TABLE TALK.

Auckland Star, Volume XXXVII, Issue 94, 20 April 1906, Page 1

TABLE TALK.

_-. The;earthquake. .' .-* : "■'. ': -■ ■:'.' '■ '.'■'.■" : \ The'devastation increases. '" Big fire in Sydney. . Serious... strike riots, in .Prance. •..,:•■ Mutiny, on Portugese warships. - San Francisco , Mint said to to ablasS. : Whole of the business portion, of'thql city is in ruins. Most of the people were : asleeg jwiea the earthquake occurred. •Whole, of the Asiatic quarter in Saj» Francisco' has been destroyed.- r ; r Many of the mansions of " in. "Tnin i— co millionaires hay« : been burned. The- terror and- excitement in S*M Francisco were beyond description. "' ■ Homeless citizens number 100,OOQ» '"' Help is from alPdifectidnsT'"'. - Soldiers in San Francisco are shooting the tMeves,'who have "begun plunder* ing. - ■.:■.-••■..-;-- . King 'and Queen invited .to visit C*b* ada. -...-..- ....,, , -:■-'•.; Spreekel's and other buildings ax e~d#: : scribed'"as shaving been crushed like shells.Anearly estimate of the .damage by 'fire in San Francisco placed it at.:. 22 millions sterling.; " .. . ~ "■• -' Officially stated 'that "thousands' , were killed in the earthquake. Immense homelessf. • ,- --'■ L . There-is np news as to the saf/ity c* ;he Lick Observatory, situated at jfiaa Jose, near Francisco. ; i= 1, • The first shock tossed the city like,-*; feather.by .the wind. In three minutes it was one mass of debris. ..,. . ,:'j:.~j i f'---.There is now., fear of an epidemic? ■.Qβ . typhoid in .San Francisco, through, ' -; bursting of the.sewer:mains: ; '." .; "',' ■' Reported-that the -water-frjpnfc. -w»e" swept, by a .tidal-wave,, andy'thafc_gbj|* ''',' ping-was swept.into the atreets r . .. -.y labour Conference rejected a tnotaoif"' expressing no-confidence in the Arbitea.tiooi Court as at present constituted.-. ■''' ' ■Reported that. the. water-front.at,S*a Francisco was. swept by>- a tidal, wave, and that was, swes- into the streets. -■ ... .'•" ;; . ■-. :■;'-' . .'. '\: Tfee whole of the San Fraaicisco. newer* -paper offices i^erc-destroy : - which aife. now devasta.tidgr;J;hfi..xeair dentiaV -..--i ' . "'. .;. . • ; j;.~ .The-sea,:brer&owed in th,e.Jiorji;hr£f&&? ■ em tend of San JPranciseo "Harbour, and destroyed l£ , of the:: Pacific .'railways. .... . ;. '.;. '-•-'.:'.■?■' : -r.During the eaitb.qTiake the streets bulged and waved.. Entire " ■wer.e_torn'.up, and tramway tracks were. twisted.- into '■■-. strange shapes..-'•■ ■ djx. '. . A monster wild boar which was;shct, in the back country: last week,-was protected, by hide two-infcfes - thick.- It had huge tnsks and:: bristjes like wire.—"Wanganui Heralds" : >j V'So far as the eijk)rt:tra4e"is : concern- ' edy r the butter J "season"has! practicalfyi - closed,'says "Tfte Kiiapeliu's sHipment on -Thursday wilt probably be the : "laet' any v dnneflsi6nii.i . -■Besides the 'demolition, of thoosands : ot boiidinga,: in the ■ city, i St.' IgUawt CathedraTk burning;-the VaiverfSQt- :,ot. California isrreportea: ±o .'anft' :ih&-.-> iieiaiid-Stanford. College fcis iefeii.:j*!?_.. stroy«d;.; ■ —-.. ■;.'.■ - - . '.