TABLE TALK.

Auckland Star, Volume XXVIII, Issue 43, 22 February 1897, Page 1

TABLE TALK.

A. Ballihger ia Rifle Champion. Tasmania arrived from Sydney. Southern riflemen went South to-day. «• Uncle Sam " sympathises with Greece. Steamer Anglian arrived from the South. Carl Hertz again ab the Opora House tonight. Remarkable revival in Newcastle coat trade. The bicycle has killed an Oxford professor. Steamer Rakanoa arrived from the South. Rifle men had a week of splendid weather. ' . Annual meeting ot Auckland Institute te-night. Prospects of further s-fighting on the Niger coast. Tenders are invited for a new poa--o__ca ab Waitekauri. Wellington men "scooped the pool".ab the Rifle Meeting. '• Tho Derby.will be ran ab 9.30 bo-nighbiab the Opera House. The Cretan provinces have voted for union with Greece. " * '■'•'*. Theß.M._. MonowaiM, doe here from San Francisco on Friday.''' v"" , The Greek Colonel Vassos has captured another Turkish fort in Crete. The senate of the New Zealand University meets in Auckland on Wednesday next. The arrivals in New during January were 2,154, an<_fthe .departure* 1,127.. ' A man found injured on tne|vßpson_ Road on Saturday night has dfad in the Hospital. Miss E. Gittos won the ladies' match ab the Narrow Neck shooting on Saturday afternoon. Mr W. H. Potts baa resigned his appointment on the Thames Harbour Board. The reason is not assigned. . The Hon. 'P. Thompson, Minister of Justice and Defence, left for Wellington to-day by the s.s. Takapuna. The present year promises bo give one of the best coffea crops ever known in Raretenga, Cook Group of Islands. The annual meeting of the Auckland Harbeur Board will be held to-morrow, when a Chairman will be elected. The export of cotton has almost ceased from the Cook Group of Islands, owing to the low price for some years past. Mr P. R. Dixs "My Sweetheart" Comedy Company has been playing to crowded houses ab the Thames and Paeroa. - Ab the New Zealand Rifle Meeting tha Wellington men who won over £10 each won total prize money amounting to £233 19s. A boy named Hay, aged 14, has beer admitted into the Hospital suffering: front a acslp wound caused by a fall from <+ horse. _ , Matiii&e at the Opera House on Wednesv f. day afternoon, when special attractions, will be offered fer the amusement o£ holiday makers. ;:*: 1 T. H. Head, of Whangarei, the Auckland man who stood highest on the champion-' ship list, finished eighth ab the B>ifl# Meeting on Saturday. X* During the year 1896 the imports into . the Caok Group (Rarotonga) were £25,068, and exports totalled £20,708, of which £15,296 came to Auckland. Tho weather iv Southland has been perfect for tho last month, Harvesting is now general, and the crops,~thougfc light, ■--■■ are being got in in excellent order. Lord Brassey'a schooner-yacht SU__eam,: on her return passage from Wellington to Sydney, made 1,125 miles under sail alone, 89 under steam, and 157 under steam and sail. T. Robinson, a Christchurch volunteer, won the prize at the Rifle Meeting for the i man who had made fewest misses daring the meeting. He did not miss the target once. A twelve months' old child ot James Hopkins, sawmill hand, was severely burnt aboub the arms and face by a tnssock fire at Rimu (Southland). Fata! results are feared. __ Major Collins, of Wellington, and Captain Lomax, of Wangauui, who have been j attending the Rifla Meeting, .leave for Te Aroha and Roterua on a brief visit tomorrow. , A human skeleton was found some days ago at the Wharekawa Creek, beyondMercury Bay, East Coast, the remains _~,,,. being in a sitting position. Two Maori boys made the discovery. '<tjx* z • Harvest festival services were celebrated, at St. Mark's Church, Remuera, yesterday, the Rev. W. Beabty preaching seasonable sermons. The church was appropriately decorated for the occasion. Last week ab the Warden's office, Thames, applications for 12 special claims were lodged, also 1 prospecting license, 3 water races and a couple of sundries, the fees totalling £356 15s 6d. During January the births in Auckland and district totalled 1,191, and the dsaths 572; Wellington, 1,109 births and 458 deaths; Christchurch, 987 births and 457 deaths; Dunedin, 1,073 births and 451 deaths. Two cottages ab Woolsbon (Canterbury), one belonging to Mr Eaßtwick another belonging to Mr ©. Holt, wore burned on Friday night. Eastwick's house is insured for £126 in the Alliance Company. At the Sydenham swimming sports the Christchurch Club won the water polo championship of New Zealand, beating Sydenham by four goals. The Chris-church Club has an unbeaten record for this event. Mr F. Nugonfc's store and telegraph office at Maraekakaho (Hawke'a Bay) were totally destroyed by fire yesterday morning. The insurances are : — £850 in the National Insurance Company, half re-insured in the Liverpool and Londou and Globe. The box plan. for the approaching performance of Mr Alfred Hill's operatic legend " Hinemoa" by the Musiu Company and the Amateur Opera Club opened at Messrs Wildman and Lyeli's this morning, when there was a great demand for seats. The approaching chrysanthemum fair,'to be held at the Drill Hall in Ea6ter week in aid of the Church Mission to the Lanes, promises to be a great affair. It is notified that promises of help will be gladly received by either the Rev. L. Fifczgerald t director of the mission, or Mr "P. R. Dix, Coombes' Arcade. Mr Win. Fletcher, of Eden-street, Parnell, was accidentally knocked down on Saturday evening opposite the Tbamos Hotel by a cab returning from the wharf. He was dazed by the shock, but soon came round. Mr Fletcher informed a constable that the affair was accidental, his attention having been taken np with a passing 'bus.