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Auckland Star, Volume XXXII, Issue 15, 18 January 1901, Page 1

TABLE TALK.

Dust plentiful. Water carts in demand. Thames Drainage Board met to-day. Another signal from the planed Mars. Auckland cricketers returned this morning-. Miss Nance 6'N/eil as "Queen Elizabeth to-night. Marine Department invites tenders for a surf boat. Civilians at .Pretoria are prohibited from wearing- khaki. S.s. Mimiro arrived from London, via Australia this morning. West Australian statistics show 117,000 males to 03,000 females. The Boers sustained 60 casualties at Zuurfontein and Kaalfontein. Tenders are out for drainage of Douglas, Fitzroy, and Kyle-streets. The total gold output for 1900 from the Auckland fields was £036,033 19/3. A large quantity of iron for tha Mokohino viaduct has been delivered. Federal Commission starts sitting mt Invercargill on the sth of February. Australian Commonwealth Government considers free trade impracticable. A poll of Eden Terrace ratepayers re loan takes place on Saturday, Ja_u« ary 20th. Christian Kaiison, master mariner, Auckland, has received letters of naturalization. A list is given in the Gazette. of persons licensed to solemnise the marriage ceremony. Hon. 11. J. Seddon was presented with an address from .the New Zealanders in Brisbane. Deposits in Auckland Savings Bank now total £703,014. In 1847, the first deposit of" £10 was receievd. lion. W. Hall-Jones is expected to reach Wellington on Sunday, and will subsequently visit Auckland. The Borough of North East Valley is raising a £3000 loan on £100 debentures, bearing interest at 4 per cent. The employees of Abel, Dykes and Co. hold their annual picnic to-morrow at Nihotapu. The premises will be, closed. Constable Bichard Lanigan is appointed Clerk of tbe Court at Papakura, and Constable George Foreman to a similar position at Drury. A-n English mail, which left London on December 14, left Sydney for Auckland by the B-M.s. Sierra yesterday, and will arrive on Monday morning next. The Wellington City Council has appointed . a committee to consider the question -, of immediately establishing abattoirs. A report is to be presented in 14 days. - The total births for December ia. the four principal boroughs of the colony amounted to 402, against 406 in November, n decrease of four. The deaths for the same period showed a dcrease of 21. The Salt Water Baths, Customs-st-reet, are belng-largely patronised at the present time, and the. attendance is larger than for several years past. The Baths, both for' males and females, are in good condition. Messrs N. Oates and Wildey, with a motor ear, yesterday accomplished a journey of 108 miles from _ ahiatxia to Hastings. Owing to a slight accident to the spokes of the car progress over the liimutaka- was slow, and1 the bad road from Takapan to Waipukurau also prevented a speedy journey. :