TABLE TALK.

Auckland Star, Volume XLI, Issue 165, 14 July 1910, Page 1

TABLE TALK.

City .Council to-night.. , . , Big opening'day at the Hawera Winter Show. Tofua from Sydney, and ■ South Se* Islands. • • . ■ - The Governor has returned, to tie South. . • ■ : : !•• -■Negotiations betweei Spain.: and th.c Vatican have been severed.: Five were killed .by. the collapse-of al German dirigible: yesterday. . Paul Kruger,President of the Transvaal, died sis years ago to-day. ■Extraordinary .rains reported, from ttiel South. ' Damage from 'floods imminent. Many forged five pounds -on' tae Bankj of Australasia: are in. circulation in Syd-> : ney. Auckland Xramways beat Wellington for the Kohn "shield "yesterday: , bj; 8 points tO 6. ... :■-■.. .■. ~,■-.-■- .. . • The Australasian football\ team beati the. English Northern Unionists-'by 3a t0,,15. r - - , ■ Britain's airship has made anoiieff successful flight round the dome of' St. Paul's. ■: ; ; ;' v ■ '/ .?. ■ ' Lord Strathcona ias ; grveir_£lo,oooHo» the Aberdeen University; for aVchaii;-<a£ agriculture. •''-, .: The English footballers are on; itteui way to Auckland, in the Maheno, ikaQ on Sunday. Deputation to +he- Premier and. Mm»< ter of Marine to-day from the Auckland Hafbonir Board. The Government hasiaboHshsditnesiree treatment of indigent. patients at the ißotorua.Sanatorium. V BT. B. Irving and' Dorothea Baird? willf. visit Australia in 191:1: \inder Mr» TWil -, Kamson's management. The returned. iMaori footballers> «mcc and were defeated by SoaEnfend yesfiex* day by 6 points to 3. The Lands Department is throwing open 5465 acres- in : settlement next month. "Ths German steamer -Airtikai has 4eeii totally lost thrbugli', a yolcanid'-erjipfckjni The crew- landed safely. :-v.--'.-•• • .■;.■:. A.total of £276,011 Kas been old-age pensions' in. ftte Itaminioniosinßef the Act came into operation. Over 9 inches of rain has alreadyifaiQea mi Gisbprne:: Last year the total rainfall for- July, was 4.77 inches. - Big Tim Sullivan, -sfcakei.older > ,itt <£h«(-Jeiffries-Johnson, :fight,' is to' be- prose-* cuted Tuidt'x tb.e;New-York:.Sfete law. 'During' the amount paidl in old-age pensions was £362,498, exceeding- the previous year's >- payments bj; £25,735.- ' ■.":■"•:'•■:"'.-; •: ■;" - ■ -'". ' ' • Next Sunday -has. been appointed a; special day for sermons" in the Aticklan'd and suburban churches,, dealing with: the bookmaker, evil. •Interesting address last' -night by Dt. McDowell, in advocacy of-support being given' by the Chamber of Commerce t& the Scliool of Commerce. ■ i .:■ The. bank-note .ebrculatioiL, in the -Dominidn; for ;the" J.une quarter stood at £1,645,784. an. increase of ; £22i114 .over, the, corresponding -quarter last year. .Chinese - pirates captured tlie Portuguese: .military . post in. the- island , of . Colo wan, despite the-cannonading of , * gunboat. The. Chinese lost heavily. Arraiigenieirts have been -made by market and.irortncot'e Borough Councils for the school children to.celebrate Arbor, .Day next week in abefitting' manner. I As thei-Warrimoo -is not ekpeeted to reach Wellington irom 'Sydney till to-■morro-sv, tfie A.ufeldand." portion .of the English and:- mail; will probably not arrive this week till Saturday, Colonel DayieSj 'of ■ tie New - Zealamdl Defence Forces, who is now in England , ,, •was presented-to , -the EangarioT Queen; yeetcrday, and .".was asked many ques? , tions.concerning^the'forcesj.in'New;Zealand. ' ■ ' '.-;■ >Ifi. J.;; Stalrworthy, MJ., wants to Jcnbw: from the • Minister of : .Eailwaya wlietherj in all Ms ..travels in Australia,, he met- or Heard of. any slower trains 1 than those which travel nortnwara from .Auckland.. -'': .-, .■■:; '. - ! Mr. Mackayj-in the- course of tne de-i putation to the' Son. G. Fbwlds' on the! ! gambling evil; yesterday,, pointed out 1 that during the ksfc -'twelve months: * sum of £2,000,'6p0 bad passed 'through; :> If the old-age pension ag€ for "women: i were" reduced-from .65 to 60, the' Government would have to provide a special scheme of taxation.for old-age pensions, of .which he, would not, approve, said tha Premier in the' House •yesterday.- ---! David Robertson, a - through, passenger, from the Taiiiui for Auckland, ;\vas- admitted to .the Gisbbrne Hospital- yestep- . day suffering from-- internal injuries caused through, slipping on -the Napieil wiiarf while to the steamer. Tara-i \ wera.