TABLE TALK.

Auckland Star, Volume XLVIII, Issue 35, 9 February 1917, Page 1

TABLE TALK.

The City Council has decided to have the work of numbering the houses ia Eden Terrace and Eemuera proceeded with. Food riots have been occurring at Aix-la-Chapelle, in Germany, where troops charged a crowd of 12,000, injuring several. The village of Grandecourt, on the Ancre. has been captured by the British, together with wide defensive works in and around it. The Pope is appealing to Germany to abandon indiscriminate submarine war on the ground that it is opposed to the laws of humanity. The returns from the municipal fish market retail shop show that in December the takings averaged £119 per week, and in January _13b per week. There is only one survivor from the torpedoed Belgian relief steamer Lara Kruse. Those aboard "were quite ignorant of the new German submarine campaign. It- i 3 probable that married men without children and those with one child will be transferred to the first class of the Second Division of the Xew Zealand Reeer re. A very fierce battle is reported to be raging on the Riga front, where the Germans are endeavouring to out off a Russian salient, but without achieving any noteworthy gains. The damage done to 30 German vessels in American ports -will probably take six months to repair. Out of 5500 men in their crews, 4000 have disappeared during the past few daysMr. Lansing, Secretary of State, has authorised American merchantmen to take any necessary steps to forestall unlawful attacks by belligerent submarines, where such attacks are anticlpa tedIn the debate on the Address-in-Reply, Mr. Asquith paid a tribute to the icing's continuous self-effacement and devotion, and said that the King and Queen had set an example to their subjects. An offer of the "Bibliotheque Nationale," a series of 500 volumes, for public use in the City Library, has been made by Mr. R- W. de Montalk, on behalf of his father, the late Professor K. de Montalk. In a reference in Parliament to the submarine menace, Mr. Bonar Law forecasted tbe nationalisation of shipping, and expressed confidence in the enemy's inability to effect the purpose ol his campaign. Khaki and black predominated at the opening of Parliament by the King. India and all the Dominions provided a mounted escort, and 400 overseas wounded were accommodated in the Royal Gallery at Westminster. Mr. Bonar "Law, in a speech, declared that the Allies' prospects on all fronts - were bright, their troops having the ascendancy in every case, while the inferiority in material had ceased. The * best results might soon be expected. The conclusion of the King's Speech. expressed great admiration for the in- ' domitable ardour and devotion of the L people of the Empire since the out—ealC. ' of war, and confidence in their response. • to future calls upon their energies ana ; reso-arces. 1 Special line of white tmderskirts from 4/11 Don't miss them. All-wool caah- . mere hose, 2/3, at Outred's. Three win---"iowe— (Ad.) Pearson's giant boot sale continues I apace at Newton. Sensible folk are t*nj- : in-** ahead of actual requirements.—(A_), : Special line of voile and silk tta»p best value in Auckland, at Outreds, corner of Ponsonby and Richmond Road. . Three windows.—(Ad.)