TABLE TALK.

Auckland Star, Volume XLVI, Issue 69, 22 March 1915, Page 1

TABLE TALK.

•230 th day of i_e*w_r. •"""-"*- • Turkish outposts'are four day.' march from the Canal! - '.--.. —' .. : The death of Cardinal Agliardi is aanounced from Home. '-"•-' . Z -"-- '( ,- -Two boardinghouse robberiea are- reported from.,Wanganui. .. 77.. .• ' -'-"-.' .-". ■' Out of 39,155 bales of "wool catalogued to date at the' 2London/ sales, no lew than 38,122 have been sold. • George. Edward Charlton,- of Seacliff, -was killed on Saturday by a fail -from a, horse.- ;.- •* ......'.-„.—,:. ..-.—..'.','■ *.7 The famous orchid collection of the la.te Mr. Joseph Chamberlain will be sold shortly. -.2 *"2 '"':-."."■' ..'-.-'' **~t". A well-known v. sportsman— aad lan downer, Mr.-Eobert Tyner, of Yorlc,-h_-just died. . ;--:•• -— -.'• - -~ .:.-... Th e shooting hy the Germans -of -Jwounded; .British officer is,described, by an officer" of the * Worcester*.;. The body of the boy who drifted to sea in a boat at Westport on T___*lay "was found in the Moldhin_i_-iTer-«_i-Satur- :- day. • : - -; George-. Crouch, a .bor of —iae. had, an arm broken ,by :falltog.from.'.a2hag7of I - chaff at his home at jßnncinutw yesterday., -" ';:'--' - • ■ • ■' '-- '": ,; "■"■:•; By? tbe. foundering: of - four - --(Spanish emigrant ships -off Algeciras, in - Gibraltar ,: Bay£" three <: -hundred. people; were drowned.;../- ..,'.. .-A .- '-•:' T__,Germans have seized the.l>utcli steamer Batavier on the voyage from Rotterdam to -London; —She'mas takes to-Zeefcnigge------ •'- ------- -■_■—- 2 - There has been a hurricane at 2Vav-u, in the ToDgari Group, according to a. "wireless message received at Soya, Fiji, from the steamer Atua. "?'•".. A two-storey residerw*-in Hamilton, owned by tt Howden, »ttlmi_ed down on 2 Sunday morning, while iS.. usual were7a,b6ent.J. '.AAA- - .". There has been a good deal of insurance in London against the -possibility of further .Increases in.takes upon-sugar, coffee, petrol, and'liquor. ' 2 ."An -fire- in a-jeweHerV shop at New Plymouth 2on Saturday, is believed to hav e been, caused, by a small hoy : pla"ying:"friil_i;._ia'ieh__.7" 2"2" 2"" ' — A single man named Coldough,who ■was af _river*at 'Hutton'a sawmill at . M angaweka, 2 has. been missing since a dance last Wednesday . ;.'.:.... •' Damage to one of her propeDors on . Saturday morning delayed R__Ls. Niagara, en route from Sydney. She reach©-, Auckland at ten o'clock ihia scorning. ■ The Government's scheme for getting women to take over the work of men, while the latter: : are jreleaßed ,2for . the. war, is -generally approved- at llome.-;. A number of prisoners at Bathurst Gaol wanted to be released co that they, might gb to the front: hut the offer waa. declined by the -Xew South Wales Attor-2 ne'y-General.". ,2 . 2 Inquiries are being -made, -from San Francisco with a view to having New Zealand represented at the international Pre_3 conference at the Pasama Exhibttion in July. Th c combustion of phospheras in the store-room ,ot Saarland andCo.'s";.,ware- .-■ house gave the Fire Brigade some work on.Saturday evening... There was little ■-AAdamage done fry' fire.2 -.2 Two boys, aged 12 Tears and 14 years, who had run away from the. Takapuna industrial "School/ ten; days ago, were found hiding nnderiaiboat-shed on .-7 hunga beach,yesterda-y. ■■>■■*■■■■ habits of the.War?Offiee,iri<hot2 ihg.the* fuil:lUt2of'casualtie=." He'says '•'.. this" "appalling system""' wilrhaye th* effect ~of~ prolonging.'thewar.-™ —-.----_- ---'.; Great Britain, Germany;and;. Austria have; agreed.that; American,representatives shall be-allowed-io "visit the prison camps in the countries jnamed,"and. 'di* l the""men,.:'..-. v. ■_■>'■- In order to make iip for'the loss of trade the,2dosi|ig.of .German ports, America; is looking to the Russian market, -where sheis- seeking orders that ■ ■-.'■* formerly went to German firms.' ~-2"1 - ". ___--WJG'^_ip".-^Convention:'-'-urges; on. the' Government a better system .of classification of 'female prisoners, arid hai approved.2a proposal "to make th e Union responsible for a woman mssioner to the'prisons. .;: - -■'■: ■'"■W-'-a-v.-".;?; - ■!-.>: A Spanish; ship-bound for Germany with'*iroh ore has been'taken to JarroW,, arid;., an - American steamer bound for. • Sweden has 2 been;;taken ;to;;H_Jl,'as.'is 2tvaS* Suspected :that , 4ier^aargw , was' 2 ;to^"for "Gwnianyj-"''■=--'»"• >__"*[ ■'A-~A': • "•German/officers landed*&oin2th2e'Bi«Hden at Valparaiso say that the vessel was attacked :*heh.at anchor'4oo"metre* -.* from the shore.. They say the crew fled inland, leavihsr- the commander-, and a fewraen who blew the:ship ...'.'. ..•..; A Taranaki Maori warrior named Te Iki,""who' claims, to ; have'h_en'.;'the2;maa : who shot Major yon latter s*ormea'*Te;Xgntu-o-te-J_a_u7p» : during the Maori !War7 died last week- '"'22 at Wanganui...-H_ was.9o years of age.-----"A high German ■ official"; accredited" t"<_7 the United States, is said to be the _«• .ing figurein a "conspiracy at .New York to obtain false passports for a German reservist: destined- to; go to -England- tot spy. on the -movements of the 'British2--fleet.-- ■ ■'-'- '-- -55"ew.Zealand'&sv_tem xif. looking after the..babies" 2h_s' been commended at ..a gathering.. of.. the National, Uijibn,; ot Women Workers in England. The speaker"said it:was.-the -most |>erfeet-sy_tem-m----theworld, and in-..five2-years---the-infanti . death.rate^had-fallenf-bm.-80 to--35per2 thousand'"._': : .-.-.". '2 .'■ 22 7. . ' . '. .and ;;infants are .fond.ot.Byr,. .croft's ideal milk arrowroot biscuits, and ' thrive on them: scores of •' testimonials. Ask/for";Bycroft's.2 22ML.gro__i_.^(A_.)- i-