TABLE TALK.

Auckland Star, Volume XXXV, Issue 38, 13 February 1904, Page 1

TABLE TALK.

Synod finis-hed. Japs, in Corea moving North. New programme at City Hall. Minister for Lands in Auckland. "Why Woman Sins," at His Majesty's, Warehousemen's Club meet to-night. Papakura Racing Club meeting to-day. Cricket championship resumed to-day. Jape, used Russian signals at Port Arthur. Mikado has published his war proclamation. "Tempest Tossed" at the Opera House to-night. English team v. New South Wales match proceeding. Memorial to Miss MeLeod unveiletl at Ponsonby School. Penrose compensation ease proceed* ing at Supreme Court. New commander of the China squadron left England to-day. Woman's franchise bill killed by Synod. Bishops solidly opposed it. The Mikado's proclamation niainteina that war was forced upon Japan. Dr. McDowell wants schools of commerce and pedagogy at Auckland. Anglican GeneraJ Synod meets at- Norfolk Island next session, if possible. "Your Bishop of Auckland," said the Bishop of Melanesia last night, "is a red-hot missionary bishop—the sort I believe in!' 5 The Governor of the Mount Eden 1 Gaol acknowledges with thanks an anonymous gift of a large number o£ books to the prison library. The D. B. McDonald sued in the> Magistrate's.Court yesterday was a country resident, not Mr D. B. McDonald the Auckland sharebroker. "These Melanesian islands of ours are very like a patchwork quilt. Heathenism and Christianity are next door to each other." Thus the Bishop of Melanesia. i ,L I can't tell you how glad lam to get away from the Synod," began Bishop Julius at the mission meeting Ust night. The audience interrupted him with a laugh. The Rev. W. Beatty says that all the biehops of the Pan-Anglican Conference rolled into one could not draw up a collect such as is found in the Book of Common Prayer. Proposed specialisation of University work—mining at Auckland, law at Wellington, engineering at Christchureh, and medicine at Dunedin—approved bjj University Council. "My God!" cried the Bishop of Auckland, at the missionary meeting last night, "if we were all dead in earnest over our prayers what a, change it would make in the world!" The Pacific Cable Board advise:— "Japan notifies that telegrams in code or cipher can now be accepted for destination in Japan, but all telegrams are at the sender's risk" "If it were not for the missions," said the Bishop of Christchureh last night, "you wretched Church people would go down, down, do?ra, until your wretched souls would not be woxth-.a^-jtent-!"--

A progressive euchre party Trasheld ]ast night in one of the suburbs, and the booby prize was a duck- Shortly after midnight the winner was carrying prize along, complacently "remarking, -Duckie, fll eat you to-morrow." Our great summer clearance fair now proceeding. Every article reduced to. "bona-fide" clearaatea prices. Smith and Caughey, Ltd.—Ad."' Reliable hosiery at Milne an:* Choyce's sale.—ss dozen at lliit. per pair.—Ad. All of our dress remnants reduced to Hi. 1/6, and 1/11 per yard, blacks included. —Milne and Choyce, Ltd.—Ad. Owing to the very great success of our "Clean Sweep,"' remnants and oddments have accumulated; these we are shewing on tables, at half-price. Afc McCullagh and Gower's sale, on Monday, Tuesday, and Wednesday next.—Ad.