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Auckland Star, Volume LIX, Issue 270, 14 November 1928, Page 1

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A stolen motor car was found burned at Mangere last night. Sawmill and general store at Koutu, near Eotorua, destroyed by fire. Canada's wheat crop this year is estimated at over five billion bushels—a record. Tanker Hilda Knudsen is due on Saturday with bulk motor spirit "from LoS Angeles. V ictoria defeated South Australia by 300 runs in the Sheflield Shield cricket match. Pork butcher's shop in Park Road i aided last night and looted of its entire stock. A young Maori (an h- bitual criminal) given another chance by Mr. Hunt this morning. Two men pursued by To Kuiti police yesterday afternoon and arrested in charge of a car stolen from Wellington. Prospects of heavy polls in Auckland and suburbs to-day, voting having started solidly from the opening of the poll. New South Wales made a drawn game against the English cricketers, Kippax jind Bradman playing not out innings <. over a century apiece. The City Council will hold a special meeting tomorrow afternoon to elect six members to represent the Council on the new Transport Board Sales on 'Change to-day:—N.Z. Bank, £3 1/6; N.Z. Breweries (deb.), £1 4/9; Bank of Australasia, £14 14/; Renown Collieries, pref., 2/11; and Waihi, 14/. Permission was refused at the Supreme Court yesterday to ex-constable Carroll to apply for a new trial ( in the case where he was found guilty of arson. The New South Wales State cricket team sent a message of condolence to the New Zealand Council on the death of Mr. J. F. Peake, who managed the 1925 New Zealand team on its Australian tour. For the first time in New Zealand general elections the closing time of the polls is uniform throughout the countrv to-day, namely, 7 p.m. Previously the polls in rural electorates closed at 6 p.m. In the compensation claim arising out of the Argyle Street accident,, in which Mrs Ethel Brittain was killed, the judge found there was no negligence on the part of the Railway Department, and gave judgment for the Crown. Wedding Cars.—We have the latest and most up-to-date Limousines in town. White Taxis.— (Ad.)