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Auckland Star, Volume L, Issue 265, 7 November 1919, Page 1

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j Entries for Metropolitan Show close at 19 o'clock this evening. i Three years ago Dr. Wilson was reI elected President of the United States. I Despite arrival of rice supplies from Sydney a shortage still prevails in Auck. land. Japan is out with a programme iDvofving £168,600,000 for naval construction. : Eleven negroes have been sentenced ti death for participation in race riots in' Arkansas. S.s. Paparoa, with batch of Auckland returning soldiers aboard, arrived at Wellington. Another fatal tram accident resulting in the death of a woman occurred at I Wellington. I St. David's congregation give practically unanimous call to Key. David j Herom, AT. A j The revocation of the Soldiers' Busi- ■ nesses Begulations, 1918, ie announced by ! a Gazette Extraordinary, Coal production has ceased throughout the United States, and the running of trains has been stopped. I The missing paesenger Zeppelin made j a safe landing on Wednesday night after a very anxious night in a storm. Wellington musical and elocutionary competitions opened. Entries number ,' 1,835, and constitute Dominion record. i Latest endorsement of Wanganui Borough Council's protest against reinstatement of Professor yon Zedlitz is from Tauranga Borough Council. Waterside workers at Ondhunga have fallen into line with their comrades throughout the Dominion, and will ceas« work at 5 pan. on Saturdays. "Limited" express trains are to be run between Wellington and Auckland, commencing this week-end, and the journey will be accomplished in shorter time. Officials of the Post and Telegraph Department passed a resolution last event ing condemning Parliament for tUI , way they have dealt with: their demand for a tonus. Proposals to raise loans for waterworks extension, etc., and the installation of a ■lighting system in the Tamaki West road district were carried at a poll taken yea terday. A married man named Pulham, a drover by occupation, residing at Papakura, was picked up on the Great South Road yesterday in an unconscious condition and with his skull fractured. Minister of Public Works (Sir William Fraser) has suggested the enforcement of an immigration policy to alleviate Dominion shortage, particularly ia respect to pushing on of public works. The great white eeason. The newest white footwear at lowest prices ie at Pearson's Boot Store, corner Queen St. and Karangahape Kd., Newton! —(Ad.) Alteration Sale, Bon Ton, Symondi. Street, opposite Lyric For one week only, 100 hats at half price.—(Ad.)