TABLE TALK.

Auckland Star, Volume XXXVI, Issue 36, 11 February 1905, Page 1

TABLE TALK.

Australians batting. Destructive fire at Picton. Settlers' Sunday to-morrow. Band contest begins on Monday. Kuropatkin is short of supplies. Canterbury and Papakura races to-day. Detective gave evidence of Ellis' arrest. Russians are bombarding Japanese centre. Further collisions with military in Poland. Governor of Warsaw died from wounds. French cruiser is ashore badly damaged off Tonkin. Vladivostok blockade is now consider* ed to be effective."" Mobilization in Poland has stopped owing to fears of a general rising. Gapon has been summoned to the Holy Court (in St. Petersburg within a month' Messrs Bradney, and Binns' new steamer Pitoitoi leaves for Eiverhead at 11 a.m. to-morrow. A vocal and instrumental recital will be held on Wednesday next in the Avondale Public Hall. Owing to Trjpoff's dictatorial methods the whole of the Russian Ministers have threatened resignation. The King of Italy has invited the Powers to participate in an international agricultural conference at Rome, The Australian and the Auckland cricket teams are expected to be present at Mr Val Vousden's entertainment tonight. Messrs Hill and Philip, . saddlers, High-street, have purchased the old established saddlery business of Mr W. S. Jones. The Federal Government is understood to have entered into fresh negotiations with the Orient Company as to a mail contract. The Government lias revoked the order stopping the sale of magazine rifles from Government stores to members of rifle clubs. At a demonstration at the graves of the recent victims at St. Petersburg, the students threatened tne Czar and sixteen were arrested. Earl Spencer, one of the two likely candidates for the Liberal Premiership, has made an announcement as' to the Liberal policy. [ The Wellington Trades Council has decided to wait on the Premier urging that all Government stationery should be manufactured in the polony. The Palmerston North Chamber of Commerce has set up a committee with the view of securingVn area of ground as an inducement to the Government to place a dairy school and experimental station thereon. A correspondent writes: "I would like to suggest in the interest of the public peace that a strong force of police be on hand during the band contest next weelc —so many wind instruments, they art sure to come to blows." • A poll on., the proposal to, raise a. £50,000 loan for a comprehensive scheme was taken at Palmerston yesterday. A r ery little interest was taken, the loan proposal being rejected by 388 to 172. The vote is regarded locally as showing want of confidence ia the local Borough Ooun* cil. • . '.-.,. In view of the prospect oiPEhe introduction of motor waggons Wellington. City Council prepared an exceptional traffic by-law, which,', however, has to be confirmed before : it eoroes into force. The by-law, which does not include mo-tor-cars or motor cycles, provides that no motor waggon may proceed at a speed of more than eight miles an hour in any part of the city, with reduced speed in the more congested parts. Great sale at Rushbrook and Bridge man's starts on Monday morning.—Ad. At Bradstreet's Sale: 6000 yards coloured voiles and fancy dress materials, IOJd, 1/OJd, l/3Jd per yard, all half regular prices. J. A. Bradstrect, Draper, Karangahape-road.—(Ad.) • Print department temptations for Monday.: Hundreds of 1/ blouse lengths, all our beautiful muslins and zephyrs cut into blouse lengths: 30-inch colonred dress lineus. at 3/11 the dress. Milne and Choyce's sale.—Ad. At Bradstreet's Sale: A large lot of ladies' summer blouses /greatly reduced in price; see window. J. A. Bradstreet, Draper, Karangahape-road.— (Ad.). "Monday's tempting sale list: About 100 lengths of dark tweed, plain and fancy voiles, at 5/9 the dress; oddments of plain and fancy silks and satins, clearing at lUd yard; accordion-pleated silks and nun's veiling. 36in wide, usual price 2/11 and 3/11. for lHd per yard. Milne j and Choyce's sale.—Ad.