TABLE TALK.

Auckland Star, Volume XXXVI, Issue 30, 4 February 1905, Page 1

TABLE TALK.

Smith and Caughey's Fair Races. Perfect weather. Takapuna races to-day. Chinese new year to-day. Russian provisions growing scarce. Casualties at Warsaw are estimated at upwards of 2000. Czars audience was variously regarded by the workmen. Russian Consul was hooted at the Austrian town of Lemberg. Petroff has deported 15U0 strikers fot refusing to return to work. William Windsor, restaurant-keeper, attempted suicide last night. Princess Victoria is now making gooS progress, and is comfortable. Strikers at Lodz, in Poland, are fighting the soldiers with revolvers. Misled by Chinamen, Russian* thought Japanese were unprepared. Successor to Mirski as Minister of Interior is described as a reactionary. Stated that Germany is to treat Shantung as Russia treated Manchuria. Four regiments of Russian infantry were nearly annihilated in recent battle. North Sea Commission has concluded the taking of evidence, and will proceed to its finding. The s-s. Pitoitoi leaves Queen-street Wharf te-morrow at 11 a.m. on an excursion to Panmure. Educated Liberals in St. Petersburg regard the Czar's reception of the workmen with contempt. German Government claims to be consulted with regard to nomination of Governors of Shantung. Elizabeth Hannah. Seed, a woman 64 years of age, committed suicide at Christehurch by taking rough on rats. Sydney Consul-General's report from Oyama puts Japanese casualties at 7,000, and Russians at "at least 10,000." Gripenberg is said to be at variance with Kuropatkin. who, he says, failed to send him. adequate reinforcements. Cambridge Co-operative Dairy Company, for the month of December, paid suppliers £30G0 for their month's milkThe Marquis of Linlithgow (formerly Earl of Hopetoun) has succeeded Mr Graham Murray as Secretary for Scotland. The official opening of the fruit cannery, at Teviot, is to take place on the 16th, and fruit is to be received on Monday. French papers emphasise what the "Star" ifcis already pointed out—the danger to Russian transport of strikers in Siberia. Mr Perham. C.E.. U at Waihi for the purpose of examining Ohinemuri River, with a view to devising measures te prevent silting up. Three young men, charged with taking trout with a net at Karitane, near the mouth of the Waikouaiti River, were fined 20/ and costs. Allan MeKenna, a miner in the K.aitangata mine, was killed by a fall of stone. He was 26 years of age, and a native of Scotland. Clyde Shipowners' Association is laying before the King the detriment to British slapping interests arising out of Australian legislation* An early start -will ha made wit& tha erection of tho new theatre at Christ-c-horcli. It is intended to erect it on. the site of the present building. Waitemata County Council yesterday discussed the state of affairs at tfc* Auckland hospital, as suggested fey acomplaint by a. member of the Council. A Customs official is said to haw charged duty amounting to a half-penny, on a sprig of heather imported from Scotland by a Mudgee (N.S.W.) resident. The cruiser Orlando, which will be remembered as flagship on the Australian station, is to be sold out of the tervice. When the last mail left Home the Orlando had been placed on the tale list. During December 112,0001b. of butter were handled at the central factory at ,Hautapu r , two miles from Cambridge, the i bulk of which was exported to the English markets. " rt At the Sydney Water Summons Court, Vessey R. Gosche, Sydney manager for. a South Australian firm, was fined £2 on each of three charges of expos'_ng for sale wine containing an illegal percentage of chlorine. The secretary of the scientific expedition to New Guinea, led .by Major Daniells. says it was more successful than had been expected. The work had been confined to the south-eastern portion of New Guinea. To protect the railway Teveiruee. a new fay-law has been miHe to punish persons who wilfully make a false declaration or statement with, the .object of obtaining a cbhcesaibfe' of- irefijfct or a reduction of a passenger fire. The maximum penalty is £10. Half '"marked* price tables for remnants and oddments of silk dreases, fancy goods, etc., etc., on Monday' Tuesday and Wednesday next at MoCullagh and Gower's Sale.—Ad. Bradstreet"s Sale.—lo,ooo varda a.ll--wool dress materials (a new line), selling 1/ to l/3i per yard, much under half-price.— J. A. Bradstreet, Draper, Karangahape-road.—(Aa^.'^ViC-Specials for Monday a'ttd following days: Black lace cloth, double width.. 2/9 for lUd; cream canvas voile, aadbordered French delaine, 1/11 for S>|d' fancy glace silk, 2/1 T for lljdj a f e w dark tweeds left from last winter, 2/11 for ll|d. See Milne and Choyce-'a' wi«dow.—Ad. On Monday and following days Milne and Choyce, Ltd., will offer all trimmed millinery, untrimmed hats, ladies' Panamas, and children's dresses at nalf-pne,. Smith and Caughey's great noma clearance f air begins on Monday moraine next. 6th inst. Doors open at 10 o'ekefc