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Races to-day at Amberley. . Queen Mary is 61 years old to-day. Hospital week, 1 under the auspices of the Auckland Hospital Auxiliary, starts to-inorrow.
Auckland and Suburban Drainage Board taking steps to raise further loan ot £25,000. The Victorian railways pre expects to show deficit of £1,000,000 in the yefr : ']UK ehduig.; , All the American competitors have !beei\'j<eU]hinated from the British ama- .< Schildepas from Antwerp arrived "jlaisjt cViiing,. but she is lying in tli> stream waitihg for the weather to Iraoderate before berthing. Authority received by Auckland Harbour Board to reclaim area from sea feuraka Bay, Manukau Harbour. All Blacks leave Durban for Capetown oh Monday and play their first of the tour there on Wednesday. She. former Union Company steamer, Hotomahana, which is 49 years old, is to be snnk off Port Phillip on Monday. . Railway Department decided to hire duat coats at small fee to travellers qii trains between Auckland and RotorttU;' Strong wind set in last night and Mw Wowing from due east at midnight, freshening this morning to a moderate gale... Additional school accommodation to be provided in Mount Roskill area at intersection of May Road with RichardSon Road.
Government derided to allow wholesale destruction of deer, subject to approval Of acclimatisation society of any particular area. Sales on 'Change to-day: Wilsons 1 Cement, fl 19/; Union Bank of Australia, £14 18/; Loan, 4\ per cent inscribed, 1938, £97 15/.
The Norfolk from Liverpool expects to make port at midnight, and the West Carmania arrived from Los Angeles this afternoon.
Keen banking rivalry is reported from ChristchuFch, where leading banks have opened many new suburban branches in the past fortnight in search .of business. English divorce trial which lasted many days and eventually went to the House of Lords, was referred to by Judge Blair in a written judgment issued to-day.
Burglars unsuccessfully attempted to blow open the safe at HellabyV shop at the corner of Lake and Jutland Roads, Takapuna, early this morning. The explosion was heard by neighbours.
Government regulations recently gazetted prohibiting bacon curing by the uss of boric acid have been suspended pending further investigations. Only yesterday Auckland firms were prosecuted for using boric acid.
Two prisoners, John Buckley and Frank Bailer, both habitual criminals, escaped from Mount Eden prison early last evening. This is Bailer's second break away, he having escaped from the same goal in 1923.
Why pay . big prices for furs! The Model Funriers buy direct and sell, at less than wholesale,prices and guarantee all they sell. A visit will convince you. G. Green, 99, Karangahape Rd.—(Ad.) Kelleway's S.C.D. linen tea towelling 9Jd, unbleached sheetings 1/3*, coloured S. bed qnilts 4/11, pillow cases 2id. roller towelling 6Jd- —Newmarket onlv. (Ad.) / The Model Furriers are having an extra special day on Monday. Guaranteed furs and fur coats slaughtered to below cost. Note only address.—G. Green, 99, Karangahape Road.—(Ad.) Kelleway's S.C.D. ail . wool N.Z. blankets 17/11 pair, 28in N.Z. flannels, Shetland, grey, white, Orkney, pink 1/9 yd. Opposite Tram Safety Zone, Newmarket. (Ad.) Have you seen the diamond engagement rings selling at half-price at Davfd Silk's 3 Jewellery Stores?—(Ad.) Don't on any account miss the Model Furriers' great clearance sale; real fox furs being cleared from £1 19/6; fur coats, £5 15/. —G. Green, 99, Karangahape Road.—(Ad.)
Kelleway's S.C.D. men's Ceylon flannel tennis shirts 6/11, English fleecv lined singlets 2/9, pants 2/11, grey working trousers 7/11. —Newmarket.—(Ad.) Monday will be a day of wonderful bargains at the Model Furriers; real fox furs in grey, beige, Mongolian, platinum, sable, etc., etc.; clearing from 3gns; only address.—G. Green, 99, Karangahape Rd. (Ad.)
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