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New South Wales beat Victoria a* cricket by six wickets. King Edward opens Parliament is state on February 21. ; " Labour Conference at Sydney wants all State parliaments abolished. Cyclone practically demolished a Hew South Wales township Brewarrina. A highly payable of oil is reported from No.-2 petroleum well in New Plymouth! • ; . Hailstones "that fell during the cyclone in STew. South Wales killed thousands of birds arid many domestic animals. Anniversary Day and. Sunday weie spoilt foy mm Annual infecting. of the Auckland Ijojw Society this aifternoon. Auckland .Cricket Championships adjourned owing to rain. ■ The _ Waikato-OTmed iroere Ura-nininl wop. -the Takapnna.' Cup <m Saturday. A track -is to .be -made direct from Ohakune to the summit -of Mt. Ruapehu. lir. Cleasent Wragge predicts further storms and issues a Tvarning to shipping. Big fire in Whitechapel did £100,000 damage, and there are 400 people out of work. A-woman-named-Majgar-et Davis took caribolic oil yesterday and was removed to .the. '_' ' Tihe- work of distiiarginp wool from the Kaipara at-tiie<3e.lliope Dock-is being continued to-day. — The Government steamer Hinemoa is in.port...She leaves for. Northern lighthouses on .FridayV. The Government engine-sheds at Westport -were destroyed by fire yesterday a nd. seven engines. Tv-ere 'damaged. The Goveroment. cheeee graders at InvercargiU ■ express • the opinion that the quality' 'is toeing fully maintained. George AickJn, 40 years of age, cut his throat on Saturday night and is lying in the hospital in a serious condition. Toronto folk .are following the lead of America in boycotting- meat to make the monopolists -bring down their prices: The. Civil Sessions of the Supreme Court, open to-:.iborrow at 11 a,m. Sitting in Bankruptcy-half-an-hour earlier. A young man 'fell"down the shaft' of the United Service. Hotel lift in Christ-ch-urcb yesterday and sustained severe injuries. A sihall Sfe broke out yesterday morning in- the shop, of J. JlcNamara, hairdresser, Endean's -Btrfldingß. Little damage was done. ELille. Challenger left ihe Waiteinaaba for Wg gnn practice this morning, bn* returns in a day or two and -will 'be hen about .three weeks. A Hindu passenger arrested at Bombay had a Tevolver. a prescription for bombmaking, and seditions pamphlets. He got two years and a-half. The-Boa-rd o£ Enquiry into the Knyvett case has presented its further report to the Prime Minister. GabmetV deedsipn is expected this week.
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Auckland Star, Volume XLI, Issue 26, 31 January 1910, Page 1
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