TABLE TALK.

Auckland Star, Volume XLIV, Issue 156, 2 July 1913, Page 1

TABLE TALK.

To-day is the second anniversary ol the launch of Jtll.s. New Zealand." The King knighted Admiral Patey on the quarterdeck of the flagship Australia" yesterday. The new. stations between Papatoctoe, and Papakura will be at Wiri and Lupton's crossing. The suffragettes have decided that in future thoae sent to prison shall "thirst" as well as " hunger :, strike. . A native named Eva Babbington was sentenced to three months "at Gisborne yesterday for stealing a aheep. The heat wave in America i≤ inereaains. and many have been driven insane. Twenty people died yesterday. The "Auckland-Brainage ;.Board's Joa<v of £50,000, obtained from the A.M.P. Society, was paid over yesterday. A record boiilder of greenstone, weigh-; ing IJ. tons, is to he sent from Greymouth to a building exhibition at Leipsic. The increase of the Parliamentary term from three to four years isthe subject of' much talk in the lobbies jusi now!

The Harbour Board intends to erect casualty rooms on the Queen Street and Railway wharves at an estimated cost of £60. An Auckland passenger aboard the "Victoria on her last trip. Herbert Henshaw. committed suicide by- cutting his throat. The new British army Farseval airship made a very successful trial trip .yesterday, circling London and returning to Aldershot. Messrs. 'Hancock and Co. have given £50 for the construction of concrete steps leading to the main entrance of the Exhibition. The Harbour Board has acquired-the late Sir John Logan Campbell's property at Kauri Point from the trustees of-Hs estate for £2.600. The Deronport Borough Council last' night appointed Mr. G. S. Waters manager and caretaker of the new Cheltenham Beach kiosk. A large residence at Wellington was badly damaged last night by fire, the cause of the-outbreak being a 'spark which ignited a settee.Tbe Bulgarians are'lighting the Scr-' vians and-Greek* a4oiig-* front of 140----miles. Both sides are protesting, against the aggression of the other, - • The Katikati Railway League Ka3 passed a strong resolution-against "delay in-the construction of. the East Coast railway, from the AVaini-eiid; The '-financial resolntioiv of th* Vrflsii Church Disestablishment Bill a"'nar-' Irow escape yesterday, its majority in I the of Commons being .10:. *';.':. ;_. The- ordinary business -of -Parliament •ras commenced to-day, following on- tho idjoumment out of reepect for the nemory of the late Sir Arthur Guinness." The Government's agreement with the ST.W.C.A. and Girls' Friendly Society regarding the case of immigrants has not ret been"coneludedi as the societies have not yet signified their approval of' the termc. ' . The House of Commons pagsed the IVn--inciaf TBJOlttttott. A Hulc Bill by aTO^yotes 1 to. I*3. " The :sa*ipnty; of the' largest recorded <W important clauses of "the bill, was greeted with ; cheers. A fire occurred recently dttrinf: tne vacation at a Gisborne school, whereby the playshed "wa* damaged. Detective llcLeod -hafi, it .:e stated, ascnrl-iined that a boy aged 14 was responsible, and the police, are considering t'oc -matter. At a meeting of the executive of-the New Zealand' Civil Service Aeeocijtion, ii -wae decided ' postpone the approaching confe-rence until August 15, in v.icvr of the probability of the cVaeeification' ecbenic pot "being available until near, the end of July.