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Auckland Star, Volume L, Issue 164, 11 July 1919, Page 1

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Mr. 1 , . M-ander, M.P. for Harsden, has decided to stand for re-election. Lieutenant H. J. Laurent, V.C., was welcomed home at Hawera yesterday. Sire at Carterton destroyed a garage and cycle depot, including thirty motor cars. No more electric radiators are to be connected with the city supply for the present. Second-Lieutenant R. S. Judson, Y.C., D.C.M., M.M., of Auckland, is due shortly by the llarama. Colonel R. B. Morrow,, who was a Mutiny veteran, died at Auckland yesterday, aged 82. A "fish boom" is anticipated by Thames fishermen by the return of what are known as "lake fish" in the spring. A further appeal for the Telease o£ conscientious objectors was made to Sir Jamee Allen on Wednesday by a Labour deputation. The City Council has decided for tha present not to grant free use of tha .trams to local bodies' labourers- and police on duty. The pay of doctors retained on military service is to be increased, as they are hindered by retention from re-establish* ing their practices. A deliberate attempt to derail a traia near Manutahi was frustrated by the timely discovery of numerous obstructions on the track. The City Council has decided to take a poll in the Grey Lynn area for a loan of £90,000, £85,000 to be spent on street improvements, and £5,000 on drainage. The City Council passed a resolution last night asking for an inquiry by a competent tribunal into the conditions disclosed at the Featherston Military Hospital. The inquiry into the grounding of the W-estmoreland at the Bluff resulted in a finding to the effect that the mishap was due to the quartermaster misunderstanding an order from the pilot. Men's box chrome boots for 16/6 pair at Pearson's Boot Store, Karangahape Road, Newton. Something like a Peace Memorial. —(Ad.) If jou need a really good tailor-made suit, try K. Jaffe, 58, Queen Street, over Cooke's Soda Fountain.—(Ad.) Don't- forget Jack's great winter sale begins Saturday, July 12. Bargains in every department. —Economic, Whangarei— (Ad.) Davy is giving music away with every 6d. school pad. For particulars see advertisement under "Public Notices." Ad. »Miss Fabling is in attendance at Spiritualists' Church, Edinburgh Street, Newton. Interviewing and healing. Hours 10 to 5.-—(Ad.) Despite xeeent rise in boots and shoes, Oborn, 240, Hobson Street, during his winter sale is selling that famous gent's glace boot at 22/6, the same old price. (Ad.). ■" - '" _