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Auckland Star, Volume XXXVIII, Issue 154, 29 June 1907, Page 1

TABLE TALK.

Birthday hbrioars list.' " Suez mail due .'to-morrbw.7 :•■ .... ''.'■ ■-. . Calliope Dock stage! Sensational wheat rise in.-America. • , ,: Day. and McLacUan - ruiutmg-contea)} . ' -,'.■' -i\'"' r \ '-' -.. ; ;'"' ' -Annual meeting of the Auckland Sail- ; ors" Home was-held last night. •■•;.- '.'■ British-Army is adopting:the Japanese!'' '•"- bayonet, as well as a new. cavalry sword. Counsel- in the-" Calliope. vDp<i : .case, each addressed the juiy for three hours yesterday. .:..:.-",...: Grew "of--nineteen went down with the French schooner' off the coaisi I of Iceland. The President of the Board of Trade expects the general "boom" in British' - trade to continue. ; ----—.• ':, Nayua returned- to to-day witt*. ' a leak in-"her stern-tube,- and. will hii docked. to-morrow...-..'-'.-".-,-*-•", ;.' ", "An Evening With Wagner,*' given by, ■ ; tne- Auckland.Society-. of -Musicians in ; St. Andrew's Hall ttwiight. *' Land and houseproperty" on the Rand is" said to have "depreciate .with the prospect of Chinese repatriation. .A band of. fourteen entered Galiciah (Austrian) 'territory; and coittr- - mitted a series of murders with mutila- '! tion. ... ~.;., ,t .■'..■■•'■•- • :'_ i', '-[■-■ • .-, A bill for the reinstatement of 2000, Irish evicted tenants is, expected to en; tkil-the'British expenditure' of two: mit , lions sterling. • .-.-...:.; ,: .:-. . The Government is to grant scholarships "for original investigation into matters pertaining to the. industries' of . Slew Zealand." ' ' '"- The Gisborne police recently made. » .-, large haul of offending-c'ydists, some 46 lof whom were fined for riding on'the footpaths. * ■'•• The British Government: will "in future keep the colonies advised- as ; to* the countriesto which theycan. tageously. send their goods... ■The leviathian liner Lusitania-. (33,009 tons) has '' successfully passed through the newly 'dee_»i>3d charm.el of the Clyde from Clydebank^to Grednock. !; ' • King : ' Edward, -accompanied by - iither members of-'the. Royal family, laid "the foundation, stone of the new- ; King Edward VII. gallery of the British Museum/ ......... In an alarming earthquake on Thut&v <k*r Island two severe explosions were followed, after an interyaly.try.a. ..third. Many of the women were prostrated with fear. * Perhaps the most interesting!-names, on the Birthday Honours list are. those of Sir James Mills, of the Union S.& Com- . pany, and Sir.W. S. Gilbert,-the'famous playwright. '■...' — ■'-> Proposals at-the Hague Conference for guarding, the rights of neutrals, might have the effect of greatly reducing ; the terrors of war and of prolonging camuaigns. . .Mr Lloyd-George stated-that arrangements, bad been made for ;the 'appointment of commercial agents to., furnish reports from the colonies with'regard to trade and cpmmerce. " Heaven" help the Empire, .or any par* of it, if it breaks away from the Imperial Navy."—Mr. Deakin in reassuring Australians that Federal statesmen had no thought of naval independence. . The Tongan Government has decided to combine the offices of Collector ; Customs and Treasurer,'and the duties, are to" be carried outby .Mr H", W. Watkin, who has.been in charge of the Treasury for the last 18 months." . Rainproof coats and^tircular. showerproofs, in big variety,-prices range! 29/6 to 42/9; white mackintosh coats, 42/9 and 45/9. McCullagh: and Gowejr '"tat value.—(Ad.) ; ..... -.• ,-.;.' ,! i£ „ Sale" Sale! , Sale! Monday next, lsO July. Drapery, Clothing, Mercery, etc Genuine reductions in all departments. 5 Bargaiiis for everybody, at Chas. Ram* ? ger/s, Craj^,.NeTOT«ket.-r_M.U'— -^