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Auckland Star, Volume XLIII, Issue 115, 14 May 1912, Page 1

TABLE TALK.

Great Sale at Goodson's. Strike of miners at Waihi. Chapter of accidents for the week-end. Rotorua is to have a cottage hospital. Awanui wireless station should '»' started in October. Inquiry into the friction at the Hospital resumed this morning. Burglars dynamited a safe at Mount Eden, and got away with £30. Apaches are terrorising the village of Terrenvire, near St. Etienne, France. The revolt in Paraguay has been suppressed by the Government troops. Cool theft of rings yesterday by an individual who impersonated Mr. Nathan. Devonport training school opened yesterday 'by His Excellency the Governor. Cabinet has accepted a tender for the erection of a cottage hospital at Botorua. Miners are indignant at Lord Mersey's award in the Northumberland dispute. A man closely resembling Gamier, the. French motor bandit, has been arrested in Berlin. Prince Tuan's son, supported by the Governor of Kanzu, is intriguing for the emperorship. The famine-stricken in Russia total twenty millions, and appeals for funds are being made. •Honorary appointments to the Territorials approved by the Governor and the Commandant. Condition of the Civil Service is to he inquired into by a special commission appointed by the Government. Parnell is continuing its crusade for keeping the suburb dean by pulling down houses not fit to live in. Union Co's fine steamer Mannganni did a record run between Hobart to the Bluff, averaging 15.27 knots an hour. Newmarket Borough. Council made a: start •with the permanent paving or Manukau-road opposite the Bairway Station. _ . For supplying liquor to a prohibited person, a man named George Gibson was sentenced to two months at Hamilton; yesterday. A witness told the Totalisator Commission that racing in Sydney was as pure as the Stock Exchange. Now, what did he mean by that? A widow named Mrs. White and hex son have been found dead in Sydney. It is supposed that the mother killed her son, and then committed suicide.' The " Daily ' Mail " is arranging aviation displays in order to arouse public interest in "the value of this hew adjunct to the world's armies and navies. It is reported that icebergs are floating about in the Atlantic southwards o£ where the Titanic struck. The track for Atlantic steamers has, therefore, been fixed further south than the usual course. At a meeting of Gisborne local bodies held to consider the Local Government Bill the opinion was expressed that it was unworkable. The changes foreshadowed, it was contended, were too violent, and the powers of local bodies were greatly curtailed. The departure of the steamer Wairoa from Port Chalmers in quest of the treasure lost in the ship General Grant has been delayed by the issue of. a' writ of attachment by the - V'ice-Adnirralty Court .restraining, the vessel from sailing, pending a settlement of claims again-t her made by Messrs Stevenson and Cook, Port Chalmers. It is understood that the amount involved is about £400. At the last meeting of the Matamata County Council it was resolved to invite the Postmaster-General to visit the district, and open the new post office at Putaruru, which was nearly completed. The Clerk of the Council, Mr. S. Lewis, has received the following reply per telegraph '"The Postmaster-General will be pleased to formally open the Ptitarura post office some day towards the end of the month. Will endeavour to give you definite date in a day or two.''