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Auckland Star, Volume LI, Issue 235, 1 October 1920, Page 1

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Slips on -lain Trunk line. . Auckland spent a gloomy night. Maheno for Sydney this evening. "" s, Poles have captured Lida and Pinsk. ' Wanganui low levels flooded last night* Northcote and Birkenhead still enjoy gas. Government win in Bay of Plentjf by-election. Watersiders decline to resume aWellington. Award filed in Auckland ' motormechanics' dispute. Full settlement of Auckland totalisatof employees' dispute. Alexander MeKenzie, settler, drowned at -larva, near Whangarei. Arbitration Court finished Auckland sittings, and now goes South. Large general cargo on ss. Kent, now., in \Vaitemat_. from Liverpool. Last night's northbound express frost Wellington hung up at Jtarton. Pukemiro still idle, and a possibility of; this mine being declared "black." More police murders in Ireland—* threat of reprisals in i Drogheda. Special committee set up by Auckland City Council to report on coal crisis. Takapuna gasless, but still has trams, although tlie service is to be curtailed. Birdwood says that Australia and New Zealand are workingmen's paradises. Christchurch Regatta Club ask for rowing championship regatta this year. Customs dujjjics collected at Christchurch in September £145,3S0 —a record, Announcement may be expected tomorrow as to when tram 3 will run again. Further £10,000 for workers' dwellings to be borrowed by Auckland City Council. Niagara from Vancouver due at Auckland on Wednesday is timed to sail next day. By-law to stop bicyclists hanging on to tramcars up hill passed by Auckland City Council. Both expresses, Auckland to Wellington, held vp —the first at Taihape, the second at OTfakune. Claim for £1000 damages in watersiders' alleged libel case at Auckland Supreme Court. Big increase in export of butter and cheese from Auckland due to increased shipping facilities. Mails from Wellington yesterday coming via New Plymouth will reach Auckland in the morning. Wellington Racing Club's receipts last year £82,0111; Government tax £30,529;, accumulated funds £14,542. Startling reductions in ready-to-wear-at Kemp's Corner. As much as £2 chopped off a suit. Ten days only.— (Ad.) Rusting tram tracks mean walking. Good comfortable footwear will see you through. Visit Pearson and Co., the Boot people, of Newton.—(Ad.) Astonishing reductions in men's wear ' at B. J. M. Kemp's, Queen Street, for 10. ; days only. Don't miss this! See" wia.dows. —(Ad.)' : a ,