TABLE TALK.

Auckland Star, Volume XLV, Issue 16, 19 January 1914, Page 1

TABLE TALK.

''England beat -Wales at ; Rugby' after a. most exciting match. Scott's journals have been presented ■ to. the ißiitisli Museum.' '.' ' ■ ' •'.' • " Canon Goodyear, -Maori' nusaioiiei, died at -Tauranga .yesterday. . . - About if.ObO-.- people' attended -the i Exhibition 'o'n'-Satur'd'ay. 'hight. ".' ..'. .'..,.. I The number' of lunatics is increasing' in I Great Britain at an .alarming ; rate.. "' s - 9,000" .people' were carried : 'lo Tak'apuria yesterday ."'by ferry ana -'■■" , ..... : .J;»..;.:. '...,'. _.'_^.'.Jili_lJlv/ :AmeTicaji are jwrath at the Democrat-! for placing on the ftefr-list.'-" ."?■;.'■■'","■■•'■'. A- six-ro6"ned ihoiiee and- : an empty shop at Mount Eden' were biirned dowc last iiigM'. ; '" . *'• *' . '. The Sunday night.Main Trunk express■was a_ heavy train, taking about' 500 passengers. .„.'......... '. ~'i.-^,' JThe .Home Rule problem is attracfiiTi! a : good'deal of at'tention-on the public platforms ..again... ."...':....%"..•.' . . ' ..:'T'~. . \Five persona.' .\-*ere dnjured dn". al 'bu(aceident at, Kauri Gully, Saiarday evening/ ■•-, . ,;■,■■ ... ■":■■ John Irvine, a labourer, was drowned from a dinghy' -in ; the .-harliour ion Saturday evening. "*." .".'." -".-' : _'.' -V • ." ■ <Huert'a is •said to /Be reorganising, Sis forces .•with a .view of ping,put..:the rebel's at theend i»f, the.iaonth. ~'.> a; -. ;; Two thousand bales., qfjj wool ■Wert domagedrby a fire in.-a .store. Ahuriri on 'Saturday afternoon—, .-•■ -«• < ; •■•: -A kit, containing-.£oß in riotec, waf lost':'-on' the'"Nortfiern - ■wih'arf last-Sveek. ■by a lady whio'-S-as vasiting'Auckland.v • ._The;.Government's::'methods,'in". SotitK Africa.e.ee-n;.tq.;l-B.v?.. l knQcked- the light oui.of the;threatened general;,strike^j t i • k There, were■• r 266. 15 -female prisoners in Mount-Eden Gaol day, ihciii'dirig" 18 persona awaitJnj .Vrtal; ,thigh ■whiie.'.alightihg'.froni '.a" "bus 'outside the Exhibition' on" Saturday*.nigiitl Jives' lost in' a submarine -that; ;sank;in 'Wiitesand..Bay/during manoeuvres. -She .belonged ,to the. class.:-;.". .;;,";■,";., n ;..'.\.,' ■..■"..,;';■.'' '«, ':.' : ' .1.',",-" I Aj; man«_ ;"iamed -_ Thomas, •;. BmithxtTpi? drowned near Island .'Bay, Wellington, ."yesterday morning, owing to the-.cap-sizing of a.boat,..' ..V.v ;- . ,U-" Ja.panese disaster "at Sakiira Shima .has been mucV-exagger'at'ed! as.f 6-the-lose of life- ariyolved, ah; eetimate.now~ plac-fngl-the- deaths "at 20.0.'""'"."" ■"". " W:.H.-Herries; left7for Welliffgton~iast T-ight: r Hoa: H." D.-3eU 51rri.ved-.in. Auqkr; land.on;. . •-;-■—- ; • -Eeformed--barmaids--will; .serve coffee ■in a icafe.the. Salvation-Army has opened in- London," and-.cpityerted.■ miiiie artiets will contribute items.'.' '■"' ' .. ; , A. party.. of Ifour rcHs, according to a. wire,-from .Mr..Hazard, caugihK.3J}.'.ldng ■fi!3h,;iaet Ei'iday, ~a t. .the; •t:hf?;JaTgf.e;t ..being 351b.3.;in- Yre^giyt..-^. /tjig .canteen., scandals, in the...British; Army have resulted in ,tlie,o^arging.j)tj sbttemi ..(Itueivlaots—eight' non-commie-: sioned officers < arid eight 'ciyilianel • "•'•-'■ Tlie'driver of the train was conipleteiy. eSprierated- at -.au-iaquest -on. .'llio-iiaa : . Johnston', ..who...was "killed In .i,;level ;crosaing" "accident.'. -at. Gar terioli.", ou Saturday..'; ..! . -■. .• ' ;,' ~.';-.'- v-■..;, 'A'; boy.' named , Palmer waie. nearlydrowned , at ;-, Shelly \. Beach • -yesterday, jafternobji \ through , , getting. : out-;;of-'-. hi.j d'epthj and' had-to be revived- by- ,ar£ln- v ..'•■."<-. '!■•'■'.' -.-.- '.-V.,'..-.X. ■'■■■■ , Uiq..' young " Australian..billiard ■playSr,': liast; beaten: .ReeceV;-tlie JSnglishf Tn~t!fexrn'a < teh;.bf."lß,-Qoo;.'.u|J,r' • in wJiicti"tn.e v ■,":;• ;;. ;; : " ■■■~*jir~ ? ecli|Se*{he*SueF'Ganal-foute : rfot'tlie i 3ee*p' ■the difficulty.vo£_dgepening-the'-'Canai.■'-• ■ ■'-Mr. J. J. Ha.mmond,;.in%.tne Dominion ;;".. monoplane Britannia, made a sijtyeseful ifli'ght over the' city and iS-üburbtiVyester-diiy. Tlie -oiselVof* :hiV' engine", :t : hb'tisaiid^"of''eirg?r^a^eri3''intb.'We"ope : U. ■■ 'airr.. :".;.'"-T '■ '~'.'~'.'''Z~T-\,' r -~ '- ■ •;---M^.Catan--.;WwdyiHe^\thq'''artist,\" - iii ' some -reminiscences-' says th*t^—three ' m'ohthe-■before—th«--war he was telling. .. • : Kihg : Ediward"; about' -We< .wiolesalerwayj ■ [the.Bbcrs'.'.'werelb.uying.giuis-.ajJa aWmuni-- ' ;; 'tiony. wix3.'"the " first '.'tt.ei'.iS^S''' ' pffice.-knew'of- it.- ;'-■ • : —"—-'■-"•"" "."5..."- ---■' • Tlie Prtne'.Minister will'.{iirn the nret ■. •%oS of the- WaiuKii~branch"-'raiiway' : lirie' ■; about"a.' .'m'ont'K"Kerice, and the" line"tS , '. connect \Vliangarei with -tlhe-Main'Xortti; ■Auckland railway-will.; also.'C-be , '. commenced in a-few -nonthe. ■ ■•■:: ■