TABLE TALK.

Auckland Star, Volume XXXVI, Issue 44, 21 February 1905, Page 1

TABLE TALK.

'Frisco mail arrived. More ghastly revelations from th~e Congo. Kuropatkin's intention is lo turn K.u-« roki's right. Fisk Jubilee Singers gave a successful concert last night. — Australians- v. -Wellington, cricketi match ended in a-draw.- —'. —J Another case of wrongful-imprison* ment through mistaken identity. King Edward expressed his condoT* enoes to the Russian Ambassador. Several important St. Petersburg* factories have dosed for two months. °* A special band contest number o4 the "Graphic" ivill be issued to-» morrow. Fourteen reactionaries have been sen-* teneed to death, by the Revolutionary, Committee. Further/ British" liners have beer* bought Jβ Germans for the Russian Coil, sul at Kiel. Moseow; :-,, Mvmicipalities' vote of condolence eulogized Grand Duchess, buij not her husband."". -. Revolutionists in St. Petersburg are casting revolutionary proclamations about broadcast. Roosevelt is to submit to The Hague Peace Congress a general scheme of International Arbitration. ISo class in Russia has expressed sor* row for the murder of Sergius, or re* probation of the assassin. The English mail via Suez, which left here on* January 9, arrived in London on the- afternoon of the 19th inst. -• Masonic ceremony -and choral perform-> anee at. St. Matthew's Church, have bcea abandoned by direction of the Bishop. St. Petersburg factory owners have pointed out to the Government thaf vride political reforms alone will satisfy, the men.' "Whatever do- they want?" asked the Czar, when he had-recovered-from the first shock of the news of the death; of Sergius. Chinese Government has ineffectually; protested -against the presence of Russian troops on Chinese territory at STTi-miTwy-t.in«y. Chinese on a junk confess that they: murdered the French and German Attaches by drowning them while they were; escaping from. Port Arthur. . hundred, and sixty sheep werebrought froni the Chatham Islands by; the s.s. Toroa, "which, arrived at Lyttelton last Wednesday night. Each of the competing-bands in th< recent contest in the Domain, -forma the subject of a handsome plate in th< "Graphic" published to-morrow. Postcards made from peat are now being manufactured at t Celbridge, County; Kildare (I.), where paper-making from peat has been in progress for some time. \ His Excellency the Governor, with ; Captain Braithwaite, visited the Christchurch Tourist Office last week and made inquiries concerning what fishing was to be obtained in the neighbourhood. _ * As-showing, the magnitude of . the ■operation of victusmin jr -"i large mac* o'-war it may be noted tliat : a contract was let for the supply of 7601b of bread a, day to H3f.s. Euryalus during her stay at Xyttelton. Professor Biekerton. had an interview: with, the Governor in regard to his theory of cosmic evolution. He explained the various points of the system he has worked out, with special refefenLce to "partial impact," and his Excellency "expressed his interest in the subject. ■ The panoramic view of the Auckland Domain Cricket Ground as seen on Saturday last when about 20,000 people were present to hear the band con* test will be published in. the_ "GfaphiW* to-morrow. It is claimed that no more beautiful picture has been published south of the line- - * The latest tKing in bulb 3is one which' requires nothing, neither earth, fibre, moss, manure,, water, nor any of those other* things which a, well-ordered bulb is supposed to require. You -simply stand it on a shelf in the greenhouse, or on. the. mantelpiece in the sittingroom, for the matter of that, and wart till it flowers. It is called "The Monarch, or the-East."—Exchange. . ' A Clifden correspondent informs the "Southland Times" • that a stag which, along with some' deer, was liberated beyond the Waiau River some considerable time ago, has chummed with ithe miners at Tewaewae Beach, and follows . them about like a dog. For sport they some- ! times make him jump, and surprise visi- ! tors with his performances. At times, without effort, he easily clears obstacles 7ft or Bft high. . ~. _.. . -