TABLE TALK.

Auckland Star, Volume L, Issue 122, 23 May 1919, Page 1

TABLE TALK.

To-morrow is the centenary of thaj birth of Queen Victoria. Poland is claiming part of the German fleet for defensive purposes. The transport Tofua is expected to arrive off Otago Heads on Wednesday. Lettish troops occupied Riga, and shot the majority of the Bolshevik commissaries. . The Germans have been given till the 29th inst. to complete their reply to tie peace terms. Britain, France and the United States have asked Italy to explain why troops were sent to Turkey. The Gas Company did not cut off the supply last niglu,"but merely reduced the pressure considerably. There are twenty vacancies for fit returned soldiers in the R.X.Z.A. and the permanent Field Artillery Cadre at Auck» land. A conference at Nelson decided to cable to Mr. Massey, asking him to purchase light railway material for the district. Influenza is steadily declining in New - South Wales and Victoria, but it still has a strong hold in Brisbane, though the death-rate is not high. The Repatriation Board has decided to issue -tc all firms re-employing returned soldiers, a special certificate carrying the right to fly a special flag. A scheme, to borrow £30,000 for an electric power plant and water supply :machinery is to be considered by the Hamilton Borough Council. A,caucus of the Liberal party haa decided to contest the next election on party lines with a different progressive and radical policy. A compromise has been reached on the ferry fares question, the lccal bodies ■having agreed to an amended schedule of "season ticket and freight charges. The Admiralty has ordered a search, for Hawker, regardless of expense, and a". large - fleet of destroyers and other vessels is scouring a wide area west of Ireland. .'.The-Auckland Repatriation Board ia inquiring into the continued employment of temporary public servants, especially "women, in positions suitable for returned soldiers.. Ebert says that.Germany would rather suffer foreign occupation than sign the treaty." Armed resistance would not be offered, but a -passive policy would be adopted. •" . If you need a really good taEor-made ;' suit,, try K. Jaffe,' SS, Queen Street, over Cooke's Soda Fountain. —(Ad.) Men's good quality gum boote at 4/11 = pair at Pearson and Co.'s, Karangahape ; Road, Newton.—(Ad.) r Money is well spent in shopping at ' Matthews" and Andrews, 147-149, Syjj'monds Street,'opp. Lyric. Prove it for I yourself.— (Ad.)