TABLE TALK.

Auckland Star, Volume XLIII, Issue 60, 9 March 1912, Page 1

TABLE TALK.

Tyiden and Spiers report record land sales. Amundsen reached the Fate. ~ The English cricketers hare sailed foe Home. The Governor attends Premier picnic to-day. Cricket, tennis, and bowling competitions this afternoon. Gotch has agreed to wrestle Zybsco provided he defeats Mahout first. A man was severely handled by some roughs in the Occidental Hotel last night. , Poultry-keepers in Southern Otago are suffering heavily from attacks by wcaAlbert George Piddock sustained a fractured leg by a hone lock in yincentMiss Dora Hnffam, schoolmistress at Pakavau, died from effects of paralytic seizure. The 19th anniversary of' New Zealand Church Missionary; Aaqjastion being celebrated. -• *’ Tramway Union decided to stand by, General Labourers’ Union in present-in-dustrial trouble. The first Presidential primary in tbs States, held at Kentucky, endorsed Boom* velt’s nomination. Hon. A. T. Ngata mat with a cadent at Port Awanui, and willtoo laid up for lour or five day*. The Ante in TtipoH suffered -mnotter reverse on Tuesday, being. repulMd- in aa » attack on Mergbab. Auckland Waterside Workers* Union proceeded against for creating, a strike on November 21, 1811. The Norwegian explorer' Rootf Amundsen was at the Pole for thrtedaya—from December 14 to December 17... Florence MeAnnsUy, aged 88, employed in Strand Cafe, suicide by cutting her throat. The Britsh Government has accepted Marconi’s terms for a chain of' wifeless stations linking np the Empire, Thomas Henry Alexander was fined £SO and costs for selling liquor in iba Ashburton no-license district, -S John McCarthy, aged 23. under remand for medical treatment on account .of drunkenness, died in Wellington bospttaL The Home Rule Bill has been delayed by Cabinet’s preoccupation of the coal strike, and will not appear until after Easter. Methodist Conference discussed military training yesterday, and declared need for amendments concerning the conscience clause. Amundsen denies that he sent a cable announcing that Scott had reached the South Pole. He does not know how such a rumour originated. Premier picnic at Motutapu to-day. John Circle, wharf labourer, fell down steamer’s bold at Wellington, and sustained injured back. Sir Joseph and Lady Ward arrived in Auckland th-a morning. Hon J. A. Millar goes to Papakura to-day in course of visit to Auckland. It is stated in official ckscles in Washington that Great Britain has formally acknowledged the right of the United States to fortify Panama. 1 Vv All the domestic servant*, which were brought to Wellington by the lonic, had been engaged foi* service in New Zealand . before leaving the Old Country. Miss Dora Huffam, schoolmistress at Pakawau, was found in annneonscious condition yesterday, and succumbed later, the cause of death being a paralytic’ seizure. r . ‘ .. T~ t" 'C% Madame Sarah Barnhardt has received a letter from a French astrologer warning her of hei approaching death. The famous actress is treating the matter in the light of a joke. Although between five and six holt dred rata are examined every week in Sydney, not one suspiciously affected rodent has been met with during the last eighteen months. . " A wharf labourer, named John Ctcle, fell down one of the holds of the steamer Kaikoura at Wellington yesterday, and severely injured his back. He was removed to the hospital. Mrs. Pro use, of Wanganui, and Mrs. Jordan, of Taurangm, were run over at Bemuera yesterday evening by a motor car. The former waa lulled, and the latter badly injured. The steamer Gertie is proceeding to the Cfaathams, probably leaving Wellington on Saturday, with special gear to endeavour to tow off the steamer' Hind* tangi, which is aground then. •« ". , The Royal Motor Club of England baa challenged for the Hanmmorth International Cup, to be competed lot cm August 31. American boats have woo the trophy for the last four yean. Lord Deaborongh (president of the M.C.C.), in a cable to Warner, said that all English cricketers would be disappointed if Australia were not represented by her best team at the-triangulac test. :* All Paris Is laughing over a “duel which has been fought between two beQU cose journalists. A quarrel occurred between M. Paul Csasagnae, editor of “L’Authorite,” and M. Charles Mams, a member of the staff of “L’Action Fxaacaise.” They fought, and M, Mams was wounded in the beard. “ , ' " . The Uruguayan Commission -having completed its visit to New Zealand, left Wellington for San Francisco by tho Tahiti to-day. They express warm-ap-preciation of the facilities afforded to them by Government officials, A. and P. Societies, and others, which have enabled the visitors to gather much information , of Value to them. *. •' Dr. Steiniger has been elected the first' Mayor of Greater Berlin, the third largest municipality in the world. Under the new authority tM council controls the transport facilities of the city, and the boildlng regulations. It numbers 100 members. A scheme which the' cpfincil ' has taken in hand is the planting of a permanent forest to girdle the city. In order to .avoid the heavy expenditure of £200,000 per year for carrying coal round Cape Horn for the Pacific fleet, it has been urged by . Mr. George Meyer (Secretary of toe Navy) that the coalfields be utilised by the Government. Loyalists who have arrived in Paris from Lisbon say that all Uut~ prisons in Portugal ate overflowing. They declare that if the Republicans take any mprs prisoners the Government will be compelled to build more gaols. There is no abatement of the unrest that has prevailed for months past. A concerted move by ex-King Manoel and Don Miguel is daily expected. Part of their scheme is to release ell political prisoners. ;