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Auckland Star, Volume XXX, Issue 32, 8 February 1899, Page 1

TABLE TALK.

Squally weather. Strong- westerly winds. 'Graphic" published 1.0-day. Prince Alfred Coburg is dead. Steamer Elingamite gone South. Mr John Lundon is dead, aged 70. Auckland Regatta Committee meets | this evening. j Even the worm will turn—perhaps i into a butterfly. A rule may work both -ways and still be a poor one. Full details of the fighting- in the Philippines cabled to-day. A good example may be a disease, but it is seldom contagious. Waltzing competition at the Melbourne waxworks to-night. TJie Auckland portion of the Vancouver mail arrived here to-day. Bishop Lenihan leaves Auckland next month on a visit to Rome. Mr Justice Conolly left for Gisborne by the s.s. Elingamite last evening. The Queen's speech says our relations with foreign powers are peaceful. Since Sunday evening nearly seven, inches of rain have fallen in Welling-; ton. The Spanish-American peace treaty has been ratified by the American Senate. Mr George Dunnet returned from Tahiti and Rarotonga by the s.s. Ovolan this morning. Some men have a regular Sunday morning attack of homesickness when the church ;bells ring. A cargo of fruit and Island produce arrived here to-day from the Eastern Pacific by the Ovolau.' The Harbour Board has rejected the barque Leon, which was suggested as an explosives storehulk. Although a man may acknowledge he has faults he seldom owns up to those his friends accuse him of. ~ The Auckland Harbourmaster has been instructed to meet any. warships coming into the harbour in future. It's unwise to judge a man by the criticisms of his enemies. Only his friends can properly denounce him. Sir Henry Campbell Bannerman has ben elected leader of the Liberal Party in the British, House of Commons. The young man: 'There is no fool like an old fool.' The elderly gentleman: 'He is conspicuous by his rarity, that is all.' The Defence Department propose to reclaim a portion of the sea frontage at the North Head near the submarine mining establishment. It would probably be hard to convince a bantam cock that his crowing doesn't have a great deal to do with, making the sun rise. The Urewera District Land Commissionersl will sit at Buatoki, inland from Whakatane, this week to deal with native land titles. The average girl's knowledge of pugilism is limited, but it doesn't take her long to discover that the prize ring comes with her'engagement.. Intense public excitement prevails |n-America owing to the fighting proceeding in the Philippines, which one Senator predicts will last for years. Mr E. T. Sayers, well-known in amateur circles at Wellington, has decided to adopt the stage as a profession, and joins Mr George Rig- , nold's Company in Sydney-at Easter. The Rev. G. B. Munro, of Remtiera, who has decided to take a trip to Scotland, has been given six to nine months' leave of absence by the Auckland Presbytery. Snapshots at the Auckland Regatta and the Wellington Volunteer Encampment, views of the Exhibition, cartoon, cartoonlets, miscellaneous ilr lustrations, stories, sketches, news and interesting reading generally in this week's 'Graphic.' At the meeting of the Devonport Borough Council held ,last evening it was stated that extensive poisoning of dogs was taking place in the borough, and that on one occasion 13 dog-s were killed in one day by poisoned meat which was thrown to them. It was resolved to offer a reward of £10 to anyone giving information leading' to the conviction of persons laying - poison near the public highways. To those who study economy onr Great Annual Fair affords an unrivalled opportunity for obtaining fresii, clean, up-to-date goods at nominal prices. Silks from 9d, fast colour mints from 1/114 doz.. double width dress goods . from s?d per yard. — : Smith & Caughey. (Ad.)