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Auckland Star, Volume XXX, Issue 87, 14 April 1899, Page 1

TABLE TALK.

Tutanekaj back. Heady for the Islands. Cablegrams re Samoa looked for. National Council of Women proceed--' ; ingl--j Steamer Maniari from London this j afternoon. j The Chrysanthemum Show closes to- ; morrow night. Annual meeting- of Auckland Rugby; Union to-night. . . British authorities annoyed at fighting in Samoa. The Powers express concern at the hostilities in Samoa.America is withholding the despatch of reinforcements for Apia. Woman is the Sunday of man, and he thinks he is all the rest of the week. Virtue is its own reward, but we are . all disappointed if we receive nothing more. We pay for our successes all they. are. worth; we get some rebate for. our failures. The Hon. John Mackenzie has arrived here from Wellington, en route. for Europe. Messrs Henderson and Nicholls are gazetted members of the Oamaru Harbour Board. A Native Land Court is now sitting at Kawhia, under the presidency: of Judge Edger. , The 'Gazette' notifies that- the Divorce. Act, 1898, has been assented to by Her Majesty. Congeniality is what we discover in' people who keep still, and let us talk about ourselves. The Bolivia revolutionists have de- • feated the Government forces and • killed 200 of them. Often a man's character would be unable to recognise his reputation • were they to meet. A philosopher is a man who never feels -uncomfortable after he hasmade an ass of himself. i An Order-in-Council, prohibiting the export of rock, shore, drift, or man-, grove oysters is gazetted. Although a man may acknowledge; he has faults, he seldom owns up to. those his friends accuse him of. ■; 'You have seen Jones wife. What is, she like? Would you call her pretty?*. I might if I were talking to Jones.' Germany will not appoint a representative on the Samoan Commission'• until she is satisfied as to Britain's intentions. By Order-in-Council sponges . and sponge beds are made subject to sections 18 and 22 of the Sea Fisheries-! Act, 1894. Mr W. Beehan has resigned the chairmanship of the Liberal Association owing to the indifferent state of.his health. The 'Economic independence of. women' is to be discussed at the meeting of the National Council of Women this evening. Pollock, who shot Gunner Briner in the Queenscliff Barracks,- Victoria,has been sentenced to ten years'_ini-, prisonment. 'Some men t * said Uncle Eben, 'is so; busy blowin' dar own horns dat dey can't hear de fact'ry whistle coaxin' • 'em to come to work.' Pheasants are said to be plentiful. in the Waipa district this year, and. are busy on the farmers' maize, and other crops at Pirongia. Wine, women, and song are always > associated, but with the first couple' generally follow tears and quarrels \ rather than mirth and music. -. The man" who persistently takes no ; thought for to-morrow will wake some i morning and find it is yesterday, and ■ he won't be able to get over it.. . 'Dawson's an awfully extravagant^ chap.' 'Yes, he is.' 'Has he got much, . money back of him?' Tm afraid he has more than he has ahead of him.' ; The Government offices throughout New Zealand will be closed on Monday, April 24, in celebration of St. George's ' Day, which falls on Sunday, the 23rd •' instant. Chief-Detective Campbell, wh.o has ' been stationed at Wellington for many ' years, is to be transferred to Dunedin, • in the place of Detective O'Brien, who < has been promoted. The Commissioner" of Police has is* ' an order instructing inspectors ! to warn newspapers against publishing • advertisements relating to special diseases, under pain of prosecution. ' Claude Vautin, the Westraljan ' mining speculator, has been sen- '• tenced to six months imprisonment on a charge of defrauding the share- ' holders of certain mining companies.' to the extent of £20,000. The Domain Board of Te Aroha has \ decided to call for public tenders.,for the exclusive right for ten years of bottling the Te Aroha mineral waters, the water to be advertised and sold Us 'Ije -Arpha Mjn.era.l Waters.' Mr W. F. Bucklarid, of Cambridge, \ won the championship at the Chrys- ' anthemum Show yesterday with a .score ,pi 23 jppints, Mr ;Wm. Collins ~ coming next with 14 points,, Thos. Wells third with eight points. The Mount Wellington Road Board has decided to send a protest to the J general manager of railways against - the dangerous necessity of passengers \ having to cross the rails at the Ellers- » lie K-ailway Station in order to reach some of the trains. Among the artistes at present ap- * pearing at the Sydney Tivolj are Mr J. C. Bain, 'the young Australian Com- , ique,' Mr Howard Chambers, and Miss Lottie Moore and Mr Bellman. MiHarry Kickards, by the way, has just - succeeded in acquiring the Tivoli Theatre and the adjoining hotel. A gentleman had to dismiss his gar- ■ dener for. dishonesty. For the sake of the man's wife and family, how- v ever, he gave him a 'character,' framing it in this wise: 'I hereby certify that A.B. has been my gardener for over two years, and that during that time he has got more out of rnygar-. den than any man I ever employed.' News from Suva (Fiji) states .that the approaching1 criminal sessions at Fiji promises to be prolific in the number of charges to be tried, while ' the gravity of the offences is remarkable. There are something- like 30 ' persons ■ awaiting trial on various charges, nearly half of whom are ; charged with murder, mostly in company, there being four or five distinct cases of homicide. Most of the pri- ■ soners are Indian Coolies. Smith and Caughey are now.show- s ing a magnificent collection of silks for day and evening wear, including; choice exclusive blouse lengths; new range of silk'brocades for even* ing- weaif 2/11.—(Ad.)