TABLE TALK.

Auckland Star, Volume XXXIX, Issue 146, 19 June 1908, Page 1

TABLE TALK.

Experts describe. Lemoine's . diamond formula as an. excellent hoax, . -. ':r~C~'y A hundred British undesirables, -who settled in Canada; have been, deported;-".,-', The Czar; has- pardoned many convicted .ot7i^^g.^^' J a._i^:m*amc^]Ps^feng^_ : Sixty Continental officers, <wiU..lconij" pete in the jumping contests in connection with the OlympiaHorse Show. , -■Lecture on "The Evolution of the. Maori^".. by Dr. Te Rang! Hiroa at the Leys ■'- ..: . : vriacoma,-a rich -wine'—lercharrt in New Orleans, shot and killed three "Black Hands''; who attempted ;i» - blackmail ' him. ':',:' ■ ;•:-.---. . ■,''—; , A ver_citof.irot guilt - was returned ■in the charge against:Mrs'.:Jane -Baikie of murdering 'Alexander Brown in Syd« ney. - : • . . -.. ■.•■ - , ••- ,' At the Republican r G6nVention;in -Chicago a- demonstration was made in -favour/ of Rooseyeifi being-re-nomina-'ted.:., - .. -■_■ ' • ■■•■ :■■■-,-?'■.. "'. A conference 1 r bf differeiifc r ; denominations has arrived at a basis rf .ajjjrier .ment on the question of education in schools, . '•■:■- -'.*•—. '-':-.'.-.'-.,: I' The.:-Minister for.\Pub^.~t7tirln'Yhu/>. j promised the Paparoa Coal Mining Company to open the Blackball, railway early next year. ■:■■■•. »••-'-" '■-. At a meeting' °f the Dimedin City Council it was decidedXt» t|he , I price; of gas from 5/10 to 5/- per 1000 i ft,-from next October. ■■-"'..'-.- '7 -"■'- ''--'■ 3Dtr.Siodsham,.Bishop, of North land, told, the. Pin-Anglican: Congress that a race of.'white pagans was growing up in some parts of Queensland, ■-■■vv ..> , The Rev. Al O, Hoggins, of New Zes> land, stated at.teh Pan-Anglican Congress that • feeling -was growing, in'-!jSo. ■ Dominion -in favour of -religious eduear tion being added to the school syllabus. The Irish Archbishops have issued a manifesto,, .in- which they' Assert that jnuch more can and-should be done--than _ proposed by the Irish, Univeraitiea-BBL | Applications for sectioria the C_h7iftr- ; den —state .close to-day at 4 pjm,:and | it',isi evident that the total: number of applicants: for? the sections, which riumI ber 25, -wM be,' very large; .-.-■- ..' ■ -- VThe Mauretaaia was stopped in the "Narrows," New York, -.■■ for 20-- minnim while, a .-• sham battle was in ' progress: Thei-;concussibh. from' theVbig- gun-firing broke £4000 worth-of- crockery aboard the liner. ■ ;-■■■ r--,.■..•-. - -. -~,..-.., .-■" lithank the fair and truthful manner in-, which -you? have given - your I evidence,'.' remarked Mr. Ci C; Kettle,. S_t., yesterday to a lady witness; in the Civil Court;"," it; is: quite jrefreshiug to hear' : evidence given so truthfully:':audi with-such intelligence. - ; -',•._' . t ■•'«■ -;~Fifty-three "British'-waxshipsATe :,v__ing Norway and Denmark. A section of the- German: 'Press, ';accuses~BHtaitt!~<»t practising landing>• manoeuvres "in.vthis Baltic/, preparatory ; to ::att__ingr '■&*& many in conjunction with Russian and France. ■ " ". ; r The Roman; Catholic body have purchased a large 17-roomed -residence at Palmerston North for- a Christian Brothers' School, The headquarters of ith* Christian Brothers are at Dublin, and ih* Australasian headquarters are. at" Byd----ney. The only- other institution of thS kind in New Zealand 'urffcr'thg direction of the Christian Brothers is at Dunedi_. -A resident in Bealey Avenue, Christchurch, cleaned out a sump in his yard onSunday, and forgot to replace the irioa\ grating.; -Next morning he found a large stoat about 18in. in length and pure whit* in .colour, which had fallen in the water hole and beendrowned. -'■'• -"-