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Auckland Star, Volume L, Issue 247, 17 October 1919, Page 1

TABLE TALK.

Tea merchants in Auckland anticipate further increase in prices. New Zealand soldier football team plays Auckland to-morrow. Australian mail will be delivered in Auckland to-morrow morning. Remuera arrives from London, via Panama Canal, on the 26th instant. I In cleaning-up week in Auckland 400 ! loads of old tins were taken to the tip. JDupliation of Grey Lynn tram line to • be first work undertaken by City Council. Lord Jellicoe's scheme for New Zea- [ land Navy means nearly £1,000,000 a year. I North Shore Methodist circuit to be divided, Takapuna being head of new portion. New Zealand eliould start with one I cruiser and six submarines, cays Lord Jellicoe. Ambulance Association in Auckland ; benefits to extent of £870 as result ot 1 Rose Day. A better tram service is wanted by the ; One Tree Hill Road Board for the Ep3om district. Bacon is to go up another 3d per i pound wholesale, according to report ' from Chrhstehurch. : Impression that anti-shouting regular tione had fallen into desuetude quite erroneous, says Mr. Wilson, S.M. Many boys asking for conductors' licenses, but Auckland City Council haa decided to make 18 years minimum age. ! In order to be independent in the ; matter of mine-sweepera, Lord Jellicoe i suggests encouragement of trawling fleets. "A truer woman never pulled a boot on," was the encomium passed by a 1 husband on hie wife to-day at the S.M. Court. j Petition asking for assisted passagee • for domestic servants from the OW , Country to be distributed in Auckland on same lines as in Hawke's Bay. ■ Overcrowding at the boxing tourna--1 ments in Town Hall complained of by Fire Board, and Association hae pro- . mised to take precautions in* future. t Formation of a "New Zealand Division ' of Royal Navy" proposed by Lord Jellicoe, this including three light cruisers, six destroyers, six submarines, and small . air force. , Taxi drivers and others have been ' fined in the past for leaving their i vehicles unattended while getting meals. j City Council has decided to allow them : 25 minutes, provided tie vehicle is left I in charge of eomeone. i Towels galore, slightly soiled. —Rob- ; crts', Ltd., Salvage Stock, at the Eeo- > nomic, Queen Street. — (Ad.) ; Gent's Tan Willow Calf Derby Boots - at lowest possible price for highest j possible quality at Pearson's Boot Stores, • Karangahape Road, Newton. —(Ad.) Jaffe's tailor-made suits please par- ' ticular people.—Upstairs, next Everybody's, Theatre, 58, Queen Street. —(Ad.). i Towels galore, slightly soiled. —Rob- , crts', Ltd., Salvage Stock, at the Eco- " nomic, Queen Street. — (Ad.) 5/11 -will buy a pretty voile blouse at > Warren's Noted Sho-wrooms, 3rd Floor, Strand Arcade.—(Ad.) Casement Curtaining from l/?»— f ißoberte', Ltd., Salvage Stock, at the ] Economic, opp. Town Hall. — (Ad.)