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Auckland Star, Volume XXXII, Issue 126, 29 May 1901, Page 1

TABLE TALK.

Pleasant wcat.her. "Graphic" published to-dr.y. Criminal sessions proceeding, Botha is avoiding- an encounter. "Wang" opened to a full house. Street decorations going- on well. The Premier is expected here next week. Kitchener reports further Boer casualties. Presentation to Mrs. Seddon yesterday afternoon. There are four British warships in Auckland Harbour.ai present. Certificates were presented at the 131 am School of Art this afternoon. Mr. Aldridge lectures this evening on '"Paul's Voyage and Shipwreck." Splendid pictures of the public schools cadet parade in this week's "Graphic."' Admiral Kemey and the officers of the Brooklyn visited the Calliope Dock to-day. The Government has no intention of remitting- any sentences on the occasion of the Koyal visit. What is supposed to he a case of small-pox is reported on 11.M.5. Karrakatta, now at, Sydney. A new law has come into force in Arkansas, by which a woman who ! wears a stuffed bird in her hat is liable to a fine, Imperial and colonial veterans (naval land military) are requested by adverj tisenieni to attend a meeting on j Friday evening. The Works and Tariff Committee of the Auckland Harbour Board is to consider the. question of appointing an engiueer to Ihe Boavcf. The first British medal was given to Captain Wyard, of the Adventure, in ; 1650, for beating three Dutch ships off Harwich. It was worth £50. ! Mr Philip Patmore, of Crecvksea. near Burnhatn, Essex, oysier merchant, who died on November IS, left personal estate of the not value of £777,740. The Teachers' Salaries' Commission i concluded its sitting at Timaru yes- ! terday, and left last evening for I Christchurch, en route to Auckland. At. Swedish wedding's, among the middle and lower classes, the bridegroom carries a whip. This is an emblem of his authority in the domestic circle. The Auckland Harbour Board has approved of the principle of the. payment of chairmen of Harbour Bqards, the salary not to exceed £200 per annum. Mr. Geo. Broberg, on the eve of his approaching marriage, was last evening jjresented by Abel, Dykes & Co.. and their employees with a handsome marble clock. The Auckland Harbour Board is, considering the question of procuring a floating crane, with a lifting, power of forty tons, for use in the Auckland Harbour. The Xew Zealand Dairy Association, has promised to send an expert: through the Waikato district next season to testthe cows which supply milk to its factories, so as to enable all the inferior beasts to be weeded out. By Scotch papers to hand, Mr D. N. W. MuiTay, an Aucklander. who was for. some time in South Africa, has successfully passed his third profes-. sional examination in surgery and. medicine at the Edinburgh University. An accident occurred to a goods train at. Henley, Otago, yesterday, a truck and fourteen waggons being derailed. A special from Dunedih brought on the passengers. No very serious damage appears to have beca*, done. The new robes of the Mayor of Wellington comprise a cloak or gown, similar to a clerical gown, of black ottoman silk, richly trimmed with ermine, and lined with white glace silk. The headgear will consist of the ordinary "belltopper." The annual report of the Wellington Benevolent Trustees shows that the expenditure during the year was £5741, divided as follows: Indoor relief. £1403; outdoor relief. ,E4#37. The total number of rations issued was 77.069, distributed amongst 612 persons. A presentation, which took the form of 40ozs of West Coast gold was made to Mrs. Seddon at Wellington yesterday, being a birthday offering from the Premier's constituents. The gift was presented by the Hon. J. G. Ward on behalf of the electors of Westland. A funny incident occurred during a recent fire at Blenheim (says a Southern paper). A bucket brigade was engaged in putting on water to protect the local Government buildings, Suddenly a weary individual exclaimed: "This be blanked. The Government are spending more money on the Jook-of-York than this building cost. I'm off." And they all went. Lance-Cbrporal A. J. Shout, of Wellington, who is a member of the Border Horse, has lately been promoted to the rank of sergeant in recognition of a deed which is described in Army Orders issued at -Pretoria on 23rd February as follows: '"At Thabaksberg, on the 29th January, 1901—Displayed great courage and assisted greatly in keeping men together. Under a heavy fire he brought out of the firing-line a wounded man of the Tfth Battery, R,F«A., and took him to a place of safety." Young Shout is only twenty years of age. Mr Robert C. St:uekey, of Levin (Wellington), went to the war as an assistant "vet." on the troopship Waiwera when she took the Second Contingent. On arrival at the Cape he joined Brabant's Hors?, and, went straight to the front, where he took part in some of the most desperate fights in which that corps was engaged. At the expiration of the period for which he had enlisted he was accepted as a member of Lord Kitchener's bodyguard. In this regiment he has now, according to the latest advices, risen to the rank of sergeant. Auction sale of unredeemed pledges by Arthur and Gorrie, Monday next. Purples, in all its beautiful gradations of colour, is the subject this week for an exquisite window display at Messrs Milne and Choyce. No on© should miss seeing it, as it is the choicest sample of the modern window dresseT's art ever shown here.--(Ad.)