TABLE TALK.

Auckland Star, Volume XXXVIII, Issue 164, 11 July 1907, Page 1

TABLE TALK.

Kia Ora inquiry resumed."" - ■ Trades and Labour Council "met lai* night. <y_™/^ Mr de AVolfe's - : _y _h_ __ia Ora court of inqXdry. 7 ' ■ 9 At the Hastings Poultry Show Sir _. S.if DS W ° n thC X ° rth

Stormy weather has delayed steamed on the run between Wellington and Lyi.

Several important Moroccan tribei are willing to assist in the release of Sir Harry Mac Lean.

Sir William Broadbent, one of ___ most eminent of contemporary'physic. ians, died yesterday. '. Owing to the unseasonable weather q London firm of drapers is overstoc._e<l't_ the extent of £700,000. ■ ' :-"•

Mr. Ramsay Macdouald's "iWork" tot Unemployed Bill has passed: "its' "first reading in the Commons. " "' .' '":

Melbourne-Sydney telephone was site* cessfully opened by the Austniliaa Governor-General yesterday. ' The strike at tlie Erith "works ol Messrs. Vickers, Sons,' and Maxim. hi_ ended, the men having' accepted "th'_ firm's terms. " - - - ■

The "Daily Telegraph" (London) had seven columns of telegraphic reports fron_ all parts of the Empire of.tie celebra.. tions of Empire Day. " " '

Sir Alfred Billson, M.P., was seized with a fainting fit in one of the division, lobbies of the House of Commons, and died lialf-an-hour later. In order to help visitors, the' borough, of Holborn (Central London) is to sectional maps of the district, in con. venient spots in tlie' streets. ".■ '.' : '.':■.: The Labour "Right to Work.'-Bill noi_ before the Commons-compels local coun. cils to register unemployed 'arid to prti*' vide schemes for local work.. '_ _•__.' At a recent manuscript sale, in Jibndoa the order for the massacre of Glencoa fetched £1400, and some rough note, books of the poet Shelley £3000." ~'■'.." It is by no means certain'that"improve"! ments to his system which J_r.YMaf_.__; is now effecting will not - give dt .all th. advantages of the new Poulsen system, Jewellery worth £1500, belonging. _'« Sir Arthur Vicars, Ulster. King-of-Anns, was stolen from the same safe at.Dnhlin. Castle as the insignia of the Order o| St. Patrick. ' ' .;.."=",■:'", The United States delegates at Ths Hague Conference have proposed a per. manent Court of Arbitration with.fiftee'a judges who would decide questions, bjj a majority vote. '" : The Dunedin Presbyterian Orphanage! and Children's Home, to accommodate abont 40 children, was opened yesterday) by the Rev. Mr MacLennan (Moderator; of the Presbytery). - .'■•'.'■.-• '■'• ■'' Sir Joseph Ward admitted in' regard to the Post Office it would be'necessary; to make further provision'in Auckland! for the requirements both of the'deparfc* ment and the public. -

At Wellington yesterday - Gustas. Grenberg was committed for trial on __ charge of perjury, alleged to have arisea out of the hearing b_-the-recent-cases originating in a row at a two-up school.

Mr. Oliver Samuel,' a member of thai Queensland Upper House, who has re* turned to Brisbane after a visit to Japan, says -he was greatly impressed by tha courtesy of the people,.and by everything he saw. .-.. ... ' . '

July 27 has been fixed ..for the launching of the Bellerophon, the second of thai British Dreadnought battleships. That Temeraire and the Superb, third and].-'

fourth vessels of .the same class, will also be launched.at early dates..

A Port Chalmers syndicate is procur. ing from Home a first-class steam trawl, er, fitted with refrigerator and cool storage, with a view to trawling-from Bluff to Lyttelton, and establishing de* pots at all towns along the. coast. "_:.-

The Hague diplomats are gloomy, about the situation between Japan and! the United States, holding that if tha Government's.present attii tude is maintained Japan must, consideij •herself free to act against California; .; As a result of his visit to Japan* General Booth is greatly impressed'-with! the possibilities whicli the Far East'pre-* sents for the Salvation Army. Accord, ing to latest mail advices, he had decided: forthwith to inaugurate a "campaign" in Korea, under the super.__idn' of Cololiel Duce. . , . : . "It is almost practicable at the present moment to speak across the English! Channel by wireless telephony, andjwithia the bounds of possibility that at' sonic. time we may telephone without wires "to! a ship in mid-Atlantic."—Professor..J. Ai Fleming, F.E.S., at the Royal Insfcitutioa (London). ''.-'-' ""A C'

One London school had _he*&llow__g! impressive salute on Empire Day.—Ea_3_ child, pointing to the flag, proclaimed.in unison:—Flag of my fafchei-: "Standing for freedom —I love thee; standing fori justice—l honour thee; standing for otic Empire—l salute thee. -Then, : in' trpe military fashion, there followed a general salute.

A short time ago an old polkemani wrote suggesting that all small children

in London and other large towns should have their names and addresses affixed to- the lining of their hats. The Suggestion has to some extent been adopted, and, in consequence, many lost children have been restored to their parents without delay.

The capital of the new companies registered in New South -Wales during! the current year amounts to £1,604,____ The increases of capital by companies already registered exceeded £1,700,00C_. Mr. Havclock Wilson (labour member, in the House of Commons for Middles, borough, and general secretary of "tha National Seamen's Union>, who recently went bankrupt through his oppo-« sition to the shipping companies, ha_i made a composition of 10/ in the £.

In connection with the death of art infant from diphtheria, a Dunedin jury commented strongly upon the neglect o£ the health authorities to take action, and drawing attention to the absence of any place for isolation of infectious diseases, and conveyances for patients. The Health Department's reply is t_» the effect that tbey reported the casa to the hospital authorities, and. thai they took no steps in the matter, thoughit was their duty to provide for suctt eases. Where first, McCullagh and Gcwer't genuine reductions on "good goods.'* Plenty of bargains at the famous "C__a_. Swe«p" Sale now on. —(Ad.)