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Auckland Star, Volume XXX, Issue 273, 17 November 1899, Page 1

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. ■ 4 : High winds. . ' '; V Nor'-easterly gale. ■ •• > i !Stormy on East Coast. ' ' ' ■ | Agricultural Show opened. '.",'.. I General Buller has gone up-country. • I The bombardment of Ladysihith • ! continues. . . ■ • • Mr L. F. Ayson is gazetted Inspector. iof Sea Pishingv « ,' ■' j Communication with Delagoa Bay ; j has been restored. •'. . Plans for the relief of Ladysibiib have been completed. ."" ■ ". Last performance of "The Belle of. New York" this evening". ■Auckland infantry volunteers come \ out of camp to-morrow njght. ••■■■■ * The City Council dedided'last nig-hl to remove the Priuces-street firebel?. The Boers lost 300 killed and wound--ed in their second encounter at Betters. An excellent programme has be«& arranged for the All Nations Fair this i evening-. . ■ Mr A. H. Turnfoull is gazetted hon-^ orary vice-Consul for Spain at We!-' lington. ■ The Boers made another unsuceess- ' fill attack An Mafekiug, and had 100, men killed. ...'..', Mr Frank Andrew, a very old resident of Otahuhu. died this morning, at the age of SS. • There will be special -attractions for the public a.t the Agricultural Show-to-morrow afternoon. ' ' It is reported that Joubert, the Boer General, was killed in the action; at' Ladysmith on Thursday. ' v; > The services of the Wellington. Wf-; unteer Bearer Corps have been accepted by the Government. • ; • It is reported that Free State' troops are returning homewards, for fear the Basutos will invade theircountry. . " .. The yacht Rainbow has returned to port from a short cruise to Kawau1 Island. She experienced rough leather on her trip. " • The Hospital authorities desire to thank Mrs M. J. Heywood, of Remxiera,' and Miss Churton of Eden Crescent for1 parcels of illustrated- books and pap--ers for use of patients. : \ '. > The "Osservatore Kornano," hitherto, the official organ of the Vatican, has now declared itself an unofficial journal, except in reg-ard to the annoTince-: ment of matters of fact. - ; .:' ;:• We deplore the internal disorgan-. isattion .caused by the Dreyfujj aijair' for the reason that were a war to" break out between Great Britain anjtT *he Transvaal France would be unable" to take advantage- of the situatioij to - attack Great Britain, and thus avenge" the Fashoda humiliation.—"Petit Journal," Paris. , ; ■ Some amusement was caused at tlie: City Council last night by a proposal by Cr. Stiehbury in connection with: the fee for dog- registration in the city' that dogs ■be charged according- to.1 measurement, and that the fee-for' dogs under 12 inches in height bf S/,: and for other dog® 10/ per annj|iw. '. The suggestion was thrown out, : 'and1 the fee forr all dogs' vtak fi'xetf'ii* 5/ per; '■ tn : 'lreland, at (the presei^i^^the^ ao?e 119,555 occupiers of lip|dJE|^s 'am" exceeding' five1 acres in. extents"Thi^ bfiicial =retuWis show':'that'ovir'-'IO'jOOO,----000 acres of land (the greater part ol which is the. most fertile land under tliie sun) are under.grass. Goldsmih.t'«. lines, "lll.fares the land to 'hasteningills a prey, where wealth accumulates,* and men decay," fit hi very well with: this condition of affairs. * > ■ Despite all that is said about Tom-' ltiy Atkins's ha^rd lot,\the British ar^T is by far.tQie best fed, housed, cjaif, and paid in Europe., lit is, ih f^ot/ practically the only one that is part*?,', and to judge by the advertisements.' tp. the Sydney papers, there are huntir^de'' here who would be. glad of i/2 a |ay! and keep. Better, at all events, th>»: twelve hours a day, on a farm for &/&. a week. —"Sydney Bulletin." Still another socialistic colony has| gontethroug-h the three usual stagesl^-', boundless enrthusiasm and ; pronijseprogress wihile fraitetnal iceli&g:.la#3,.. clashing of individual views and !is;--ruption.- The. property;.of Stiskift,;|». Tennessee, has been sold by a receiT^r," the seventeen hundred acres of: IsfnS; and buildings bringing a, ttyfolftfftwelve thousand dollars—about' t^o-; thirds of the. original cost.- Jit wai; aprosperous colony in a material wkjy. but Avas broiken up by differences \^- the sxibiect of marriaare. i -