TABLE TALK.

Auckland Star, Volume XXVIII, Issue 276, 27 November 1897, Page 1

TABLE TALK.

Floral fete. ; Splendid show at Ellerslie. Outward-Frisco, mail to-day.' Moana left for San Francisco. Shocking accident at Devonport. Bishop Cowieis back from England. A lady killed in a 'bus accident at North Shore.

&"East Lynne" at the Opera House tonight. .

A sensational raid by burglars is reported from Sydney. ■ Viscount Rampden, Governor of. New South Wales, is. in Auckland.

Two sharp.shocks of earthquake were felt at ftotorua on Thursday morning. The Sunday.rliabour.in.-JVlines Prevention Bill has .passed its linal stages in the Legislative' Council.

The recent .cyclone in the Philippine Islands did appalling damage. Thousands of lives were lost..

Over £175 is to be given away in prizes at the.JPohsoriby[.Eegatta, which takes place next Saturday. , t The first races of the season for yachts of the North Shore Sailing Club were proceeding this.afternoon. ■The Supreme Courb Criminal Sessions will be resumed next week. About a dozen cases remain to be tried.

The Old Age Pensions Bill was further considered by the House of Representatives in Committee last evening. The Central Mission Sunday evening services are announced' to commence tomorrow evening with a half-hour service of song. There are a number of miners bound to Klondyke amongst the passengers in the It. M.s. Moana from Sydney to San Francisco. The R.M.s. Moana is a treasure ship again this trip, having £175,000 in gold in the . strongroom from Sydney for San Francisco. ■ The Kinematographe pictures exhibited at the City . Hall last week will be reproduced at the Avondale Hall on Thursday evening, next. : , The New Zealand Natives' Association's first sperts carnival will take place next Saturday in the Domain. The Association offers £300 in prizes. Among the passengers by the R.Mis. Moana to-day for.the United States is Mrs Emma Shaw Colclough, of the New England Women Journalists' Association, who has been touring the South Sea Islands, Australia, and New Zealand.

A burglary took place this week at Mr Watie's store at the Waimahana crossing of the Waikato River, between Rotorua and Taupo. A quantity of tinned meats and some cartridges, etc., were stolen. The Taupo constable is investigating. Last evening the Auckland Naval Artillery Volunteers, under Lieutenant Clemens,. 'went into camp for a fortnight at the North 'Head, being played to tha ferry steamer and through Devonport by the Garrison , Band . under Bandmaster Hunter. The>. men are to have gun drill nightly at the fort while in camp.

For blouses and dresses a magnificent lot of muslins, grenadines, etc., in latest styles, including white, from s|d per yard. —Smith and Gaughey.—Advt. .

Picanniuy biscuits are specially made for children and invalids by J. Bycroft and Co. Limited, sold in air tight tins. "Ask for them."—(Advt.)