■•. ; . ■ Professor Mibae, . famims Engiiah seiemalogist, thinks that the; '- earthquake may be explained by -the- earth's : having got a little off its axis, a portion of theorist being broken in the struj- : : gie to get.back- - : "'\< -.; - ; '■ / ',' 3>r. E". ; Ishikawa, Doctor of Phikjaophy; ;' . and Professor of Zoology, etc., bf-Tokibi, has' arrived in. Australia.Vto : represent the Imperial TJniversity" at Tokio *t tite -jubilee celebrations-- of the " Melbourne University'this month. ' '-'/',' '■ A speaker at "a-social iff GreyinoutiK concluded his remarks by expressing the Swedish ■sentiment- skal,' ocb. <iStk skal,- och -all'vackra* flickors "ekal,"'ie., "My toast and your toast and." the toaet of "all the pretty; girls." ' . * ~ \ \_p 'H-am so isorry. you weren't able v fo coineHo me-last autumn," eaid a'petere?e to a bashful youth' whom she'dimly'remembered'ihaving invited to her country; '-'■'• house... "Oh, but.l.did.'f .discon- ; certing.reply. 5 '4 stayed * /week/ The ?few municipal staff have received to date fifty applications folr- piivate • electtie ■lighiingi : equal , tor, 1300. : eight icaridle-poyyer- lamps. ' About, six : miles : of wire have been used on the lowr:i lines for private ■ lighting. '-:■:They.breed.poetieaj. "-> police in Mcl- _ -bourne-nowadays: Spake one- Constable* ~ Cartin. ia an obscene ': language -case:! . "The stream of- foulLacey' floated 'in the -air -like, the- dense smoke; from a bush fire."- liacey got ' ; f 7, ■' or • six; weeks?'—-"Sydney.' BuHetin-." '& A contemporary states that "Just- now; great slaughter is going on : amongst the rabbits in :Otago and Southland.. Over >12#0(K were packed ..atvithe'Mfc-" taiira Wor£si one,~;day''. last ■week- , for■'* one '.'-Thirty.rmen: were-kept working , early and late iK order *to'be ready. lor. the consignment. "'■'■' •.-■■'> '■-'_ ■;-■•'■ -.•.'.[>■■: Mr.- John MurdochV who "died, near Edinburgh, left £60,000 tb be ; devoted ■to the'relief of indigent bachelors land: 'widowers who-.-.had shown - practical sympathy;-in- the' pursuit "of - science. The next of-kinehalienged tHe validity, k>f ;thc:jvrfll, in Edinburgh, on the-groonif . that it wag vague and uncertain.; The , Court-lias' declared the .bequest void. ■; Kepprts of Melba's ill-health, come from- -St." Moritz aind' Davos: Platx, where she' haa been seeking.-relief froe -the' obstinate cought that foliowed'th*; attack of -influenza -\sbich interrupte4" her last engagement at.the Metropolitan Opera.'House. -* She has liever fuliyi Tecovered. her-health, and.-the greatest physicians -in -Europe have united ia~ sending her. to St. Mpritz and- Davos, Arhere, .consumption specialists -conduct a sanatorium. '. >■ ■-■ -',■-' ■ -/-1 .-"• : On account of the ; Easter liolidays rw'il-remain open to-morrow; -(Saturday), .until -~0 ' p.m.; John ■Court, draper and , clothier,----v Our.-premises will remain open, all .day to-morrow CSaturday) until nine p.m.-— Smith 'and :Caughey,: Ltd.—Ad;.: . ... . - The " : F,ootball Brand'oi Clothing , '..is the outcome ?of years; of practical experience in the. tailoring businesSi; lU-' meets :a felt want pf a large number of .people, who; require a suit at oimw Vadi at. a reasonable price; also soin«r thingr "ttiat they can rely on. befijg .;.■>• good fit .with the appearance. of really . good These qualities' a.ie all combined in the '*" Footballer ,3 brand of clothing.' . Sizes, to ,fit any 278, Queen-efcreet.T^-Aa^'..