TABLE TALK.

Auckland Star, Volume XL, Issue 90, 16 April 1909, Page 1

TABLE TALK.

■■•-. -Waihi is experiencing slight frosts "t'ni» .week..;-.,;.;.';.;-r;:....A_ .•,;■;.;i;s?.' "■' "'.*".""- in?. Howe^re^tylast night, ,-Twostoreyed house gutted... .-.' '.'■ '.'■".".' ■ Winston Churchill Baya"ti«t the-"navai !_ttnte-.was.-duelto>cbwAr^ Provincial' polo cup competition, decid.- '• ed atßemuera thi*-;af rlheifVictqrian bowlers defeated' New* South-Wales in the test matches.-—' ■'—,'-' Tutanekaileft; early -this morning with i- the Government House party; for "the '' Northern :cruisei"'*." r - -* : ""'-':"T" <■ Z'"'" ""' : re*olu> "tiott:last night 'in.favour .of compulsory;' nlilitary training.' i -- -vi-' - Germany intends-'.tO' -link up "Samoa, with,' ".cable" '.system" "by wireless through Taplsland/, " '•* At a meeting of ■' footballers held at Taumarnnui, it wa;s decided to play; ■matches'.;on Sundays', y;;; 1 ''.. ' v; ? "y : .'"~- ?'■■■ •'-'-.' -~. Patten; the Chicago wheat speculator,' says' that'hT^oes-'n'ci4 : ihterid' to' liff'the:'. p'riceof''VheaT.arijrhigher jP'tiSZ'ri.T' Vy.'; • The -/Tjirkishyfosu'rgent ytroiejjrtf. cheered. the'Stiltan, .whp'informed them'that-their;. demands-had-been granted. -,•''';' '.- -- English"papers'declare' thati-Winston.' . Churchill "has thrownTiis colleagues overV hoard; iii;;lMVnXy^-B.tateh?eats.^'Caiu'';-'.,';-r - Body.. found':lloating-";in f -tbeT;;Mßm-iAa"tti; been -identified' as-that- of -a -' young man named.William Taylor; of Ponsonby.) 'l-" Government* tiite Insurance 'Depart* &enl"*ha«",diMlar^-'£"'a bonus .purposes."" ;-Tb"e total cas-h. surplusmpounts to JE792j430P ou ' f-Ctermany tcbhsid_rs'tthafcr.ihei-"Sampan ' expedition; has aocoinpU^^^s-,.tasfc,land!£ the cruisers areTre'turnmg;with the; exIception bfTfhe.Eeipsig. '■■■ 7 . :.<•. irjfe, •„ » . . Sixty-eighti- battleships .3 and cruisers W»ll_ assemble ,at: Sprtheady in. June to •■ :honour: the--colonial: journalists tor the) • Imperial Press Conference., ; aT -" "Owners of Viand and . .ga'ge.s"A're?-,nQtin«dythatyre.tumsj.'of suchy must; '}£%?/ the; Commisaiocer of Taxes. : ■..'•; '-;-,-. - A'-youngr-ma^.named-Hart was .riding; a -TCstive\h6cse :at; Awhahgbon •o!Ay^when"^t;.'ba^kieoV.'overyS. bank<aoh4;. ;r«fled;ph;:tKo"Tid;er, hreaking bis.ieg.T; -^ :,i<Gpnyicts,at: tjjieJfeMon;Prispn;:tFrance)'j • mutinied,- seized,; the warders, and demanded luxuries.- .Sixteen escaped frojathe. prison;- and nine are 'still' at liberty •''"'. .'.-:' Lehioihe,' -.the '"diamond' maker,'' -has - . storyTpfmoth; and:;the candle; Jhe.. Jived~s'e-. curely. in. .other, countries for „,§ -year v ■. ;■'.' AnotherjjtMrncaT: accident jastynight. • jManiy horse .-. andycart- knocked :ovei__ a-v ', fence ihKhybef suffere3,' a scalp wound.and a,severe shakings, . r.Thcajaypjof^^m;'-jSr," J.-^swth,, is[inviting in ..connectionwith'.the' : maiiter. of ing to provide ; a Dreadnought" for, tha y , Imperial Government. - . ~ _ y • .Burglars; lootedfthe -resM.ehce" /of. Mr." P. "Jppp, of -Riveredale, and left lighted r ffa'tches-.;'a(»'tferi^';.toyj^e > "dining-ropha;':'. the' carpet" of which was ablaze when a, servant .'entered; in'.':the'morning-. y s-'\ { lie a drulshijp Pioneer will arrive at Auckland -from- Sydney dnafihgithe first' week in May, and all naval reservists who are due from the Auckland district. Are- to he ready{ for ""drillton Monday,' Maiy'M. ' ' ' ~~ " ' ■' ;-A;petition 'has been lodged -by Pepene Eketone' against" the return of Henare Kailiau a»;M:P. -for' the" Western, Maori■ electorate.""' The" case will, 'shortly" be" taken before Justices Edwards fcnd'Cooper.y ;*•""' " ; " '"" " " ' --'-'-- - <. . Buckland "farmers complain of scarcity of railway'*trn#Hf for the carriage ; ot' „ producer "Theyatite Ithat"quantities of chaff' abd-pthery:produce are lying in. danger of-serious damage -for wnnt -of, ly".