TABLE TALK

Auckland Star, Volume XXXI, Issue 214, 8 September 1900, Page 1

TABLE TALK

luterprovincial football. Auckland v. Taxanaki. Wepener again -threatened by Boers» Prominent. Boxers executed at Tien* tsin. « :

General lan Hamilton advancing' on Lydenburg. More British "> and German troops landed at Shanghai. .

A British force has defeated a native army near Kuniassi. ......< Christchurch raised £2293 for the Indian Famine Fund.

European complications in- China are looking rather.serious. r ,v* Boers are removing their stores from Lydenburg to Pilgrim's Rest.

Donald Mac Donald lectures on the subject of "Tugela. Heights" to-night. Changes of programme at the Cit;g Hall and Agricultural Hall this even* ing.

A special announcement is -advertised concerning services at St. Bene* diet's Church. .-. ,--, - ,

Russia, is jealously watching Germanj^'s extensive preparations for operations in China. ' .:: ' I;

The Hagan Family's action against Mr John Fuller is to be continued at the Magistrate's Court on Monday. ~ Mr A. W. Baker, of Johannesburg, will preach in the Franklin Road Primitive Methodist Church to-morrow; evening. . k

Ma'huta, tlie Maori-King1, and a number of Waikato chiefs will go to Wellington in about a fortnight's time,, to confer with the Government on matters affecting the.pfttive race./. - '■ * The American barque; Alice wa^ gaily decorated .with bunting alt, Wellington on Tuesday last in honour of her being the first vessel to discharge a cargo of . kerosene, in' New 1 duty free. Captain Swain,..who commands the Alice, has'been in command of that vessel' ever since she' was built —nineteen years ago. *■"" •

The Ohinemuri; County.Council, at a meeting held last night,"' resolved, "That the Council ask. for .the balance of the unsold kauri timber,in the Waitawheta watershed, that it .be reserved for mining purposes ■■/to* be'dealt with under the jurisdiction of the Warden, and that the goldfields members be asked to^dall public meetings to support the resolution." " . According to the latest files of Sydney papers,. Trooper Duncan Sinclair,, of Palmerston North, who is serving with the Australian Bushmen in South i Africa, has been promoted to the rank of lieutenant- It will .be remembered that a few days ago we (says the Manawatu "Evening Standard") stated that ;he had been specially, i-mentioned in.-Lieut.-General Baden-Powell's despatches, and doubtless the promotion is the result of that general's recommendation. ■■■.■.■-.-i?.1 ."•..■.':>. ; v ;.:!■ '■. .:•'''•_'■:■" ":■: Just opened cotton and woollen dress' goods. ;-■•;Special attention has!'been paid in the selection of goods for thisdepartment. Our purcha',ses! ; were! made before the recent advances, aiid:; our prices a'are right. , Inspection in-" vited.—-Ik|c,Cullagh. &, Gower. See win-* dowsirT--(Adj)' . . -' ' j',., \