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Auckland Star, Volume XXXVI, Issue 254, 24 October 1905, Page 1

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"Star 55 Summary to-morrow. Suakim-Atbara railway has been completed. English press warmly praises New Zealand footballers. The Powers will shortly address aa ultimatum to Turkey. A general strike is ejected in Russia at the end of the year. «™t" UC o 1 f nd Dramatic Soeietv produced Ihe uenoolmistress" last ni°ht. "The Marseillaise-' was played at the Capetown celebration of Trafalgar. Admiral Togo was welcomed "back to Tokio with unbounded enthusiasm. Professor Segar last" night delivered a highly interesting lecture on the sun. . Consideration of the Hospital extension scheme was yesterday deferred for six weeksElectric Lines Act Amendment Bill was postponed on the motion of Sir Joseph Ward. A special Nelson service at St. Paul's was attended by a hrilliant gathering of notables. ° Four borough councils (Grey Lynn, Parnell Newmarket, and Onehunga) met last night. ' Navy League deposited a wreath on the Nelson column to the French and Spanish .sailors. i i Th t T ? rdial referen ces to France aot the Nelson celebrations have made a great impression in Germany. The Helping Hand Mission's 20th anniversary social in the Choral Hall last evening was attended by several hundred people. The "Daily Mail" considers that the New Zealanders' play is superior in every way to anything witnessed in English Rugby footbalL The ketch Ruby, on her voyage from Sydney to the Solomona, had a sensational passage. The first ofiicer fell overboard, but was rescued. A children's bazaar for the Auckland Scripture Gift Association open tomorrow (Wednesday) at the P.M. schoolroc-m, Arch Hill, from 2 to 5 p m. The Times," in replying to Lord Rosebery, maintains that the introduction of Chinese labour was decided by the Transvaal on an essentially autonomous principle. r Lord Rosebery attacked the recent speech of Mr B. R. Wise, in which that New South Wales, ex-Minister attacked the Liberal policy in regard to Imperial questions. . F ansllaw e stated in London +w _L e d A from a Russian officer that the Dogger Bank outrage was intended to embroil France and cause a European war. Speaking at Ashfield (Sydney), Archbishop Kelly said that if good schools were multiplied, there would be no need tor Children's Courts, nor wuuld there be so many divorces. L - A " s P ea king at Sydney, stated that he hoped within „ few weeks to submit one of the biggest water schemes in the world for Parliamentary consideration. Mr Massey's amendment in favour of trying the stage system on- the railways was rejected, but Sir Joseph Ward" expressed his sympathy with the idea of giving a trial to the scheme. An incendiary recently burned down the half-time school at Jerangle (New South Wales). Two other schools of which the same master has had chaxgo have been similarly destroyed. The Federal Government's military education scheme provides for the endowment of a chair of military law and tactics within the Sydney' University, „ first class professor to be imported. The Testatorts' Family Maintenance Bin before the New South Wales Legislative Assembly proposes to give power! to revise wills under which a widower or widow receives less than if the estate were intestate. According to Mr H. C. L. Anderson, New South Wales Public Librarian, the Australian youth Is not a studious reader. Horseraeing, cricket, and football are too attractive. The women, he added, were superior to the men ru literary attainments. Mr H. c L. Anderson, Principal Librarian of New South Wales, in evidence before the Public Works Committee at Sydney, said that the Mitchell bequest would .be found to be the second biggest ever made in Australia— the amount, in fact, would stagger the public. At the inquest with respect to the Brisbane fire, when -four persons perished, evidence showed that the deceased were awake long before being overpowered. Miss Bange, one of the victims, had left the front verandah, and returned to her room for a wrap. She was not seen again.