TABLE TALK.

Auckland Star, Volume XLIV, Issue 89, 15 April 1913, Page 1

TABLE TALK.

- — .: ■ ■ ' -y- - '.. :!i -Belgian. striker, -shot a. workman ior refusing to strike., :--. . "..'--.;. ;t. . ' ■'.'.The' suffragettes'..have destroyed tuo '"' KiDarney golfc pavilion. •■■.- :..'-••' . His- Excellency . T>>rd.-Liverpool': re-:. 1 turned 'to Auckland-- yesterday ; after-:-' nooii. . ".''.,"' '.;-'". .--■"• '''?{:•■'■•'■ • ■' An anti-hatpin;.l)yrlawT6.to-be brought before the-. City Council at its ;next .meeting.'. '" ..-.- .. ■„''_ '." ,■■'-- ; Herbert Druce, who was .prominent, in. .' the famous Bruce caee, died in 'London.,.- /' ; yesterday. ..>.'•■. : ..',' .'.• -: • The Pope's fever-has; disappeared, and •-he passed a.tranquil.night. His generaD- ' - fcondition is good. ' .- .. .■",■! /•• Tie. British..-trade'sumons. &re apathetic ■„ '.l--;"-. ; towards'tiie Belgian, appeal because the ; ~ •strife.is political. - . :_■ ?•■'■; ..... Seven.were killed and- fifteen, injuredirt a train, wreck on-the Graiid Trunk line.. "•*' in Canada on" Sunday.. ....';'.' ' . •:■'•■ Maurice Maeteriinck sympathises with the. Belgian' strikers.' arid-has offered "to contribute ,to their.funds.,".- .';_ ■-"■-.,'■' ! The! strike: on,:the Southern coalfields -:;; of New South Wales has been settled, and the meit-are returning to-work; .".;., An engagemeu^ibefcweeii Turkish.-..and: j: Greek desitr-oyers is jrjeported off the iDar-* !; ;<ianelles: • ?As■ usuaL -both sides'-, won.: , . ; nlie Devonport Teiepßkrae Exchange- . is to be open henceforward.front 8, a;m. ~-'■ J : , till midnight, instead, of. till 8 pan. only. Tram.traffic,at Wellesley Street.East;'.: ■■ and'Jfewmaiket was held up. last night'; for a' short time by'care leasing the ,'" '. rails. '. .', ; ' .. '■' '"* . . .-" .;. So. far. if our . Smndred'. thousand ! men,'. S 3i«ye"''struck in Belgium, and ibnsiness as . chaotic. JJrfty thousand "troops ore ;. ftrmE. . :' -.','!'. .V; -,'•' '• '•-• - ■■ i ■■■ 'Keir-Hardie'has promised'the Belgian '. sinkers that no British- coal-Tvill be ■■;-'..;' i shipped.to the country during the general > strike.' :" - ■ .;' -;;■ :f. '" ! -_. : j The Wellington general.labourers are", ,/ demanding 1.0/ a day,: with .12/ for pipe . 3 layers, and 12/ per' shift for underground ' j workers. ; Irritation' is growing in" Japan against v : - the proposal- of ."the Californian legisia- '■■; ' ttrre to prohibit Japanesfr-liolding land in "'-'. i; California. • ' --■' ■■".". .-'-'•'■' - ■ ■■ ( A petition for . the amalgamation of j the Epsom Boad: District with the Mount . f Eden Borough is at present circulating :' in the district. -'". .: : '-'"' :■> "."■ '-' •:.: Suffragette" meetings in-Hyde Park and- : ; ; at Wimbledon were broken: up by crowds- ,, of Opponents, who''(pelted, fliein 'witli •- -1 orange"'peel and turf- .-' _ ■/■?_ '-} r: j" H.M.s: Xew: Zealand :is;iofe. to berth. ;;' >at. the Queen Street during her . r visit to Auckland, but she; will-: lie at 1 anchor in the stream. -'" ■■ : , F The Prime^^'.'Minister? anticipates.'; a ~', 5 surplus- of -£600,000, of >wWch -' it; will'be possible ..to .transfer £500,006 -_ - Ito the Public Works "Fund; : .., \- .. " .- i ; The Public. Trustee has offered, lit proI Vide'the >. Newmarket. road..works.--.at five": per cent • pliis .one per cent sinking '•Tfttnfl'."^'' -, : ,: ~, ■ ; During, the- year , ending -'March 31, - 40,892^pe0ple.'^artiyed c ih' K?w ''Zealand, ■■_-' » and 34,935- departed, making a. gain.of- ; 1.11.957,.as against 5,892 last':year. " > "-"■'" a Mr: P. E. Sandford has -accomplished- ■_. i Avomiiilo^i?i.-- ■"- • - Hfc'i'oliir.'u l.ip!;in<», living tDC;length >>t [.- thei-facecourse at'a* height of 50ft. 9: ." David f Wilson-Mackie; an'elderly man, '_ was knocked over "by' a .-tram, in ;Quceii ':. Street) last". being •- stunned ..was.not" seriously ; The" Tramway Company, has asked for; the , authprity. of ;th'e •-. Mount..- Albsft" • , Bofough'Council to duplicate the'lvihgsv land trainline: ! as" far as 'Page!B:St6reJ v ; . ?.:-,The Mount iEden- Borongb^-.Council has confirmed ia special'.Tesolutioii; abolishing" the ward system- in" favour of aij. hi-' dividual borough .with' 12 'councillors.. Archibald Hendry; a sawmill hand, i wasjadmitted' to:.the -hospital -yesterday,, suffering ,from. a .broken .leg, -believed-.to have been caused by a log faßing/upoh it. The Madrid police had great-difficulty- , : in protecting !the would-be assassin--,.-.ot- ; the.King from the fury of the* crowd, 1 which wanted-to lynch-him on the spot. : - A.collision between.a r cart'.and-;a tram iin Parnell 'yesterday:, 'resulted.::, in.•Hhe *" :' driver of the cart, W. Handcock,. being ■ thrown out and ~ somewhat "cut about the head. , , : , • There is a rumour .in. Wellington ..that". . : Sir VVilliani H-all-J6nes, ; : late-High • Com? ■~'-. missioher, Will return to active politics . on. his. arrival, ( and will probably, lead the-.Opposition.; :; :. ■.:,-■,■--.- ; : :, Documents found in the-room* of the man who, attehipted the life of the Kin.st. of: Spain show that the outrage was -the - result-of arrests- . have been made. ... > The: Department of-.lnternal has announced; the.: petition*~urgiiig the exclusion of Kbl, 1 "ward, Mount Eden, from the borough canhot;':be, I granted,. owing tp. the Jarge-^amount-'of i opposition. .. ; ;. Commander Eyahe •. declares '.that'iao.j ' features'of the .Polar tragedy have been-' ' withlield : "frt)m thepubUc."-:-. He says' that ;■ Petty Officer Evan3 -behaved" >: during the marcli,^and: denies, that, lie . '. -went insane.- '.-:'_■ -~'■■■■,■-•■,: : ":" ; : .'■'* \