TABLE TALK.

Auckland Star, Volume XLVII, Issue 31, 5 February 1916, Page 1

TABLE TALK.

It is officially amioanoed thai America regards the Appam as a. German, prize. Civil busmess wiU be taken, at the Supreme Court on Monday. > Mr Lloyd George states "Bal there are now 2,720 factories in. Britain making munitions. ..---■ ' The British and! French hwn occupied further enemy posts in the, German | Cameroons. >; It is seventy-six yearn ago since fhe treaty of Waitangi was signed at the Bay of Islands. ... It is announced by Lloyd's thai the Panama Canal will be closed -to traffic for-another two months. •-.-*•-. ■ — The frame of the. Zeppelin "which was yesterday reported to be over Holland, was hit by the Dutch batteries.:., .... >. ..' ' Repairs to the steamer Komarta, that stranded near Terawhiti'. last Sunday, will occupy about a. fortnight-. The sale of penny (tickets on tbe tram cars in aid of the French Bed Cross Society, was commenced! to-day. \ ' '.-', The Greek Government has protested against the bombardment" of Salonika on' February 1 by a German airship. A proclamation fixes Fete-nary 10 as the date on which the Compulsory Military Service Act will come into operation. The Government tax paid by the Wei-: " Kngtor. Eacing Club -in connection -with the January - meeting totalled "f 6,149 2/10. .; ';■ '.:--; . The Germans boast that if the.Appam were ordered to depart, they, would take her outside the - three mila limit - and ~ sink her. .-- ■■—.;, -«-;-.-.--.. „,..;.;„„^ A man suspected of heing a German spy was arrested.prior.to the departure of the Sydney- steamer-: »t* Wellington' last night. TKe 8..M.5. Niagara, arrives .here, .on Monday afternoon from, Vancouver. She sails for Sydney at 10 a.m» on the foi». lowing' day." . ' V; One jury in. the inquests* on Zeppelin yictinisl returned_a _ yerdiii _of _wilful murder against • the Kaisei ami; the Crown Prince. r-- -■ ~ ~- - ---•" The German bourses ralEed "sharply vrhen they received assurances that Ger- - many was settling-rthe Lusitania ques- ,- •tion -with America. -— •- .*rj»s..'-".. Ethel Davis, agedr33-,-was-found-dead under an apple tree-at-Onehunga,-,*with ' a bottle containing - a poisonous liquid alongside of the body. The German raider, carught the Appam by an artful ruse. She flew-a-distress . signal; and when the British steamer ■ approached she -un-trrasked. -'.'-.....''. ■: ' Xaval circles "in Sydney believe that the German raider which captured the Appam is the patrol boat Paula, which was interned in a Wes-t - African port, -'.' and is supposed to have- escaped. , - Dr.- B. H. Makgill,. who has 'been engaged on'military research'work ; in-.Eng- . land,for the past year',- has been recalled ] to the Health Department service in New Zealand, at the request, of the ' Minister for Public Health. ..; A Grimsby trawler reports that it discovered Zeppelin Ll9 floating m. the, , North Sea; in a damaged condition; the ■ cage being submerged. , About 'twenty . mcii were on board-and several shouted...' '•"Save us." The trawler ireported. to. a ; warship. -.: . ..,-_. ... ' . ...,,. ', ■The fight between the German,"raider and,'the Clan Maetayish-was described. as fine though one-sided. The raider's .. heavier--guns made "short-work of : the cargo' boat, 'which was. sunk with,her •flag-flying.'--■■■"■ ',-. -.'... ':-.' - U-"'-"...'. -A French newspaper,", comrhentihg. _on the .reporte-Lsuicide- of .-the ,Ttarkish_h,eirapparenf," points out that. he. was..a*i obstacle .to", the..- ambitions \'of .Enver . Fasha," and if his death was a cnee of suicide, it was opportune. ::• . for; commissioned . officers =on -sej-yice- does » not cost ..'£4.o;and -he has undertaken to -pub--lish a statement- of whai" is"necesgary equipment. ' The ' allows " ag2o for officers'" equipmeht, "-I_.Tl '""'"'". ""'."'. ■Infantile p'aialysis-ls prevalent in,-vari-.ous parts of ihg' been' admittedXto: the pital- ymh Jsj;oase3 s at'^."present- in". .the.. institution. ...Nqirease from Hamilton; has.,so ;far;,bei*n_actoij:ted; .the. ..patients. w.niing^.-Tqm... widely- • . The Federal Attorriey-General- -has declared that the Tasmanian Soldiers' liquor Bestriction Bill, proposing. to . grant the authorities . poweii '.■ to -forbid serving soldiers with liquor, is legal. The decision is' possibility"•- of--iti'"wider '. to Tasmania! --.-»'-:'.".-..... /■■Survivors' oF-ihe... steamer..Wdbflfield, which was - origmally'" reported -to'.'-ha'Te■ been wrecked, "on coast, state .: .that::'.'the"' *TOBSeI-:-*wus unequal fighfr*th"e'crew.-tpok io'tiie Ijoarts and 'escaped: ashore,--;where- *lhey wgre captured; by Moora,; who. -creased i§em after a The: .'steamer;-*?as^^rpedo-^; a nfarine. . ".'"-,* Tl '.■ ':;" ' ... ~.:..;..-'.,. ~" '