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Auckland Star, Volume LXII, Issue 194, 18 August 1931, Page 1

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[ Burglary at Mount Albert. Piots in Armagh, Ireland. Ship's cook drowned at Napiet. 1 Ulimaroa arrived from Sydney. 3 Three injured in city motor crash. ? New comet reported from Copenhagen. -> Auckland badminton handicaps this 1 evening. Hindenburg makes friendly gesture to ) France. Chichesters condition serious but not ; desperate. Heavy 'quake shocks in Texas and New Mexico. > Telephone subscribe: ' time service to ! be abolished. I Six lorries destroyed in garage fire ', at Taupiri. . Domestic servant found not guilty of abandoning her child. Meeting of Mount Eden Borough Council this evening. Mission vessel Southern Cross due at Auckland to-morrow. Civic reception to-day for Australian . Rugby football team. Beaverbrook advises Canadian farmers on marketing of wheat. Inquiries in U.S.A. regarding Australian conversion loan. Important conference arranged on heavy lorry regulations. Disastrous fire wrecks Pelawmain pithead in New South. Wales. : Difficulties in way of Westralia's ! secession from Federation. ; Quality of city milk supply subject of i statement by Health Officer. Crisis declared imminent in railways J owing to motor competition. Boatswain of Waikawa painfully in- , jured on voyage across Tasman. China inquiring for purchase of U.S. wheat on credit for famine areas. Tender accepted fco-day for repaire te damaged steamer City of Kimberley. Further torrential rains at Home, twenty-seventh wet week-end this year. Governor of Texas endeavouring to stop by force production of oil in State. Amount of money for unemployment relief in Christchurch has been reduced. £5000 offered by Carnegie Corporation for Auckland University College library. Auckland detective-sergeant, after world tour, praises New Zealand police work. One hundred and forty West Coast miners fined 10/ each for unlawful strike. Condition of Maoris living at Mangere discussed this morning by Manukau County Council. Mr. Coates again declines co-operation of the Reform party in formation of National Government. Maori on Wanganui River attacked wife and committed suicide, the woman being irow in hospital. Auckland representatives to give evidence at Wellington before Select Committee in connection with building legislation. ° New Zealander returned from England comments on practice of using New ! Zealand butter to blend with inferior butters. Sales on 'Change to-day were: Moturoa Oil, ;l/9; Government Loan, SJ, 193", £100; New Zealand Insurance, fl 17/9; Waihi, 15/8; Inscribed Loan, U, 1938 £99 2/6. ' Duty and advancing markets mean higher prices. Take advantage of today's "Empire" fur values; you will saveTown Hall clock.—(Ad.) True economy! Have your old fur or fur coat made like new by "Empire" experts.—Opp. Town Hall clock.—(Ad.) There never was a better time to buy furs. Prices are lowest at Empire Furriers' sale.—Opp. Town Hall clock. (Ad.)