TABLE TALK.

Auckland Star, Volume XLII, Issue 167, 15 July 1911, Page 1

TABLE TALK.

__.s£intcr .sports. to-daj\,J V. •' Sj. a ■ -_Tea is likely to increase dn .price. ■ Light yotiug-.at CityAojas.-poJl "jester--dav'. ■ " ■ * \ ■.;•-. ■ Plague rats-*ave-beeir:f9U3d~in--Stßi>-'uey. ~ ■ -"".'■- ' ; '""'"".~~',.::[lZ.Z. Loan -proposals endorsed by. the rate.payers, ... ..: ....; :;■ .'•* Bateena- is- on the onehunga-2sew-Piy. mouth trip.:". . ".".*.* """ :.: ••—.-■■'•• '.: The'Karawa has gone into dock for .annual, overhaul. . . ..:. ; .. Sti.John Anibulan.ce.Association.waut four more £-5 subscribers. ~ ""..'... * .-Officials of the Railway Department are TnspeetingNortherif lines: • ~ -' ' "J v .c -Wooing of .Cora," a capital- story,'-.(.•ommen-ces in--to-day's Supplement. "'■--■' ■ A Dutch aeropianaut, Oluslagere, feU among. injuring four; ~. Big meeting at Choral-Hall4ast ni*ht lite ~c"onne'c£ipn with "slum" conditions" Iβ ■the;sity.'.:'-.".■■■."..."" "?.-.. . "._...._ ■'*}!??' - The Porcupine';iorwi-sr<s.' are.-iinclei control. . Th.c. : trails arc strewn with ".-the bodies" of prospectors. .. .... \. _, i*Al G«iiqan seized ■with-rft-ligious mania, leapt into a red-bot oven £ and incinerated, herself." "... "."Auckland'-Qlia"mlwr. of.: Commerce."arc. fJJEEprMng .the, protest against."restris--tiion-of-the river limits, - The .French .Government, proposes to lay down 12 : battleshipsy costing 45 millions, • before. January, 1917... „, --•■•'-■' --Butfei-:lias- been, increased,by"sd' arjb, and the price of 1/4J' in bulk is'the highest in Dunedin for 12 yeSTS. '--•■< An-. Austrian cyeliist collided -with", a cab' at: Hamilton yesterday" afternoon a,nd; knp.cked. unconscious, .but .reepveree A committee has been formed in Lon< don with the L pbjectof : . erecting" a."inonu< ment to Edward Gibbon Wakefield in London. .:.;...:',..-. :..."? ""• • ~ " Jater*:.i__ ■.. —.■ .. ... ...„.',.,... '.VA'rmeeting .51. Xvoriaalccliired:agatnst closing;bcitli,-tn'e-Anglican 3tid-lPresby.tsrJaa.:rburying-grounds in •that-district; •'r.~ : .'.V.i :r :-' : >-;.. r '".~. .":..t~''... ::ffiP>:effie:ni;-;hqs;;-l3een:.. Started;'; '.Iα Ghriatchurih tp~prganiset"a:jcampaign.of ■protest-- -against compulsory -training under the new defence scheme. ■The-House of- ''Lords' has finally-re-" itained.TjordLansdowne's and Lord Grpmer's.amendments 'to the Veto Biilj and' the. door to a- compromise is-naw finally closed. ' .... . .:.-...".... .<. ......"... .."..' '•' ■ -TKe.: Auckland' '.Chamber- of does not favour-..the -proposal -to ask. Government to, Sdnstrwct or charter two 20,000-ton .. :sieamers.. for ..the. .'. Auckland Sydney trade, ;_■_,,; . . ; _:jThe President: of:.tn"e" Chamber "of Coin-. 1 merce is;to take an early opportunity, to. ascertain what the Department .proposes to 49J? 1 ' regard to the.duplication - - - of the Pai-nell tunnel. ".-■■ '-Graft""disclosures/have-Jbeen'made in' the New fiouth-->Vales- Public it iavirig,: been shown-tha-t. at- least - two officers received;,secret • commissions for giving "preXerencc to certain contracting firms: : _. .; .. , The Minister for Railways repeats that" the duplication of :the" Parnell'-.tinneT'le-not warranted at present", .aiid tlie-iobn'ey-involved..could, advantageousljr iMyroyemcnts' in Au-ck-•land district. ' '■' '■"';;';'";''.' ' ''1 ... • ... ■"J AVipy fined, at "Wellington for not rer. gistering. under the Defence Act is one of a league of youths who are. prepared 'to,go .to gaol 'rather,..thaa com--ply'witli the law, and he is now "paying the penalty." . ",; ~,..,. Auckland- Chamber of Commerce yes- : . terday.paesedia- resolutlpn .in, ; .favour 'of making Wellington- the.jport" o£ distribu-' tion for inward Suez; mails, .pro.viding it does 'not .interfere, with - the -Auckland.Sydney weekly connection,: for .th& reason that, the .whole of the: Dominion would be-: ssrvje.d, and-.. the -.mail. Avould be received two riays oarlipr in Aiwkjajid__thanlai_pxes£n.t.l „= iz ,—_