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Auckland Star, Volume XXXIX, Issue 98, 24 April 1908, Page 1

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Auckland City Council met last night. ' Much of the Star of Japan's cargo .will be salved. [ , The Wairuna-IMoonali inquiry was con-' tinned to-day. Dominion bowlers ■won the rubber; against New South. Wales. '. The death-roll at the .Victorian dis« - aster has been reduced to 43. , Two White Star steamers bigger than the Lucania are to be built. The s.s. Taviuni went ashore last night at the South Spit near Westport. _Mr. F. W. Lang delivered a pre-ses-sional speech, at Onehunga. last night. Mr. T. Price, Premier of South Australia, has made another militant ' speech, in Liverpool. "Carupbell-Bannerman laid the foundation of a united South Africa," says Air. Louis Botha. America will now allow foreign vessels to trade between the Philippines and tha United States. A profit of £594 was obtained during the last financial year from the Lyttelton municipal gasworks. . World-wide messages of condolence have been sent on the death of ~;Sic Henry Campbell-Bannennan. ■-■(•■ Mr. Lloyd George .declares that' tit 4 Conservatives are committed to a tax on the food of the people. .; - - •;■_ The civiif welcome to be accorded to the visiting American fleet was considered at a meeting held this afternoon^ The English mail, via Vancouver, which left here on ISth March, arrived in London on the morning of 21st inst. The British naval architect, Sir Wm. White, thinks that next to the Britlsli the American is the best navy in thaworld. A revolver bullet crashed) through thel window at the Grand Hotel, Palmerstou North, yesterday, narrowly missing three ladies who were at tea. ' . ••■ .It is proposed by the Wellington Har* bour Board to insure their property* against damage by earthquake and fire resulting from earthquake. The City Council lias decided to fe* serve part of the section _at present occupied by the Ponsonby reservoir as a sita ior a library and institute. ■ The City Council has decided to. retain! the present maximum-otemandr-system b£ charging for electric light with an alters native uniform rate of sid. per unit, i Flowers of Speech.—Fair American (hearing the dinner gong at hotel) : r "Guess, Popp, you'd better jump into a, boiled shirt. There goes the hash hammer!" " • i The Russian Prize Court has ordered compensation to be paid for the loss o£ the British steamer Ikhona, sunk by thewarship Terek during the • ese war. "" ■ A Royal Commission has the task of deciding the all important question, "What is whisky?" The constituent elements of a eausage are, however, allowed to remain plunged in obscurity. The most encouraging thing that has • come to the ears of newspaper reporters is the statement from General Boots, ' that when he gets to heaven.-he expects, to be tackled by a "lot of reporters. The decree issued by the Pope in re« .■ . gard to the marriages of Roman Catho- - lies came into force last Sunday, and no marriages will recognised by tha '' Church unless they conform' -with. th» provisions of the decree. The politest man we know of was ai person who slipped down a slope through treading on a piece of ice. He collided, with a lady who accompanied! him. At the bottom he murmured: "Excuse mc a I mnst trouble you to get off here. .1 don't go any further." Open until nine pjn. to-night. Kevn goods from Maori showing in all depart-, ments.—Milne and Choyce, Ltd.—(Ad.)