TABLE TALK.

Auckland Star, Volume XXXVI, Issue 222, 16 September 1905, Page 1

TABLE TALK.

Australia v. Auckland. Avondale Jockey CluVs meeting toi day. Manehurian armistice has been, ar- ; ranged. Revolutionists in Caucasia urge a general rising. The Japanese flagship Mikaca Ees in six fathoms of water. Armistice provides a neutral zone accessible only to civilians. House agreed to the second reading of the Shops and Offices BilL Eight large steamers are expected t« arrive in Auckland next vreek. - New Zealand amateur golf championship will be decided next week. New Zealand representatives plajtheir first match in England to-day. Two hundred of the crew perished oa board the Japanese battleship ifTfrasa. For the naval armistice, and that ean> trolling operations on the Corean frottA press correspondent gives.» trflfag account of the sinking of the Japanese warshio. Celebration of the jubilee of the Auckland Baptist Tabernacle will begin tomorrow. The annual meeting- of the North Shore Cricket Club will be held next Tuesday. More Russian troops have been requisitioned to cope with the anarchy ia Caucasia. Charles F. Ferguson, a young man, met with a horrible accident at Ma-tau* pouri yesterday. Mr. Walker sympathises with (Setteral Booth's proposal to send 5000 frun* Dies to Australia.. Germany is said to be seekrmt ffons Turkey the concession of Thasos Island as a naval sration. The steamer John Grafton. took in ma? cargo of arms for Finland at Sark, in. the Channel Islands. Auckland dairy farmers yesterday agreed on a policy for regulating the prices of dairy and poultry-yard' produce. William Thomson, warder at Sramyside Asyimn, -was -yesterday committed for trial on a- charge of hating assaulted a lunaticEJ.even Japanese peers have memorialised the Tokio Government in regard td the failure ef the police during' the xc* cent riots. Great demonstrations of worJdngmea. are being, held at Bnda-Perta in ordec to impress the Diet in favour of- universal suffrage. At the Masterton Police Court yesterday William Blissett was Sued £10 anal •costs for irUlmir deer without a licenses on the breeding reserve. Colonel Davies last night made a strong appeal to employers to sapport the volunteer movement by allowim; their men liberty in the daytime. The total water-power readily* available in the North Island is put down. i»y; Mr. fiall-Jones at 550.000 h.p_, and ia the South Island at 3.450.000 h-p__L A secret eireulax issued by Bus- - siiin Government condemns the Zesnstvos, and orders the arrest of t£ £hese demagogues" on the slightest pretext. At the meeting of Auckland, dairy farmers yesterday Mr. T. Wilson said that, producers shoeld. make a. standing price of lOd per dozen eggs for efgfrfc months of the year, and' lad-fox the other four months. Trafalgar Day Centenary Committee agreed to celebrate the anniversary ■witk a. children's demonstation and a meeting: in the Drill TTa.ll. It was also- decided, to approach the various churches with a* view to special aervises on the Sunday: following. A meeting of butter and egg held in Auckland yesterday afternooa to discuss a scheme for better regufat-. ing prices, resulted in the -formation o€ a committee to collect information, and report to a future meeting. About 3ft persons were present, tier, separate negotiations are pending* Riordan, New Zealand's champion wrestler, who defeated Curnow a week or two since at Sydney, has left foE South Africa. It is understood that Kiordan was offered a good position fit one of the Eand mines, and he Tery ■wisely accepted it, as there is Ettie chance of any wrestler short of a Haekensehmidt mnlring money in Australia. Messrs. Warren Biyth and Co. announce a special sale of three furniture, etc., for Monday next-—Ad. If you want the best spring goods, just newly in. at popular prices, in pepu- • lar goods and popniSr styles, visit Me* Cullagh and Gower., the ladies' popuhu! drapers. —Ad. -