TABLE TALK.

Auckland Star, Volume XXXVIII, Issue 136, 8 June 1907, Page 1

TABLE TALK.

A.X.C races to-day. .-«i>..-.'« Supreme Court resumed!","*' ...... ;•!• . ; There is to be a reduction of iSOOjOOfIf iv military expenditure in India.. '.'..'. ' - Great Britain is prepared to-withdraw; from the Sugar Conventionin'4.Boß.. Speeches grave and gay. were' delivered at the Parliamentary re-iinionlastiiighC ..According to "Treenian's Joanna]/' tlxja. condition of Ireland is becoming daijyj/ more critical. .' *. Some of the Indian agitators :ur&e a, three-months' period of incubation -iot' fresh disturbances. '"'.'..--. "The Waterloo Cup final -was won Mr. Bladen's- Bulwark,, -Me.- L&waon'Longspan being ruuner-up. . , ... The formal opening of "tie'_ electric, trantsvay track from Wellington to, Mira»>. mar North took place yesterday.- ...---' The -British Governnient ! has givei ; *' private assurance that the Bill "of lOOS Will be a drastic measure. - \ It is. stated in Australian.._cricket" circles that the suspension.of theirplay-: ers is to be unconditionally;,- lifted, on. July 1. -':-...-' t\? Orchard, one of the prisoners in -the trades union murder cases in Idaho, has; confessed to a series of terrible Crimeain Che interests of the union. The Minister for Lands has written to; Mr. Mackenzie, M.H.K., stating that %heposition *%f the State limekilns at Shag. Valley is-such that they will either have* to be sold or closed. . The partial relief of the. drought in-•South-eastern Europe is leading to a pause in the "London wheat, market. Consumers are showing' unwillingness to' pay . present" prices. -. «•* * An explosion of gas set fire _o.a,:shop> in Collage-road, owned by Mr.. E- Jones, and occupied "by "Mrs. Campbell, yestordnv afternoon, but the blaze was quickly, extinguished before any serious dam age •*vas done. - - . - 'At a meeting of the -Otago League, it was decided, to. keep the organisation in existence, but bringing it into action - only if occasion-should arise calling for,, its "support. ' Tlie Standing Ccrornittee. wilt act. if necessary, in this direction. The Levin Co-operative- Dairy- Com-" •party ' and ' Hflrorwhenu* Co-operative Poultry Company have been fined 40/, with costs £3 JO/, for failing to supply, the registrar of companies with a.-dust of members and a summary fer the year, • as required by law. At the inquest held in Sydney on the bodies of" the man Livermorc and his . wife, whom he murdered, if was stated that the husband drank all he earned, and 'frequently iUtreated his wife, who, worked hard to . maintain herself and her child. ' ' See Milne _d Choyce's advt on page 16;. jt will interest you.—(Ad.) .' ■ Great bargains daily! Clearing out aU the ladies', maids', and children's new winter coats at about half usual prices--. 6/11, .-'llrlo/y. 12/6, 15/6/19/6, 21/,, 25/ uj). at Histcd's, Ponsonby-road, near Three Lamps. Call early! Inspect windows!— (Ad.) Just opeued: Set of Mess- S - I. ana E. • Morley's .sample hosiery, including many, . extra"aood makes not usually stocked. Hundreds of pairs to choose from. Bought cheap. Selling cheap.—At McCullagh and Gower's.—-(Ad.) Last and principal shipment of ladies' *nd children's ready-to-wear felt hats, now showing, 3/11 to 19/11 each. See window.—J. A. Bradstreet, dtager, _ng*hage-xoad F —iAd-2 ■- "-*" T"'