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Auckland Star, Volume XLIII, Issue 201, 22 August 1912, Page 1

TABLE TALK.

» ■«■ iNrntli test match. Australians in the rear. ■All oat for 111, England four for 64. Bulgaria, k likely to declare war upon Turkey. Barnes took five of Che Australian wickets for 30, and Woolley five for 29. An Australian mail reached Auckland Tin. Wellington this morning. Britain has agreed to be officially represented at the San Francisco Exhibition in 1015. A Russian military balloon was blown to sea from Sebaetopol, two men being drowned. The loss to the (Britten hay crop, dire to the continuous rains, is estimated at fivo millions. The situation in Albania is improving, but on the Montenegrin frontier it is very serious. Consols are still steadily recovering, and have risen -to £75 a rise of 12/6 for the week. The ratepayers of HofciE-ka. yesterday, carried a proposal favouring raiting on unimproved value by 185 'to 74 votes. Mxm Ryder, a resident of Huntervfllß, •was burned to death in a fire which dcatroyed her house. A little son escaped. Kelleway 43, and Baxdsley 30, were the only Australians to make a stand in the first innings of the match, against England. A ififthnronger named H. •Dmdwall, Bring at 'Belfast, died suddenly at Bouthbridgß (Canterbury), presumably from heart disease. General Booth's last wards, relatrjigf to the promises vf God, "were, "Ehey are sure, they arc sure, 3 you will only; believe." A band of Blackhanderß is robbing on Rockefeller's estate at Tarrytown, New York. It is feared that they may have designs on John D. Distress after the Turkish earGiquakis is more acuta than that which followed! the 'Messina disaster. Funds are ibeing raised for the survivors. What is left of tire BaiHie art colleciion will be on exhibition at the Aiokland Art Society's rooms to-morrow and for .the following fortnight. Remarkable tributes to the late Geaeraj Booth have been paid from all parts of the TvorM. The King sent a sympathetic message to Mr Eramwell Booth. It is estimated that ten. thousand sheep have 'been 'buried in enow in Canterbury, and heavy losses have been, sustained on all stations north of Waiau. The cause of dca;bh of the man Marshall and the •woman Norman, found dead (together in a house at Wellington on Wednesday, has not yet been ascertained. The 'Minister for Justice (Hon. A. L. Herdinan) has stated his intention of visiting Rotoroa and Pakatoa Islands, wkh a view to looking into alleged grievances. Sir Joseph Ward yesterday defined the leadership of 'the Opposition, and a committee is to be appointed meantime to direct .the -energies of the parity in Parliament. Chow Yo Quin, a chemist of Wellington, was awarded £75 damages against • George Pinnock, a taxi cab owner, of Wellington, for injuries sustained in a motor car accident. ' The Hon. W. F. Massey, as Minister for Agriculture. 'h:is promised Parliament 'that the 'Now Zealand meat trade will he safe'ruardied from any incursion by the American Beef Trust. Tlho fate Mr. T. G. McCarthy, the "father of Wellington," left an estaito valued ait over lhalf-ca.-imillion. IJh<» will provides bequests for educational and v-haritable purposes. ■Haniillton ratepayers yesterday authorised loan proposals aggregating £84,750. A proposal to form a fire board was lost, owing to a <third of the ratepayers not voting on it. The "Standard" .publishes a singular story of Churchill directing the recent naval manoeuvres, sTmunoning the Admirals to Whitehall, and lecturing them on their handling of the ships. Conditions in -Nicaragua, where a, revolt is in progress, are very serious, and United States troops are being dispatched. It is reported that the garrison at ]>on has been massacred. JVlr. Young, M.P. for Waikato, yesterday inveighed against the system of . balloting for land sections, and suggested railway concessions to selectors seeking sections on which (to settle. Members of Parliament aTe mooting ■ the advisableness of the Department taking a hand in the matters -which are- ; disturbing tie Auckland Hospital Boaxd, . that unseemly wrangling may be .put a stop to. The Airekland Employers-' Association, in annual meeting yesterday, endorsed, the desirability of preventing hardship to the engine-drivers of Waihi, and of obtaining legislative amendments to pre-v-enit any recurrence of strikes such. «is t Waihi has suffered. The iNPew Zealand <JoV*xmnent iias , agreed to send a representative to attend a conference in Australia to consider the advisability of acquiring a cable in the Atlantic towards a complete All Red cable system between Anstral- , asia and the United Kingdom. ( Whangarei Borough Council has decided to abandon for the present the . scheme to harness Wairua Falls for the development of electrical poiwer, but to set up a committee to consider a scheme of installing an electrical light plant for the 'borough at a cust of £12,000. The new Minister of Railways (Ecu. W. LI. Herri&s) yesterday protested against Uve coruinual 'harassing , caused by applicants for concessions, and announced tliait the whole question of-fares and rali.es would be reviewed when bo had ithe advice of .the English expert.