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Auckland Star, Volume LII, Issue 306, 24 December 1921, Page 1

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A Merry Christmas Big crowds in the city last night. Orphanage fund is bow over £11,005. Five days racing and trotting in. AucklaDd next week. Britain practically alone in euggeetioß ! total abolition of submarines. Annual thanksgiving offerings 6* Baptist Tabernacle to-morrow. Auckland centre Christmas bowling tournament opens on Monday. Rioting in Cairo as a result of failure of the Nationalist negotiations, New Post Office opened at Header* son by Hon. C. J. Parr this afternoon, Auckland Cup, the most valuable race ,in the Dominion run *>n Monday a.t : j Ponsonby Swimming Christmas I carnival at Shelly Beach Bathe tfcis afternoon. No newspapers will be published oh I December 26 and January 2 throughout the Dominion. Auckland Trotting Club'a eummei meeting opens on Tuesday, on w.hjeh day the A.T.C. Trotting Cup vill be run. Strong protest by Education Beard against Government's refusal t» permit the holding of teachers' farm, eohoofc at Ruakura this summer. The record number of 210 horeea tool? part in the final galloping work $t (Ellerslie Racecourse this morning, pn •preparation for the A.R.C, meeting, Increased attention to eerieus literature a feature of the Auckland Public Library reading in the past year, both in the reference and lending departments. . ® In 1920. the gross amount under-: written in fire insurance was £258,----399,319, on which ■ premiums totalling £1,777,465 were paid. The net fire losses for the year were £292,289, Two 30-foot bottle nosed whales stranded near Timaru on Wednesday, i and one was hauled into deep water and swam off yesterday after being 48 keure ] high and dry. Its mate died on. the ; beach. Ernie Roberta, first-cuuß taller, All suits reduced. Latest cut 100, Karanjje- : hape Road, over U.P.B. DUponeary, (Ad,) "Compliments of the Beaeen." Re=epen for business January 4, 1922, Aad Kelleway's will still be the "Cheapest Draper."—Broadway, Newmarket.-^Ad, Large display of artistlo brooehe.a, Pet and loct, 5/6, 7/6, 10/0, 15/, 20/, 30, 40/.—At SUVs, Jeweller.—(Ad.) t Money refunded within 7 day* en mstl orders only. War Loan Certificates ceived as cash.—Silk's, Jewoller.^(Ad.)