TABLE TALK.

Auckland Star, Volume LII, Issue 21, 25 January 1921, Page 1

TABLE TALK.

"Mary Elizabeth"—Sale of hats.— (Ad.) '"Go slow" still operates. City water not yet quite right. K-5 detscrrbed as a. "ireAk boa,i.' T 4900 tons hard coal coming soon. Deadlock at Kaitangata continues. Australian and American mail arrives to-day. Alardere and fighting in Ireland at the week-end. Railway firemen's dispute settled in Wellington. Racing Commission has considerable work yet. Auckland loco men dissatisfied -witli ami conditions. Douglas Bernstein, Dunedin, fined £200 for profiteering. America tennis players beat Australians by 7 matches to 2. D.1.C., Dunedin, fined £350 for making 70 per cent on sale of cloth. Extensive reductions in many soft goods lines reported from Wellington. America won 146 games and Australia 120 at tiie tennis championships in Sydney. titewards' strike off, but owrors want guarantees before putting shi-ps into commission again. Bakers in conference yesterday agreed for small committee to meet Board of Trade re price of bread when flour price is fixed. After inflicting great lose on the country their own position Is now woree than before the strike, save Mr. W. 11. Hughes, commenting on the stewards , strike. Busy tVmes at the Economic (opp. Town Hall). Astonishing •"nibbles" in I drapery and clothing! Come and ccc! j (Ad.) " 1 Egyptus Agency open for business, 1 hair and face treatment. 10, Princes Street, opp. Grand Hotel.—(Ad.)