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TABLE TALK.

Fatal fire at Nelson.' Massacre in Morocco. City Council met last night. Two men burned to death. is J dead h Hatton ' novelist a nd journalist, City Council finally derided to allow a limited number of "straphangers." ' City Council received £2,846 16/6 as its share of the Tramway Company, profits for 19f16. p-"jf.» *-? hns ' France > portable bathtubs filled with hot water are delivered to order. --.Aa EnglisLiiail/.Tia. Suez, is-due--to arrive here per the Miowera from 'Sydney' * on Sunday next. * Tribesmen at Casablanca massacred and mutilated a, number of Frenchmen, Spaniards and Italians. 'City Solicitor was of opinion that _ 82m 1, for „ com P uls °ry letter boxes Would he ultra vires. Fourth Committee at the Hague has adopted the British proposal for the abolition of contraband. In the Houie of Lords, the Court of Criminal Appeal Bill was read a ' third tune by 102 votes to 26 Chicago citizens have been robbed,' through municipal collusion with the tramway company, of £2,400,000 The "Gazette" declares a close season for mullet yr North Island waters from December 1 to February 28 every year Authorities are taking urgent action towing ito the ppread of disaffection among the police in the North of Ireland. A terrific storm at Geraldton (WA) has swept away detached buildings earned away roofs, and blown trucks off the rauway line. ' City Engineer was last night author-' ised to cable for enlarged distribution cables to cope with the increased demand for electric power. ™-*nn. The mineral output of the Txansvaal ™„t c ? ear «- de( l J«ne totalled £30,----<30,000, including gold £26,648,000, and diamonds £2.147,000 Mr. Hughes, of the Federal Labour party, has introduced a motot favour of universal military orWvS drill, as may be necessary m the matter of a disiniectirtg plant -t ct£u tracto \ on the *«3tSaS Council was not responsible s J e f ew , South Wales Chief Justice spoke strongly kst week about the provisions m the Crimes Act re*ricfci_/___ right of judioal comment in criminal cases. M Messrs. Tiffany, the New York jewellers, are sending a party to prospect for diamonds in the Hudson Bay district m consequence of the results of the 4? logical survey. ° Casablanca tribesmen subsequently destroyed the tramway workshops and failed many workmen. Measures are being taken by the French Consul to assist foreigners. The arrivals in New Zealand durinMay last numbered 198S, and the departures 3139.~ The figures for the corresponding month last year were 2393 and 2512 resDectively. The chief feature of the 1908 naval programme will be, an improvement of the present scouts, and the evolution of a new type to succeed the obsolescent cruisers of the Edgar class The Federal Government is pressing upon the New South Wales and Vict£ nan commissioners the desirability of having two express trains between Sydney and Melbourne each day. » Seven cab proprietors have asked the Uty Council to erect a telephone call office in front of the railway station for the use of .cabmen at the cost of an addition to their license fee. George Munro, who was arrested at Gore on Sunday on a charge of bnroin" sheaf stacks at Riversdale, has been committed to Seacliff Asylum for medical treatment, medical examination proving him insane. Rev. W. I. Carr Smith, preaching at tot. James' Church, Sydney, said that labour people were under present conditions alienated from the Church. Distortions had often been preached, and many labour people looked upon the clergy as nothing more than snlritual jjjolice.

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Auckland Star, Volume XXXVIII, Issue 183, 2 August 1907, Page 1

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TABLE TALK. Auckland Star, Volume XXXVIII, Issue 183, 2 August 1907, Page 1

TABLE TALK. Auckland Star, Volume XXXVIII, Issue 183, 2 August 1907, Page 1

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