TABLE TALK.

Auckland Star, Volume XXXVII, Issue 261, 8 November 1906, Page 1

TABLE TALK.

Big Republican victory in New York. King's Birthday to-morrow — a Vm-nte holiday. The Canterbury Cup was won by Alultifid. Mdlle. Dolores gives her first concert to-night. Australia beat the Xew Zealand bowlers by ten points. Big tneft from the Xavua—£looo abstracted from the purser's safe. The mutinous soldiers allege that they are often treated by certain officers lika boys. The Salvation Army had sent 11,000 persons to Canada this year, up to the end of September. The Canard Liners Lusitania and Mauretania between them can carry 10.000 pa-ssengers across the Atlantic. Hearst lias suffered severe defeat at the Xew York election, Hughes now being assured of a large majority. Mr. F. W. Lang, ex-MJSJt, for Waikato, was last night adopted as the Opposition candidate for the Manukau seat. The opsonic treatment oi consumption and other diseases is now being regularly pursued at St. Thomas' Hospital, Loudon. Mr. Fitton, a settler at Cheltenham, about nine miles from Feilding, last year netted £4000 for potatoes grown on 40 acres. Excursionists to Waiwera per s.a. Ngapuhi to-morrow are notified that tickets will only be available for day of issue. The Federal Government has consented to the importation of Italians under contract to work the sugar canefields of Queensland. London County Council are introducing a new bill to secure the entire electric supply of London at a preliminary outlay of four millions. Strong Opposition protests wer\ expressed in the House of Commons foe the action of the Government in taXing over the Land Tenure Bill. The volcano Tofua. in the Tongan Group, was at last advices again in active eruption, and three new cones had formed on the top of the crater. The Xavua had to undergo a sort of police quarantine last evening, the detectives making a thorough search before the vessel was allowed to berth. The Liberal "Tribune" (London) advocates the purchase by the State of the? Irish railways, which would allow a, great reduction in. freight charges. The post and telegraph office at the Exhibition i-» situated in the main hall, and is 24ft square, and fitted up with -a. telephone bureau, screened desks for writing telegrams, and all the other appurtenances of a -well-found postal establishment. The full report in the Xew Zealand Railway Review shows that the newlyconstituted Board of Appeal for the South Island has adopted the properplan of making the Department first prove its case when an employee w charged. Although, the area in potatoes in the Waikato is much larger than, last yra;. it is reported that there has not beea any appearance of the potato blight. In the South Island, large areas have been platnted, and '& the dreaded blight keeps away, a Southern paper predicts a slump jin potatoes next year. The German report on the British Army manoeuvres said: "The endurance of the rank and rile equals, and. perhaps, even surpasses, that of thu German soldier. The inert also show marked discipline in combat, good shooting qualities, and genuine interest in the operations.'' The plans are now ready for proceeding with the work of placing certain of the telephone wires of Wellington underground. The first work to be put i'rt uand in this direction will be in the. congested parts, where it is expected the underground system will be completed in twelve months' time. It is stated that a waggon, which formed part of the transport for store -i for troops in the Crimean War of ISSO, is to be found at Rangiora. It was brought to the colony by the late Mr. Westby Hawkeshaw Perceval, and in the early sixties was used for carriage ci goods between Christchurch and Oxford. An energetic member of the House has been inquiring as to the birthplaces, of the representatives of the various constituencies. Native-born Xew Zealanders predominate with a total of 33. The other figures are as follows: England lti, Scotland 9, Ireland S N Wales 1, Australian colonies 4. India 3, Channel Islands 1. total SO.