TABLE TALK.

Auckland Star, Volume XLVII, Issue 66, 17 March 1916, Page 1

TABLE TALK.

! St. Patrick's Day—and rain ! France is now spending- £3,480,000 a day on the war. - •' ■ - ' Big flax swamp fires hete .occurred south of Palmerston North. The sum of £445 was realised by the Hospital Auxiliary Fund effort on Saturday. French and British airmen successfully dropped bombs on German territory. • - ..... There lias been another brueh between the British force in .Mesopotamia and the encmj'. The rumour concerning the resignation of yon Tirpitz has been confirmed, and his successor is Admiral yon Capelle. Owing to the attack by the Italians, 50,000 were prevented from proceeding to reinforce the Germans in France. Of 53 men who enlisted at the Central Recruiting Station yesterday afternoon 23 were accepted, 13 deferred, and 17 rejected. Fire at Newmarket this morning gutted the shop, factory and dwelling i occupied by Taylor and Co.,' furniture makers. . ".".'. '. . ."$ Eight, thousand prisoners, were released by the King of Bulgaria on his • birthda3'j and told to join the colours J right away. An aeroplane engine* invented by. a Victorian engineer' is being considered, by the experts attached to the Ministry, for Munitions.. ■ The number of old age pensioners in New Zealand on- January •31st last was i!), 800, the amount of the pensions -totalling £465,000. ' : . . "*■ . The Russians "report that they' are pursuing the Turks "Bouth"b? Tan,: in'Amenia.and claim the capture, of 21'oflicers aiid 3,200 JheilTV ' V " " ~'" The .Auckland Fifteenth Reinforcements ■ and the- probationary non-coms, for the Seventeenth will leave here for Trentham on April 4..- •>■•'.. ,■.■•.'- •■- A meeting of three thousand people in New- Xork, in.-spite of. Him' attempts to break.it-.up, passed a resolution approving the Allies' cause>_.. i ....'._„._. ■./. Petone Woollen Mill ,emplpyees ceased work-in-conSequencei-of the rcfug;il of-the employers-to grant-a 10 per cent. '. inereasa ~ih'.,wageS^.l^.' .~Z--'^7Z.-i-^'. Three of four" Canterbury Rugby.dulS have opposed the ...proposal of the. local committee,to play pnjy competitions for ■' playersunder military age , ; "",_' .-; -; ■ Lord Kitehenersays , it-has , necessary to call up "groups for" training earlier than was .necessary,"and lie'iirgoa married men to come forward.-- . Produce entered.for,export, last .w.eelt-. was valued at £ 1,013,703, iricTudirigV,hutter anl- clieese ~£ 100,729, frozen' meat-, £138.015, gold-£149,286pw00l £4Q3;473.Prime Minister declares the railway-, men's demand for an ih'crease.iii-wage's. cannot betlccided until some \veeks-after ■ the close of the financial year, on" March 31st. Constable Alway was thrown .under . the wheels of a cart in attempting to stop a , runaway 'horse.near Grey Statue, yesterday afternoon, but was; not severe-, ly hurt.., V ■".■■'■ ''[' ■ \ '''•.,'"'. : ■:'■;;'■' <n A team of New. Zcalanders easily beat a team from the' Inns of Conrt officers" , - Training ,Corps at Rugby football on : Tliursday. : 'life match was played""' at. Uichmond. '_''.'■'"'/ ; Local' bodies in the Auckland' district arc endeavoiiring to co-operate with the City Council in reducing Ihe damage! to. roads caused, by.'./licavy.: Ivehicles.",iwith. ' narrow tyre 5..,..... \;.'i?.~ ;.:Z~'.l:, ..." ,:,/„.' . Sail6rs'..Homc:>council has;appoin,ted;,a .- in.qjiire .into _the .desirabjh. ity pT otherwise ..of establishing:a erly equipped Sailors' ; ;Ciub f as an'ad- :- junct of the firm. . ■ - - ■ I There''is said to be' the 'bestauthority for stating tnat the total French losses at Verdun do >not : exceeds 12,000, and .that only-S4-pieces-of;artifc lcry h.tvi» hPpn Inst.. ' '' •* ' '-.' ' ••>.*• ■Owing tor'the- raiM _ t)re-Str ,: 'Pjrtficß , a~ ;Day Dotaaia. . andthc^sports--n , OT"postp^nedr , "uirtil to" , ; morrow,- but-the-" concert, will takV^pfaee : m the1 troops;_were:'left' outside' : a"n":Egyptian: . ' hospital ;in - sun'-jmd raini Tmtil'-cht>colate~ flowed -in a brpwn-etream- f roni tbcrcafees is made by Gunner Murdocl|i, of-Gisb"prnet •■ The-British-force operating-inGermin-' - East AJrica-is making" steady 'prbgressv and the enemy is appare'iftTy "rapidly Ye- "- treating to' the southward, taking v ad-" *; vantage of the railway ."vvhlcji -;,rims : L to. Tanga. '-.-, ■' i - — ■-■■■ ••-;;;■- Amongst- the recruits who offered*their~ services/ yesterday was Mr.. Hi -Dl Heather, chairnian-of. bour Board; and •member Council. ■ He -was rejectfifl ,pn".accpuntj". of., his age:-' -■» »•__• —- 'j^V.,-"f"-•"-•"•'v'""-"-! The- licensee--of »ih*e- : Waikare'-Hojfeeiv-Napier, has been finedi'-£2 and-costSi-anil will-have to show cause- why his -license /should hot supply a party;'of .travellers: with'food" at"Bp:m: : ■:".'.".'':: *v.:.'■"";:""'?•.■":";.■;;.'' :' The'Tousing' speech; on the"relatipnff between theMetheVland;and-the,overseas-; Dominions -mada-by-MR-VV; -Mr Hnphcs7 at the dinner given- him- in- -Londw-iy ■-. . the-Imperial-Uouncil of Commerce'attracted "widespread' n6ti'ee~ih"the' : Pfess7' and was universally-endorsed;"".' "";''- — Messrs. H. E. Paceyj-of the -New-Zea-land Dairy Association; ■ and ■ Jas.--Mc-Leod: of the'Kaipara >Dairy •Company,have both been nominated-for-the soaton the directorate-ofrthe. '."Auclilaria; Farmers'" Freezing the dairy 'companies' having subseftted £15,000 capital. ■' "■;.■'•':'."