TABLE TALK.

Auckland Star, Volume XL, Issue 52, 2 March 1909, Page 1

TABLE TALK.

Supreme; Court sejMJoi»-cipse<t— ■_■ -Firemen gathermjg^for the big demon* etration. :--■.'-■. ~ •■ . - ■ ... r i A-fresh outbreak of war fever has occurred-in~§ervia. '' "'■■''"• "-'"" ""*-."' ~ Three' more plagued ratejbaye be«a tliscovered in Sydney Bf'rSouK"" " Bigarid ■destnicfive"flre -at- Taihape. iFifteen; business "premises- gutted. •--- --■' The - BritieS."-" six-inch howitzer ' h'ae been' designed .military aero, plane*. ".-."■ ■ >;—;■-;•'- ■;; .;■.:„_.:■;'-'. '"lAKe"Ta:6tet-desirbTed ~bf fire, ldcK, ' stock, '■ and barrel. Practically- nothing saved/ ''■•■•?.:- ■ .;-;.;•.-■ .-:■-•.- ■:'.-.■ a.-, w> - lie wj* t£fe x? gpfflfe : ;sleet is -badly.- undermanned : for/its "anniial cruise." •• . ■ -r; Fifteen neininees tpr c iitei^*'f«ea,Je on the Auckland Licensing :Itench yesterday. '■./.. -■■"■ • .•;-■. ■■.:'. Conciliation . Council sits ■ to'-hear'the grievances of the_'retauran4 employees'. ._.._:;. _. '...-..: . :" " — ■Germany proppses.+o .add peneionsr fer old-age pension scheme.; • _ of - Broken Bill decreased from 45j000 to 30,000 in tie last -jriro -years. . ' " ' ; - air. CD: Grey'elected by tW City Cotincil to fill the 'Majoral chaif-vacat-ed by "Mr. Arlhaf M. "Myers. ' ■The United State* -nae decided te keep her -navy in the' Atlantic and' not to spread it over the two oceans." - . There arei no. arreaiie- of rites »•" Raglan. County, not a etuyver is>owing by,, the prosperous and conscientious rate-: -payers. ■ ■ • ■ ■ '. ■ ' '■■■.' Asquith's immediate- supporters favoar : the proaecufion 7 of the "shipbuilding progranune, and % slackening of Germany's pace'.waiTante it. —— . ■ ... -•/ ' Kaisuli-hae been appointed Governor ; •of a dozen tribes in Uorth'Morocco, and will restore the ransom of Kaid Mac Lean to Mc ."British Goxsttatteat. ..:_' 7. Typhoid iever- fiss; broken out in the ) native «ttlement of Te.Raikie-wai; be-' tween I/tmestone "Island "and Marsden Point.- Eight cases reported. ■; ■' ..The Federal Defence? Minister isaye that -it •is-impos«.ible 1 -to-"constrnct -all iie— destroyerg-.-?m Augtralia,. -pattern. ■ -boats must be-; ordered-. from Home. " "■"/.."'■' ." Parnell residents desire- the_ extension! -of - their--penny •'tram-section ftie The tramway manager promised to cogitate- the ; invitation. ■■ ■ ~. " Bishop Neligan endeavours to enthuse the Devonport Anglicans to the. building of a new church by intimating ihat. sucU a. consummatlpn. wbnld necessitate the services of- .priest.' - •• A-n old settler ot the .Ma-ungakara-mea. diatrict'lound -lying dfa,d by the roadside, oh a cushion' yesterda'yr '.-Deceased - was appaWnfly seized with a fit while driving, ,ahd\ expired after" aUghiiing- . • . ' The four mine pfßcials. who , stayed on .during the recent trouble _at Ihe tSe Auckland, EmplPyJEra* .Associatipnl' and other adm&ets &> the extent of; £200, which wifr be ; TlnWda? afternoon.- , _' The training eliip Ajnokura has returned py Wellingtoa after; an. utteuccessful search for the. submerged-' oßjeet "(supposed to 'be the capsized hull of the Bie liOge) reported to : have been seen "off Kaikoura. ! The only thing she saw was a' broken oaT.