. New dress goods ex s.s. Ruapehu, direct from the manufacturer to the purchaser, aft Wilson, McCullagh and Co.'s, Qaeenstreet.—(Ad vt.)