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Auckland Star, Volume XXXIX, Issue 142, 15 June 1908, Page 1

TABLE TALK.

Kbwey Walker moved to Tiffen Chambers. Another Dreadnought is to be commenced in December next. Canterbury defeated the British footballers by 13 points to S. lhe nation, is bein gtaken into custody by the State, says Lord Rosebery. The Kotherhithe-Stepney tunnel haa been opened at a cost of two millions. The Maori footballers were beaten by New South Wales by 30 point 3 to 16. ' \ The enquiry into the ' wrek of tha < Muritai was continued this morningDominion Day medals are to be. presented to school children on September 2G. Mr. Asquith states that the Liberal ■party is sound, and does not require plastering periodically. Further sentences have been imposed in Berlin on non-commissioned officers for military brutality. The British Government intends to do everything possible to equip prisoners with a new start in life. Two salesmen have been arrested in Pittsburg on a charge of stealing £15,000 worth of Messrs. Abraham's jewellery. Tom Burrows, by continuous club swinging for 65 hours 10 minutes, haa beaten Griffith's Sydney record by five minutes. A proclamation declares the counties of Sltgo and West Heath to bs in a disturbed state, requiring additional police. Following upon 'the increase in the price of meat in America, a rise of 2d per pound is made in many districts in London. The Rugby championship matches on v Saturday resulted in wins for City, Parnell, and. North. Shore. Speaking at Gisborne on-Saturday, Sir Joseph Ward promised that next session there would be an increased vote for the East Coast Railway. Cardinal Logue denies that he ever gave utterance to the remarks attributed to him concerning the hopeless position of the British Empire. The weight of parcels that may be sent through, the post between the United Kingdom and the United States is to be increased to 111b from July 1. A Manchester clergyman declared that if anyone' carried a football on a pole through the city a large portion of tha population would fall down and worship it. George Towns (the ex-champion sculler of the world) sailed from Sydney for London yesterday, to fulfil his engagement with Barry. The match is to be rowed on the Thames on October 12. The great volcano on Savaii, which burst into activity nearly three years ago, has not been quiescent for a single moment since. The outflow of lava is estimated at present at 200,000 to 300,000 tons per minute. The body of a man, whose name is supposed to be Tomkins, was found in some scrub above the booms at Kauaeranga, Thames, on Saturday. There was a bullet wound in the head, and a revolver was lying under the body. The suggestion is made by one of the candidates for the Hurunui .seat, that bachelors over the age of IS should be taxed at the rate of £1 per head, and widows at half that amount. In this way he would reduce the National Debt. As the result of an advertisement inserted in the "Sydney Daily Press," inviting; applications for the position of a ranger on a portion of the catchment area of the Sydney water supply, no fewer than 742 wqre received by the Water and Sewerage Board, from persons residing in all parts of the State. The salary attached to the position is £150 per annum, with residence. I Club-swingers are not the only .makers and breakers of records. At the Empire Day, celebrations at Rainbow (Victoria) one of the competitors in the skipping contest, Katie Brock, skipped exactly 1,000 times. She was looked upon as the winner, until Grace Love, who is 12 years of age, ran past her total, and did not fail until she had skipped 1,891 times. Last year the winner's sister, Shylie Love, carried off the school skipI ping championship with a record of