TABLE TALK.

Auckland Star, Volume XLII, Issue 194, 16 August 1911, Page 1

TABLE TALK.

Supreme Court civil sessions continued Education Board met this morning. Mt. Eden gaol inquiry adjourned tiß Saturday. Meeting of creditors in the estata ff J S. Lennox to-day. The in New South Wale* are proceeding to-day. Great Northern Coursing Club meeting opened this afternoon. Maoris are to be registered' under *-bs Territorial defence scheme. Farmers' Union meeting held to-day to deal with election matters. Hearing of the charges of wharf thefts commenced at the Police Court to-day. The Fifeshire, wrecked on the African coast, was insured for a quarter of a million, r •• - '- - r It is proposed to appoint several guards as ticket inspectors in the rait way service The miners in the Cambrian collieries, South Wales, have given in after a tea months* strike. Haitdwick, the Australian swimmer, won the 440 yards saltwater championship of England. Hospital Board has received . notice of approval of the £70,000 loan required for the building scheme. ' - The Fifeshire went ashore last Wednesday evening, and was abandoned on Friday. The boats are still missing. Point Erin estate, which the City proposed to acquire as a public park, submitted for sale by auction this afternoon. Mr John MoGowen, Premier of New South Wales, is a returning passenger by the Vancouver mail steamer Zealandia. ....... -.,-.* The One-tree Hill fioad Board proposes to raise £15,000 for drainage reticulation of the territory known as this "City drainage area." The troops in Liverpool charged down the dark courts with fixed bayonets, and were assailed with stones - and other missiles, several being .badly injured. > A heath fire, five and a-half miles long, swept Surrey Hills, England, and threatened sanatoria and dwellings. Troops cut down a belt of trees, averting the danger. . _._ , Mr. J. Evans, of Te Aroha, was severely injured as the result of bis.: bone falling on him, and the animal sustained such injuries that it had to be destroyed. ... "'" '" ,"-:r.~ . Point, Chevalier"- residents petitioned ' the Hospital Board last night, against the erection of a plague hospital. in that district, and the matter was deferred for six weeks. , - '

The Kuapehu, with Sir Joseph Ward on; board, will be delayed s few. days on account of heavy weather encountered, and the vessel is not expected to reach Wellington till the 26th inst. £IOO,OOO has been borrowed for work to give effect to the recommendations of the Ohinemuri River Silting Commission, and • authority has been given to spend £23,000 of that amount. ' In the action brought at the Supreme Court by F. W. Shortland and his wife against Dr. Bull for £598 10/ for alleged negligence in performing an. operation, . the*, jury ' awarded the, plaintiffs *K9 10/. ' " '' " - The • committee of the Canterbury Cricket Association, has' decided to .support Mr., Sidey/s Daylight Saving Bill, and the secretary has been instructed to telegraph to'Christchurch members: of Parliament asking-them to support the bill.' '.- ' •-,. Sergeant-Major Millett,, attached to. the Defence Department at the Hutt, was .waylaid' by /half, a dozen youths. recently, and assaulted, receiving* a. stab on -the .%reast,~oH-«ccqunt^<)f-whieh -hois now.h^a- private Hospital. .Tbe_ police have the matter in hand..' '..',' ~ ' "... Dunedin : Prfesbyteiryy after ah erhauetive discussion Jn committee, lasting upwards of two'hours, unanimously passed the 'following motion:—"That-the presbytery affirms -the- general principles -of- tho New. South Wales Act relative" to' religious' instruction in schools." ' " S■' ' Sale now'o'fi; overstocked witb- r 3/H Brussells kid gloves, offering them sit 2/6 per A.' Bradsirefct,Karanga-hape-road.—(Ad.)' '■'."'' "* Sale new «nr 20 dozen belts-3d less than half-price.—J. A. Bradstreet, KaraiigaUape^roaid^(Ad.).".- " .-■...: »-