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Auckland Star, Volume XLIX, Issue 167, 15 July 1918, Page 1

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Parliament was last week prorogued to August S. The Auckland "Red Jersey" fund now stands at nearly £14,000. A transport with returning soldiers arrived at Wellington at midday. Burglars stole about £40 worth, ol goods from a Waiuku store on Saturday night. A mass meeting in Trafalgar Square demanded the- internment of all enemy aliens. Five prisoners escaped mysteriously from the guardrooms at Eeatlierstoa Camp on Friday night. A Roman Catholic journal, "The Month," edited by Biahop Cleary, lia9 commenced publication.' The dead body of James Patrick McGrath, missing from Wajpiro Bay, wa3 found in a creek at Tc Pahou. Bolshevik rule is rapidly waning throughout Russia, and Lenin's influence is almost confined to Moscow. Miss J. Lempriere, an invalid, waa burned to death in a fire which destroyed a house at Ihrongia on Friday night. One Canterbury station (Mr. A. W, Rutherford's) is believed to have lost fully half of its 11,000 sheep in the recent snowstorms. The Red Crosa»'"'coppcr trail" advanced five miles from the Auckland end last week and four miles from the Wellington I end. Auckland has K>s miles and Wellington 37. An amendment lias been made in tluS Wellington motor by-laws the. effect of which will be that vehicles cannot be ! driven on the wrong side of the toaJi ! past stationary tramcars. The Jugoslavs on tne StratfordOngarue railways works who object te doing piece work have wired to the Jugoslav Commissioner that they are leaving the district. Proceedings against them are being taken at once, A test case to determine the status of territorial officers who have been deprived of their commissions so far a* the Expeditionary Force is concerned, was commenced before the Supreme Court at Wellington on Saturday. Yon Hintze, the new German FprcigTf' Minister, is regarded as the willing tool' of the Pan-German clique, and it is believed that a change of policy is impending which iv the Socialist view will hay» a devastating effect on German interests. Lots of bargains at Tudehope'e Sale. Ladies' plain felt hats, 1/, 3/11, usually 6/11 to 12/6; ready-to-wears 5/11, wortli to 15/6. —Symonds Street. —(Ad.) Ladies' good raincoats, 29/6, 35/G, were 39/6, 45/6, and bargain costumes from. 4G/C. —Tudehope's Sale, Symonds Street. (Ad.) Ladies' fleeced glove 3 1/9 J, coloured velvet ribbons 3d yd, ladies' eilk scarves 2/0, were 4/6. —At Tudehope's Sale, Symonds Street.—(Ad.) _, "Snowdrift" flour, the flour that's different, is the ideal "home" flour. Those I who try it are surprised at the difference I in' their baking.— (Ad.) --■•