TABLE TALK.
-..-■ ' . .','• ; iDevonport Council to-night. '.', .'...'. ,,-V■-,-'.~ Opening of the Helensville hot spring, to-morrow. .... '.:; The ranges at the back of IB—_— axe 'corered'"'''vid'ti- : _ibw.v--'~^-''~''^..:"-''-~ : .'' * ; Another —Jnyvett indignation meeting will be held next wee- :•,-• , ■ ,-....■■ ■.:-■: '' Waiteinata"• Swimining.? _übV: carnival at the baths* to-night. ' : '-f _\__ : ';i '- A fire in Yokohama destroyed 500: ' houses rendering 3000 people homeless. ; Still no news of the : owner -of th_ clothes bund" on thebeach at B_rppyT_l- . ley., , '•.;'' • University; Council on-—c, comparative. merits "of our educational system yester-, day..'.:.,' ."" .'.':-- ~ ■..."•,,;.!'■•■:•,.;■■,■, . Some newspapers now a_—Apate ■Qiab the .general election.. will beheld next r month- "-- '. ■;> ~- '■■' ","-"'. -•.{.>>';"'",'*-:- _x. John _ed_-_td-saya —at—.c is profoui—]:y;> dissa-t-—-ed : with . the political" ' : situation. :■:■-.■ .., _-.-,; '...',:. I', -—ere are fourteen Germa-n -airships: ij. . comnjiision,' and nine _. ".course .of-con- '' ,-, struction. . -■ .'*''-:, • ■■' '"•">,. *i":—-> '". -" Thermometer in, the shade' legist-i-ed ' 45 "degrees this morning. -Westport - and Iyttelton. ' ,- ' -~ -■_ - ■*~ , The lonic, 1 due at "^ui_igt&;-rpn££OT-;'',. i *; : don 'to _— has 75 assisted ___■ ';'".- grants on board.- ■'.'....-.-.'-.,. -...: . , : __fcy?a'erbpl—ies have been sold at .the. *:,: : Aerial' ? Show at Olympia, the total sale, ~; prices amounting to £30,600- ---,; The English mail, via; Suez, 'which: left ■ Wellington on. the 11th February, arrive ;in London on' the 18th March. . ~.;•....' , A public welcome was tendered: to the _elson; Garrison Band last night on-.ita. *, return from the. Wangairai contest' - ; ,' ' " A minor revolt against their serfdom. has been' commenced by the __essalonia_i : —_eetings of armed pea-ants' are _tnm€3?.,: _-. ous. ' '.:.'.',' '"■";-•"'"■ . -■-"--' ' Inquest this' meaning on J. the body; of the man Frank E. Hill, who .was drowned .;.:""" off a yacht in Mechanics' Bay oh Satur-. - day. . .'.- ■■.' ' ■. ... : The issue of railway excursion : ; - for Easter holidays begins at all stations to-day, and will continue till Easter Monday. [■ ,;. Keir-Hardie accuses Mr. Asqnith of suf-, •. iering from Oriental flatulence ' arid be- ■.: .- ) lieves that the . Government is : riding for ■ a fall." ' ■ ' - - . . The English mail, ■ via. San" Francisco-j; which left Wellington on the B_, Febru- .- ary, - arrived:" in London . on- the,, 20th.'. \,Mare_ ... Liberals and Labour members are pro--posing a" referendum ;.in ,order to avoid the -"temporary insanity" of another election. :■■ f--:■■■ - • . ..;. _;■■■-. — Mr. Robert : Walmsley,. a' resident-• of. v ~ Hepburn-street, '. A-cklai—,' was'drowned while crossing a river about 70 miles from Opo—_. - .■,:.,■:.'..' ■ ■••,.•-!-'.".:'•.■■',:':'.•. The harbour Emits for o__ tra-wl-ers 'have ■ "been"'extended>iron. Portland.. X", Island- to East Cape, for fishing." purposes only. "/..'■ -.-:'■' One effect of Tammany's defeat at; the New .York ■____—ipal elections' is the saying of a million and a quarter sterling a.; year in the payb_-; _ ■';.'•-■■; • Mr. Haldane suggests that the Second. , "(—amber should be - _ected- "by great: con-:.:<' stituencies;, so that hone but men of mark could seek ' election. ' ■- ! Mr. says..that he does not in-" v. . tend to; roll ; two ; Budgets- into one, and' that the last. Budget;,will be -passed, be-";' fore, the spring rec—s.-, 5" Several districts ?in LQueensland ;have;;. ';'<-.' ■ ■been .flooded; -lin; one place one hundred inches ' of ; rain; have ■ fallen since: tha ; beginning "of .the year. ■'■'."-."-.'_-- -~: ■"-.-'' ..Those ;\vho anticipate Mr. _sqxuii's re--, ■ giiation" of the Pre_ie__iip,; note __atJ:,y" v his old residence in Caver—ish Square "is -' ■ being prepai'ed'for.cccup-iib-i.: .;•■ *' ;; A: man named John Bora _,- : ."?■ a; "ganger -on the' Mosgiel duplication works, was cut down by train yesterday i" 1 .;' , afternoon, and died two hours later. . -' The -reopening of the historic church , _±.o_M,oh Sunday, .vvas responsible, for a big and representative..gathering: of - ' v Maoris, estimated in numbers at over 1000. • ■ '..".:' -''-."■;.■'■ ■ The Powerful leaves -Wellington for Lyttelton to-day, and win remain. there until j, April, when -she Twill proce to Hobart, and later to Fremantle and At- " ; bany. - ' "'" >. '_ - ; ■".-,,.,- - The State Guaranteed Advances Board ' has provisionally,.approved -of the' loan '' ■■'- of £60,000 to r the : Gisborne .-" Bone ■• Ck)tmcil for and £11,000 for areservoir. ' :'"'.'.', :_-. ..;„ The members of the, Bcss-o'-fh'-Barit Band yesterday visited '.the': grave of:tht. ■ late Mr. Seddon, who was also a Lanca-'.. shire man, and afterwards 'paid' a formal call at the ; residence of ; Mrs. • Seddon- -- - « "■'-The landslide into ___c Taupb!oi£' San- s -. day caused a ' tidal wave ten feet : high,■■ - . which roned'acrosr, : the bay and swept the: '/'•''■ opposite shore, ca_rying c-dldren off-thbir feet and sweeping away boats and canoes; The Governor leave Wellington this ' evening for three weeks in South Cauteiv '" bury, Otago, and Southland. After-"-wards "he; will return. -;.'to,J : -*the.V• North, and will probably spend some time-" fishing in-Taupo before touring the West--'' Coast up to Auckland. Promenade show this evening at Milne and Choyce's.— (Ad.) ■'■ :.■'". '"-.-
Permanent link to this item
https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/AS19100322.2.2
Bibliographic details
Auckland Star, Volume XLI, Issue 69, 22 March 1910, Page 1
Word Count
696TABLE TALK. Auckland Star, Volume XLI, Issue 69, 22 March 1910, Page 1
Using This Item
Stuff Ltd is the copyright owner for the Auckland Star. You can reproduce in-copyright material from this newspaper for non-commercial use under a Creative Commons BY-NC-SA 3.0 New Zealand licence. This newspaper is not available for commercial use without the consent of Stuff Ltd. For advice on reproduction of out-of-copyright material from this newspaper, please refer to the Copyright guide.
Acknowledgements
This newspaper was digitised in partnership with Auckland Libraries.