TABLE TALK.

Auckland Star, Volume XXXIV, Issue 229, 25 September 1903, Page 1

TABLE TALK.

A proposal is on foot to light Aka* ; roa by electricity. The Macedonians have captured al Turkish commander. Important amendments to the ArM- ' t ration Act proposed. The amendments to the Arbitration Act provide for inspectors. Russian press makes surly excuses for tlie new massacre of Jews. Harry. Sehmitt, a co-operative road man, was drowned near Kawhia on Saturday. ! Mr Seddon described thte party treatment of the' Coastwise Trade Bill as a disgrace to the colony. ' Mrs Westbrook. severely injured ; through falling from a tram-car on Wed- - nesday, lias died at the Hospital. The membership of the lioyal Ne_» . Zealand Yacht Squadiv # n is now 300, oi .. whom about GO are outside of Auckland. The total length of the viaduct over • the Staircase' Gully, on the Midland rail- ; way line, will be about 563 ft, over tha abutments. A Wairarapa lload Board has sent * " resolution to the. Sultan of Turkey protesting against tlie constant massacres iv the Balkans. The two Government poultry farmhave.'sent out more sittings of eggs during the elapsed part of this season than during .ho whole of last season. It is stated that Captain J. R. MacDonald has been commissioned by tha Government to write the history of tbe New Zealand Contingents in South Africa. . . The Mayor of Akaroa is in Wellington ascertaining the best terms for ar- - ranging a_oa.ll of. £2700 for the installation of the electric light in that borough. The Grammar School Board decided that action as to the boardinghouse should be postponed, pending the results of the secondary education legislation ! under discussion in Parliament. • : Tlie Sultan of Morocco is winning his way to. the hearts of Ms subjects by ■_ j dismissing all European employees. Perhaps .the sale of that famous bicycle would ftualy sat tMngs right. Sir Edmund Barton has now formally resigned the Federal Premiership, and ;• Mr Deakin has formed a Ministry, con- . sistlng. of the old Camnet. a.nd Messrs Deakin." Drake, Chapman and Playford. , Bishop Neligan ill a sermon at Wha- [ ngarei said: "Remember never to marry _ one that you capnot say your prayers, with. You want, somebody to help you to go uphill, not somebody to pull you back." " V Interes'tang correspondence between Mr Chamberlain and Mr Black, M.P., in regard to the tho latter alleged be had discovered —that Canada, should offer Germany the same prefierenc-e as. Great Britain. The Wellington City Council baa temporarily shelved the proposal to carry the electric tramlines through the Basin ; BeTferve, apd negatived a reeommenda*. j tiori; that certain parts of the Town Belt' - should be leased for building purposes; - A. Ba I cairn '(Canterbury) Resident-has,,"; i^iS£Qy.'et;ed.. ij a. means of obviating false.,'., fir _ juaini^ box, w-iieh,*as tfiearm of the person is .i . inserted to give the alarm, holds whoevergives the alarm till the fir. brigade > arrives. '.'.',- ---: The Hawke's Bay Motor Company have decided to discontinue running the . motor 'bus in connection with the Tara- : dale service, and the final trip was made • on Saturday liight.The 'bus will be dis- ; mantled, and tlie truck portion will in all probability be used as a steam lorry. "• Phenomenal catches of fish, -principally, selmapper, have recently been made in ' Hauraki Gulf by Thames fishermen. One boat reports 150 dozen, another 160, and " a third a record of 240 dozen. They, were all splendid fish, and mostly, caught- at the new beds, which have ! greatly improved since trawling operations have ceased. . " The recent light rains have had a ; Wonderfully beneficial effect all over. this district (says the' Napier ."Daily, . Telegraph"). The fruit prospects are the best for many yeai_, snd with a favourable ' spring . Hawke's Bay should this year establish a record in fruitgrowing. Other crops are also showing well, and the outlook all round is decidedly bright.