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Auckland Star, Volume L, Issue 140, 13 June 1919, Page 1

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— -«> A fire in Constantinople destroyed thd Yildiz Kiosk. Te ex-Kaiser wants to sell his racing yacht, the Meteor. The total ratable value of Auckland City for 1919-20 is £1,083,527. William Richard Morris, a fanner, shot himself through the heart. It is likely that a Communist Government will be established in AustriaThe Eskonians are retreating- before! the Bolsheviks north-east of Riga. A statement in justification of the Government's timber policy has been issued! by Sir Francis Bell. The amount claimed by the Drainage Board from the City Council for the current year is £21,850. The' Lands Department has acquired 600 acres of land near Palmerston North for the settlement of soldiers. Local elections have become unwieldy* and : Wellington City Council is consider-f ing proposals for a change. The total number of enlistments from the Auckland City Council's employees was 148. Of these 17 are dead. The City Council decided last night to raise the rates Ud. in the £, making 4/1 i, plus water rate (about 6d.). The projected flights to Australia have been postponed until September owing to the preparations, being inadequate.^ The eight-hour day for the police is being tried in Wellington, and if found: satisfactory will he introduced elsewhere. It is alleged by Te Kuiti business men that a good deal of methylated spirit drinking is going on in the Bang Country. The Mount Albert Borough Council is the only local body that has not yet given its consent to the tramway pupchase. About £3,000 worth of "damage was done by a fire in Merson Bros.' motor cycle garage in Upper Symonds Street hist evening. A prisoner named Michael MeCann, aged 30, escaped from the south-bound Main Trunk express near Eaurimu yesterday morning. -A definite scheme for building 79 workers' homes on. the old abattoir site aft Grey Lynn was laid before the.City Council by the Mayor last night. It is estimated that the Lake Coleridge hydro-electric station, on its present output, is saving Christchurch-and suburbs nearly 150,000 tons of coal per annum. If you need a really good tailor-madal suit, try X- Jaffe, 58, Queen Street. over Cooke's Soda Fountain. —(Ad.) Digger! You probably do know it, but in. case you do not—You'can buy; that pair. of .tan willow calf stout ; Derbya in a better quality at lower; price at Pearson's, Karangahape KoacL. (Ad.)