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Auckland Star, Volume XLIII, Issue 100, 26 April 1912, Page 1

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Inter-club bowling to-morrow. Racing at Avondale to-morrow. Inquiry into Titanic wreck proving farcical. German newspapers bitterly condemn Mr. Isms.v. The Pt:jip Minister left for Te Kuiti this morning. Mr. Justin McCarthy, the Iri?> leader ar.4 writer, dead. Lori [.-....t0n will make a trip to Ka"ke's Bay on Twee lay. H.M.?. Firmer in port, and H.M.3. expected to-morrow. Anrvth.-' vessel stated to ii.ive ignored the Til-inic's signals of distress. Northern Union footballer* ope" their beacon at Eden Park on iaL^rday. A shell psplodecl in a magazine at Delhi, and killed a and six natives. Jack Johnson, the 'boxing champion, badly injured in a motor-car smash at Piltsuurg. A prisoner, John Lewis. aged 36, escaped yesterday from Mt. Cook prison at Wellington. Auoklande-5 increased their deposits in the SiviruT- Hank during the last quarter by £65,000. Mrs. Angus >. i holson was taken ill after drinkiny hop beer yesterday, and died this morning. Mr. W. F. Massey (Opposition Leader) is en route for Auckland, having concluded his Southern tour. The Hon. T- Mackenzie last night announced that the Treasury surplus this year is £807,095. The Auckland Exhibition site will comprise 31 acres of the Domain between the ponds and the plantation. Healey's store, Maungaturoto, was burgled of tobacco and a few shillings ea-h on Wednesday night. Steamer Pakeiia, bound from London to New- Zealand, held up at Sydneythrough strike of firemen. i Ac-cording to the medical evidence, ■ Te.bbitt, who attempted to murder Mr. Rothschild, is a homicidal maniac. Mt. Albert resident* last night decided to push ahead the movement to have a public .social hall erected in. the district. Ponsonby and Manukau cruising clubs hold races on tlie Waitemata and Manukau waters respectively to-morrow arternoon. The Mahoenui-Te Kuiti coach capsized yesterday afternoon, and rolled down a. bank, but all five passengers escaped with bruises. Eotorna intends giving a gymkhana as a finale to the military tournament of Mounted Rifles (4th Beg.), to be held on Arawa Park next month. American cruiser Maryland accidentally badly damaged while at torpedo practice off Californian coast. It is suggested that a loaded torpedo hit the vessel. The new regulations under the Stateguaranteed Advances Act provide that loans to local bodies may be for a term of twenty years at three and a-quarter per cent interest Bishop of North Queensland declares that throughout Australia there is a .consciousness that the growing church, iniist he .delivered , from legal connection with the Church of England. - Hon. J. A. Millar last evening gave a private account of his stewardship to his election committee, and was accorded - a vote of confidence and a free hand in future political movements. The "Times" states that the Italians' action in the Aegean Sea is due to the collapse of her original plans. She previously believed that the Arab* would •Welcome her with open arms. At the Timaru races yesterday a spectator fell over the front of the grandstand on to the stairway below. He sustained a severe cut on the back of the head, and was taken to the hospital in an ambulance. The Milleville CS'ew York State) dam collapsed, and a raging torrent swept all before it. Five hundred villagers are homeless. A telephone gid stopped at her post and warned all sub* scribers. who escaped. Friendly Societies in borough of Marylebone inaugurating a "Health Week." Health lectures will' be given, conferences held, and visits paid to the hospitals. The stations and institutions for the care of children will also be cleansed. Other boroughs are following suit. Clarice Baker, whose dead body was found in a storm-water channel at Glebe (Sydney) just after she was seen walking with a young man, is a. new Zea> lander. Anonymous letters dealing witi the affair have been received by the police, but throw no light on the mystery. To-morrow! Goods damaged by water on Tuesday last. Special sale to-morrow. —Grey and Ford, Ltd., Kaxangahaperoad.—(Ad.) Cheap, cheap! Good; good! The latest untrimmed and ready-to-wear hats, 5/11 and 8/11 qualities selling at 2/11; imi mense wings, 1/. —At Histed's realisation sale, Ponsonby-road.—(Ad.)