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Auckland Star, Volume XXXIX, Issue 76, 28 March 1908, Page 1

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—— .. _J South Auckland races continued. English, Canadian, and United States? mails due -to-morrow. Japanese railways, now nationalised, are to be leased to a foreign syndicate. A shortage of meat- in; America is causing a stringency in the London market. Last w.eek -the Federal Minister for; Customs expressed his opposition to tha Danysz microbe being tested on tha mainland. A further search of the premises in Sussex-street, in which 18 plague rats. were discovered, led to 30 more being: found last week. Mr. Birrell refused to allow the Union Jack to be hoisted over Irish national schools, on the.ground that no political symbol was permitted. - Mr. Lloyd-George said the Government would stand by the Liquor Bill even if ifc meant : th'atthey would be expelled from power a fortnight hence. Mr. Birrell maintained in the House of Commons that the only solution of the trouble, in Ireland would be a verj; liberal Home Rule measure. The man, John Mounts, who was fbunc" unconscious in. Clarkin's stable, at Pae- - roa, last Tuesday week, and removed to) Thames Hospital, is still unconscious. Sir Robert Giffen, the great authority, on national finance, uttered a strong warning as to possible effects of a war on the present system of international. credit. Speaking on the British Licensing Bill, Mr. Lloyd-George said the Government was ready to stake its existence on its stand between the liquor traffic and tha homes it desolated. Henry Prince, who shot Henry Sullivan dead while tne latter was taking an inventory of his (Prince's) bankrupt stock, at Newtown (Sydney) has been, sentenced to three years' imprisonment for manslaughter. A conference of delegates of the general labourers' unions of the Dominion will be held at Wellington, at Easter. The conference will discuss matters affecting their interests, one of the proposals being the formation of a gigantic union on the lines of the Australian Workers' Union. The Daylight Saving Bill, to adapt official time to the hours of daylight, had a brief life in the House of Commons. The time limit cut short its introducer's remarks, and the debate stood adjourned amid cries of "Daylight ia gone!" To make room for new goods rtoW, opening, the balance of remnants in dresa and blouse pieces, will be reduced to naif sale price, Friday, Saturday, Monday. Big bargains.—J. A. Bradstreet, Draper, Karangahape-road.—(Ad.) Don't miss itl Next week last week of Histed's sale. Strong twill cretonne 2Jd and 3d yard; reD, do., 74d, worth lOd; P.D. Corsets, size 19 only, 2/11, worth 7/11; Thompson's, sizes 19 and 20, 2/11, worth 6/11. Histed, Ponsonby- ■ road.— (Ad.) Ladies' silk, ties, in dainty colourings, with figged or .floral ends, 9Ad', 1/, 1/3, 1/0, 1/11, to 3/6 each; lace ties, in pretty, designs, white, cream, and Paris, 1/, 1/C, 1/11, 2/11, 3/11; to 6/11 each; iac9 kimonos, in newest shapes, white, cream, and Paiis, 3/11, 4/6, 5/11, to S/ll pair. —JtfcCoSagh and .Grower for yes.—(AdJ] Jk