TABLE TALK

Auckland Star, Volume XXXIX, Issue 113, 12 May 1908, Page 1

TABLE TALK

T- The British' and Afghans have canie '2. into collision in the Persian" Gulf. ';.".' — Laskef, the chess champion,' played _ 1549 games in England, and Ibsirbnly'si). I" The' Calcutta police; have : 6eized;;docu- - ments planning a revolution oir a I scale.. ; ■ : ■ ;-:._ - -; :.;-;■ >2 The United. Irish League condemns [- Catholics who voted for Unionist candi-' id dates. V- ■ '■...■'. .■: _:... .;_!_" iv ; The will'of -Mr: G.-G.. Stead-.has* been. i- certified to for probate- - purposes at <-'. £176.000.. ■ :■■> •,- -.-__ i, _ Vehement opposition has • arisen in:e Natal to the.proposed Federation of, 5Q South Africa. ■ _ ■-" •-'■' - ~/ : -' ' •'' ' - Russian prisbnersatSkmara are Tartly i?g as . a protest against_Jhe draStao 13 prison regulations. ■'-■ ---■■;'-\— - ' F- The Prince of Wales has inspecfced-tha t. Franco-British Exhibition, which is to ™ be opened.on.Thursday. ."■:;■ ..-..'." ~; to Three Wellington -Ohinanien, who had l " been selling pak-a-poo tickets', were yes- — terday fined £26 each.. • - - ; ..:.....-'._•.. £ The great surprise at the' Dundee eleeS tion, .says- the "Times," .was the shrinks "t age of the Labour vote. ,"■ :'.' ..:'■, — l An assurance. has been, given from sev« _ eral banks that all dirty hank notes -wiJI.-.•' y> be ■vvithdra.wn from circuiatiua aa:thej; a- are presented..: . . - ,;■;..•::. >:Ci;. - The.Mayor, of .Grey Lynn stated, last fZ night that nofreshcases; of typhoids had y_ ; -been reported, from the-borough.; during JS the .past week.. A "•. ". ~:.--■ .c r; ; . ~-;:C^:: •■ s, -.v Thfr ; jMa-yoS-K>'f-"(Grrey-!Lytin",lferonpbrfc,'' rs Mt. Edenj-and-Onehunga, ■were.installedat meetings -bf--the. respective; Borough. — Councils last night. ■..'.'...-■ " , t ~> • a f The Ameer, has assured. the Indian m Government thai-he.has.issued-striiigeni . 78 instructions xecalling the' Afghans: who If crossed the"frontier. .;'.•■' >r A Christchurcli woman was arrested -while in the "act of stealing ;the:rjbbona - attached .to ..the ,wreathsvand.-.flowerar.:re-ly cently laid on '\ 6ii: " .>'•• b- ;. "Greater;" Auckland is; ;bouid'rtp;j;ame, jjjf as sure as day follows .the night,"'re3. marked Mr. George Sayers at;theineet- > r ing of Grey Council.last .night.-- '■ r - sj. "• Fifty-four years. to-dg,y, during; the - Crimean War, H.M.S; Tiger was"wrecked.. at Odessa;-the crew-were takeaprisonersi' v- One of the survivorsj-Mr. R. May, resides _ in Auckland:r •■.'-.-■.-..--'-■:--iv--'.'r ... .'-.•■„.. „■■ : d The Newmarket Borough. Council-na» to a PP r °ved of plane for the completion" o£ 35 the" borough drainage scheme, "arid hae — decided to apply to the Government for : HI a;i£sooQ loan..'::::"--J.';. ;..••••• JT: i': P- At the Conference in Paris; _ Dr. Desnoyer aaserted"tha.t slopedJhanSj 3- writing wasnonnal and regular, but that' upright writing was a sign of perversity/ and deformity. ..;._'. ;.' „. " ■ t... . A Maori is. to 'beiaddedi.to_ the-.Britis'ht ; g- Navy. One pi i.the five- "tribal" m ers to be 'built to the-prder.of fH rniialty is 'to be namedv"Maori." The 7 other four are the f; and Crusader. , ■■- >"■%■.':..,,,.. .. .... ■' r\\' tl : As. it.is too..late.for us,to,.retire froan. 1- Morocco .-without loss of .prestige, the _ beet .thingj ; to; dp -is .to .take our .lot in philosophically, and remain cool, followr l T' ing- the Example .'of : the 'Engiifib. /during"-" tha -Transvaal- K e P u b^. 61 lique," Paris. . ' ; ~;•.■ .'. .V 5J The Scotch herrinjr"export trade is sa.id S, to.be in danger.,. The Scoteish cure-is "*:. fast losing favour with consumers,..and, ~ unless energetic steps are taken to. — ■ remedy the complaints as-to quality, the Dutch and German curers will captuia ih the trade. .. : ', ' : .- .. -- -, if Mr. uiermann TJappe, one ,of New , } _ ; fork's men-milliners, -vvas surprised; by fy a customerfasking him to design a, spring hat: for her.pet dog. '1 want to get a, d. hat," said -she."/.that will set -off thfe< lines of its face." he refused to Li, do so, she; left his establishment 'in ne great dudgeon7 _: ~~ .">..._" ~~~T~~.S': Q . Geographers -will,"shortly-H& describingiJ O Australia as & .country— jghich esports--52 frozen muttonl and imports" parsons (sayef a" ilel : bourne _ p'ap'er)~ What !a pity our : re. young Anglican parsons .have not more. •" pluck! Theymight form a trade union c, sufficiently- strong .to "keep put the-.anapr.. j- per-up of fat;colonial livings."' ,ly ■ "In addition, to the,flood pf:.landTvEi<dx_; 9 is going into the market .on account of." ; , the progressive land tax, the great ■are* of-native lands that tW Kative-Itepart-' ment. is making ayailable' for seitlement, ey the ordinary Crown lands where leasea are falling but, : ,an3 areas that are being"; surveyed for the first time," we""db not" know..where to get land to. satisfy the. people.who are vi*kntiiig toget.-on it in; New Zealand."—Hpri.' E. .McNab.. p ' '■ - "-" ■■■-■■ ■' ' t