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Auckland Star, Volume LXII, Issue 307, 29 December 1931, Page 1

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Races at Ellerelie. Hon. W. Earnshaw dead. Heavy traffic on railways. Maori drowned in Waikato River. Extreme heat in South Australia, Woman pillion rider seriously injured. Christmas bowling tournament continued. More country week cricket matches to-day. Bank officer shot in Feilding throHgh tragic mistake. Good play in championship tennis tournament. Queen Street building slightly damaged by fire. Policy of decentralisation probable In radio control. Steamer Breeze has been abandoned by underwriters. Girl accidentally shot at Te Atatu died in hospital. Apprentice jockey killed in v first race at Ellerslie to-day. Spanish airman plans ambitious 40,000 miles flight. Narrow escape for guests in hotel flra on Cornish coast. Complete abolition of submarines proposed by Britain. Japanese military headquarters established near Chinchow. In Plunket Shield match Otago scored 589 (Blunt 338 not out). Man killed in sensational revolver duel in Sydney suburb. Wreckage of launcli named Ramona washed up on West Coast. Steamer Newton Elm refloated' from sandbank on N.S.W. coast. Many injured in riots between Moslems and Hindus at Lahore. Reported in London that Newfoundland may declare insolvency. Enormous damage by fire in railway workshops in Pennsylvania. 1 Wellington's floating dock arrived last evening after world's record tow. With arrival of Gandhi revival of disturbances occurred at Bombay. Breakers overwhelmed motorists whose 1 car broke down on Ninety-Mile Beach. Bush fires continuing to alarming extent in Wagga district, N.S. Wales. Varied newspaper views concerning Germany's ability to pay reparations. Japan 6tates that troops sent to China are merely to suppress banditry. Two sunken trawlers at Napier believed to have been maliciously scuttled. Railway Handicap winner, Supremacy, broke leg this morning and had to ba destroyed. Three land commissioners declared by N.S. Wales magistrate to be guilty of misbehaviour. Bag taken from car in city contained material required in connection with tennis championships. French Premier denies receipt of invitation to conference in London on war debts and reparations.