TABLE TALK.

Auckland Star, Volume XXVIII, Issue 211, 11 September 1897, Page 1

TABLE TALK.

Criminal session concluded.

Supreme Court civil session begins otMonday. ° Brough comedy season opens on -Monday evening. J Comjan "^ °f th° In™" 1 Drai»atio Dr. Wolfenden speaks at the City Hall Sunday evening service. The German warship Bussard is expected here from Samoa shortly. The wreck of the Tasmania is to be sold by auction next Wednesday. "A Woman of No Importance" at tha * Upera House on Monday evening. A fanatical rising on the Malabar Coasfc ot Southern India has been suppressed. Miss Alice Rimmer Avill sing at tha Central Mission, Oddfellows' Hall, Cookstreet, to-morrow evening. St. Patrick's conversazione is announced to be held in the Catholic Institute on Monday, September 20th. She (well-to-do): " Are you a good jud<*e of diamonds ?" He (impecunious): "No - but I have an uncle who is." '

Mr Hammill, late of America, will speak at the Central Mission, Oddfellows' Hall, Cook-street, to-morrow evening. Lost child (to policeman): " Please, sir, have you seen a man without a little boy'1 'Cause if you have, Ts that little boy." . Government steamer Hinemoa has arrived here from Gisborne with additional witnesses for the Tasmanian enquiry. At the Albert-street Barracks tomorrow evening Captain Simmons will give an address, entitled, " Held by the Enemy."

Ouinton James Beresford, charged at the Supreme Court with theft from the person, was found not guilty yesterday afternoon and was discharged. " Whatever made you make Brackins a present of a pocket-comb ? He's as bald as a billiard-ball." "That's just it. I want to make him think I never noticed it."

Mr Bull commences to-morrow evening a series of five discourses on "The Principles and Practices of the Church," at the new Meeting House in Ponsonby Road. The monthly inspection parade of the Devonport Naval Volunteers was held last evening in the Drill-shed, under Lieut.Commander Parker, there being a good muster of the corps. Lieut.-Colonel Banks mado the inspection. " Isn't there any chance of settling the differences between Mr and Mrs Whuiy ?" "Not the slightest. Eacli got hold of the diary that the other kept before they were married."

The "Beulah Land Singers" will take part in the meetings to be conducted by Staff-Captain and Mrs Cain at the Salvation Army Barracks, Newton, all day tomorrow.

A concert was given in the Otahuhu Public Hall last evening by the Otahuhu Cricket Club. Musical selections were given by Misses Harrison, Day, Lizzie Chapman, Messrs C. E. White, Brown, George, H. Ashwin, Boak, A. Murphy*. F. Ayres andE. Drumond. An amusing farce concluded the entertainment.

Miss Alice Simmer, who takes such a special interest in the Auckland Young Women's Christian Association, announces that she will give a concert on Tuesday evening next, the 14th instant, in aid of the funds of the proposed Girls' Home. The programme is an excellent one, and the object Miss Simmer has in view ought to ensure to her a very big audience. The concert will be given m the Lecture Hall of the V.M.C.A. Rooms.

You really save 6d per pound on your tea bill by dealing direct from the importers, John Earle and Co., 207, Queenstreet.— (Adt.)

The public will consult their interests in observing; that after September 30th, a premium of 2s 6d per share will be charged in all unallotted shares applied for in the iivst group of the Auckland Co-Operative Terminating Building Society.—(Advt.)