TABLE TALK.

Auckland Star, Volume XLVII, Issue 69, 21 March 1916, Page 1

TABLE TALK.

» • ■ The Germans deny that they sank the . B'uteh steamer Tubantia. i' ■ The: death of the Hew Stopford A. ■ Brooke is announced from London, j Eorty-eight bombs were dropped by - enemy air-raiders in Kent on Sunday. The internal situation in Bulgaria is ; critical, says a Rome message, and a > ; revolt is feared. Paris Press,.is convinced that the ; strength of. the German attacks is ? steadily diminishing. c Holland has sent a very sharp Xote to Germany over the sinking of the j Dutch liner Tubantia. " Australia has sent 270,000 men to the l front, and the additional 50,000 men . promised are assured. .. Minor damage was done in some sub- ; urbs by the heavy rain which accomi panied yesterday's tbrunderstorm. The Premier emphatically denies that 1 any recent reinforcement draft had to • put back to port, as generally rumoured. g The enlistments at the city recruiting -• - station, last .night passed the total of \ 1,000, the number of men accepted being -• 4 72, ; .' ~.' I An enemy submarine sank a French , torpedo boat destroyer in the Adriatic 3 The commander and forty-six men are '. missing. / j. At the Sydney wool sales poorer qualit. ties'are being offered. Competition is ■ quiet, but the better qualities of wool are i firm in price. Convalescent soldiers, including many ; Anzacs, are to' be entertained at Bucki ingham Palace by His. Majesty the King ! and'the Queen. i The roll of honour of the Auckland , University College shows that 22 gradul ates and undergraduates have given their - lives in the war. ■ ' T The Patriotic Association will; shortly; I make an appeal for funds" for" the trans- [ ference -of the Soldiers' Club to: the YJvX.CA. building. . : V j London is placarded with posters calling'on women to be more economical in ;■ the amount they spend on hats, boots, 1 stockings and gloves.. ■ . ■•«=.. • Since the issue of IkLt. Pearce's r early. i closing proclamation 'in.; Australia, .the > amount collected in fines for sly. grog--1 selling "totalled £1,375. I The City Recruiting Committee has '. received oyer 2,000 replies.to 12,600 cirj .eulars issued. Out. of these about 1,000 3 express willingness to enlist. I No official advice is available as to , whether Sir Ernest will i make Lyttelton or'Ho-bart! liisjfifst port ' of call on his. return from the Antarctic, i .The New,-South Wales .Assembly has ■ considered a bill providing for the erec--3 tion of two hundred elevators 'for'the j_ handling of bulk" wheat, the -cost being . £2,000,000. Troops from • the United > States are j now in full pursuit of the 'bandit Villa - and the crew of Mexicans' that made the t recent raid on the American town of 8 Columbus. -' .' - : A British submarine captured a Nor- | wegian steamer bound for the 'German port of Lubeck, in the Baltic, and a _ prize-crew is how taking the vessel to S,'; ".Leith.rScotland. {;-'.,>.;'- \ V '..*';' g The niineral-«outpui.- of - Xcw j South-" „ Wales last year was' valued at" f 10,064,- • 1 000, a decrease of £435,000' when corns paTed with the figures of the previous 7 twelvemonths. :._..- - c "'- Arrangements are being made for the 4 proper celebration of ApriP2s as "Anzac ? Day," and'the CHty.Council is co-operat- : - ing with a committee of returned soldiers | for that purpose. - ■ Four German seaplanes flew over Kent on Sunday, and killed nine people. One j of the raiders was chased by -Flight- - Commander Bone, and forced to descend, ' the observer being-killed. "" *> j". , ■* Sister Leonora,;'a Roman Catholic nun, was drowned while boating' on the Wanganui River hear Manunui. • Fathers \ 3 Forde; who attempted to rescue her, had- . a narrow escape from drowning. • ," : . Speaking in the French Chamber' of ' Deputies, M. Ribot (the. Minister of Finance) said it. was '.permissible, without illusion to .perceive the end of the war. Paris is wondering what he meant. As a result of his visit to New Zealand the Australian Postmaster-General expects to''Bave £50,000-a year. ; This 3 will not involve any radical .changes. It - simply .means a' rearrangement.. of ) methods. ; .; a :. - Probate of the will of the--late- Major Frederick Stuckey has, been granted by. his Honor Mr. Justice.Stringer,.the evidence- as to of that 1 officer's' "death"" at ""Gallipoli being. cottsidered satisfactory;;'; , -r • , In the "Times" "History of the War the .story about the Dardanelles • campaign says the luck was .against the - Allies. Tlie "Times" lays; the blame, fpr , the failure on the people at the London end of the operations. .- : :. _'■■ ■. Hon. A.-M.- Myers- states that it is impracticable at present to .declare sea- . men exempt from enlistment, in view of - the shortage of men, especially marine engineers, but individual "cases -will be - dealt with on their merits. • . •' > Forty young women have been gladdening the hearts of Lincolnshire farmers by the way they ploughed some heavy l clinging,'slippery land. It is suggested that they have solved the labour troubles in that part of the" Old Country. An early display of activity by the 0 British Navy'is forecasted by the "Ham- - burger Nachrichten," which admits that '• Germany has been isolated from.the sea since' the beginning of the war, with the smallest conceivable lossto the British Navy. s Ee'aripg that the Allies will attack • from' Salonika, the Bulgarians and the Germans are feverishly, fortifying their d lines. It is understood at Salonika that s Bulgaria has once more refused to attack c Salonika, and the reason given is that the 'Germans have not fulfilled their pledges. U Mr. W. M. Hughes, the Australian Prime Minister, has been making another rousing speech, in which he implores Great Britain not to miss the chance of placing on a proper footing - Imperial matters affecting trade after the war. The Prime Minister stated yesterday that although the Government was cutting down Public Works expenditure during the war, the full amount of the £40,0G0'vote for the Waiuku railway had been spent, and he did not expect any difficulty in getting another vote upon 1 the next Estimates. No need for an auctioneer. Ladies* walking 6hoes, by the best English. makers, at 7/11 pair.—Pearson's Birth- ; day Sale.—(Ad.f Pearson's, of Newton, and an Auek- , land- auctioneer. The latter recently ■ declared that he" could secure better ' prices under the hammer than were being, .got' at Pearson's .Birthday Boot ; Sale, Newton.—(Ad.),;. '.: ;'. Jg •■■