TABLE TALK.

Auckland Star, Volume XXXVIII, Issue 288, 3 December 1907, Page 1

TABLE TALK.

£3/15

The Premier in Auckland. Loss of airship "La Patrie." English cricketers are gaining an easy, victory over Queensland. Otago University benefactions received since 1903 amount to £30^620. Melbourne Hospital -was in grave danger from Saturday night's fire. Louis JR.udolph Kingston died suddenly in Queen-street at five o'clock last ingCrey Lynn. Parnell, Newmarket, and" Onehunga Borough Councils met last night. Mr. F. E. Baume, M.H.R., expressed his intention last night to again contest the Auckland East seat. The War Office officially contradicts the statement with regard "to the inefficiency of the Fifth Lancers. ilr. Chamberlain hopes, before long, to resume his place in the front rank of the fight for Unionism and preferential trade. The Burns Hall bazaar, held last week, wires the Press Association Dunedin correspondent, resulted in a profit of one thousand pounds. A raid to overthrow the Governments) of the Brazilian State of Minas Gecxas was defeated. Two participating British ex-officers were respectively killed and •wounded. Mr. Mihvard, Sydney representative of tie Pacific Cable Board, emphasise the fact that the sale of the greatner part of. Fanning Island is merely a sale of landed, estate, leaving the Government untouched. The issue of Panama Caaial bonds byt the United States Secretary of the Trea--' sury (Mr. G. B. Cortelyon) has been many times over-subscribed at about the present market price. "I-.1 Pa-trie," the remarkably successful Trench dirigible airship, wrenched itselffrom the grasp of 200 men and floated away. It was last seen over the Irish coast in from County Antrim. November was one of the driest months on record in Hawke's Bay, the total rainfall having been only half an inch. There is still no sign of a break, and farmers are becoming anxious. Three youths, Percy Jones, William Percival Hughes, and Robert James Clearkin, were committed, for trial at Napier for breaking and entering, and a girl named Olsen was committed fop trial far attempted incendiarism by setting fire to the West Clive Hotel. Dunedin City Licensing Bench, at the quarterly meeting, commented on the increase in juvenile drunkenness, especially on Saturday nights. A caution was given that if any cases of supplying drink to juveniles were sheeted home to any hotelkeeper, he would be severely dealt with.