TABLE TALK.

Auckland Star, Volume XLI, Issue 271, 15 November 1910, Page 1

TABLE TALK.

Supreme Court ' ■■ >■ ■' '• '"'"7 ' rl "" ; Timberworkers , dispute before 'tKe-^an. ciliation Council. .' ~,. ; ' f; _, Qtahuhu Trotting _Club'svepring asetT mg opens .to-morrow. : .'.■• ■ -- , \Presbyterian : -Genera.l -iisseinMy ma, dudes its "Business "Tha .export of -coal.'from Gieymoutt last week exceeded 10,000 tQns;:; ; i ■; ; -A case of scarlet -fever..,hag ie< ported in Bradford-sireej;, Paraeil. . : Jho. -Upper: fqianibei-_ agreed ■•."to the second reading'of iherlacensfng "Bill last evening... . * : \.~.'. -'■;■■'.-i( ■>•'"--. '^-""?-:.'..'.,'\_ Ireland's, welcome ..iiy Mr. Kedmond ie" :unparalleled since; a-eturW •from America.. .-■- - ••- ■.- . ■ . ■ . ■ ' The neiv:. forih : of oatJi wag used jbo* " ~ day for 43ie ..time .in,"tlie ; folibe/ :Court at Auckland. '■•:-•• :•, . » / Anxiety prevails "regarding ,the ;position at Ton-y-Pandyj un<T Pusiliers are guarding tile.explosives.' .;.. .".".""'■: "■ ■; ■• •;•-' Three large : Home Vsteaniers, totatling--29,118 tons, were aachored_iiv-the- road-stead-ai Gisbome'yesterday: — —'■ The Auckland, Customhouse . collected£27B2: 16/7 yesterday;; of which £2368 15/8 was from Customs duties... .•■. ;■, I: The "Victoriaa .G'overiimeiit will Mnp.ort;'" no more from Newcastle, but .will; •rely on the Epwletfc River field: '.. :'; The': State of, New- SouiHi Wales Ivaa. I 4000 acres of very, rich coal--land near! : It.is valued at twomillione. ; . .It ispersistently British Jjgji.'. : ■eral circles that the general elecltion will •be ,'beguii- in the first week in . Victoria; made 301 in reply to. .SoutSi Africa's IS9. In tlicir second venture, •ffie" "Victorians -nave lost three wicietA ' fprf SO- . r ■'-.■'"■,■ .-'■ '/-- The Devonport Borough. Council-last: night voted £700 for the purpose of pro-' viding sanitary conveniences at GhelteiK ham Beach. ' . Harbour trip by the-members:of the Presbyterian Assembly tHi3 : afferioon, at the. invitation of the 3S.ev. B.oßert and Mrs. Sonunerville. ' .:..:.:•,..• -Large entries" have been received for th 6 Horticultural' Society's . tosb:Aanl' children's flower show at-the Choral Hall on Friday and Saturday niext. _".,., -A- man imprisoned in. Sydneyj-who t

Tvas wearing: -a.- -iheavjr'be- ard arid , who was. denied '■the : . privilege -of,;jterring, pulled, but. 'his lhair Iby, :hair.; ■' .The. Eaipara Chamber, of 'Commerce lias JNorQiv. Island Railway ieague -until it'Ml-'ihowa; . its usefulness to-all parts of-the island.-; ■Xrieut/ Helm,"'"" iho ~'Geim£w officer enlarged- with espionage*has guilty to espionage. .He was -bound 'Sγ er> •:-;', in £250 'sterling not to repeat the of-, . fence. '. ■'...-'■.. , : ' : - v:-;:: ; At Wellington yesterday <Tcrcnce O?v HagahVas fined £3" and. edits for betting , ' iVth'e "street, for iKe ptirpoae of aiiting. ,'WiUiam Ham, a bopkmakerj to con*-: mit an offence. v . . , . . ' The Hon. J. Rigg spggesfeed uv :the Legielative Council yesterday, thai vthe Government should institute sweeps oil ' the Auckland, Wellingtnnj New Zealand, >nd'Dunedin iCupsi,.. .. V. ■: : '".','■> : *' The Terra ITov^^as , floated,oiifcof doclc yesterday, arid started loading coal to-, day. She vnH probably leave Lyttelton on"the* 24th or 25th iiist) ; and .Port Chalmers on December 1. : ?»,''.„ ■ At Hamilton yesterday W.Chitfcyjsued; W. Sknse, claiming ' £20 damages for; • sheep alleged to have been worried by tile - defendant's dogs, and judgment -was- given ; for the amount claimed.. ■.-,■ •>■ • :'■ The inquest into the circinnstances connected with the dcaih .of Mr. denaHaa ■ HcLeah, who was killed at the Otiraf •tunnel on Thursday, was held at Grey-, mouth yesterday,-■when a, verdict.of accl- , dental death, was returned. A student who was taking a young lady out in his —Tnoto i r-e»x~-remar,ked, "We are: going at 50 miles-atf-ho^.-Are you game for another .ten!" ; His companion, as she swallowed-aaclther-Hraoiuth- , iul of dust, jreplied, "Yee, I'm iull ol : lgrit. :s ~ ---r- r " - -j .i,. '■. ( An extraordina-ry .hailstorm occurred at - Gore (Otago) yesterday afternoon, : stones fell half an inch in diameter. The ground "was -white in. * lew minutes. The storm had a disastrous-effect, op, fruit "and gardens, and lasted: ior oves ■ 10" minutes. ' .' , . .