TABLE TALK.

Auckland Star, Volume XXXIV, Issue 172, 21 July 1903, Page 1

TABLE TALK.

The Pope dead. ! King and Queen arrived in Ireland. - 1 . Harbour Board met this afternoon. Newton soiree and concert to-night. A Russo-Japanese war is feared for the spring. Twenty-five deaths from plague in New Caledonia. Northcote ratepayers discussed the water scheme last night. Meeting to discuss compulsory Saturday half-holiday to-night. The King and Queen make their State entry into Dublin to-day. "A Woman's Power" was produced before a big house last night. The shooting of paradise ducks within the County of Rotorua has been prohibited. Spain is anxious for an agreement with France, including an understanding as to Morocco. A bust of Sir J. A. Cockburn, by Mr A. Drury, A.R.A., has been accepted by; Adelaide Art Gallery. The Governor of New South Wales sent Cardinal Moran a sympathetic message as to the dying Pope. A man named John Baretta was run over by a railway engine near Christchurch last night and killed. Suppose case of anthrax in cattle at; Pukekohe proves to be nothing worse than an ordinary lung complaint. Mr Mark Hambourg and party, watched the performance from a box at the Opera House last night. The San Francisco mail which." Auckland on 19th June arrived in London on the night of the 16th inst. Skinner, a Clarence-street painter, was charged to-day with receiving goods stolen from Messrs. Burns and Co. Professor Brown last night gave a deeply interesting lecture on radiation in general and radium in particular. The chairman of the Board of .Education (Mr James Muir) will open the new. manual classes on Friday afternoon. The Otago Rugby Union have decided to close the senior flag matches, and the Alhambra Club therefore hold the flag for the season. The Agricultural Department is arranging to cultivate flax for experimental purposes on a small portion of the State Farm, Levin. A verdict of accidental death was re- , turned at the inquest on Thomas Keid, a storekeeper at Mangatainoka, shot in the leg by Constable Sheary. Rumour hath it that a flying machine will be seen in Wanganui in the near future, an Eastown engineer having, it is said, invented such a contrivance. Certain alterations have been made in the boundaries of the land districts of Auckland and Taranaki. The details of the alterations are published in the last "Gazette." Latest advices from Copenhagen state that the condition of Henrik Ibsen, the great dramatist, remains unchanged. There is no prospect of his recovery, and he is very feeble. The distinctive air about Mark Hambourg, and his brother Boris, while playing, has been caught in a most life-like manner in two sketches which appear in this week's "Graphic." During the proceedings of the Central Criminal Court, London, one day last month Sir Frederick Darley, Chief Justice of New South Wales, occupied a seat on the bench on Mr Justice Grantham's left. The reporters of the local papers feel rather grateful to Mr Petford, of the Parnell Borough Council, for moving in the direction of providing better table accommodation for the pressmen, if other local bodies would do the same the reporters would be thankful. Yachtsmen and those who are anxious to see Sir Thomas lipton lift the America Cup this time will find a grand picture in this week's "Graphic" of Shamrock 111., close hauled on a stiff breeze and "turning up the wool" at a famous pace. It is the most spirited picture of the yacht yet published. The difficulty which threatened between the Dunedin City Council and Drainage Board over the Order-in-Coun-cil in connection with the tramways has been settled. The Drainage Board desired to be recognised as a local authority in the order, and the council at a conference agreed to this. The Department of Agriculture proposes to import some good strains of dairy cattle from England, In order td ascertain what cross will give the best results in milk and butter fat. It has also been decided to import some Clydesdale mares and mares in foal, in order to introduce fresh blood. Whilst some 200 women were engaged taking part in a progressive euchre party in New York, the proceeds of which were to be devoted to a charitable entertainment, the hall was raided by, the police captain, who, in spite of a. chorus of screams, arrested every woman on the premises. These euchre parties, the officer affirms, were only si blind for poker games.