TABLE TALK.

Auckland Star, Volume XLVIII, Issue 142, 15 June 1917, Page 1

TABLE TALK.

A Z ppelin was destroyed in the North Sea yesterday.

A liner which has arrived in New York reports striking and sinking a I" boat.

Important sections of tlie Ploegstcert front have been abandoned by the Germans.

Teachers of State schools have been included in tlie essential industry classification.

Allied troops have encamped at Piraeus, the port of Athens, without incident.

The "Military activities of tlie Gentians indicate that they will do their utmost to retain Flanders.

The Christchureh Presbytery has become divided on the subject ol" the celebration of holy days.

-Mr. Clement W'ragge predicts more bad weather, accompanied by Hoods in Australia nnd New Zealand.

.Since June U our total captures have been 7,34- men. -17 guns. _■!_ machine guns, and 00 trench mortars.

It is believed that British destroyers sank a German submarine off the south coast of Norway ou Tuesday nisht.

A young man. Harold Keys, was found guilty of cattle-stealing at Frankton. in the Hamilton Supremo Court yesterday. Wellington Military Appeal Board has reserved decision on appeals by shearers for exemption on industrial efficiency grounds.

The estimated Federal revenue to the end of the present month is -32,573,300, and expenditure £35,448,414, leaving a! deficit of £2,573,114. It is rumoured that Italian Ministers have offered to resign their portfolios owing t 0 differences over Albania and because of internal unrest.

A correspondent at headquarters states that the British now hold a line over 2,000 yard* in advance of the line attacked west of Messines.

Several aerial torpedoes were discharged by the raiding aeroplanes, one crashing into a tea blending store, killing six and seriously injuring l(j girls. The Federal Premier announced that the pressing question for Parliament today was the formulation of a scheme to ensure a sufficient supply-of troops tor overseas.

"Death by misadventure" was the verdict on the prisoner who died of a nfie wound caused by a warder firing on him when he was attempting to escape from InveicargiH prisrin works. The latest aeroplane outrage is the most serious in loss of life of all the raids on England since the war started. -"any terrible and pathetic scenes were witnessed in the East End of London Twenty-two British vessels over 1.600 tons were sunk last week, as compared with fifteen the preceding week, while sixteen smaller craft and fishing vessels were Bunk, as against eight during the previous week.

The German aeroplane raid on tlie East End of London and in Essex resulted iv 97 persons being killed and 430 injured. Of tho killed 1G were women and ;2_ children, while■ 12_:w__ien and IM children were injured.

That Bawera boot stock going fast. Pearson's boot store, Newton, eusilv leafling for low prices and high quality.— (Ad.)