TABLE TALK.

Auckland Star, Volume XXXVIII, Issue 171, 19 July 1907, Page 1

TABLE TALK.

City Council met last night. Atua arrived from the Islands. The Shanghai - Nagasaki cables ~ha.ya been restored. '<-■• The Italian Government has offered Onida its help. Further concertrby Miss Jessie Mas. lachlan to-night. Tongariro and Ruapehu were in activ* '."'■'• eruption yesterday. ... Tram strap-hangers allowed at City Engineer's discretion. .V •'.-.. placards in Seoul demand, the death of the .Japanese officials. ,' v . * Germany is endeavouring, to. buy thasecret of the French dirigible balloons.; ' Leading London managers deny'th*a participa-tion in" the' theatrical syndicate, Last year South Australia realised £106,000 for eggs exported, to.' other State's."' • The steamer Easby, which was "wrecKeS on Gabo Island some time' afoy has broken in two. " • °'-'H ■■-.< There is no doubt that an Engusi Rugby football team will visit New Zeivland next season. Last year in Queensland horses i*/ ' creased by 22,351, cattle by 450,224 and sheep by 2,351,207. • • ■'..'•.,*■" During the last; 10 years the nunibei ■ of insane persons in. Victoria his- in* creased from 4341 to 4873. ■..- ■ 'i he Queensland gold-returns for June, show a decrease of 93220z. on those for the corresponding month last: year. The Tramway Company, was- ordered to provide eight cars by .the .end of tha-. year, and one every month during 1908. Sydney advices state that three syndic '-' cates have taken up 12,000 acres ia - Papua with a view to rubber-planting.; France will not support' £he British proposal'for the limitation of ornament, '-"' : ' : as she regards the question as academics It now appears that the Corean YW-) peror arranged the deputation's, visit to The Hague through an agent outside ' -'••' his kingdom. " -\ ■:■'• •■-'{■;.. , "■ " All new wharves in Sydney Harbbos' have been made rat-proof j and old: ones are being dealt with similarly a.=expeditiously as possible.. : : .■-'".. • The President of• the .Board oi.TradS . British abandonment- of .tha All-Red mail proposals, which Were: stillj under consideration.- : '-''-.■ -- ' - . Last week Sydney-had its: coldest daj of the season, with. a. grass-temperature - oi 29J degrees. The coldest .day:.'on;, record is 24 degrees, recorded in-1903.. i-- : Hundreds of persons were temporarily;. buried by the collapse of a,'building at London, in Chtario. 'They were-mostly rescued, but 15 persons were killed and 12 injured.' •• '.;.-.-.: ''.-.•.:"•<..■■•■.'' In connection with the death of a.child* named Krtiny, at Williamstpwn,'.-(-Vic;)} from lysol poisoning, the mother--has ■'-"■■ been committed for trial, on a charge of,' wilful murder. ■'. The Town Hall Committee of the Cpunr: r oil, after conference with ■'■ the - architect : (Mr J.J. Clark)v:reported:to the Cityi ' \ Council in favour of the completion ofj.' ; the plans ■ and the calling for. tenders.. Thef) report was.adopted. . ; - •• ■..;/ So:great is the dearth- of medical men ■'. in South Africa that an ■ advertis'emana of. z.- vacancy . on,.:the;; resident staff .IrC '-. ■- .. ':- the Kimbefley'Hdspitaifcarrymga-M ":' r ; of £300 a ■'board,' and. iu%r~ters, did hot bring'a' single'--amplication.*''•.■•• The gold yield.of Victoria last year .was 772 ; 2900z, valued at. £3.280,000.. .Dividends distributed by the gold companies . totalled £485.000, an:. increase.''.of £33,000 -■ on the previous The coal output was 160,600 tons, an increase oi '5500 ton's. '.''■...„' .'■ ,-'--, ■"■•;. The miners of the Nightcaps .Colliery* in Southland, were recently making £24----to £25; per month in wages.' A large dis-;•. trict is mainly dependent oh this colliery,! for its coal supplies, and the Railway De-i partment's requirements are also, supplied from it. ." :-'. ■•';'' ■■-;. ■'.,.'.-. x -:r. By means of an. ingenious., appliance, which has been adopted.by.the British. r Admiralty a submerged diver _ may, by, pressing a small button in '.his . communicate by telephone with another -■-'. diver, or even, with proper. connections, ' with the authorities at .Whitehall.. The foundry proprietors of Erisbana.' say that trade , during; the past three ..-■■ months has increased, at a Tate, especially in the machinery line,, but they complain that skilled mechanics; are scarce, many of the best-tradesmen;:, having left the State in the,time of de-' . . pression. .'■">:'■.• v • vV ".','. Boys' clothing; good- value. Sale at . Geo. Fowlds, Victoria-arcade—(Ad.) Special bargains k boots at • winter; sale. British and American Shoe Stores.v James Adam and Co., opp. Library.—Ad..