TABLE TALK.

Auckland Star, Volume XLVII, Issue 68, 20 March 1916, Page 1

TABLE TALK.

' A new Cabinet' has ; been" iotmed :«i Portugal. "" -f"".rT... . *•- 300,000. "■ '■' ~. .'....;:; ... '■'.... :" Another Dutchsteamer hae *een tprpedoed ih.the North Sea.. ■-. '•'A new Koman. Catholic. -ehnreh- at Xorthcote was dedicated yesterday.,.J Holland is said to be pertuiiedt oyer ... the -torpedoing of thY liner Tntiantia. Charles; Bramell,"; booHceeper, % was drowned while bathing at Tokdmaru ■Bay.;-" •■ - ~ -_ - 1 A general advance-fry the-Buasiaans is predicted by -the -newspaper"Ruisky, Invalid.'.'.---• ~...;..'. "... The B-Mjs. Matair* arrived from-Syd* ney this' morning, /with' pasaengere,.mails, and cargo. ..-...-..«.-,....-,..; ■ [A- forty-four ounce nugget, found ia .. Break, of l?ay Golly, has; caused; ia ..' to Bendigb. "'. " ''":-,;l" :^r>v* v " r ";";;r"? Three thousand ..German .guns.'._ and / five million shells are Mid"to have-been J ■used",at,V"erdun..,^..-' ~...:,;„,,<., :".,,,,...'w„.>:- i ■ A woman had.ier arm broken through, the capsizing of a motor ear at To Rapa on. Friday..- ■ ' -.'"' ■' v.*--The Arbitratioh ; will lit all Hamilton this week; returning to A'dekV lahd r oh'Frid4yV"''..'.'•' i~ f ' f '.'""'•■.■""' "'( . • News" of the ShacldetenC expeditiorr :ar 'i espied a. London message,:';...- ",-? -j, _I.i ;-■. i : ..'.'l"r : i report ] from,,Salonik*, suggeststhat tha ■ Allies, againet Bulgaria- ■■■ f - ' r ~-\J_ Germans' are '-'saldvi to *-.I>e> m'iifriiig ... serious . pre'paTa,ti6ns"'"4iiL';.the) " Serbian territory theyhold, .. '.'':\ '.:: Australia iasiient 150/>i3 . menrr.irtot the front up to .(the .14tti oflaßt ; month, and tliere are 60,107; in .training; ■;'• ::.-A staff tour, lor r.terrjtorial, - officers, will' be held "near .HanfiHxui-lK* ■ week, commencing on '.Wednesday. '■-■ _; . > The suggestion of , a Sociilfet-.-than Italy should-form a STaiionalCabinet has been enthusia^ically^recew.ei.' .VSixty-flve men.offered tnfett 29 being;accepted;and 28; deferred. > .-;'-•> -H3ir Joseph- Ward-jis-dueJat Auckland " from.Hotonia Prime" Minster .will, be in tni; dty'ytoV morrowT ' '-'. .' " •,"~?"-"".'. -"'■•"' •'"■■■■ '■"■- ■ : --~'' '■ 'In Borne it to thought:that yon Tirpitz -went mad .and -advocated "a, •;; scheme "for-: sinking every BMp*~on. r the - high sear at sight.'—- .«-/,-? -:■" ' f ■.' -; rA '■ -'Bhip's-' steward,■'.- namtrt--Thoma,4o : WillSm Bees, -was-knockecb.over; by, a tramcar <in : Wellington-!;on 'Saturday:: night, and kißcd instantly."-• -. '. Armoured ears, under -the.--Duke- -.of •■_ Westminster, did :great-eiecntion in diapereing the Senussi "near . ttie -border ? between' Egypt' and Tripoli;! •. ; r; : "Employees of the.; "'iPetone .-; Woollen Mills iare taking-other, work, and the ••" authorities/ appear to be ,afc a. loss regarding means. of;,;sittling::thet.6trike.' .- . The; "Gazette" result of an election of a member of, the; Auck k land->Landt Board ; -as- fcliowss—Jwnos:. Trounson (elected), 874 totes; Henry Grundy;'47l. " '/ ' ",, --r . •.-■ " ; - ; VMucii-'prsHße is given- the. NeWr-Zealari.i -, ■ poatal'rservice by; Federal PostmasterTGeneralj .whoS is now "on: it "-, viaft'to the Dominion, BeeingVif he'can pick up any hints. -..- r :i. .->>'";':'- •':'.Accordihgto-German : -priaonens,.takcn .. aivVerdUn, the inch were-told.:by ihe-r- - officers that the war would be over, by the summer:' When the s men, advanced they /firmly :' belie Ted •"the Day" had' : come. l '-', '■•'■■ •'■' ■■-• '■■'''' ■' -:.■'' '■'. ' ■.'■ ','/ The'iCoast Defence: Infant-Detach-ment; -which has- been in. camp. at>Mqtutapu, fbroke - camp on , Saturday re- - turned to itown. in the afternoon -in-- : launches" provided corps. - .'.-• ■-:"': .'.•-.--.. ■■ The Auckland--Golf- Clubt"his. decided to collectjsspare golf. clubs,;-balk, etc;,--for transmission to New Zealand:soldiers ._ in Egypt. It is suggested that the same might: be, done, in? the'.case_t>f material — for cricket ahdv other games. -The ."Times" correspondeh't at'- Wash- - ington thinks ;the ? in Americavwas'lmngledj: and -~' : suggests thai -Any would be able to teU; Dpwnmg:?:Street how the thing should be. done.; J It."is'"recognised:in Washanjtca -that v' the 5,00Q' men sent-over the border to huiit up Villaj will W enbugh.-itb ,cope. with that bandit-but-will.not be surlieient to deal with a coalition _of Villa." and. Carrahza, :the r Mominal president;'; -; ''::'A''.Socialist meeting'/, at'- Melbourne : - which. passed a resolution against conscription ■was taken.charge of by a body ;of returned sordiers, and resolutions "apr'.f: proving the war and expressing confi.dehc'e'in thfe'authorities were'paasedi-fv y , 'After 'ayear-at-BuWebenTinternment - -camp-near-Berlin; a' man named\J; Supert' Thbrnpson,.. who has -just rer..- . turned to r Sydneyi says 'the" Germans are' cruel, vicipusv and unreliable. ...The-: - . prisoners •at Kuhleben .were,: brutally treated..";'.-'■' >• ■v- :-.'■•. r.. •;-'.,.. of r the coming oohfeM«ce Jut '." . Paris' On economic questions, r the _ : '.Times'? says "the people' are .'not going " -to"enter ■ on"peace in Ohe- -same 'unpre*- - pared' state 'as- they entered! into >war. The -"Tunes".'say3--there-^sli6nld.-il)e' : .a • definite statement of the ■'■ Empire's, policy. '•• : . -;."■ .■ : ,' ' : -'. ' I Another suggested explanation of. the;; resignation of- yon Tirpitz -is a cjuarrel :: between him and Herr BaUin, the big . shipping 'man, who .spoke against the torpedoing of, merchantmen, and told yon Tirpitz;i3iat'neutral . countries^ would- seize Germani iships; that were jnterned. : -'-'•■■ :■■ ;,, : .;.:• " " Very ecarce,- cream blanket tie new sports coats,' 8/6" yardj 56rn-, at; - Tndehope'e, : top" o' Symonds "St".—(AdJ r - Children and infants are fond-of Bycroft's ideal nuW arrowroot bscuita, and thrive on them. -Scores of testi» monials. Ask for Bycroft's; all grocers. {MA / ■..■-.