TABLE TALK.

Auckland Star, Volume XLVI, Issue 67, 19 March 1915, Page 1

TABLE TALK.

♦ 227t1i day of the war. - •; — -'.— * It is reported that the Karlsruhe" was blown up in the Xorth "Atlantic. State bakeries have been decided upon by the New South "Wales Government^ The latest population statistics give Greater Auckland a population of 117.793. ; ..{,_. The capture of the escaped German liner Macedonia by a" British" ship—is reported." ■ " -•-••■ -- — "' The' Indemnity "Bill' mtrbducSr'¥y" > "&he" South African Government was read "a second time. Austria and Servia have arranged to exchange all non-combatants who hay* been interned. During February 5868 persons visited the Auckland Art- Gallery, a. daily average of 209.. ' . . .. The hire of ships in England for internment of prisoners of war .amounts to £86,000 a month. A wrrekEte message from BerHtt states t&at Allied "troops lhave been' landed"«t various points -near Smyrna. * ■ •"-' A. seven-year-old hoy last night "drifted out"*" to sea' from Westport in an openboat, in which he was flaying. - --* , Austria .and Servia. have, anranged $ot the exchange of ail.females and ail ■males over fifty andjimder - The Master Bakers' Association' of Auckland last night decided not to raise the price of hread Jurther_ afc_present. Patricks-Gordon, a .college .boy,, .aged sixteen years, was. found: dead; at Putiki yesterday,-with .a pea-rifle bullet in his head. _ -4a ■; .__.;. - The oflScial figures for- the December licensing poll show a majority for continuance, on-, the r national issue, of 10,215..: ". ....: ~ ..;..,;..:.:;-;„,....:. . Miners at Home have mended by their; jtake the shortest possible ihoKdaj"S-, so that 43m output of coal wiH n-ot fecurtailed.."..-V Pet rograd opinion "bhinks it likely. thajb the -. recent, victories ..of „tbe .AHies.'.'. in France.will necsßsitate the. withdrawal of German troops from the Masurian campaign. . J... _"..--J '*~.!'_,'.3" --• Victoria- -is. short- of fod^Tv-and'-'ak effort is to be made to obtain" supplies from" Zealand,'lin" spite of_lbe'p'ro* hibition '"from -""the-iDoS'' minion.' - ~ >. " — "—\ '-' Hirancial circles in London are already discussing tire prospect of the issue of a new war ixxan" soon after "the instalments of the existing war loan are paid at the end of.April. "' r.. -—:--■-.-■- •-•..__ 5 -"The" Prime Minister;stated;-a-t-.Welling-ton- yesterday -ithat-New-Zealand's war bill at present amounted 'to about £300,000 a month, and this expenditure was. expected to increase. : '". > A proposal to'inter the;body of the late Bishop' Grimes in the Roman Catholic Cathedral at" Christchnrch has been refused'byvthe -Minister for Internal affairs. '- . { Local advice has-been received.that-the export' of butter- from. Russia has : "been, prohibited, and it is anticipated that' this wiU ;have' "a_jdirect" result pn' the" 2few Zealand tetter I 'trade. ">*? : ~~'' -~ Russian soMiem are simulated' with the prospect of. complete -viotoryj and tile army in the Caucasus is eagerly expecting to join hands' with the Allies. under the •walls of Coßßtsatinopte."-.- - i." ' An inquest on -John Johnston, aged fifty-five years, who died -suddenly;whil« working as" a - gardener- at Epsom on Tuesday evening,.- found' that congestion of : the lungs . was the - cause of death. '» -Japan;wants peace in the East,-says General Barnadiston."who.'.commanded the British troops at the siege oETsingtao—' '.'.The -General- savs-the" Japanese toveTa7great _ nation: . ".":"..::::" """:;*'.:'" _: ";''. E. £. FarcToftj recently: from England, was-; seriously- - injured - -by - a fall from the loft -in -PrebMe's stables, at Marten. He had just arranged- fog the" passage of bis'Sirife'.and to New "Zealand" ._.". " ' _. v . The next ordinary meeting of the-City Council would fall" on the eve of H«tter« but -arrarigeiftents were made last night to'%ave'the next regular; meeting--threa weeks rhence, on" the Thursday mftei; Easter, April 8. - -■* - $ ■- The City Council decided last nigbi to take no precent action respecting tit* lighting of the Parnell baths, owing ta the cost."""The"engineer" 'will later on report upon the question of lighting th*. baths by electricity. ...... A'man named John Barry, agedfort* years, was. arrested - last; night on -the complaint' of Mrs. -Jessie Drysdale, c widow, that a man had fired a revolves at her in Queen Street. The woman wa* not struck by the bullet. The Prime - Minister has notified thai City Council that' he cannot' reconiinensi. the" dedication of Wigmore's "Bush as a scenic reserve, as so much of the kauri in it is in a condition- "»*iich woul<& render the forest unsuitable for scenit purposes. ""? ' ~-'~~- ■■■ - Katzer, the German officer .who was found dead 'in. a 'boat. oh.. board— the steamer Sonoma, broke* parole and escaped from the concentration camp. Yon Specht, another officer who .was also brought from New -Guinea, -is -missing from the camp. -, r Tru~. -«,,* ~..Swte„ifeelhig/which,, at,-the., beginning of the wax, was in favour of Gernwuiy, has undergone a revrrisran, says a corrwpi Germany* false news, the atrocitias,_ the -."rotation of Belgium, have all, played tthcir "part, in fchis<jbange .of opinaoii..... ' ~:„. • . A council of Austrian Ministeiß. had a spirited dsctSKOn; concenring Germany's feugg-Esfeon that AustSa "■" shoino?' hand dver'-'Hie "Tmejßsnd "t>b>~ltaly as "rfche price of ;neujfcrality.; proposal was warmly resented, ing be ctmeieded imleas . dealt directly with A-usiria.. -_..-.; — The City Council, in -reply to an application for a " frame passageway through tbe. old .post office site, in ..Shortland Street,, has .received a communication from the Prime Minisjter/stating that the be considered, when the plans f Government buildings to be" erected the site'are dealt witb". The Mayor intimated that it was possible an arcade would be provided through the new building... Tudehope's sale stops to-morrow, at d p.m. Untrimmed straw hats Id spray. Bargains in all departments.— (Ad.) r - We made it good. . •.- . -•— '"■- ---IThe people made it famous. .• ;-< ■;—'■ "Boyal Standard;'. Tobaeca— (Ad ) SALVAGE TOY SALE.—This is for the duldren. 9.30 to-morrow at I G^sy-sad■'Bad's.'. early.--<Ad,^; y '