TABLE TALK.

Auckland Star, Volume XLVII, Issue 64, 15 March 1916, Page 1

TABLE TALK.

To-day fifty^ightii"aiiifireraarj of the.capture of ... .jl ... Great preparations are taking plaa for- a Russian offensive against- Bufio Vina. - '• German agents in thelEast. afe".-try ing .to stir Tup trouble between England and Japan. : .... ~,■„ .,'-'..,. :■:'.)^?.~.'X .The lull at Verdun;is:saidto'bo dm to the fact ttiattiie Germans'are wait-ing-for-morei supplies from Metz. ■'--. "• •'- At a recruiting meeting in Toronto-a man.. who. wished to move ah antagon istie motion was hissed down. : , . North of Verdun there las 'been ai intense 'bombardment/ , but-no infantry attacks have ■ taken, place during,.' tlis past few,days.;;.. ...... ...... .'._-..,^, l( . The Premier Hjf-; Australia -(Mr. fWm Hughes) proposes to leave England or the 18t3i-of next month on his;-returi trip, to' Australia.!. .... ' .;."".' ../L~ '.'.'? The tody of .Waring Tothill,-who was d/owned .near, the Blow, Hole, at Piha on Saturday, was foundJon-the beacl yesterday'afternoon.- -.«■ -• •' -*•■ — The, carnageV, on■ -tHe fcefort Vaux Surpassed .description,. say Frencl officers. Avalanches : of_Gerinan".dead covered the: declirities. ,_.-._ „' ", ,' ■; Over 5,000 troops will be cent acrpsj the horder in pursuit of the Mextcai reb'er'Yilla. and. his bandits,! who raidec the:;ilnited.States.-town'.of Oolombus.. ' > Representatives of.:a..Japeneee!imelt ;dng are visiting, AnetraKa,; t< Secure supplies ;of ..metal?;|t6 fulfil con tracts for'auppiying the Alliee--;witt ihuhiii'onsV : ~ -''^~-■'''. '"I" '.'■~.\y£\'?"T'.\' :. ;The.Grand.Crbeß',of,tSe Ofderef• <St ;Sii;jGsjarles ..Monro," in,\tecog -nition of his work during theevacuatioi -of Qallipoii. - ■ - ;£< ■■■■;? -". ;;:;„-. y< George Shahdra bpy of thWeen ywrs died of heart failure at ■' the':; Mesqnir - eoiof '.excittanenticaixsei^by^Me- flare-np -6ft 'kcrosene.'hea'te'r. '■ >';''"- ,T:*,*'.;, . Latest ;■ inf nople lessens the -probability; ,of * rieinj mans.- '. Austfo-Girmiin thi iplacelweli ri'av.ooatroL* »■ '<■* ' • ■"-.- ---'" .'DiftclCarid.'. Ssviee; xepoftgi-suggest : tinii M B <serman.;fleet. is7ip.lea.ye4he;shelfei of the-;liiel is. said that tie- Germans araX_relyih> on a:;vast fleet "A prisoner named Charlee- HP. ~Rn» Auckland',.tp:.HstmUtoK: y^terday; •await - sentence y;x>ncharges,, escaped - from, the - 'Hainiiltdi lock-up;during, a thunderstorm. '-_ -v ■ ■:■.- ---" Golonel H6use;jjvho-.--sEent Europe: as: Confidential, agent dent^Wilson, is .said to lavis submittec to the President Germaijy's anjendec ■peace terms', which, though much, modi fied, still Hunhishly, impossible A party • of. shembers- ;--of: ; .Earliamen from the, oversea dominions k ,to ill myited to London %y the British. Parlia mentary Assocfation, 6 o that they, mi get a'n 7 icsight j'ntd the organisation'ft war and informally exchange opinions .. Robert snggeste*iie ; reservs: tion; of the-gum-landa-.ofthe sorth turned soldiers, as. he obniidere .tneei hanceU profit on gunjr owitig- to wa condittons Bhould not' fee allowed to <• mto. the pockets of the ibrefgners in th north..-, .' '.:'■ '"':-■" ': : -.r-, ~? ■ ■ ! Mr. Hughes, had an interriW with th president of the Board of and pro minent shipbwjiera iH concerffih' the taking of steps -to relieve-;tlie'3ncon ! venjence due tovsibrtoge; of shippinfacilities between AuetraEa and the OI Country.-..'.,_j.—-.- -.;•..-'— tTV. ■-,:..- <*'.< .. .» , Bycroff s Meal mnt rarrbwr % <rot!l»S«aii6 for ; baby,, eriep, dainty, delidow. AT grocers.-^X .; Stni-:«ihe Tcheapiet. sSop S Jlucyand ? ?o_:oufc frlenas o^;Symbfldß;Sge^.^gdtir r '.' TO -' ,f '''' ? ~''