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Auckland Star, Volume XLIII, Issue 167, 13 July 1912, Page 1

TABLE TALK.

England won -the MacKinnon' Cop at the Bisrey meeting. The motion of censure in the Federal Parliament was lost by 35 votes to 25. Napier recently had a slight fall of snow, the first seen there for a number of years. An explosion of flour dust in a German mill wrecked the building and billed four workmen. Tibetans captured the Chinese town of Li'tang, and .buried tho women and children alive. The members of the Newcastle coal vend have paid fines and Court costs totalling £16,000. Sir Edward Grey's speech on the foreign outlook has been favourably received in Germany. H.M-s. Drake, the flagship- of the Australasian Squadron, is due in Auckland harbour this day fortnight. The "serpent-like fish" found beached at Houhora has been classified by Mr Chcoseman as a thresher shark. A grocer's shop a. Henderson was relieved of the sum of S/0 on Thursday evening by a burglarious visitor. The Australians made 152 runs in their firs, innings in reply to Scotland's 289. Rain stopped play shortly after. The "Daily News" declares that the next British naval vote will show an increase of four minions on the last. The .British team at the-Olympic Games is criticised for its lack of discipline and its refusal to take the games seriously. The P. and O. steamer Persia is still fast aground, but is making no water, and the. prospects of floating it-are good. At Hokitika yesterday (two brothers were _a__ fined £5 and costs- for cutting timber on the seenao resenre-near lake Kanieri. The taking of evidence by the Cost of Living Conrmission has concluded, a__S the report is expected t- be ready in a fortnight. Election to-day far appointment of a member to Eden Terrace Road Board, Messrs C. H. Olive and E. Wrigley being the. nominees. The French Bastille, fell 123 years ago. making way for the Republic. Local French folk will cel-bmte the-national anniversary on Monday. A flow of water, located" _y the Rev. . .H. Mason (water-diviner)' has been proved to exist on a recreation reserve near the Three Kings, Mt. Roakill. GrifTo, the ex-Australian lightweight champion of the world, has been arrested in New York for begging. He won a fortune in tbe ring, but squandered it. A 300-acre area near Mamaku, Waikato, has been selected as a Government observation farm for research work in connection with bush, sickness.A matt named Tier was arrested at Wellington , yesterday on a . charge oS burglary at Hill and Sons' .premises, arid was remanded to-day till July 18. Ball was fixed at £ 150. Previous to retiring from office Oir. G. W. Russell appointed Dr. L. G. Cawkwell. of Remuera, as medical inspector lof school-, thus completing the four appointments agreed to by the late Cabinet. Kegi_tration under the Con-illation -n.l Arbitration Act of the Auckland Provincial Farriers and Blacksmiths' In--trial Union of Employers and t__ Mitchel-on Timber Co., T_td., Industrial 'Union.of Employers ___ been cancelled. A public meeting held at Napier decided to -Old an industrial week for the display in 'the shop windows of New Zealand manufactures, in conjunction •with musical and elocutionary competitions, for the week commencing Aug. 14.