TABLE TALK.

Auckland Star, Volume XXXVIII, Issue 133, 5 June 1907, Page 1

TABLE TALK.

Mr. Millar at Dunedin. Supreme Court resumed. " ' ' Mr. Fowlds arrives on Monday. Extra police are being largely employe* to meet the disorders in Ireland. . A natural Turkish bath is the latest attraction proposed for Te Aroha. All hopes for the missing military bal* loonists have now been abandoned. Methodist Conference in Sydney haft agreed on the establishment "of a i'iji' district. The Jfew Zealand professional football team is due to arrive in England about September C. A concession by the French Government has led to the end of the naval reservists' strike.' The motion r .as to the House of Lords* veto will be introduced in the House ol Commons this month. The Australian Premiers' Conference, after dealing with a number of minor questions,- closed on -Monday. The Orient Company has decided to remain in the Australian trade after the (expiration of its mail contract. Sir Henry Oampbell-Bannerman ha 3 made an important statement with regard to legislation during this year and 1908. ISTew Customs regulations issued in tiia United States "--ill remove many causes of irritation on the side of foreign exporters. Three or four Aucklanders known to b» ; going -with the professional team are amongst the ? foremost players in the *-■ colony. At Ballarafc. a Chinaman, to avoid a,a order of the Court respecting a maintenance matter, committed suicide bj; cutting his throat. Imperial Education Conference rasolv-i ed that a central bureau was essential to the exchange of information between this several Education Departments. . The latest. London, cable with regard to the new \Frisco-Auckland-Sydney cargo service states that the vesels will car-ry American and- British mails! At the Buleyroi (N.S.W.) races recently William M'lnnes, of Xa.rra.bri, who was riding a horse called Horatius, was killed by a collision with a post. ■' • , Mr. Millar stated at Dunedin last night that he proposed to ask Parliament to authorise the creation of.Wages Boards, instead of the present Conciliation Boards. Four bars of gold, valued at £1700, have been stolen from the. Melbourne Mint. The sound condition of the lock pi the safe suggested that its key had bee* used to gain access. The view of a Sydney Press correspondent touring the northern territory with the Federal party is that the marine industries, like those on land, show stagnation and decay. In an action at Perth, W.A., in which W. F. Wood claimed damages from Dr. Trethowan for alleged negligence in the treatment of plaintiff's son. who died, a verdict was given for the doctor. . - la Wellington (N.S.Wf) • Louisa Ball, 21<, fell into.a fire Tvhilein a fit; ahdsusv tamed, severe burns, which necessitated'; ■.. ! v her removal to the hospital, . This, i's the third oeeasibntorL whieJi she has rrbeeii "•■ burned by falling infib a fire. f . It is Sir H. Campbell-Bannerman's intention to leave several of the 1 most important Government measures till jiext year. This move is taken as a, strategic .'.'•"* measure in preparation for the struggle ■with the House of Lords' veto.. . , Aucklanders who signed the imateur declaration required by the Rugby Union are understood to have taken legai advice before doing so, and were informed that it would not make them subject to any legal liability, in the event of their taking part in tha professional tour i Inquiries made by a " Star" representative have elicited the fact that a professional football team will visit England and play against Northern coaaoies, as originally arranged. The combination will be a strong one. including a lame proportion of the All Blacks. A clergyman in Newcastle (Eng.) is reported to have "created a sensation" by reading a poem of his own composition from the pulpit, instead of a sermon. It was unfair to the' congregation, says a contemporary in its comment, for there was no escape. » An official report dealing with the various Industrie's of New South Wales shows that last year the number of establishments was 3838, as compared with 3708, while the males employed numbered 59.858. and the females 17,870, as compared with 56,111 males and 16,064 females in 1905. The increases are general, and are most striking in the building and iron trade's: What more acceptable than. a. nice. * smart traveling rug? Can be used asblanket or quilt, A big variety at McCullagh and Gower's. Bought cheap, selling cheap.—(Ad.)