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Auckland Star, Volume XLIX, Issue 208, 31 August 1918, Page 1

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The "Daffodil Day" takings j-csterday amounted to £548. Lieut. A. H. Grierson, returned soldier, has issued a writ against l)r. Thacker claiming £5000 damages for alleged libel. Ernest Henry McKay was charged with bigamy at Christchurch at the Police Court "to-day, and remanded to Wellington. Xlie ship's officers were exonerated from fclame at a magisterial inquiry on the wreck of the s.e. Himitangi at the Chatham Islands. The jury failed to agree in the libel charge brought by Mr. J. Vigor Brown, M.P., against the "Hawke's Bay Observer" proprietary. Cabinet Ministers deny the statement that it had 'been decided that no more racehorseo will bt- allowed to leave the Dominion for Australia. •At the annual meeting of the New Zealand Dairy Association, at Hamilton, it was stated that the company's turnover for the year, had been £1,376,438, putting the company in the position of second in the world in the manufacturing dairy business. i-ihowing at Frost's, Patnell and Newmarket, new check and striped ginghams, 1/2 and 1/6 yard.—(Ad.) For smart tailoring at moderate prices try JR..' Jatfe, 58, Queen Street, over Cook's Soda Fountain.— (Ad.) "Snowdrift" flour, the flour that's different, is the ideal - 'home" flour. Those who try it are surprised at the difference in their baking.— (Ad.)