TABLE TALK.

Auckland Star, Volume XXXVI, Issue 45, 22 February 1905, Page 1

TABLE TALK.

+ Further Russian movements in Matt* ehuria. •» General Linevitch is expected to *** sign from his command in Manchuria. Miners numbering 107 were entombed! by an explosion of fire damp in -yiri ginia. . The Hamilton Club has been admit* ted by the New Zealand Rowing Asso* ciation. , Siberian railway is cut in four places, with enormous resultant congestion o£ war supplies. It is unlikely that the resignation of the Earl of Dudley as Lord-Lieutenant of Ireland will be accepted. Mr Mitebelson, replying to a depu> tation, declined nomination to a new term of the-mayoralty. A Canon of the Warsaw Chapter prex diets a popular upheaval more terrible than the French Revolution. The Executive has decided that tbJfl law shall take its course iv the case oi Ellis, the Te Awaite murderer. Latest mail news announces the deatH of Madame Loubet, mother of the Pre* sident of the French Republic. The University Council resolved yes* terday to establish. Schools of Mine 4 and Commerce at an early date. It is considered likely that Gripenberg,having been severely admonished by the! Czar, will be sent back to the front. St. Petersburg student 3at a meeting decided to remain on strike, and a violent revolutionary demonstration foHow-* cd. ■! The Czar, interviewed by a son ofi Count Tolstoi, said that a constitution would embarrass; and not relieve the pc»« pie. Czar is said to be calling a pariian ment of the Zemstvos for the anni-i versaj-y of the emancipation, of the serfs. Mr. William Chambers, a. candidate for the Parnell seat in Parliament, addressed an audience in Parnell last flight. Admiral Fanshawe arrived in Wei* lington last evening on board the Em rylas, attended by the cruisers Chal* lenger and Psyche. The debate on the reinstatement of Dr. Hardie Neill dealt in partciular with! the construction to be put upon, the term medical etiquette. It transpired in a London Police Courfi that an Italian ice-cream vendor made no less than £53 at Peekham Rye on* the August Bank holiday. United States Representatives disapproved of a i speech by a British-bornl member denying that the. assassination had shocked the American people. ,'■ The Hospital Board, on. the chairs man's casting vote, rescinded the former resolution, asking Dr. Hardie Nefli to resign from the medical staff. Japanese have been roused to the utmost indignation by reports that their? wounded were driven through the straeta of Mukden, roped together like felons. Harbour Board yesterday decided tot give notice to five local bodies to discontinue the discharge of offensive sewage into the harbour within ee3 months . v '~ ■■"-. ■ • :■,. H.M.S. Phoebe and the other "drill skrpg on the Australasian Station are to lw replaced by modern third-class of the Psyche class, of which five will ul« timately be stationed in Australasian waters. ; It is understood that the amount; realised by rl cqlleetions and payments for seats on "the occasion of the open* ing of the Catholic' Cathedral at Ohristchurch on Sunday, 12th inst., was| £3250. The bite of the katipo spider danger-" ously poisoned . a resident of Karaka; Bay about three weeks ago. An operation had to he performed to avert fatal effects. It is feared that the patient's recovery will be very slow. The Hospital Board decided unanim-i ously that the resident staff con-t sist of one senior and two junior! members, who should reside on the premises, and be subject to the honorary; staff in all medical and surgical mat* ters. A Southern daily greatly interested its readers recently by making the local Acclimatisation Society inquire for the owner of a "parcel of stags' heads.** Curiosity was set at rest -when the paragraph, was amended next day to read '"shags' heads." "You can get more substantial verdicts from special juries in this class of case than from common ones," observed Mr Justice Denniston at Christchurch a few days ago to counsel who? was opposing an, application for a> special jury in a case wherein, damages for injuries were claimed. ■ - The Slay* and Mayoress of Christchurch were omitted from the list' of guests invited to an "At Home" on H.M.s. Euryalus. On the mistake being discovered at the last minute • the Admiral -wired expressing regret, and asking the Mayor to be present. Tfie latter replied that it was too late. Comment is also caused by the fact that tbe officials of the Navy League were not formally invited. i At Bradstreefs sale a late shipment ladies' hats selling 1/ each. See win* dowa. J. A. Bradstreet, draper, Karan-gahape-road.—Ad.