TABLE TALK.

Auckland Star, Volume XXXIII, Issue 204, 28 August 1902, Page 1

TABLE TALK.

"Star" mail summary to-day. Outward 'Frisco mail to-morrow. The King of Italy is visiting Germany.

The troopship Montrose sails for Wellington this afternoon.

A severe cyclone has been experienced on the island of Majorca, in the Mediterranean. . '

The movements of the Bussian fleet in the Black Sea are worrying the Turkish Government.

A large band of armed Mace^ donians, who raided Turkish territory, have been captured.

. The town of Ciudad, Bolivar, on the coast of Venezuela,.has just been the scene o' an exciting bombardment.

A Spanish Anarchist, who has been arrested at Nice, is reported to have been under orders to kill the German

Kaiser. ?

An outbreak of ruffianism is reported from Paris. Gangs of French; "Hooligans" are fighting and robbing pedestriaus, some using lassooes.

Special,legislation dealing with the East Coast native lands mortgaged-to the Bank of New Zealand passed through all its stages in the House of Representatives 'last night. *'';

Owing to the miners' strike /in Eng-. land the directors of-' the Staveley Goal jnion Company have.given the whole of their employees, numbering ten thousand, a week's notice.

A letter received in Melbourne frbin South Africa strongly warns people. against rushing to that country ati present. He says that the Transvaal and Orange-River Colony will see great luisery in a few months! time. •

A London cable- message to-days states that the s.s. Oswestry Grange is taking- 2000 troopers to -England, from the Cape. She has increased hospital accommodation, but the provision on board is in other respects' similar to that of the Drayton.

Grange

There is a very ancient native woman living near Danneyirke, "Old Martha," supposed to be "oldest Maori alive. A son of hers died a few years ago at the age of 84, and it is said, that the old Maori woman is close on 120 years of age. She lives in a whare at Kaitoke. : ; -

The woman, Mrs. Miriam Taylor, who was arrested at Paeroa yesterday on a charge of shooting the young man, Michael Whelan, at the Thames, was dressed in men's clothes , when she was found on the s.s. Taniwha. She tried to poison herself, but was prevented.

An unlettered Irishman, on applying to the Philadelphia; Court, of Naturalisation, was asked: "Have you read the Declaration of Independence?" "No, sir," was the reply. "Have you read the Constitution of the United States?" "No; sir." "Have you read the history of the United States?" . "No,, sir," he repeated. "No!" exclaimed the. Judge in disgusti "Well, \vhat have -you read?** have red haii* on me Head, your honour," was the innocent reply.

A raw Irish volunteer, during the war, was discovered ,by the sergeant of his company in a hole, well out of the way of even a stray shot, whea he should have been actively engaged, "Get out of that hole?" commanded the sergeant sternly; "get out of it this minute!" The broad Irish face looked up at the speaker, with stubborn resistance written on every feature. "You may be my superior officer," he said boldly, "but, all the same, O'im the-wan that found this hole:fir-rst!"

The appearance of -a, locomobile in: the streets of Wellington on Monday last attracted a great.deal of public attention. • Mr. and-Mrs. Henning: came through from New. Plymouth, via Wairarapa, on the machine, and had an enjoyable trip. Their most' trying- experience was in. crossing the Kimutaka in the,teeth of a northwest gale, but",the locomobile stood the test extremely well. Coming dowi the Wairarapa Valley the car ran at;a speed of up to thirty miles an . hour. ' Mr. Henning > intends returning'to Auckland by way of Napier.

A correspondent writes to the" "Taranaki Herald" urging the starting of a line of mail coaches between New P ymouth •or Waitara and Te Kuiti, thus supplying the connecting linE for overlaTi<!l coinimmication. between Wellington, Wanganui, > Tew .P.ly,moutH, ; etc.. -and'•- Auckland. Hitherto the Tangapoxuiu Kive\has been the oßstacle, ButVnow that obstacle has been removed by the erection of a good bridge. He is of opinion that a tri-"weekly coach would be mostly crowded with, passengers and parcels, as, in -addition to the local traffic, there" would be tourists who would take the overland route in order to see the beautiful scenery, and a large number of ordinary through passengers whodon't like the sea. It wonld'btf a two days' journey.

Wanted - £10,000. Dissolution of partnership.. Sale ,npw on, all three shops.—Court Bros., Qtieen-street and Xe^bn.^-Aid. ■

" Wanted £ i 0,660. Great realisation sale now on. Court Brbs.' three shops, Queen-street and Newton. —Ad,