TABLE TALK.

Auckland Star, Volume XLI, Issue 134, 8 June 1910, Page 1

TABLE TALK.

JRaces-at Ellerslie.. _ . [~r " . Earthquake in. Italy. ";"■'*".'■ '■ .- Seventeen -villages affected. Supreme Court still in'session. Opening of the new Grey Lynn School." Silting Commission drawing to. m close. - ~ "...I ;■__"' Great loss of life- and- property reported.. r ■:■". '.Lord Islington ' Eas";arrived at X* mantle after a good trip.'7 Mr. A. K. Mulgan. has been appointed Chief Inspector of Schools in^uckland... A Serious rising of Indians is reported, from. A leign. of terror, -pre? vails.- ■•- -•- • • :--— ~A-.r~ • Beaurepaire, - the Victorian, -won. the 400 metres international championship at Berlin on.Monday. The English mail, via, Suez, -which, left Wellington on the 29thApril, arrived 1 in London on the 4th June. The Anglican Church Association has been holding demonstrations- against any alteration in -the accession oath. "I consider the "Costley Home a~welladmmstefed (Inspector-General of..Hospitals). . The-unpaid. portion of the-T?ez garrison has deserted to the Moorish Pretender, while the Sultan's beaten troops have, also joined the rebels. Queen Alexandra received-Mr. 'Ha]lJpnes' at"Jßuckinghani^Palace,; and, expressed her appreciation...and gratitude for New Zealand's sympathy: I broke a cup on the child's head when it was dying," a mother told the. coroner at a Stepney inquest.---"That was to drive away the evil spirits." The tenders that are to be-invited for ' a mail service between Canada arid Australia under-a- , three or-five years-- con- ! tract will close on November 1."•-' i, .'. . Some counterfeit "half-crowns are in circulation in Ohristchurch. They • are well made, tout evidently maik- -veryeasily, and their lightness is easily- de» ■tected.i . '. . ■'. ■'■ Major Desborough .5s about- to make a third attempt to. locate the hidden treasures of Cocoa Island, in the ■ PacificAccording to tradition, £12,000,000 worth of pirates' loot, lies buried in-" the island. ■ -There waa.nearly, a mutiny among thesteerage passengers by the .Atlantic liner.' Megantic, Who "objected' to being *inani- ' fested" under Canada's j ateong—emigrar tion , Regulations. They wa.reJfinally Jatt'ded_. without, haying had. to submit, to., a •' search. ; -- -- 1 -- - ; -- ■ • Bulletins of a reliable.mature. announce that-Jim Jeffries is in proper shape, and' that "it is undoubted that even -ifs- John" son carries too many guns for- the exr' champion, the fight will be the fiercest .and tnosfc determined the- ring lias ever known." '."■■. ■ ■■' '■'- The inspector-General.. r of Hospitals (Dr. Talintine) Is well satisfied ...with "recent improvements effected at the Auckland Hospital. He urges immedia-l-e erection of nurses' home and administrative Hock, with' special provision_for an out-patient' department. An interesting find lias tec-a. made -at GhicO) California,' where an. antique wooden .chest, containing lasge cruanti-. ties of Spanish-coins, has been unearthed. The coins are dated 1753, and the treasure is believed to besorae-tha-t waa buried by Spanish bandits. General , Sir Jbbn French, -Inspector- . General of the British forces, reviewed 3000 troops in Canada' last week. He' urged them to do their duty by their own country, and said that to be prepared to assist the Empire ' they should make ready now in real earnest. Intense' resentment is felt in Liberal circles at the revelation that"a movement is afloat to exploit the mood ior the nation resulting from the death, of King Edward in the interests of conscription: The proposal is that the; national memorial to "the late ;King.should_take_the form of a voluntary demand.on the part of the ; people for; universal military; service. In'centres of population Dr.Valintine, -Inspector-General of Hospitals, considers it will ultimately be necessary to provide subsidiary hospitals to relieve the pressure in the- general hospital buildings. The- ideal should be an, efficient 400-r'bed ■'hospital. - In. -exceeding that» number , of beds, no advantage 18 gained. •