TABLE TALK.

Auckland Star, Volume XLI, Issue 272, 16 November 1910, Page 1

TABLE TALK.

Otahuhu Trbttins <aub at-Alesandw: irUi rjs. ■-- - ■ -■■ • - njj—, ..... Tho Commonwealth daftroyexs-ihave arrived at Broomc. ..-"..• ... ■,' ' ' The Suez Canal was formally opened 41 years ago to-day. . :.;:.-- A movement is aioot io. provbke ai general strike in Wales.:.. j. ■■ -:™" " Tolstoi is vary, seriously, all, andf ihis recovery is considered doubtful Wool coming forward iiTlarge qusdlU . ties for the opening sale next week Gray, in a match with Cookefiiide anoitiher break of over "a. tbousanC ''■ ■■ "' Tic National Provident Fund' Bill > passed through the Upper Chamber ye»-' terday. '•-: ■•• —..•-:..■...■', Hadley and Tiacey box for ith'e Desfc of 15 rounds at His Majesty's Theatre 1 to-night. . .• -:-.--- , ~ ~ The Auckland Customhouse collected£2o27 S/ll yesterdayi including £1988; 2/8 from customs duties. -V The Federal Government "wffi not agree to Auckland- ibeing made a port "of . call for the Vancouver mail. ~". '" "If I had my. .way. I would go along' way in 'the direction of abolishing horsa racing altogether."—Hon. Dr.- Findlayj A Sydney boxer named Fogarty diei yesterday, after collapsing in- the ninth round of a boxing match with'^ValaH.';:•; The English mail, via left Wellington on the tth October, a*- ■■'■■•' rived in London on the 11th ■ '■ v The Shipping and Seamen Bill, rdtheiy' wise known as the Lascar Labour Bill;; was read a Becond time in. the Hotise'lasi" night. •'■■-&'.■■-■■. -.-■ «■.!.•-• ;' "It is a disgrace to Presbyterianism' that the minimum ministerial stipend is so ,law.—Rev. Robt. Wood, at ian Assembly. . "yy rThe .imperial Government -feKriialani doned the session's ibusinesSjaad <j« announcemenit of a dissolution, fe espected to-morrow. . --. ,--.• ,--.--, The total expenditure on public ljuild* ings last year amounted to £}35,1i4i- For the current year votes totalling £413,130. are proposed. - - Road votes f6r the Auckland dish Set in the Public Works Estimaieig tefol £85,551, North Auckland £24,785,, ranga £13,210. ■ ■ . ..-.• . At the Canterbury wool sale "to-mbr*' mow 8520 bales will be offered, the largest catalogue submitted afthe'Noi veniber sale since 1906. ,:.)..-. A report furnished by Mr.. K. W. Holmes, C.E., provides for an average'ot 26,000 horse-power delivered to Auckland by the Kaituna electric scheme.- :i ; The Nelson Acclimatisation Society, has imported, through the High Commissioner, three red deer stags, of the Bay Tine strain, for etud purposes. --- •-- The South Africans, in tSeir eecond in- /' irings, made 236, leaving" Victoria 125 rims to make to win. - They •the board with four .wicke-ts down. • ■ ■ The expenditure on school buildings oat of "the Public Works Fund last year was £98,103. Provision is made on the current year's estimates for £125,878. By the. Public Health Act Amendment Bill it is proposed to fix the building area minimum in districts without a 3ewage system at onerfifth of an-acre.' The eight independent memlbefs of ihe..'/ ■NjS.W. Parliament have decided ifco support .fche Labour Government while its proposals are in the . interests of whole community. • • . . - Last year 497 miles of line and 2134 miles of wire were added to; the telegraph system of the Dominion, and 103 miles of line and 5037 miles of wire to the tele? phone exchange circuits. Messrs. E. W. and Alex. Alison and Ji, Puller have presented seats for use on the Devonport Esplanade, and Mr. J.,'o. Mackay has offered a seat (to ibe placed on the cricket gitound. During the first fortnight 8178cwt of butter, valued at £42,331, from Auckland. The export of gold-'foc the same period was 83870z, j and silver- 45,5080z, £4855. il_ ~" The" gross funds' available ""for "■public works this year are estimated at £3,812,366, and. the estimated expenditure £2,855,000, leaving a balance of £957,366 to be carried forward.- ■■- -■ Included in the crew of the Union company's San Francisco trader Maitai i are two lads, - named N- Burnside and C. Canavan, who were trained on-the-Gov-ernment training ship Amoknxa. "It is absurd to talk of the heathenism of the back blocks. There is "more heathenism in the large cities.- despite • the abundance of ministers and nianj] churches."—Rev. Patterson, at Presby-. terian Assembly. The Parnell, rlemuera, and Newmarket local bodies have decided -to ask the Harbour Board to make a gift of ilia 20 acres if or recreation purposes in Hobson Bay, seeing that the local foodies will have to reclaim, it. *- ; ' "We have far too many of these great forward movements, which often end in •rack and ruin. The C3mT<di would show more wisdom 'by going on quietly, stead* ily, and sensibly.' , —Rev. Patterson (Wei' lington), at Prestiyterian Assemiily. . '. By the PubUc Health Bill, yesterday, it is proposed to amend the law relating to vaccination. Areas will be denned from time to time -within which vaccination will be compulsory. Outside these areas vaccination will be optional.