TABLE TALK.

Auckland Star, Volume XLVII, Issue 50, 28 February 1916, Page 1

TABLE TALK.

"■• TBe ~Auckland,~passes ■" in., the." JAniiary; examinations' -for.", tea'cfcers.-., *ire .announced;" '."""";..'--.-.-.; ... .<zz. '-' Reports from.Copenhagen, indicate '•'*. 'shortage of ..cotton.J.in. ;the; German, textile "factories." -■z-y-r-'^.. - ,^ . It">'iß\ : 'aaid~i;hafc". "the attaek'.OA-.the Verdun foTtre3sr —was lauacbJßd - Kaiser J in.person;; . .'.,.;..,: ■': The 'Russian'ariny • has added-, 1 to its trumphs by taking "the-town .of Ker« manshah ;in .Persia.. '.',""". '.'.-.. ,; ■ more-British steamers hava been sunk^.ahd.in.some instances there has.heen loss-of life. - "------'- -i-~~_-„;6isty-seven;.-deaths in; :tha Zeppelin raid-on,: Derbyshire, and" neigh*; bouring counties last- montflj—. ,__■: .. .The -Germans. .attacking yerdunV;bav.9 brought up. all- the. Heavy artffleryriant was -used -in -the Serbian- campaign. ■ -".".'"' /' '.- A -native named-MorehUj- aged 'fifty was "tilled at Te Teko", near ■ Whakaf ane,;-by. a f fall from 3us-horse; "'■ -Estimates" of''the'.'forees'/*rifliCwhTelt the Crown Brince'oF-'Germany-is:attacE-ing in the West"vary from' SSB'JXXtSSa.. 750,000. ""■ ""-- -" ~ .'-.-. '". There was a 6erioiis revolt -*itt~lserlin oh the 2Snd- ; -instant, had-to chargethe^mcK." Over 100 persons ,were.:killed.-'---j-r.'-.-.~" '■] -'-"----'—<•'-;" "■*.'?.'-;.'>.- If the- Germans do-* not •breafc.v.'tie French".line,- on" iorti•"'';wiir'Brg3ffi;"it'i's'.i''&eHnaU~?BffW**f£e,''. says'onejex-pert.i;'.'-.. .-/J' ■"... '.'-J.i"■ :~Z■'■':. ..vl"*-. .Excluding those; .tilled at Ewer-mar, it is estimated; by .the' -Rome newspaper "Setolb" ith&tithe -Turkish .loeaea.-tetal halt srmiilidff basis'. ~ -";::, 7 ;"zr;_ ; "An;;"Ameritan"»-6hippiiig .company, ,*«rits» ;a. capital of a:;million pounds,rhas„bejen' started ".tb.;rnh;;.a";line;;bf ';6.teanier&':bjey , -twjien "Sew -York,;;China,Japan, and BljsLs'a,.';.';;;;'-r;'i'.T;r.tr'-, '~s~:.. " "The only thing "wanteft-by'the .'British, forces beleaguered"in'Eutel-Amara,;ia :Mesoj»tamia, was; anda. bundle Jwas; an aeroplane.-;' _-_;_^ : 7 ; - ;; '_• "._~ : ' • The '-naval airman. pn •-Rainsga.te-u.tfewtdayis; ago";has-been'-.. awarde'd"the ; lrbn Orossj- "for-hjs-death-less deed, which astonished the : -whole ; of England." r : .-..;:r'-Zi'-: : .:..-? ■. .." '".': ''.: '.' ':r>V:y'. I fJohn a- married' farmhand, was.-founds dead- in-;-a."cow'-Bafl'/oiWjßssi-' employe's ; .,.iarm Hjhe intubations" rjointing ; to^death.jbyjoison,. selfradministered. -•'••-- -i-S --. -. .*-: —•■—■ ;•:""' fort Vonnected'wYth' the" defence of Verdun, -Germans. *--Itiis claimed-by hasvcan.-; tured 10,000"prisoners. "•"' ■" It- is"repbrtedj-in- ffie-labbies^at.Wash- • ingtbn' that" President ..: Witeea" -has. decided .to?^yer 1 relations witb_G(ermany ; . if JaSingie^American life be lost in;Ger- :- inany*s new submarine campaign. 'r' Z".The.; lad'jCecil Sowden, -. .•who; .was,' *ren. 'his;*beal wben -diving'into shallpV water; ? at?;St, Mary's ; Bay on Saturday afternoon, died iv the hospital in the evening. ~ .Mr.,; Asqu3th'BYspeech;;at tiiejigpehirig' the;."German "publir. The 'Tolitiken" regards it an a proclamatiaa of » deier. mination' to literall-r ;oifi»pelied victoryr~ .. ■-.-.• .; --'-.''•"• •--;'"-'v''-- t !:-:,;.--.- For circuiting leaflets contajning lymar 6tateinenla likely to a woman named- secretary!.' of j the - Women's' An'ti-<!k)nseTiptioii? ?was; ; sentenced to six months' lmpnsonnient in London, '-j:;.''"''.*■ ■''--''';'.. - '- v; -""-"- --.■'■' • - The Auckland commercial-.travellers-oa Saturday evening'f ormed- -a • •'branoli •: of - the .AUifor League, whose principal object "is to suppress trade-in-New Zealand, now and after the war, by' , erieniy;.cqun'trieis: .;■--....-.■. .--■■;; r-.■■' ■:■■..■■■- co.toes from .Dunedin-that a _ certain-brand of; magneto" is -.TKing'isbldin.,,sTearu,Zealand :h^ringj: _ontadg - brand L; "nisde.-.;in;i_Anxepca,'': with . patt6v.«f ■:.. the.'insfcrjraentk .' "- ::''--'"'' Sir Edward Grey" dec.bned toreply to i statcmeut in the House of Commons ' that three snegeßßivfr Greek -premiers h^i'n'dicatedl ; .to.;;the,;"Greek ...Government's pffei..ft ' landi&rces* to talce :: part : \ in .the. bbmr bardment of. the. Dardanelles..-: ■'■... Children, and infants are fosdlpj ■ Bycrbft's" ideal" milk and- thrive : on^';them^-;.-;Sogres•^Qf^. b testt| , ,, inoniale, Astforfßjcrofttfe; >U grtwa:*' (Ad.). /->;,■■; : ,■■;'■;■■ •