TABLE TALK.

Auckland Star, Volume XXXVIII, Issue 151, 26 June 1907, Page 1

TABLE TALK.

The _?re___er"s return. Debate oa the Lords-. ■ Death of Sir John Hall: BLM.S. Pyramus aground. ' Calliope- Dock case continued. Order has now been restored in Porta, galIsapier Park races postponed until.__. morrow. ' The French Club held' a successful meeting last night. Pacific Steam Navigation Company?* Santiago wrecked, with' feared loss of 90 lives. • The Kew South Wales Government Architect has in view a proposal to widen Macquarie-street. At the Caufield races (Sydney) a ie-w; days ago a Chinese merchant had his pocket picked of £120. Cuban delegate to The Hague Conference has been induced to resign, owing to his being an anarchist. Sir John Hall, Premier of New Zea» land from 1879 to ISS2, died at Christ* church yesterday afternoon. Sir H. Campbell-Bannerman unesjecpectedly announced the main terms di the eventual Lords Reform Bill. Sydney advices state that a young maa at Chatsworth Island died ten days after being bitten by a green whip-snake. Harry Fry, a bricklayer's labourer, ha» been burned to death at Hopetoua (W.A) through his camp catching fire: Later news of the grounding of H3£s. Pyramus shows the mishap to have been due to an incomprehensible error of navigation. Two friends went out turkey shooting atKalgoorlie (W.A.). While driving, the gun accidentally went off, injuring one fatally. Active steps are being taken for thai holding in Melbourne of the next Australasian Medical Congress, which takes place 12. months hence. In connection with the discovery ol £150 worth of jewellery, buried in a yard, at Perth (W.A.), a Frenchman wit]* one arm has been arrested. The West Australian Railway Commissioner has stated that, regrading and dismissals are to take place throughout the service. About 200 men are to bo retrenched. The disaffected French wine=growe_3 resolved that the Wine Adulteration Bill was insufficient and decided in lavour of the continuance of peaceful demonstrations. ' Mr. Deakin, speaking in Melbourne, said that he lioped that in feci-, years" time the self-governing colonies would communicate direct with the Prime Mm- . ister of England. The discussion in the Lobbies of tho House of Commons showed' that tha Liberals were greatly divided -on tha Prime Minister's proposals with regard to the House of Lords. ■* An exhibition of British pictures will be held in Melbourne next year. To ■ cover the expenses, Miss Bors has raised'a guarantee of - £ 1500, towards whie]_ Mme. Melba contributed £1000. :■- At the- request of the Wairoa Acclimatisation Society, the ■ Government- has decided to cancel their license, and placq the control of. the Wairoa district un- - ;der:-,__e. charge- of the - Tourist-'Degarfri" ment." •■"-•. ■. -. ..--.. -The■ Black' Hand secret society mar". dered and mutilated at New Orleans^tha son of Mr.' Peter Lomana, on his father. 3 refusal to pay the ransom. A confession - has led to the arrest of fiiteen of tha ' gang. The basis of consultation between Lords and Commons is the appointment of an equal number-of members from both Houses. After ■ t\vo- unsuccessful conferences, bills are to be -passed over the heads of .the Lords. *-- Sir John Forrest, at the Melbourne welcome to Mr. Deakin and Sir W. J. L'yne, said the "best thing for Australia was., to get closer and. closer, to Great * Britain, as her interests and" those of Australia. were identical. A well-known Stepney (London) medical doctor says, that 75 per cent of tinned goods imported into England from America", even by reputable firms, are uiilabelled. English firms afterwards put their own labels on the tins. H.M.S. Pj-ramus, with the Australian Governor-General and the Federal Parliamentary party, which has been visiting the Northern territory, on board, grounded near Cooktown (QO, oa Sunday morning. party were removed to the s.s. Tsinan. The members of the Siebenlehn (Saxony) fire "brigade, who were recently charged with acts of incendiarism, in collusion with the local municipal council, in order to secure the rebuilding of the town at the expense of ■ the' insurance companies, have been sentenced to three and a-half years' imprisonment. H.M.S. Challenger, which reached Melbourne at nine o'clock yesterday morning, was in . wireless communication with HALS. Powerful at Sydney till five o'clock yesterday morning. H.M.S.Psyche, lying in Hobson's Bay, sent messages to the Challenger, which in turn repeated them to H.M.S. Powerful at a distance of 410 miles as the crow'flies. . The application of' Robert E. Peary, U.S.N., for leave of absence for three years has been approved by the Ameri•dan • Secretary of the Navy, and this action has revealed the fact that Commander Peary proposes to make another attempt to reach the North. Pole. If the preparations now under way cam be completed in time, the Roosevelt will sail either in the latter part of June or beginning of July of this year, providing Commander Peary, can raise £20,000, which sum, he declares,, is necessary for the success of the enterprise.