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Auckland Star, Volume XXX, Issue 160, 8 July 1899, Page 1

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Transvaal giving way. j Outward mail Monday. Waikare for the Islands this afternoon. Cup football matches this afternoon. 1 Ex-King Milan lias been fired at m Belgrade. I A terrible triple tragedy is reported by cable from England. H.M.s ..Royalist has left Sydney for England on' her last voyage. i A Dutch paper in the Transvaal urges war with Great Britain. Lord Wolseley has prepared a large British force for the Soudan. A large Imperial grant towards Antarctic exploration is proposed. Outgoing, mail steamer Moana arrives here from Sydney to-morrow. I British war arrangements for Soutn Africa are being energetically comi pleted. j The Boer Volksraad shows signs ]of granting concessions to the UitI landers. j The Adclres-3-in-l.eply was agreed | to last night in the House of Reprei sentatives. . ' J One hundred and eighty excurj sionist-s on board the Waikare for j the South Seas. The Australian cricketers are playing against an English Eleven chosen by Lord Roberts. So far Cook Bros, of Whangamumu, near Cape Brett, have captured seven whales this season. The Wellington election to fill the I seat•■ vacated by Mr John Hutcheson will be held shortly. Mr Gabriel Lewis is leaving by the out-going mail . steamer for London on a business visit. j The Ponsonby Navals will parade j for inspection at the Drill Hall on Monday evening next. The Transvaal Volksraad has resolved to grant the franchise to Uitlanrlers on certain conditions: Mr W. F. Massey, M.H.E., thinks I the number of members of the Upper House should be half that of the j Lower House. j The Devonport Ferry Co. ran an I excursion to Eangitoto Island this j morning for the benefit of the Wai- | hare passengers. Mr Henare Kaihau, M.H.E., thinks the Maori representation in ParliaI ment ought to be increased to eight or nine members. Eawei, the native evangelist, is advertised to speak at the Central Mis- . sion, and sing with guitar accom- _ paniment, to-morrow evening. Mr G. W. Burrowes, manager for Morrow, Bassett and Co., of Christchurch, has returned to Auckland ■from a visit to the Hot Lakes. Air Henare Kaihau, M.H.R., made an appeal to the House of Bepresfefita- ! lives last night to redress, the many j political grievances suffered by the ! Maoris. "What are technicalities, Unclei' ' Jim?" "Technicalities? Why, r thefo ~ are what lawyers fight over when the ■- evidence gets too weak or too strong." A musical-- and literary. entertain-,; '£■ j ment will be held in Beresford-stre^v ; Congregational Schoolroom on Mon*' ** j day evening, when an excellent proI gramme will be provided, j In connection with the Musical | Union concert, on Monday night next lat the Choral Hall, the Tram Company , j will run cars from Ponsonby at 7.20 p.m. and 7.30 p.m.; from Newmarket at 7.15 p.m. and 7.3(3 p.m.; and fro_s. the Choral Hall after the performance. ■ Our report of the Wesleyan Church meeting at Devonport omitted to state that a -minute was recorded expressing the regret- of the members at-the death of Mr Jacob Cowley .of Albany. Grateful reference was ; ' made to the faithful services .rendered to the church by Mr Cowley, and the Secretary was directed to forward an. expression of sympathy to the widow and family in their great loss. _'~ High grade bicycles for hire at Dexter and Crozjer's, Victoria-st E.—(Ad.)