TABLE TALK.

Auckland Star, Volume XXXVI, Issue 38, 14 February 1905, Page 1

TABLE TALK.

Band contest resumed. Victoria left for Sydney. ''Star' Summary to-morrow. Shoe—ing tramway disaster. Sensational shooting ease at Tailtape. France threatens the occupation of a Moorish port. Casualties at Lodz, in Poland, 244 killed. 200 wounded. General Gripenberg has been superseded by General Kaulbars. St. Petersburg demonstrators were overawed by the military. Three Opposition amendments to the Address-in-Reply are promised. Several reservists were killed in an encounter with Cossacks at KierF. Federal Post Office has resumed negotiation.; with the Orient Company. Mr Taylor scored a great success in his part in "'Never Despair" last night. Federal Post Office is using San Francisco route for some of its mails. German troops are actively repressing Polish attempts to cross the frontier. Lady and the Hon. Huia Onslow arrive from Rotorua on Thursday evening. Automobile dustcarts (says "Le Matin") are to be used in Paris henceforth. One person was killed and eight were injured in the tramway disaster last night. A certain public pump at Newmarket, which won't give water, is to be repaired. Japanese Ambassador in London said that peace proposals must emanate from Russia. Senate has made an important amendment to the American Arbitration Treaty. Hospital Board yesterday held that the Drinnan ease of alleged neglect had been properly dealt with. A coach with one passenger and the horses was burnt in a bush fire near Corowa, New South Wales. The English mail via Suez, which left here on January 2. arrived in London on the afternoon of the 11th inst. Dr. Roth, the Royal Commissioner, makes further serious charges against the West Australian police authorities. Newmarket Borough Councd last night received formal notice that an additional constable has been stationed there. The prisoner and prominent people in the Te Awaite murder case are the subjects of a clever page in this week's "Graphic." The "Graphic" photographs of the Australia—Auckland cricket match are so good that spectators can recognise hundreds of their friends In the crowd of faces. A large grey salmon, weighing about 401b5., was recently found stranded on the beach of the- Wairarapa Lake. It is said by experts to be a species of the American Alaskan salmon. At the end of last year the Swedish 1.0. G.T. Grand Lodge, after 25 yearsexistence, had 140,000 members- When will New Zealand possess that number? (asks the Wanganui "Chronicle"). The railway authorities at Scargfll (Canterbury) are experiencing some difficulty in obtaining the number of men required for the work oh the Waipara— Scarg—l line. Many of the men sent up by the Labour Department have preferred to take up harvesting work. An ocean liner is not a usual place for a Sunday-school picnic, but the s.s. lonic was the scene of such a gathering at Lyttelton last week. The spacious upper deck afforded an admirable playground, and the children appeared to enjoy themselves exceedingly in their novel surroundings. Councillor Davis told the Newmarket Borough Council last night that the sight of the stunted little children who were to be seen at Newmarket made his heart ache. The trouble was due to the clouds of street dust which, got into their lungs. The state of affairs waa shocking, and required instant attention. "Old Dominion" writes to the Feilding "Star":—"Sir, —l see we have a lot of stock coming from America—elks, deer, and other things, also racoons. What, do we want with the racoon—a grain destroyer". It is a little beast which will weigh about 81bs. when dressed, but is good to eat. Why not send us the robin, or the swallow, or the marten, or the grey squirrel, which never take grain? I suppose next we will have tbe bear to kill the sheep, or the porkatin.« (?) to kill the dogs."