TABLE TALK.

Auckland Star, Volume XXIX, Issue 294, 13 December 1898, Page 1

TABLE TALK.

More trouble-in China. J"~:? T-\ Exhibition crowded daily. '% Harbour Board met this afternoon. The American warship Massachusetts is in trouble. It is proposed to introduce swallows into New Zealand.

The Midland Eailway case is proceeding at Wellington.

The Hon. J. G. Ward left last evening for Sydney by the s\s. Westralia. A company with twenty millions capital is being formed to work air motors in all countries.

Burglars entered the Imperial Hotel in Cuba-street, Wellington, on Sunday morning--, broke open the safe, and stole £50 in cash, and small articles worth about £5. ' . ..

The North Shore Native -KegattaCommittee are calling- for tenders fot the supply of provisions, etc., for the Maoris who are to take part in the forthcoming- regatta.

An account of the novel programme arranged for the North Shore Native Regatta and Aquatic Carnival, to commence on Boxing- Day, will be found elsewhere in this issue.

The St. George's Rowing Club's trial fours, which were to have been held on Saturday afternoon, had to be postponed on account of the bad weather, and are being rowed oft" in the rnoruings and evenings of this week. Last evening the Auckland Opera Company produced "The Mikado in the presence of the largest audience which has yet assembled. In the.absnce of Prof. Schmitt Mr Charles Waud wielded the baton. The performance went with a vim from beginning- to end.

Mr Alex. Alison acted as starter at the North Shore Rowing Club's trial fours on Saturday afternoon and provided the s.s. Planet for the occasion as the starter's boat. Mr Alison's name was omitted from our report of the proceedings in yesterday's paper. The Xew Zealand Rifle Championship Meeting is to commence on February 23. and Major Sommerville has written up from Wanganui in reference to the meeting. It is about time that those Auckland riflemen who intend attending the meeting got into practice on 'the range so that they will be fit to ■■meat the Southern marksmen.

Last "evening the usual weekly drills of the Xo. 2 Xew Zealand Native Rifles and the Newton Rifles add the Field Engineers Volunteers, under Capts. Oakes:. Myers, and McGee, were held. Th two rifle corps were drilled on the asphalt a.t the rear of the Drill Rail. Four squads of recruits were drilled by non-commissioned officers of \he Battalion.

Eat Masefield's celebrated plum puddings. From grocers everywhere.—Ad. Smith and Caughey have just opened, a few pieces of box cloth suitable for coats and skirts in new green?, fawn, blue, grey, etc. Special value: 2/11 per yard.—-(Ad.)-