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Auckland Star, Volume XLII, Issue 211, 5 September 1911, Page 1

I TABLE TALK. Activity on the waterfront. Criminal sessions continued. Hamilton Supreme Court proceeding. Waterside Workers' Conference con- ! tinued. I The Royal Commission on Mines will sit at Huntly to-morrow. The Taderi Company announces a re- | duction of 2d. lb. on butter. Auckland Rugby representatives meet Otago to-morrow at Dunedin. The Christchurch to Dunedin railway, was opened 35 years ago to-day. : A proposal has been made to make additions to the Christchurch cathedral. One hundred steerage passengers left by the Wimmera for Sydney yesterday. Representatives of sports bodies in WeUinr'— * l *~ r*— ls ffl«^~. Bill. Seventy-six airmen have been killed since September 16, 1908, and of these 29 were French. The poll of the Newmarket ratepayers on the £30,000 loan proposals is to be taken to-morrow. The wireless telegraph station at Gis- : 'borne is to be erected at the rear of the local post office. Cholera is causing hundreds of deaths in Asia Minor, where several village* have been wiped out. The dear foods riots in France continue, and are being largely fomented by professional agitators. Two extensive fires in Glasgow yesterday caused damage totalling £IOO,OOO and £60,000 respectively. The French barque Rochambeau ha» ; been wrecked at New Caledonia, one of. ' the crew being drowned. A new series of postage stamps for fcha Dominion, with a portrait of the King's head, will shortly be issued. The fifth conference of the Uew Zealand Harbours Association will be opened in Wellington on October 6. The Tamaki canal scheme was supported by a meeting of representatives of local bodies held at EHerslie last night. ; A subscribers' telephone line is being erected at Warkwcrtii and other northern towns will receive attention in turn. A fire broke out at the new gaol ai Invercargill last night, and the Fire Brigade was refused admission, also Press reporters. • A bushman, Peter Peterson, aged 50, unsuccessfully attempted to commit suicide by cuttmg his throat with a razor and is recovering. Barry is not in good form for hi« match with Fogweil for the English sculling championship, while Fogweil is in excellent <condiition. At the Trades Union Congress in New-castle-on-Tyne, it was stated that th'a recent labour unrest had resulted in the granting of conditions long denied. The Auckland Tramway Company have offered a settlement of the difficulty with the Remuera Road Board by conditionally extending the line to Mountain-road. The Wellington tramway employees 1 are Beeking better working conditions : and complain of delay - since the expiry ■ of the award under which they have been | working. - The danger of war is being discussed . by Englisb and German newspapers in c very grave tones. A more hopeful fe"s > spirit, however, prevails over the More*- j < i can negotiations. £/T Sp^r 'I The Auckland Ministers' '•;. j while sympathising with every efl'oEtfrstI the cause of peace, pass'od-a resolnj coit l | yesterday declining to express an ' || on the New Zealand Defence Act. uTi) In an- action against the ' ker Proprietary at Christchurch, ,the V-.. Magistrate held that the ■ condition' on ~^ the ticket that passengers carried luggage at their own risk was unreasonable. A fire occurred on the.schoone? Orete on the trip from Auckland to Gisborne, and as the cargo included gunpowder and gelignite, the excitement was unusually intense till the outbreak was suppressed. Waterside Workers' Conference carried a remit yesterday afternoon, approving international co-operation of workers against war, the effect being that in the event of war the workers would refuse to assist; Last week of sale. One ton of towels brought job, 6d to 3/11 each. See-win-dow.—J. A. Bradstreet, draper, Karanga-hape-road.— (Ad.) Last week of sale. Oonr famous Brussels kid gloves reduced to 2/C pair. —J. A. Bradstreet, draper, Karangahaperoad.—(Ad.) HOUSES AND LANS 'WANTED. XTANTED to Buy, an Allotment, at Ho »* Ick. —Particulars to J. McQuarrie, Star Office. 11l WANTED to Purchase, about 2 Acres, with Cottage, near Avondale Station. —Send particulars to Cottage, -130, Star Office. 74 ' VSTANTED to Kent, Devonpo , I *' V looms; no objection to purchasing furI nlt-re—Write, at once, to Davenport, 094. ' Star Office. 79 WA'NTE D~ahou t ~300 Acres (or slightly more), partly improved land; must be near Auckland aiid handy to a school. No i Jgcnts.—Apply prompt, U.K., 031, Star Office. 539 Star Agency, Oneliuuga, or N.C., Onekuriga Post Office. 525 WANTED, at the Lake, for months De-i-ember. January, and February, Furnished Cottage of .T or (5 rooms; Miiforfl Beach preferred. Stale rent and full particulars.— Box 'Mo. P. 0.. Auckland. 1 VX7ANTED to Bur. 30 TO 75 ACRES OP »» GOOD LAND, suitable f>" dairying, within 30 miles bv rail or Aucki ud: "client waiting.— (i. F. MEDLARS, AND CO., «T. WANTED to Kent. Furnished or Unfurnished, in Dower Symonds-«t. or ! Prlnces-st., House, S rooms and "conveniences. —Particulars to W. FRATER AND SON, 63 103, Oiieen-st. PARTNERSHIPS. PARTNER, wanted with £l5O. to work a Brickyard.—Write to Bricks, 6SB, Star ;K Id Livery and Bait Stable Ldsiness. good opening; £2OO capital. | Write Country. C.~,U. Star Office, J ARTNER Wanted, with small capital/ in established Photographic Studio* ! A iiekl«ud.- Write StntfH), 632, Star. ffl > house; nice connection* | good Btand; ' no, capital required.—Address Dressmaker, Symondo-st. P.Ok •