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Auckland Star, Volume XLIII, Issue 148, 21 June 1912, Page 1

TABLE TALK.

No change at Waihi. The shortest day to-morrow. Main Trunk line blocked l>7 an earthslip. The Rcmuera Ratepayers' Association was formed last night. 'Jloors attacked ihe French camp aear Fez, but were driven off. • The Southampton dock strikers har< resumed unconditionally. The poultry show continues at the Trades Hall till the week-end. Somerset made 59 against the Australians, who replied with 184. Dickens Centenary lecture and recitals at Leys Institute, Ponsonby, to-night. The Public Sschools broke up this afternoon for the inid-winter vacation; Annual convention of the Jew Zealand Alliance at Wellington on Tuesday. The proposal to form a borough of Takapuna has been postponed a. fortnight. By a railway collision in Saxony, yesterday, three were killed and twenty injured. Consols hare declined as a result op holders selling to meet calls on New Zealand scrip. The Xewmarkei Council want some twopence-in-the-elot public telephones ia the borough. - The House of Commons rejected as amendment to establish a single chamber for Ireland. The steamer Rotorua will land at Wellington on Sunday S4 assisted passengers from Britain. The heavy raifl of the past two days has been general in Auckland province, and the weather prophets predict more. Taft is still 'winning in the Republican Convention, but there are signs that Roosctelt will "bolt" and nominate himself. Coal mining at Huntly has been restricted for tlio past three weeks by* shortage of railway trucks to deal witU the output. The attendances at the cricket matches in England are decreasing, the wane of interest being attributed to there being too much cric-ket. A tire-plug which would have been ol service in quenching the blaze at Hatai-ta-i (Wellington) yesterday was discovered to have been cemented up. The Otago Education Board suggesta making provision for training a larger number of teachers within the Dominion until the present demand is met. An inspector to oversee vie quality of the liqucr sold in liotels (presumably an, ale-taster) is a suggestion made by jlr. A. E. Glover, 51.P. It would be a "popular job. Judge Sim declares that in its present form the clause in the Arbitration Act by which an agreement may be declared an award is nonsensical by reason of its indefiniteness. Invercargill ratepayers at a poll yesterday decided to borrow £15,000 for'the completion of the electric and £10,000 for. the installation of electric power and light plant. A graving "dock which was being built in Perth, at a cost of £200,00 is •doomed to failure, owing to the piercing of a care from whk-h water is surging up and which, it is impossible to fill. Motor care and other similar. rubbertyred vehicles excepted, all vehicles passing over the Xewmarket roads are prohibited from using spikes, cogs, or bars on tho tyres of the wheels. Captain Fullerton, of tho Otago Boys* High School, has accepted the command of the team of New Zealand senior cadets that is to visit Canada shortly. The youths an>, at present undergoing instruction at Trentham. There are S4 assisted passengers on the steamer Rotorua, which is due to arrive in Wellington from London, next Sunday. Fifty of tbese are adults, including 22 domestics, and 19 women coming to rejoin their husbands. The following are the estimated populations of the four chief centres of the Dominion at the end of May:— Greater Auckland, 104,728; Greater Christchurch, 82,004; Greater Wellington, 71,427; Greater Dunedin, 65,670... The captain and crew of the T. G. Watson, wrecked at Tahiti, <wero passengers by the Aorangi, which arrived at Wellington yesterday. Captain Endreson and his wife were on their honey*, moon trip at the time of the wreck. It is proposed to give a. distinctive name to that portion of aianukau Koad which extends through Newmaitet Borough, and the Newmarket Borough councillors are busy thinking up something appropriate for suggestion at nest meet-. ing. The death is reported of M. .Frederick Passy, the well-known French peace advocate. He took a 'prominent part ia organising the first International League of Peace and the Inter-iParliamentaiy TJnion of Arbitration and -Peace, and was one of the two Frenchmen, to whom the first' Nobel peace prize was awarded. The end -of the negro insurrection Ji* Cuba is believed to be in sight; Last week the Government troops encountered the insurgents 15 roiVes from Santiago de Cuba, and a brisk fight followed. "The rebels were defeated with the loss of two of their leaders and a number of men. 'Xearly all their horses were killed, an 4 a large quantity of rifles and ammunition was captured. Fourteen days' flutter sale ai Histed'a begins to-morrow. Astonishing bargains in all departments. Ponsonby Ed.—'(Ad.) See our values thi3 week! it will pay you to shop at our store now.—Grey and Ford. Ltd., drapers, etc.. Karangahape Road.—(Ad.)