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Auckland Star, Volume XXXVIII, Issue 168, 16 July 1907, Page 1

TABLE TALK.

Skeates Bros.' Annual Sale. Bargains in jewellery and other goods. Triple Alliance renewed until 1914. Auckland Choral Society's . Orchestral concert to-night. Return match with New South Wales at Sydney to-morrow. There is still intense excitement against the Japanese at San Diego. Miss Jessie Maclaehlan was warmljr welcomed at her concert last evening.' Grey Lynn, Newmarket, Parnell, and Onehunga Borough Councils met last night- ' French' President was twice fired at ia .the streets of Paris by an aggrieved naval reservist. The English mail, via Suez, which left here on June 3 arrired in London on the 14th inst. The death is announced of Sir William! H-enry Perkin, inventor of aniline dyes, at the age of 69. Further details of the wreck of the Woollahra show that the captain and a seaman were drowned. • While dancing in a set of lancers at Wellington 1-N.S.W.), P. Madden fell a ™* broke his collarbone "in two places. Mr. Joseph Chamberlain, in a letteJJ to Sir John Forrest, described 1 Sir. Deakin as the hero of the recent Conference. The Japanese Ambassador at Washington declared that it was a hideously; wicked act to try to involve two Powers in war. The " Daily News " opposes the" subsidising of the All-Bed route by a Free Trade Government pledged to internal reforms. To-morrow's football match, -will be played on the Sydney cricket ground; ia order to provide for the expected big attendance. Hague Conference discussed the conversion of merchantmen into warships, >■ and • continued the discussion on contra* band ■of war. The Sultan of Morocco is sending 1000 troops to overawe the tribes near Tangier in connection, with the. capture- of Sit Harry McLean. Mr. Davis, speaking at the meeting of the ■ Newmarket Borough Council, said there was a shadow of-a chance of the purchase of rights in the tramways. The Victorian Chief Secretary has decided- to disallow a bioscojpe entertainment representing "The ■ Bauer Murder and the Daylight Diamond Robbery." A horse driven by Mrs. De Benzy, of Cleveland-road, Pamell, was electrocuted in Manukau-road last evening, by a. live wire which had been brought down by a> passing tram. A red flag meeting in London to protest against . any Anglo-Russian agreement came in conflict with police. Mr. Hyndman w-as rolled in the mud, and Mrs. Despard was slightly" injured. Persons anxious, for a little lingual exercise are advised by a contemporary; to repeat the following query:—How many cuckoos could a good.cook cook if a good cook could cook cuckoos? Various suburban Councils discussed the tramway situation. Grey Lynn a_ resolution in favour of suggesting. ,a •joint committee of "city and suburbs io inspect and exercise control over the ser» vice. Walter Trapne.'.l, a DevonsShire dijer,' , was live and a-half hours helpless through the entanglement of his apparatus wuile 150 ft. under water. He was rescued by his mate, only to die in hospital. The Chief Railway Commissioner of New South Wales ia in favour of a circular railway for 'Sydney. The State Minister for Works hap also emphasised the need for a new system of conducting the traffic of the city. The Big Hole, nfeax Braldwoc-d (ST.S.W.j; the subject of the recent big swindle, is said to be 365 ieet deep, and 130 feet in diameter. Only two persons have descended—a sailor, about 40 years ago, and Fraser, 20 years ago. "I. object to Sunday trading," said Mr. Griffith, H.L.A., of New South Wales, in Sydney, a few days ago. "I euppose you can't stop parsons and tram conductors taking money, but I object to anyone efee taking it. Sunday is. a. great national holiday, and should be kept .as such." Mrs. Ella Munch, MZ)., a prominent German scientist, ia an article on the English suffragists in the "Frauenrnndschaa," says:—"lt always betrays a limited intellect when people on a free country fail to agitate witfiin the Kn-wt of law and order, and resort to -scandal and violence." For the 64 years that he has beea vicar of Sincleton (Eng.), the Rev. L. C. Wood has never had medical assistance. Asked for the secret of his healthy life, he said: "Be moderate in eating arid drinking. Take care of yourself when young. You cannot burn the candle at both ends ajid live to a. great age." The Northampton police are searching for a quack doctor who sold a mixture described as quinine and iron -which, on being analysed, was found to contain 99 per cent, water, the other 1 per cent being harmless flavouring matter. The fraternity has been banished from the market square, which has for years ieen its favourite tribune. Boys' clothing; good value. .Sale-afc Geo. Fowlds, Victoria-arcade. (Ad.)