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Auckland Star, Volume XLV, Issue 125, 27 May 1914, Page 1

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Serious train smash. Two passengers killed. The warships have abandoned the search for ilsimel. The English mail, via Suez, which" left here on April ]li, arrived in. London on .May -J2. The English mail, via 'Frisco, which loft here on April 2'i. arrived in London on May 2.V C. IK, Veiiner, the ilefaulting Irfindon tiKxk'hi-okiT, has Ik-Mi pent to gaol for i'our j vara. A If) days' campaign starts <m .lime l.">t!i to niiao £1.000 lor the Rcmuera Children's Home. 3'lie AVoiraate. whose cargo of fl.ix. took lire off the lion;, has arrived at tin- Falkland Islands. St. Aujnistine's Church at. Stanley Bay was dedicated by the Anglican Bishop oi Auckland last night. Tito Lailwrar Department hae accepted tenders lor sixty •workers' homes, including rtix ill. Kiaukton .Junction. The King a-nd Queen attejid the l>erby to-da}-. special precautions agaiiiet Suffragette interference have been taken. The Japanese stpamer with .100 Hindus aboard lias urrived at A ietoria 8.C.. and has been placed in qnanintnu-. To-morrow is ihe anniversary of tli« train collision at Sew Lynn, when a large number of p:i.-.-?nyfer,< were injuredA Catholic Peace Committee has been formed in Belfast to preserve order ;n connection witli the patina- of the Home Rule Bill. The says that tlie Home Hnle situation hai hardened, and tho <liauces of ajrrccment are more remote thin six months ago. The steamer Talune arrived at Auckland early this morniiui from the Cook and Society Islands, bringing passengers, mails and earjro. \o attempt ivill .lie made to establish a provincial government in Vlstc'r until tlie Home Rule Bill has received the Royal Assent. A cornet player will assist at choral evensong iv St. I'aul's Church in fnturc. This innovation is unique in tlie Dominion in Anglican churches. The appointment of Sir Jyftbert SStont at> Dapnty-Uovernor, during the nbßej>c« of T,he. Earl oi Liverpool in the Cook lehuids. lms heen jraze-tted. . The Kaisers fifth son. Piir.ee Oscar, has become engaged to one of the Kmserin's ladies in waiting, an eawajjement which the Kaiser bitterly opposed. "No new hands have been, secured by the contractors for work on tire ({rammar School buildines at Mt. Eden. Seven men and two apprentices arc working. A fireman named John Williams, ■ died at White Island on May I'J, as a result of injuries received on the previous d-.iv by the explosion of a sulphur retort. The Government is to be approached by the Deronport Borough Council with a request for a subsidy towards maintaining Kantritoto Island as a reserve. The Shamrock IV. has beer, launched at (Joßport. She is expected to develop high speed in light breezes, but will I* difficult to handle in .uoisterons -weather. The Auckland- University College Students' Carnival in to De held in the Town Hall on Junp r>th, the official '•capping" ceremony having teen dispensed with. The introduction of by-law; to prevent '\jerry-buiiding," and to reduce the fire risks for stoops fronting the main road, is contemplated by the Eden Terrace Road Board. Improvements in the train service to New Lynn are desired l>y the residents. At a meeting held last night, it was decided to iipprach the Department about the matter. A contract ha« bpen signed for the. lighting the -whole of the remainder of St. Paul's Oliureh by electricity. The new lights will be installed in the nave, baptistry and porches. Epsom shopkeepers and others present**! a petition to the Kpsoin Road Board last night, requesting the Board not to take any steps to alter the time* of closing of the. shops in the dietrict. It was decided at the City Schools' Committtc meeting last night, by .1 majority of six to three, to adhere to the resolution instructing headmasters to aJloiv an hour and a-half for pupils' lunch. Improved mode of access to the ML Eden railway station from the Eden Terrace side will be provided by the, Department at the end of -Tune. People, in the vicinity will be s-aved Ualf-a-mjJe walk. Plana for a new lire brigade station at Devonport. drawn up -in accordance with -one report of Inspector Hugo, have been adopted: by the Borough Council, and -will -be forwarded to Inspector Hugo for hie c.oii<sidcrat.ion. : As tlie α-ceult of a petition, alleging certain irregularities iv the election of two members to the Lyttelton Harbour Board, the election was declared vtftd, th-s question of co-rts being reserved. Tt was prowd that t-everal ejectors had been improperly prevented from recording their votes.