~. -~,._,;...: '-„ ;;,;',,;,;;.;_:.. " ['At A;meetuigroir'Mt."Edehelectors"last,>- ;- night port "" the --candidatureMeikle, E'rifT;.- ;-a- H. : 'Seabrooke yfpr Wa^-^-^^^e^-'fcwthconuhg:- - municipal elections.,-. --- - • ' "' ■ '■- T)r. Hastings. .Young, ;of Te Earaka, ,- : _wben;' ; dnyin_ MptU.ttPV.GfebcJrjiei,"^" thrpwii^heayUyjMi! jtisi ibme '■-. -wounds,--, and". sustaining a- - * fraxrture'of the'left arm..".■;'.' "" .'. 7~', '*' " Under the new [forest; regulations th« . maximum of timber cutting area allowed - will be .300-acres for. each "8 horse power mill. The scale permits of lOOtt for 26" < horse-power'mnls,'and I'soo acree'lof 30 - - "horse"power and'topw»rds/\''"'L'"y' ~"T1.1:,: : 'Cham*hers".nf CoipmeTce delegates ,-waiti ed on the;_Premier with several propositions, . yesterday jafternoion respecting; _ i'.ail'-'eervice/harlopur : r repriea«n&"- ! *". 'tioh, cable rates^'»il mortgage arid: - .. "graduated;ta'Xy w :a*d.6;theT;qttes.tion6.;";;_~'''" A;!man;nained;Th6 g , G«bhie,■ »ge'd'"79;;'-' an old. age"pensioner,- fell dead : in- tha s street- at Dannevirke y<steTdAy. Deceased hid of iriternal'paiha""' 'tße'pwivioiis'yeyenihjg;,'''but".was walking. ' about "Apparently quite weU. Beath "4»;----attributedttf Syncope.' 1 --- ;■"-;".";. - DuringHhe the! barqne Cam-' 'busdoon," "Tj-nich"; p'u i t into * liyttelton " in*'' --. distress; a'tremenddus' ; '-"sea" swept' 'the-" 'decks on ■ April „4,; and a; seaman, a' ' 'foreigner,; , named*'Nelson f '"-'wa;B'..washe"d' " overboard, never to be seen. again. It was impossible to render him assistance. The' Marine -B^pirtmeht^has 1 been.•'','ad- '■ , 1 which''narrowly' escifped "at" Akaroa on- Monday, was; cautipneoV against bverloadingrhis vesaeL If &•< finds' there : breach 'of ithe/xegulationsj action will be ",\ taken. < ''-.."" / ■ .-".'* TheOtago Trades Council deplores- tha-fact-that the c«mniercial«yatem-of trad--/ irig makes it'ppesibleHfor a. gamblerito .. ,cbup'^-big* r sun£6"ut ; of food stuffs under " the; name'of speculation: .It urges' tha. workers ofr,the';Dominionvto'use every endeavour to-put a atop to the per> - -hicioUS-•System. .'.-:.-';;■ -,-''-:;-.- p.. . -: Respecting the; disgracefni.scene at tha Christehurch " ' Dreadnought ;Bishop Juliusy yhile ■ expressing the ppin-. - -ion , that -theytopppsition ■ • nrotionr y was not-very s *!>think they came: for a andj they got it.i If Iv : thought thiiywaa .ah iHustratioh" of .the-;: temper. pf-;the "Empire;! should "think?" ■ we; want - sixv.Dreadnpughts y instead'; of — , twO. ,r --'.- ■■>'■:■ . : '•-.,';;.:.';' r ' .■'.-;•' -"": " -- , ; The quarterly meeting. of r the Auck- [- ' Jand-'branehi of -the New Zealand Educa-; " tional Institute was held this morning. Mr. C. R. Munro, presided, :and there wasr a ;fair-.attendance. The meeting was concluded in ' unusually quick time, and was -about- the shortest on record. It was.'resolved, that 'the meeting should ... ' express I ', its.jdeep gratification at." the- [ adoption by. the Board of Education of . a promotion scheme baaed upon the pro- - posals submitted by B. (X Purdy. -