TABLE TALK.

Auckland Star, Volume XXIX, Issue 15, 19 January 1898, Page 1

TABLE TALK.

Graphic published to-day. Arbitration Court proceeding. " Star " summary to-morrow. Upolu left for the Eastern Pacific. Second wool sales of. the season to-day. Serious coach accident near Hokianga. Serious* anti - Semitic disturbances in Paris.

R.M.s. Mariposa from Sydney on Friday.

" The Cotton King" at the Opera House to-night. Englishmen's first innings at Adelaide closed for 278.

The Hon. Mr Thompson left the Thames for Paeroa to-day. Kauri gum commission went to Kaihu from Helensville to-day. An extensive cotton spinners' strike is reported in New England. An enormous rush has set in in America for the Klondyke golclfields.

Single-tax meeting afc Tailoresses' Hall, Cook-street, to-morrow night. Tasmaii ]Nahe, a son of Che late Maori chief Hone Nahe, died at Kirikiri, Thames, yesterday. Inspector Hickson returned last evening from the Thames district, where he has been visiting the police stations. Sergeant Gillies, officer in charge of the Thames police district, is in tewn at present on twelve days' leave of absence. It is declared that Britain will insist upon China ports being open to British trade at the cost of war if necessary. The English people are much disappointed at the poor stand made by their representatives in the third test cricket match.

The appointment of master and engineer of the Auckland Harbour Board's dredger, No. 121, has been postponed till next meeting of the Board.

The Victoria Rifle and College Rifle Volunteer Corps both met at the Drillshed last evening, when the usual weekly company instruction drill was held under Sergeant-Major Carpenter. ; Mr Parker, the champion tennis player Of Wellington, and ex-champion of the colony, leaves Wellington next week for Auckland, to take the management of a. fire insurance business here.

The Parnell borough sinking fund commissioners have received an application for a loan of £900 for five years at five.per cent., on the security of a property in the Surrey Hills. The commissioners met today to consider the matter.

The '.' Graphic" this week contains among other attractions a large series of pictures of the Western Australian Goldfields, many views of thcLyttelton Regatta, and a profusely-illustrated article on human incubation in NeAv York.

"Death from Natural Causes" was the verdict returned at the inquest held at the Queen's' Head Hotel yesterday afternoon on the body of the infant Violet Stewart, which had been hoarded out with Mrs Russell, of Queen-street. The child had been delicate from birth.

William Brierley, contractor, who has liled a petition in bankruptcy, has made a sworn statement to the Official Assignee, in which he sets down his debts at £404. His only asset is 2,250 shares in the Graf-ton United Goldmining Company, which he values at £16S 15s.

Hugh Clyde McCready,.tailor, Pattesonstreet, has "been adjudged a bankrupt He states that his average earnings for the past two and a-half years in' Auckland have not exceeded 18s per week. His debts amount to £S6 os 2d, and his assets consist of £10 worth of furniture.

Chief Detective Grace and ActingDetective Kennedy leave this evening for Coromandel, taking with them fche young woman Mary Ramsbottom, the remains of whose child were found at Long Bay, Coromandel, recently. The adjourned inquest in the case goes on to-morrow. The Northern Rowing Union's regatta, to be held at Drunken Bay, Motutapu, on Saturday next, promises to be a very successful aiiair. The West End Rowing Club have entered for all the races (seven), while St. George's Rowing Club have sent in five, Auckland live and North Shore two.

William Grant, labourer, of Paeroa, a bankrupt, lias made a sworn statement before the Official Assignee. He states that his wife has been under the doctor's care for the last two years, and bis earnings in consequence have been insufficient to meet expenses, and he got into debt to the amount of £101 16s 7d. His only assets are about £8 worth of furniture.

We have received a copy of the first issue of a new Maori newspaper published in Whanganui, called " Te Tinpin " (" The Jubilee"). The paper is adorned with a picture of Her Majesty the Queen on the front page, and contains an amount of interesting matter in the Maori language, as well as some information in English, besides a large number of advertisements in English and Maori.

The death is announced from Teneriffe of Eugen Zintgraff, the African explorer. He was not quite 40 years old, but had well explored the Coisgo region and the Cameroons country, and in 1890 led important expeditions to Adamawa, on the Upper Benue. Germany has lost a gifted man in Zintgraff. She pioducessplendid explorers, but no colonisers worth calling such.— London "Financial News."

Last evening a largely attended meeting of members, both employers and employees,, of the Wednesday Half-holiday Association was held at the V.M.C.A. Rooms for the purpose of arranging a day for the holding of a picnic, which it was decided should be held some Wednesday in February. The employers present were in favour of a whole-day holiday. A strong committee was elected to daily out the preliminary arrangements. The first of the class races of the Auckland Yacht Club will take place on Saturday afternoon in the harbour. There are two races, Class C (36-footers), and Class D (30-footers). For Class C the entries are : Moana, Aorere, Rangatira and Heartsease. For Class D the entries are : Meteor, Kotiri, Windward, Rarere, Zinita and Mahaki. The length of the course for each race is 21 miles. The race for the exCommodore's Cup takes place on February sth, and the entries are Kotiri,. Windward, Meteor, Rarere and Mahaki.

The natives on the Waikato River are making extensive preparations for the big Maori canoe race for £100 which is to take olace on March 17th at the Ngaruawahia Regatta. Recently a new canoe to carry 40 paddles was launched at Matahura, on the Waikato. Last Friday the Ngatitamainu tribe felled a tdtara tree and started to make a canoe at Raglan, to be brought round the coast into the Waikato, On Monday a tree to make another big canoe was felled at Taupiri by the Ngatihinetu people. These and th« canoes which competed at last year's regatta should provide a very interesting race.