TABLE TALK.
Lowing Eegatta postponed. , :. i^ces at North Shore to-day S earner Flora went South to-da* The Cuban troops are now disb&i
v Another fortnight of *ho Ed, ibi . • lf la\ dl wiU reappear for nine nights at the Opera House. The Rev. W. J .Habens, of the Education Department, is dead. Last performance of Harry Rickartls Company this. evening. . The s.s. Vind-runs an excursion io Ivn ei'head to-morrow morning. Australia was ;never so near complete federation.—' London Times.' The St. George combination and Irish Justice' at the Waxworks tonight. ,
'The Bride Elect.' Bead the opening chapters on page 2 of to-night's Supplement. ;•
Arrangements have been made for Dr. Bevan of Melbourne to aadre&s meetings in Auckland. .
The Italian warship Etna is expected to arrive here shortly from Fiji, on a cruise round the'world.
The yachts Matangi and Rangatira are to leave for a cruise to the IS'orth about the end of this month.
Six veterinary surgeons have been selected for the inspection of New Zealand meat shipped to London.
The Marist Brothers' College in Pitt street will be opened for the resumption of duties on Tuesday, the 7th~inst. Captain Eussell, leader of the Opposition, will address a' public meeting- in Auckland in about a month's time. • . ; ' :>
The Bayfield Mission services will be conducted to-morrow: in the morning by Eev. Mr Carter, evening by Mr Benton. >. : -, '
A verdict was given for the Kauri Freehold Estates at the Supreme -" Co^rt last . evening in the action - against the Customs Department. . At a meeting of the committe of the Auckland Yacht Club held last nighti it was decided to hold the club's annual picnic at Eohimaraina on :SatuiS ':Z day, the 25th inst. It is proposed to * ask the North Shore, Pbnsqnby and ' Parnell Sailing Clubs to join m the
picnic. -- • - ■ ■• ■■•'•;■' ■'-■■::-'■:_ ■'■^, ■' ' :. At the Supreme Court in chambers ■' yesterday, His Honor Mr justice Conolly admitted Mr N. A.. McLeod, solicitor, of Dargaville, to practice as a barrister, on the application of Mr J. W. Stewart; and also admitted M* A. G. Pilkington to practice as a solicitor, on the application of Mr 0. " Nicholson. ■ ' • Mr C. Coleridge Farr is' about to conduct magnetic surveys; in the locality of Dunedin,, to discover whether Dunedin is a suitable place ) at which to station permanent instruments. Should Dunedin prove unsuitable for the purpose, it. may be necessary to extend the survey. This marks practically the beginning? of ": .magnetic observations in 'New Zvalaiid. " - .; Smith and Caugfhey's premises will.1 be open to-night (Saturday) until 9.30, when the entire establishment will be brilliantly illuminated for the first time by electric light.—(Ad.).
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Auckland Star, Volume XXX, Issue 29, 4 February 1899, Page 1
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