TABLE TALK.

Auckland Star, Volume XLIII, Issue 101, 27 April 1912, Page 1

TABLE TALK.

Bacing at Avondale todajf. Last day of the tennis seaeut. ■ - - i: - later-club bowling matches -alterThe seamen's strike on the Bateha at Sydney settled. __ . •*' ■ Auckland Society of Arts' exhibftioii opens on May 16. ■■—r—.-r-;»-.-. *''"' United " Labour party TaSScESI in, Auckland last night, f Subscriptions for survivors "1lS»Bg 'Eel" lecteS in Continental cities. " "~ The Governor and Majaar-Geßfer»l~(3©d-ley are visiting WhaSgarei: ' ~ ""; ' ~_ j British underwriters 'sent message of sympathy to Mr.~l3may. ---— ;~vt£". Mayoral installation takes •3Jtoce" s Ttl ' Auckland on Wednesday- next.; ;"'""'_^ Minister for Ka.il ways received •fnrtSer'' deputations at Auckland this -morning-. The Hon. Geo. Fowlde- has •becomfr'-a." declared apostle of United Labour movement. - • - ■ ■ - • ■— David Kelly arrested for nrarder of . Ckaries Price; victim of Omeo {-V3etoria)j bush tragedy. - -- •-■ - - — H.M.S. -Encounter is due at Auckland. this afternoon from Napier, Gisborae, and Waiwera. ■- -- —-••— —-• * Canadian authorities - estimate that 400,000 immigrants will arrive in Canada this season. - - ,* "- I New steamer for Bed' Pine Oom- > pany's coastal -trade- launched at Brseki wall (N.S.W.). . • —. -— - -j Three hundred Tnrks «nd -30.5 wounded in" the --hoarbarJmcnl ■cf v ~a» Dardanelles fortr.-_- - ; - >' -_ ——. A dondbnrst at Gonda -Springs flooded a large area * of" country/- &xiil~~tl£c : ' lake dams threaten to burst. ■'_.'_ A hundred cases of■ Mausers tmdr;iß cases- of cartridges • intended for Porta* gi*ese Royalists -seized-at-Poirte^dra.-— Mr. W. T. Jennings, was presented with a purse of 220 sovereigns afc a complimentary social in Tβ Knlti last night. ■ -. •- - - :v .... Andy CMara, an- elderly man, admitted to Pahiatua Hospital, suffering from injuries sustained by a horse tick in the abdomen. . . ..- ... -,-.--." Seven thousand homeless Jews. have ■ taken refuge i≥ tEe . SultanTsT7g«jae3, .and have no shelter except some "empty: cages in the menagerie." ~-~ "*'*. ——■•-;--- Canadian Minister ior Tr*te_l»pipr to conclude a treaty with Australia, giving 'a preference of 33 1-3 per cent"to -tire products of each country over other markets. Four French officers had -a hairbreadtH escape from death at the haitds of tha Fez mutineers. They took refuge in a. i sewer. The new Pasha-is restoring order. John Anderson, a waterside worker, fell to the bottom of the Mokoia's hold i yesterday, his jaw, right' tEgn/anS - wrist ! ■being fractured and several -teeth' knocked out. i A man named AnSy O'lHaTa," "aSu"old resident of WoodviHe,""was kicked in the abdomen by a torse, and was sent to the i Pahiatna Hospital yesterday in a very serious condition. The technical school in. Woodville wss opened yesterday afternoonly the Minister , for Edwartion (Eon. J. A. Eanan), . foreshadowed"" the 'atteiid- ■-. ■ ance at the latter compulsory;/ A tornado derailed a" Union Pacific ' train at Omaha (Nebraska), and 30 pet- [ sons were injured— fatally. At 1 Rine City a- tornado destroyed 75 houses, and 'Several people were killed. The "Welsh Church Disestablishment Bill read a first time by 331 votes to 253. Sixty-eight Nationalists voted with the Government.' Mr lioyd George and Lord Hugh Cecil had a passage at arms during the discussion. Son. S. C Buxton stated in the' House that the Dover-Calais boats were certified to carry 1318 passengers and a crew of 56. It was compulsory for lifeboat accommodation to be provided far all the passengers, and the vesele- each carried 24 boats. " . ' - . - -■ ,-" Marine Courtis -inquiry- into loss of Koomhana. . at - Perth, " Captain Upjohn, of the steamer Bslarra, stated that when the " Koambana. was leaving Port Head-land he noticed she was m particularly good trim. It would be impossible for her to turn turtle. -- In connection with the infineiaaes. Sreek in ChristchuT-eh, a great deal Of interest is being taken in the patriotic /showing of goods manufactured in the Dominion, from pickles to 'blankets,.and from tinned meat to furniture, with boots, clothe | ing, hooks, and a host of other articles of commerce. In connection with, the reeentr sanguinary fighting between the troops and - ' the Land Company's workers in Siberia, the Minister for the- Interior endorsed the action of tie authorities, He explained that 110 soldiers were faced by a mob of 7000 men, and were com* pelled to fire four volleys in self-defence. "Olympic's seamen still on strike; The officials of the Seamen's Union witnessed the trials of the vessel's boats and-agreed I that they were all unsatisfactory -with ! the exception of ' one collapsible, which I the Company offered to replace. - -The Ben-union seamen have also ceae <mi and obdurately refuse to return to the vessel. Many have been-arrested -for -desertion and Tefnsing'to salL '— — i A curious shipping accident happened 'at Seattle, While the steamer was dock* } ing, the engin*erß-mistook--the-c*ptenr ! * ; signals and ran the vessel full speed i ahead. She- crashed through the dock and cut off -iOOffc of* the wharf, which, ' -was flung bodily across the deck and strode a small steamer. in the other side, sinking it instantly. No lives ■were lost, although there -were- a few «asnaltr«ei. among the crowd of people at the en , ! >.-£ i the wharf, who stampeded to get out of danger. - - — ' ■•- - Special sale for Monday. Unmade Magyar blcnses, all of.c. price. 2/6. each. I Drees Department.—Smith and Caaghey, I Ltd.—(Ad.)