TABLE TALK.

Auckland Star, Volume XXXIII, Issue 64, 17 March 1902, Page 1

TABLE TALK.

St. Patrick's Day. Fire in Wellington. , \ !Erisco mail to-morrow. Mr Cecil Rhodes is in a critical condition. • The Zealandia arrives from Sydney to-night. Auckland C.C has won the cricket championship. The s.s. Burrumbeet leaves for Sydney this evening. The Chief Justice of Australia, will receive £3500 per annum. Lord Wolseley left for South Africa on Saturday on private business. The Ngaruawah'ia Regatta is proceeding to-day on the Waipa Eiver. Berne notifies that the cable tc Zanzibar and Mombassa is interrupts cd. Four High Court judges to be ap~ pointed in Australia at salaries ol £301)0. The Parliamentary trip North was concluded to-day, when the members returned to town. Danish Parliament has sanctioned the-sale of the West Indian possessions to America. Mr Barton has promised to immediately appoint a British Resident at the New Hebrides. Tyldesley gave a fine exhibition inthe final match of the English tour at Adelaide on Saturday. Lord Methuen's wound was caused by a Martini-Henry bullet, which, severely fractured the thigh bone. The Primitive Methodist poll on the question of union resulted in the matter being hung up indefinitely. Sydney has been obliged to adopt precautions to conserve her water supply, owing to the continued drought!" . • The ''Daily Mail" stales that the British Government will recognise De la Key's humanity towards Tjeneral Lord Methuen. ■ Lord Kitchener has cabled iri reply to Mr Seddon that there are no troops he would sooner have than the gallant New Zealanders. The s.s. Takapuna ground.cc! while running up to the Onehunga wharf yesterday mornings and was delayed for half an hour. Rear-Admiral Lord Charles Beresford has created a sensation in England by his statements regarding the navy and its reserve. Home Topke, being asked by George 111. whether he .played at cards, replied: "I cannot, your; Majesty, tell a king from a knave," The Craggs, a family of eight acrobats,, will appear for the first time ,iv the City Hall to-night. Their.engagement is the biggest ever made by Me DixDr. 11. Grattan-Guinrie'ss. medical evangelist,", commenced his mission at the City Hall yesterday and will continue holding meetings., in this city; for a fortnight. ■ " A petitioii has been presented toi the Premier praying for the release of, Saraji Flanagan,: sentenced to ,impri sonmen.t' for "life it: Christehurchi in 1901, for. the murder of her gitimate child. "My time," said the imiltibillionaire, "is worth twenty pounds a rain* ute." "Well?" answered the friend,, casually, "let's go out this; afternoon and play two or three thousand pounds' worth of golf." There is a considerable amount of sickness prevalent in Auckland just now, but fortunately the large ma« jority of the. cases are not of a seri« ous character- Among those confin» ed tio 'their homes and rather severely; ijl is ,Mr Clemens, the well-known commercial traveller. He is being: attended by Drs.. Parkes, Knight and Wine.