TABLE TALK.
Cheerful good humour narked the opening of the enrolment .«f : men for : military eervice in Australia. ■'-■ , German aeroplanes h»Te been droppine eweeta impregnated with poison and d£ case germs into the streets-of Bucharest. The enemy on the Soiwne is declared to be suffering from >faefcyee ) , ' evidenced by vwfld rifle-shooting and bomb-throw-ing-. ;v:---. ; -'■■■;'-.', -\- -■■:--■ ,;.■,: .-..■■■/. "■; Kenneth Entwhistle (35)/ a resident of Tuakaii, fell from a launch and was drowned at Waikato Heads on Sunday afternoon. ' f ~'" , The trial pf Rua's son on * charge of assault with; intent to .do grievous bodily.harm has been commenced at the '■-■• Supreme Court. :. . - .. In the last" twenty years the revenue from the" rates of the One-tree Hill Road Board -has •, increased from £349 io £4634 per annum. ' : *"■■•' ■■' ' Passporte are not necessary r to> enable passengers .from New Zealand to enter the Dominion of Canada; the difficulty ie to gep but of New Zealand. •'.;;, The English Preae continues to praise, the deeds' of. the New Zealandere in the recent advance, and records a number -of individualects of-bravery. ■;■'.... ; Additional war regulations hare fcieen gazetted, giving the police ; far-reaching powere in the matter of controlling the sale of liquor and the conduct of.hotels. In an order of the day congratulating the Somme Army, General Joffre states. that Verdun has been cleared, 25 Tillages have been recovered, and 35,000 prisoners and 150 cannon captured, ;'•;: ■■'/} -•-■_ There is a growing bitterness in Norway against Germany owing to the. tar- .'"' pedoing of steamers. Demands are being made for a more stringent closing of territorial waters .to submarines. ;. ; Strong magisterial comment; was made at Sfi inquest at Christchuren - yesterday oil the fact that the evidence pointed to flagrant, disregard of the anti-shouting regulations in. a particular': hotel. ■;•;;■-"''.■■.: "TBe*"Ctistdme";reyeiiue"in.'New: Zealand for., the past amount* to £1,9.45,919, an increase of £205,673, ac compared;::withv the ..Terenue'-from itna ■ corresponding period :df I«t'yernii. '■ ; y . TheJKumanians h&ve, crossed the Danube between Rustchuk- and ; ■ Tu,t»kanv «nd' have gained a footing on v the'right : b^nk.;; This .is considered • the:;e>iemy;e-pi^^,./ JV. ';.-• The Zeppelin brought-down: this week near London" was caught in -i. maze' of searchlights, and Teeeived its death-stroke from an aero^uie-'bomb. Most of the crew jumped overboard. ■' . General Brussiloff , * offensive in -GalicLa is expected to-yield important results. He is driving a big /wedge east-' ward of Lemberg, following the:tactics successfully employed by;■Jte French on ahe " '... w -", . _ Loyere'iof.iporfc bowling, boating a^-cricket variety at Pearsoh's boot 'store , ! ICarancahape ' > f; -.'^T-" Bycrort's Weal milk arrowroot biscuits for baliy. Crisp, dainty, delicious. All- 1 grocers.—<Ad.).'-., \.>"-_ ''.-, -■"■■'..
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Auckland Star, Volume XLVII, Issue 237, 4 October 1916, Page 1
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