TABLE TALK.

Auckland Star, Volume XXVIII, Issue 208, 7 September 1897, Page 1

TABLE TALK.

« 'Frisco mail to-morrow. S.s. Anglian arrived from the South. " Dr. Bill" again at the Opera House tonight. English and European cables are inter-" rupted. A sensational suicide is reported from Sydney. * Mr Seddon will arrive at Wellington irom England to-morrow. Another attempt is likely to be made to recover the Tasmania's mails. Florance Kelly, who died in the Auckland Hospital lately, from fracture of the ?tj t>' was once a resident in Wairoa (H. 8.), and leaves a wife at Waipawa. Vvallace : " Hargreaves is pondering whether to buy a dog or a bicycle.* 5 Perry : "Which did you advise him to get. "I didn't advise him. He will be just as big a bore about the one as he would be about the other." When the Governor left Onehunga the other day in the Tutanekai, for Wellington, the steamer anchored at the Manukau Heads for three hours, and those on board had some good fishing. Lord Raniurly caught 16 schnapper and a shark. Without woman, man would.be rough, rude, solitary, and would ignore all the graces which; are but the smiles of love. Woman weaves about him the flowers of life, as the vines of the forest decorate the trunk of the oak with their fragrant garlands. The third term of the Auckland University College commenced yesterday, when there was a good attendance. There are upwards of 200 students on the roll this term. The annual examinations will be held as usual towards the end of this month. One of the horses on board the ill-fated s.s. Tasmania escaped the doom that ifc was supposed all the poor creatures met; with. The animal, which was a racehorse, nonaged to get free from its fastenings and swam ashore, being found on the Mahia Peninsula. Complaints are made by residents of the Newton end of Ponsonby Boad of the practice which a number of youthful hoodlums in that district have of throwing bricks and stones on the tops of houses. The police are on the look-out for the stone throwers. The management of the Auckland Technical School Association intend bringing under notice of the Government by petition the necessity for more liberally subsidising such institutions. The number of pupils at the School keeps up fairly well, but the institution has no assured finance. The Governor, Lord Ranfurly, has accepted the position of patron of the Akarana Rifle Club. The Club intend letting the contract for the formation of the range at Shoal Bay, North Shore, during the present month, and shooting will be commenced when the fine weather sets in. Recent donations to the Auckland Museum and Institute include moa remains from Whangarei, sent by Mr H. Sutherland ; minerals from the Greafc Barrier Island, hy Mr T. Ryan ; skin of Cook's petrel^ Mr Rayner; New Zealand shells, P. Wrightson; silicilied wood, seat by L. Fra-r. Sir Walter Buller has arrived here from Wellington by the s.s. Anglian, en route to Fiji. He will visit the various islands of the Fiji Group, and will then go on to Tonga and other islands. On bis return to Auckland lie will prohably make a tour to Europe. He leaves for Fiji by the s.s. Flora on Thursday. Hie Elain Free School of Art annual exhibition of pupils' work was opened today in the Municipal Buildings, and will also be open to-morrow and on Thursday. The school has made good progress during the last year, and the specimens of art on exhibition are -worth seeing. Exhibition is free and is by the Art Gallery entrance. The monthly meeting of the Auckland Ministers' Association was held yesterday afternoon at the Manse of St. James' Presbyterian Church, the Rev. A. H. Collins presiding. An interim report of the evangelistic work being carried out by the Association was presented, and the* Rev. W. J. Williams read a paper entitled "Newman, Manning, and the Oxford Movement." A discussion followed the reading of the paper, aud Mr Williams received a vote or thanks. The Wairoa (Hawke's Bay) paper says that the dispute which has been going on for some time between the Church of England Maoris and the Hauhaus at Korito is becoming more accentuated, and ifc is thought there may be recourse to fighting. It appears that several influential natives ! have lately gone over to Hauhauism, and they are endeavouring to build a Hauhau Church close up to the existing English Church. A meeting is to be held on the 12th inst., and some fiery talk is expected to ensue.