TABLE TALK.

Auckland Star, Volume XXVII, Issue 294, 11 December 1896, Page 1

TABLE TALK.

Signs of raia. North Shore, athletic sports to-morrow. Romuera school picnic ib Takapuna tc Third Trebolli coacerb in tfao, City Hall to-day. " ' , ; ~ _ S.e" Ovalau arrived from the Souta Sea Islands. -•', The Spanish Governor of the PhiUtpine Islands has reßiened. Mr Shaw. ex : Mayor of Adelaide, is a» present in Auokland. The French warship Amiral Paraeval wae in the Friendly Islands last'month. Argyle loaves for Ruth's Island at 2 p.m. tomorrow, returning oh Monday morning. Liau tenant - Colonel Hume left for Gtsborno by the c.c. Dingadee last eveaing. The reported marriage of young King George, of To»ga, has nob taken place as wan arranged. Priza money totalling £450 has b6en allotted for fche Aucklasd Anniversary Regatta oia January 29th next. Tko- recent Floral Fete afc Ellerslio is estimated to yield the Ladies' Benevolent Society between £500 and £700. The following dayu will bo observed as Government holidays :— December 25th, 26th and 28th, and January Ist and 2nd, There are bow four whaleboafc races on fcbo Auckland Anniversary Regatta programme, including the champion whaleboaß all-comers' race. Tho new Governor of Tahiti, M. Gaberie, may be expected in Auckland shortly, being on his way from Franca to Tahiti to succeed Governor Papinoaud. Tho number of' public-hauses in London is 5,104, in addition to 2,243 beerhouses, 218 hotels, 120 cluba. and 219 restaurants, making a total of 7,904- licensed housee. If the armies of Europe should march ab an eight-mile gait, five abreast, fifteeninches apart, it would require Bin© and a half days for them to pass a given point. Tho longest tunnel in the world is St. Gothard, which ie 43,840 ft. The next longest are Mosab Ceim, 39,550 ib; Hoosack, 25,080 ft; Severn, 22,992 ft; Nachistongs, 21,659fb ; Sutis. 21,120 ft. A new method of stopping hiccoughs is said to have boen accidentally discovered in a French hospital. It> consists in thrusting the tongue oufe of the mouth and holdinn it thus for a short tinio. Husband : " If there be a true Chriitian woman of my acquaintance, it's Mrs Joy ton." Wife: " How did you reach such a flattering conclusion?". Husband : " She was at church this morning with a lasb Butuoier's hat on," Between 40 and SO vessels are Bank in tho Thames every year. During fche p&si 11 years, 74 steamers, of 55.758 tone resistor, 54 sailing vessels, of 9,128 tons, and 301 barges, of 11,956 tone, have been raised by bhe Csaßervancy lighters. Sale of unredeemed pledges by Esam and. Arthur Monday nexb. 150 dozan of the celebrated C.B. corsets, made with the bast whalebone stays, at 5a lid. These ans very superior and worth, ycur notice. To be had only of Court Bro?.— (Advt-.J 200 pairs" ef-a vary special line of laca curtains, SAyrls long, full width and taped, lor 3s lid at Court Bros.—(Advt) Courb Bros, have just to hand a big lob of samples in ko3iery, to be clearod cheap.— (Advt.) ■ '- ;-—;.-*■ '•*■ ' ; ..... -