TABLE TALK.

Auckland Star, Volume XL, Issue 77, 31 March 1909, Page 1

TABLE TALK.

a- , •-,"■*.'..'_" ,;. : -,-T _..L ....._■ z - Eaces~at Epsom to- r day.' - ■■-. -•. . '■■'■•■' '.' 'Hobsevelt ; Tras attacked - ship -by-' an Italian.:anarchist, j. but ieseaped" injury: . -.J"i •/ : :j:. : J" : 'The British"-capacity for huildinglships, s; •engines, ;a"rid;big'guns is "considerably-la "; :*>;£:: this-German.' —'.--.-r . .' .: r 5 An" estimated damage of "£30,000 done 1 to the'Lyttetton breakwater by the , huge >.; seas'running yesterday,- -c-'.— -■•-. ... ■'■> '-When her-programme-is complete, '■' 'Germany -will have' ■ the inost-;powerfui j fleet in 'the :%opH."-^Britain ? s IToreiga -; Minister^:-. , - : --- ; ■■••■< ■'■■'■ ■'■■■ "';'■'■.■ ; . ■■'' " '■ Mr-. Fisher - foreshadows a/- 'Commen- -- -wealth- -note' Issue^-and: -the-mmting- of r' silver coinagej producing a a'ereniie of 1 £100,000; "-"_ '• ■" , "' % - : "31Ke" turbine 'ste'amef going 5* bn'tKe-SySney'SueTdand'fiui in place" of i' "tfief Slari'ukai'whicli' is "entefffig-{Be Tan- -"; c6uye'r service.' ' •••■-*- .- r -,.- - liasis for-a. limifai.'tidn of ; "arffiam€hts (says Sir •'Edward a Grey) ia'an- British. r,\ iiaxalcsuperio'ritjv ;•' ' •;:;.• ■. •- £ • ■' ifr. McKennfr-'hints :-. -ma-de-certain the con- ;-•; tingent JDreadnoiights, and'lihat tiie de- . —_* are lianJ. - ■ ~~ r - : ~ j; The' Victorian and New Zealand- Agri- »; cultural Devjartments have agreed-to. re- " ciprbeate' in' the matter- of giving certi--2; ficates'for exported stud■ horses._ ,_i:_£ y -Good catches of-trout continue-to be :;' : taken'-in the vicinity- of'Rdtofua—some- '- iinjies- twenty-fire per^dayj-wiiiet'should y gluttonous angler.' • > - i Defence League holds'a'meeting at-St. _' James' Hall "to-morrow night to advocate - the universal- training system as recdnv 5"- inSndearirecently by tK<S -City''Gouncilv - : - : o :'■""■ The: arrivale fn New Zealand '*. last month numbered 4141, and tKe depar--8 tures! 285 T ., , The ; figures for. February, J 3'908/"WrtV 'sArfivals,:'4s67j'-departures, ; '2066.--J-V?; : :.:■.' :,2 .irj .■:,.-' r by-election/fought on, _, the-'larger na'X'y question, resulted- ia ? an -" overwhelming' Opposition•■' {.'■ The" news' created, a' sensation.' in' the - 8 House.'-.. :._'.,. ■■:.,. : '. ..' ...,.. ■. i'Li ■'.i. ":. ; •"" r '•" The.: Unioii.-Company has decided to ; iiotel"ait"Suya""to L meet 5. thTirist: "nhf)' gpn'pral vprfiiirpiriPT'ti;, - TKe ■r ;cosfr : will ''". ■'Kβ"' '.between ''""£15,000 -and :•::.•.;;;..; ;^.:r".v'.::'v- :s :"-r----j. , voh''.Buelo\f; irf the ■-Reichstag, p dßclated-.tha't. 'the'L'fanious- Krnger. telfS- ;. gram; was'>' State act; 'tjiferesult : of "pfli4. .cia.V 4 counsel,! 'gnjl- np-Ssi&e' an act bi'tha |, .Kaiser's personal initiative.-.-. : , . '. - Fisher (FederaL Premier), proposes J. the building of a-fleet ef over ; .) : iowr- *aifc a. - V cost of three millions; and a schems of ?! .?J?^^i?9^.u™flrtai^ - tßiJning.' , .v.'.\;...;. i_ !t / i^t3be_C=Ho;u9.e. ;of' Cptijiaons' yesterday, '-. : oi:;flHßure i ;qn,- i ¥ 'Government on--the gro.iind-^at:-_it# 2 DreaSftought; programme" xras; r :wa| defeated/by : 353 t0'134. -':,*,. J' ■ A whose nameis'supposed t9> ■ 0 bs'iMoLean, .aged; r about 60,., yas found ; il dead in the. vicinityvof ■Bwyncombe < sia^--5 tion, iear r KaikoiiUa. • He is siippQeed'JtS" ' ft haveidied ft pj)\Monday night.; ~ . ;.-,-' ' •;■". ■ ■■■■~ S .of . #: ii »i ixi; theL event, of the j sen-tingr'. a. ;Dreadnougtt. : '.Kew-r-Soutli ft Wiles:-,'and cVictOrie .willifind-tjieir ipwr j; .Jlijftjon'.oi-.the" fflgtf .' ■ ~; ... ■", ( :■;.-, ■ -' : lt''is •t Keen issued'to prepare -a. "nominal der T- fence, roll" of all ablerbodied young mcii _■ between: the ages of il7- and -21 : years. 5. The .Premier, however, says there: is n» j loundation for. the ;rej)art. :': .- : ■-'; The Federal Government's compulsory f /training scheme- proposes - that -cadets i. : Bhall commence. at- ten years of age, and * go on till 21." The initial'co4"t will-be - oveF -half-a-million,. arid .the. maxiui via j-- yearly cost will be £ 1,407,000! -■•-■■^γ; 9 0 : vA-inmnrrnamed;James litzpatrick, ijnr - mairjed,. a; native- of- Tasmania.-and 43 t- -was-rfcHled—a<; -Gape-.Fottl- • wirio: through coining down on hirii *■ whjle he. was. in bushfell'ing.. Dej jr peasad.had "no relatives in the Dominiohi ' 7 Gazette" comineiids ; thelG^verJament.for-Adhering.to ,L its i'sti--niates,' afidi/emphasises, .the...need, .'of ..a!. ' wide, margin' of security' to : . save", her, present fleetrmusi;. • bff ' ~ ■T^':. '.'Times" thafc : ' Sit;,, Ed-i r ward"' Grey . -very,- _[ lucid -. statement -'• justifies every criticifrm by 'serious studenta of tbje-~-eituation, and- the effect •. of his.snrvey should[ oonvincethe <3overn»" * : ment «f the necessity. JEof laying' down :."; forthwitn. ■ . , Sγ t TJHere axe._ twij. rthings. -which, might 6. 'cause."a; rrsifar between .Brjtain. and. Ger-. - raany. (6*ys Sir,.Edward. Grey): Kret, v in attempt by Britain to ; isolate)' •' many,, and secpndi; j.vthe . isolatioii of ; ■ Britain in ; ar* attempt^by, any .Continental f≤ Power, to dominate. Continental policy. p « : Jnsfc opened.-Two-dome, in beaver knd : browns, i/6, 2/11,-3/11, 4/11; green,. J, ..yiolet kid, 3/6.. 3/11, 4/11, s * long ditto, 6/6;- suede, 2/11, 3/ll, : 4/6/ 3 - long, white kid,,3/11, 4/11, up;, fabric : glov«e, alljcolours, 1/- to 2/U.t—At Mor d- Cullagh and Gower'sl See- window.—* !-c.(M.)/ :■ ;_ "■"'