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Auckland Star, Volume XXXV, Issue 194, 15 August 1904, Page 1

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The big win. Suez mail arrived. Russian admiral killed. San Francisco mail arrived. Port Arthur Squadron routed. Zealandia for Sydney to-night. Westralia arrived from Sydney. Obituary: The Rev. T. W. Dunn. Russian cruiser Pallada reported sunk. Port Arthur squadron has been dispersed. The kauri gum output for 1903 was £631.102. German cruisers at Tsing-tan cleared for action. An Anglo-Scandinavian treaty has been signed. Auckland is still rejoieuag over New< Zealand's victory. Admiral Togo has engaged the .Vladivostok Squadron. Vladivostok cruiser sunk, ifcwo others severely damaged. Five Russian battleships were damaged at Port Arthur. Germans are helping to repair iae battleship Cesarevitch. A sensational accident to Mrs Robert Massey, of Pakuranga. Russian Admiral Withoeft reported killed in naval engagement. Admiral Withoeft was blojrai to pieces on the battleship Cesarewitch. * Zion City has small-pox, but no doctors are admitted on business. The "Star", published each point' scored as it came in, and an enthusiastic crowd awaited the result. The U.A.O. Druids, Auckland Lodge, hold an anniversary social in St. George's Hall on the 9th pros. The Mines Statement shows that Auckland heads the colony in gold output for 1903, the total being £874,070. The Athenaeum Society's debate on "University versus Technical Education" has been postponed until the 23rd inst. The football match and the birth of a Czarevitch were Saturday night's chief news items. The Czarevitch was a bad second. The export of minerals, including kauri gum, from New Zealand up to the end of the financial year 1903 was £85,813,240. James Sutherland entered a plea of guilty in respect of some of the charges preferred against him under the Bank-, ruptcy Act. Sentence was deferred. James Sutherland, an Auckland boot merchant, pleaded guilty to several breaches of the bankruptcy laws in the Supreme Court to-day. Sentence was deferredMrs Robert Massey, of Pakuranga, was hurriedly making for a well tp obtain water to extinguish a fire, when she fell in. She was rescued with the greatest difficulty by Mr T. W. Brown, of Mount Eden. The weekly return of the Mount Eden Gaol for the week ending August 13 shows that the total number of prisoners is 186 males and 16 females, of~wnom 19 males and two females were received during the week. A challenge debate will be held at the University College pn Tuesday between the University arid' Debating Societies. The subject for discussion is, "That it will be better'ior the British Empire that Japan Prove Victorious."