TABLE TALK.

Auckland Star, Volume XLIII, Issue 302, 18 December 1912, Page 1

TABLE TALK.

Bratfe AfaEm*c 1913 pobiaked- : Sixteen anape of Ancldand aad suburb* in BreHfe-Ahnamte, 1913. - >• "•'" '; ■ ;■ Wilker - (Sooth Africa) beat Postte ' (A-ustraim) in a 100y<ie sprint in Johaa-. neebarg. ■ .. - : " .'~ . ''... i The native echnol at Kerepehi bms been closed on account of an epkiemjc of ea- ; t*Tic.~ . \ -• ' ■ The British dirigible Beta was wrecked ihrougSi the freezing of her cwbureWier. yeetesslay. ; . . -. '. -H. W. Urijuhart, the- carpenter who. figured-iii- the- tragedy at Msrton, i w»s j a" married man." . :■« ' ■ " ".' 1 A record mail of 97.3 bags mc landed from the sts. iTakiira, from Vancorivex,' at AnekTand yesterdayt Ihe; shipment of. butter from Aack-i land this fortnight is expected to Teach' 39,000 boxes--a record. ' Canterbury Frozen Meat and' Hairy Produce Company show a net; profit for, the year of. £23,5J2 9/11. : ..,..". Letfceie -wihieli incrimiTiftte ibs.FoDtam in'tike L murd"eT iof her hitsbaaid hare been rat in'a4 the trijif it Agra." ... £ ' A boy, four--yeaTs' of 'age,,was rnn over by a tramtfar'-ahd -kiH*d;m BBgh Street, Dunedin, yesterday. The .opening.-of the.Peace Congies» sit .London iae not proved f>popHatras, and Aiie delegates:' are; pessimistic.' r.Tw«nty-fiv« were kaied and a hundred injured in the Catania railwa-y smash; aoroe toeing terribly mntflated. Ifc is reported -that several large' meat ooncene in San Eranciac© arc negatiating to open trade TritJi A"!isfcralia in.: frozen meat. .. • ■ ' . '- r ' . c !,:Mt Aequith denies, 4J>e t*Btk:: of .'i&S that the 'adoption of- -woiiian'e would tead" to Sis 'retarehen* ifiioin fpoHtice. H - -' Z'-':. ''■:~' '' "- : ■_. Trouble-at -the. shearing sheds in Wettington district been settled by the men"being paid 2/8 n . hunttred extra for "daggy." ehcep., " ], : : :' - ;^.{ A .member: of thfr Makura?s engineering staff; jumped overboard into the .'har-" bour yesterday"evening, but: Was prompt?: ly rescued ~ i . -". .':. ,-r.i ■ Wellington.. Harbour Board 'sheds^sire. congested wool ;for / ex|>ort, "lthev block being; insufficiency ships ,to-take:ifc away.. '-. ■'■■■'•■'■;• i~- ■ 'pnfaurivho/inysieribnsly dwippeared from Pitparba; two days, ago, , appeared"*£• the .bank' completely ex.hansted, and unable : to give any eecount of-himself;' •' --' '■',! ■ - ',-' '~?'} S- ■?■--■■ . - .All d<>ct6rs.'of LLfereiijin-la,ye, in a body, their lodge poeitione as the 'result oIE Iwing Tinable tb an' agreement; the r J aocietaes 4bout payment.for '.;'. ; - TSe?Hen, Jae. Allen, interview in Sydney, Aostralia and ' Kew,Zeaiand wonW eonne <t»y jiaa bands In 'Dn'e defewe It Traetoo mack io mek jfiite "iCoither Oomrtry <o do ;«6;-'; 1 '• . '' ',SXi~'i?s' : . y''',~' ' ■'■' ■['•• ■ " .Itii3 reported,'; on legal WeiQngton, that the Bdrmaide' Registration Amendment Act contains- exactly the delect it was designed to amend. Itihas been ieferredto the Crowji iaw officers.-;--/ - ..--- ■ - : '-~- > ■ .;' ■ - ■.--.%../ -": Iftpciii,-- • men allegin^;shai;"fiSe!ship. Ss, exßeptiem----ally hard-io-irorfc> anddeaieDdingHnueu-aUy-liigh pay^'; ■ ■ -;/ " '--. -'-'• '■■'■■'.- The Key. "Howard of•STpniit' 1 Eden," w*s-severely-'buriit aßojif therJace as the result. of an explosion of' the -aiei tylene" gas-seneraianw.plant -when he was giving a limelight' lecture 'at' Morrins-ville--on Monday night: ,-' J „ '■''. :v George White; a 'ehanffeur employed by ilrs. Alexander, of Gladstone l Roia, vas-severely burnt- about the'face l yes; '■'. terd^iy' evening '; by. oi.£ spirit lamp! w kieh he , Was holding -while : cleaning the motor car. • ■ ■ - - '* , - :.;•< The resignations 0f..-.the assistant-en-gineer and tKe second "assistanV engineer; were yesterday accepted by ttie Auckland -Harbour Board, .ihe chairman's -a«: tion -was approved, 4 and it Ti:aa decided that the engineer-inihief be given every assistance ia dealing with; the charges made by the officers who have resigned.