TABLE TALK.

Auckland Star, Volume XXXV, Issue 199, 20 August 1904, Page 1

TABLE TALK.

The big match. The town crowded. Weather unsettled. Shipping disaster near Raglan. "Martha" at the Choral Hall to-night. "Star" special football edition tonight. . People crowding to Alexandra Park all morning. People looked hopeful, but they carried umbrellas. Russian gunboat mined and sunk off Liaotishan Promontory. Cruisers Rossia and Gromoboi have returned to Vladivostok. British and American Notes to Russia are parallel, but independent. Mr Mestayex's estimate for the draining of Remuera was £ 15,575. A German named Christian Kilguf hanged himself at Ponsonby, The "Standard" again demands naval protection for British shipping. The British steamer Scotia was fired, upon by the Russian cruiser Ural. One small hotel refused upwards of a hundred applicants for beds last night. The British football team leaves for Rotorua after dining with the Auckland fifteen. The Japanese terms of surrender of Port Arthur are enumerated in our cables to-day. Admiral Withoeft's last signal: "Remember the Emperor's order that we are not to return to Port Arthur." Refugees report that the Japs have sustained terrible losses in charging over a mine field at Port Arthur. Sir Joseph Ward advocated the retention of the 'Frisco mail, and the securing of the Vancouver service in addition. The annual ball by the ladies of St. Patrick's Cathedral will be held at the Federal Hall next Tuesday evening. Accoreling to the "Daily TelegTaph," J»*ps offered Russians to leave Port Arthur under arms and join Kuropatkin. General Stoessel informed the Japanese that so long as there was a roan left in. the last fort, Port Arthur would fight. Tiaotai of Shanghai has given Russian warships four days', grafte, to be followed by a day's notice to quit or disarm. The Legislative Council decided, l»y the Speaker's casting vote, against the wearing of a gown by the Chairman of Committees. ' ,' ',,. ,. A It is 136 white men are now working New Comet mine on the Rand, as against 34 previous to the introduction of Chinese labour. The preferential 'difficulty has, on the motion of "Mr J. H. Upton, been submitted 'B& the Chamber oi Commerce to Mr Chambeilain. The Mararoa will Be J tamed till ten o'clock on Monday itf'ojrder. to enable the British' footballers''to' play a match against a Maori tean^i^t^pjto^ua. In the Jay v. Warder the Magistrate said that therfjojrjei} used by the warder was np't exs^sive,' but that he- would take ;tim?p'--to consider the wider issue ,of the permissibility of employing force, at all. Tse Ashbuifton County Council has paid -for 19,200 small bjfrds' heads Since August 3rov The number of ~ heads bought probably represents only a tithe of the birds destroyed by ' poisoned grain, qf which 500 bushels haya .jbeen distributed by the Council this seasonAll the pretty C.B. corsets shown on C.B. stands are "genuine corsets,'* not pasted on for'effect.—Ad. We have just received a shipment of black silk underskirts and feather stoles. Inspection invited.^—-Milne -'&•- Choyce> Ltd, —Ad. : ' m> " r'A'..-r;;<-3^. "New Plymouth, !loth • : A"iigttSifc—* Messrs. McCullagh and" Sirs, —I should like to express; my-"very high opinion of the dressesi you mc during our Auckland shaded pink dress I wear ih®is..dsceel- ;- leney the Governor' is greatly admired by everyone, and would, I think, do credit to any shop in the world-—Yours faithfully, ROSE MUSGROVE." Original to be seen in window.—Ad.