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Auckland Star, Volume XXXVIII, Issue 166, 13 July 1907, Page 1

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Mrs. Cavanagh's affidavit: v ' '"'} Suez mail due to-morrow. Kia Ora inquiry resuSned. , ; New Zealand v. New South Wales. Submarine eruption off the Friendlies." V.R.G. Grand •. National" Steeplechase to-day. ■..,: .;. _,jj; . Canadian population is "estimated all 6,600,000.' ■-•'' : " T" r •'■ ; Bulerl Union v. Auckland ioptbaH niatch proceeding. " ..-r . ■ The Pure Food Bill -was in Committee of the House last night. ~ •'■ : . '7Ouida is destitute in Italy, and waa recently four days without-food. Auckland Liedertafel's. second concert was given to a crowded house last night, Mr Keir Hardie is resigning the chairmanship of the Labour • party- in • the House of Commons, y- -,?.' ' ...■■':..'" .'Mr Keir Hardie :.intends;■'to. ;tefl tija;.;,.. Hindoos that the Brit is'a ■working-classes -. '" 'desire Home Rule "t or ihdia; The novelist Ouida'i'ae-been througfhi" much suffering recently.inrpugh..goy^j«- j;ty following on her extravagance..■'.'" %t-~" --''- In a submarine eruption: sighted/Jiyj : : '' the Xavua on her voyage ■to Mji,tlava':' '• .waa thrown to a.height of. 250 feet. ■ The"Star-' e-xtra; -annoimcing the re- ■~■„■■ suit of the New v.. .New South Wales match, will be published about 6.30 'p.m."" ""' ■ ' . • Daniel Thompson Rooke, aged 12, was killed at Wean, near 2sfarrabri (N.S.W.), through being struck by a "tree, which his father was'felling. ~..V .;':..... i The fifth annual convention of farmeni in Echuca (Vie.) Tesqlved ■ that Dt. Danysz should begiven feaspnable timei to continue His experiments., ~ ... ; Admiral Yamamoto, in. a-speech at a banquet in New York; said the; cloud would soon disperse. /Japan'trusted ,ta America's high sense of justice. ... ■. i Mother Country and Australia-tied.foit the Kolapore Cup, but' the"fornier .iSas placed first on the strength - of. ier superior shooting at-600-yards. ■'■■-■'■, During 1906 6924 volumes .Iwere.iadaed; to the Public Library' '6i New'Sontli; Wales, jnaking a total, of books. Borrowers visited thnes.. • ■ ■ " : "'- . >' J -ixlzi:. Sir Wni. Lyne assured >tie .Federal House that the 'Government would/ not allow the introduction to the mainland of the Danysz rabbit microbes or any, other microbe.- ■ - : •■-■ ■'-■ The Town 'Clerk communicated! .to- ' the Tramway Company by'telephone, early last evening, a letter demanding the provision of extra cars/to.deal, witli the late traffic. . . . , : . ■ The German Protestant paper"Efiicfc-' bets" accuses the British Ambassador of having bribed a German journalist ia circulate stories discrediting.the G-ennaq colonial policy. At Gemville, near White Cliffs (N.S.W.). an opal buyer was hung in effigy on account of his/ihaving made statements calculated to depreciate the value of low-grade opal. = The Marquis Ito's paper, while regretting that .Washington think 3it necessary to-taice a pretautionary measure, does not attach serious importance to the sending of a fleet to the Pacific. The Victorian Chief Justice severely criticised a magistrate and the police for wrongfully convicting an accused person. His Honor said that the police had bungled, and the justices did not'trouble to inquire what the law was. A Press Association telegram states that in Central Otago district and Oamaru there has been practically no rain since August. This is expected to have a severe effect on the grain harvest.. Charles Jenson, an old Wellington (N.S.W.) resident, was found dead 'ac Curra Creek on Sunday. The deceased was under the impression'that a fortune awaited him from copper, and is supposed to have been on his way to the spot where the precious ore was, tvhea he was overcome by exposure. Ladies' coats from 3/11 to 29/6 at drapery sale. J. A. Bradstreet, Karan-gaiiape-road.—r(Ad-) Ladies' and maids' ready-to-wear harts greatly reduced. 2/6 to 9/11. ; New. goods drapery sale. J. A. Bradstreet, Karangahape-road. —(Ad.) Ladies' walking skirts from 5/11 to 19/11, at drapery sale. J. A. Bradstreet, Karangahape-road. —(Ad.) Milne and Choyce's stock-taking sale, Monday and following days. Heavy re->;. ductions in every department. —(Ad.) ] Prices clipped to the lowest point oßj " Good . Goods," noted for their excel-' lent qualities, at McCnllag and GgwejrV famous clean ffweie^isale^f^!^""