TABLE TALK.

Auckland Star, Volume XXVIII, Issue 256, 4 November 1897, Page 1

TABLE TALK.

Hauroto left for Fiji. Moana gone to Sydney. Indian tribesmen still resisting the British.

Mr Crowther wants the Government to sell the Hinemoa.

Mr Lawry denies that " sly-grog selling " is rampant in the King Country. Au attack on a British baggage guard is reported from the Indian frontier. Sunday labour in mines was discussed by the House of Reps, last night. The Horowhenua native land case is now before the Supreme Court at Wellington.

It is understood that Waikato will be largely represented at the Auckland A. and 1. Association's Show.

Three cheers for " Old Rangitoto " concluded the ceremony at the opening of the Rangitoto track yesterday afternoon. Next Saturday will again be devoted to excursions to Rangitoto Island, and ferrysteamers are fixed to run throughout the day. The Cyanide Process Gold Extraction Bill has been referred to the Goldfields Committee of the House of Eepresentatives.

* Miss Eileen O'Moore (Miss Bessie Doyle) arrived here from San Francisco by the K. M. 8. Moana, and is staying at the Grand Hotel.

A plain aud fancy dress ball for adults and juveniles will take place to-morrow evening in the Boanaventure Hall, Parnell.

Mr Monk, M.H.R., wants the children attending the New Zealand schools to be encouraged to take an interest in the New Zealand flag. " If it is true that there is sly-grog selling in the King Country the only way to suppress it is by establishing hotels."—Mr F. Lawry, M.H.R. A meeting of Auckland workers last night expressed sympathy with the engineers in their struggle to obtain the eight hours' working day. Several of the prizes given by supporters of the Children's Flower Show are on exhibition in the window of Messrs E. Yates and Co., seedsmen, Queen-street.

The Governor has promised to lay the foundation stone of the new Wesleyan Church and to open the Industrial Exhibition at New Plymouth on December 9th. A prisoner named Herbert Allandale, serving a sentence of 10 years, which he received at Wellington, escaped from the hard labour gang at Lyttelton yesterday afternoon.

At the annual meeting of the Auckland Bowling Association Mr J. Blades was elected secretary and treasurer. The Association have a balance of £315s 9d on the year's operations. Mr J. F. Arnold has left Dunedin for Auckland by the Waihora in connection with the bootmakers' federation. He visits the unions at Christchurch and Wellington on his way North. The Hamilton Dramatic Company, which staged " Caste !> and " Black Sheep " with such success on show night, hope to be able to hand over about £27t0 the library fund as a result of their labours.

The island of Kangitoto, the track on. which was formally opened to the publi<j . yesterday, was originally purchased by the '■ Government from the Ngatai natives iit;f 1554, for the sum of of £15. • :'

The entries received for the -.second meeting of the Waikato Amateur Athletic Club, to be held on Saturday next, ara large, but strange to say the names of only three Aucklanders appear on the list. c."< The committee of the Wellington Educii? . tion Board report that to meet all its re: *■ sponsibilities in the matter of buildings:, and repairs £11,988 will be required, ex-*' elusive of the excess of £1,097 of liabilities 1 on the 30th of last September. ' "» The present month's issue of " The Bible ■ Standard "is as usual a good one. The Editor in the "Monthly Notes" deals with a variety of religious, social and temperance topics, while the original and selected articles are well written and chosen.

A meeting of master bakers was held yesterday afternoon in the Wesley Hall to discuss the Master Bakers Bill at present before the House. It was resolved to object to the eight-hour clause in the Bill, and a committee was appointed to deal with the matter.

The Dunedin City Council last night > resolved to levy a special rate of 3d in the £ for the present year to keep the over- ( draft within the legal limit, and to impose • an extra rate of 6d next year, making a I total municipal rate of Is 9d,- to bring \ revenue up to expenditure. i A special meeting of the Waitemata ) County Council was held at Henderson to- \ clay in order to consider questions relating to the .Waitakerei lload, and the haulage"1 of timber thereon by Messrs Mander and! Bradley, who are working the kauri ' bushes at the Waitakerei Ranges. ; , Last evening in the Protestant Hall., ■ Newton, Mr R. W. de Montalk, gave a lecture showing the advantages of becoming a member of the Equitable Terminat- ■ ing Building Society. The Rev. R. ScotfcWest presided, and the hall was well filled. Applications for shares in the Society were received at the meeting. The new banked cycling track lately formed by the Waikato A. A. Club is in fine trim, and is attracting a lot of attention among wheelmen. Local riders who have been conducting their training operations upon ifc since its completion cannot speak too highly of the work, and it is expected that some fast times will be recorded on sports day.

The foreign barque Hertha, which arrived at Apia, Samoa, recently from Port Natal reported on arrival that an apprentice, Walter Rikerterp, 15 years of age, was lost overboard whilst taking in sail at 2.15 a.m. on the 20th, the day after leaving Natal. The vessel was going 11 knots at the time of the accident. Eveiything was done to recover the boy, but without avail.