TABLE TALK.

Auckland Star, Volume XLI, Issue 133, 7 June 1910, Page 1

TABLE TALK.

' Parliament meets on June 28. ".'■.'-' Harbour Board this afternoon; Charitable Aid Board to-night.". , (Auckland Licensing Committee. Four Cabinet Mnisters in Auckland. Chamber, of Commerce dinner to-ni<*ht. Auckland East ■ campaign•• well under • way. ■[ Maheno arrived; 38i hours late! Held up by a fog off Three Kings. '■'■':■' '..: [ New' South Wales defeated the Maori -■ ■ football-team - "by 11 points to nil."' [ ; "The. English Northern Union team wash beaten by New South' Wales ""by 27 p6ini3"". to 20." ■ ' ■':■-■■■ /~.;- : ': - : .:/. ; A peculiar greenlsH dust, supposed to ' ie! sulphurous deposit, fell in Rdtoma ; , last iiight.'..' - -.-■■-■.■■ -. ....... -• ) -•• Mr.' Heimiker Hea'ton, who has'been ill for some fime", intends taking a long; sea' voyage. A Papal encyclical'"severely denounces j Protestant reformers and their influence; f on modern times../ ■ ■ Blackpool, despite, its .■bitter, experiences. ,; last year,. is to._hpld another aviatioa 1 carnival this summer. ; Order hasbeen maintained in banking by disarming the disaffectedtroops and replacing them with others. ; : The" Chief Justice"(Sii—Robert Stont);" ; was sworn ; in to-day as Deputy -Governor until" the arrival" of Lord Islington. .; The boy sCo-ut .movement is sweeping America, where it is expected there-will" be half a million members before 1911. ' . According to Plymouth' "Xews/". ifi is practically settled that Lord Kitchener •will be the" next Viceroy" of India* It is rumoured that Queen' Alexandra. ; will retire to the Seclusion of Sandring-." ' ham, and that " she will end her days: there. t ■■'■':, , i Towards the end of the present .month.' j some 10,300 odd acres-.of-"Crowjaj lands' '■■ in the Auckland Province will be throwa '_ open for selection. 1 ' The resignation-of. .Viscount :Sone, Japanese Resident-General in; Korea/-has.'■'. ■been accepted. "Viscount Teranchi.will; ■ succeed to the position. ..' _ j Canterbury fruitgrowers are alarmed : at the'.prospect 1 to their industry l>y the! I introduction of prison'labour to'orchard)' ■ \vork by the Government., ! A -powder 'mill.- .in .Westphalia- wa* !, struck "by- lightning,.and 'blown to pieces, ; many adjacent houses—being vdamagedi ' The workmen -were absent; ' ' ' A' young man iiinried David IMcLennail ; fell off an Ot-ago Central train yesterday, iear Wingatui, ■■ died_ "before medical assistance could be procured. Prince August of Prussia, fourth, son of .the- Kaiser, will shortly take oVer an ' important executive position in the a&- . ministration of the province of- Poseh... At the retrial of Powellia bh the' "charge of robbery' under arms at Ken- .- dails, the -jury gave him. ; the .'."benefit.-o£. : the doubt and.retufne'd'-Kim "not guilty.'- , • Some radical changes are being carried! ' into e'ffeSt with a view to reducing the ■ {'.expenses ©f'the Pontificate.'- It is report- '] ed that' mai!y obsolete, offices' will %» .abolished-:'.'. " ~._.- ; :.''••■■-■. I ,"'■- The. director of the "Dominion Musems ..'..'- ---,i has returned after '. an ..■unsuccessful ■•-'•: ■ search iii the Wanganui-district .after ;■[, i, imia birds', for liberating in island -birdi .sanctuaries. ■ .;. ' '• "-■' liady Cook, who has returned to \ America .from England', has expressed ; the -belief that American women will i not be welcomed Dy Royalty to the extent that they were in the 3ays of King ... Edward. . ". -. • "■' According to the tondon; "Tablet" the Oath of Accession in its .present form is to go. The only thing in doubt is whe.ther the ' deotaratioti Avill be simply. -. abolished or so modified'as not to be offensive." ...--.'" . The. memorial, figure whicJi , is to suiV • mount the grave of the late Mr Seddon, , was sMpped-femHbdmloii tcr-New-Zea- '■ "lajid on -;jfcpril. ??th~-by -tie-Arawa.- -It ■ is the work of Mr Henry'Poole,- of Ghel-/sea,--S.W; . . I The Wagga Labour Xeague carried & - resolution favouring a Federal lottery m- ! stead of".Tattefsail's. -The-Premier curt- ; ly told the. League that he had more important matters to deal ~with7 and this \yas not"worth bothering about". Owing to the disorganisation of ar- - Taiageinerits in connection ". with, the Groverhot's .departure, , ', there..will :be no parade ,of .volunteers,.;. Jbut a. guard., of honour will Vbe - supplied from the Permanent Artillery, and. a.isalute fired...:' . The Jews who have been" evicted from i Kiel, are all veritable paupers, lacking even, the ;means ; of sustenance. .The scene ; last: week was a harrowing onefas sobbing , women, carrying their miserahle belongings, and with their little ones clinging to them, were escorted'out of the city. In order to ascertain the methods adopted in the organisation of fielia. sporta in America and> in Swedeii Lord. JDes- ' borough-and the. Rev. De Cburcey Laffia ; are about; to visit those countries as '■ delegates of the .British Athletic Association. ! ... 1 ,■ .•; It is . officially announced that the United States will not- abandon its determination to control Nicaraguan affairs, i even if the Government troops capture ■ Bluefields. The United States. Navy Department is retaining a. force of 100 men, with machine guns, at Blueftelds. - The 2yelson Licensing Committee, de- | dined renewal of the Provincial Hotel ! license, on the ground that drunkenness t had been permitted, but allowed time for ■ a transfer to i>e arranged. -A motion requesting the Commissioner- of Police .' "to hold an inquiry into ..licensing matters ' in Nelson was defeated. ■• - • •-■ ■■ , Mr. W.. E. Hearst,, the Kjew , ) -Yp'rlc ; newspaper proprietor, was the victim-of I a sensational robbery^.last. week. ..He i was attacked by a. footpad.while walkiLg t along ;a street, and after having been t rather Toiighly handled was., robbed of ; £5000 in notes. His assailant got away, . "but was ultimately arrested toy _the police, t .-■■■■■•..■- . .-. . ?