TABLE TALK.

Auckland Star, Volume LIII, Issue 104, 4 May 1922, Page 1

TABLE TALK.

West Tamaki Road Board election to-day. Arbitration Court opened in Auckland this morning. Piako due from St. John's and Xew York to-morrow afternoon. All the old members returned at the One-tree Hill Road Board election. Birkenhead Assessment Court tomorrow. Over 90 objections lodged. Hamilton Borough Council has reduced its overdraft and also its rating levy. Offers for some of the Government war loan stocks advanced 10/ on 'Change to-day. Bulky volume of business to be disposed of by the Arbitration Court while it is in Auckland. Makura, which arrives from Vancouver early in the morning, will resume her voyage to Sydney at 5 pjn. Arbitration Court expects to make its pronouncement on or before Monday respecting the cost of living. Sunspots can at present be observed daily. Mr. Clement Wragge says that cosmic influences are acting upon the sun. Mr. Boyd intends to petition Parliament for £10.000 compensation for loss incurred through interference with the Onehunga Zoo. The valuable launch Dauntless, missing from her moorings at Ponsonby, found at North Shore. A man has been charged with the theft of the boat. Floating wreckage has been reported from two localities —one lot having been seen 40 odd miles off the East Cape and the other 6* miles off Farewell vSpit, Application by Taupiri coalminers to get an alteration to their award this morning was unsuccessful, the president holding that before the Court make any variation both sides must agree. ! Annual balance-sheet of the joint committee of the Ked Cross and St. John Societies shows that the receipts for the past year were £46,677. The disbursements for comforts to returned soldiers amounted to £4220, and the credit balance was £41,761. Specials at Frosts—sG x 56 hemstitched coloured bordered damask ! cloths 8/11 each; 22 x 44 strong un- ; bleached towels 2/3 each.—Frost's, ParI nell.—(Ad.) j Every -watch purchased can be: exchanged after seven days' trial if not sat'iefactory.—Silk's, Jeweller.—(Ad.) Read Tanfield Potter and Co.'s great crockery sale advertisement on page 12. Queen St.—(Ad.) Bought at 10/ in the £. Boots and shoes poing at lowest prices in Auckland. Great bargains.—Knight and Co., opp. Grey Statue. —(Ad.) Remarkable value in hand-knit silk jumper?, all shades, various designs, j 75/.—The Boudoir. 244, Queen Street, and Karangahape Road, nr. Tivoli. (Ad.) Very large shipments of English-made footwear to hand. Prices positively right. E. Kitchener, Ltd., 20-22, Karangahape Road.—(Ad.) Madame Ray"? special display of grey and 'vieux rose millinery. Svmonds Street.—(Ad.) Watches, clocks, cheaply, carefully and skilfully repaired, examinations and quotations free.—At Silk's. Jeweller. Ad. Millinery special—Ladies' new straw shapee, usually 12/6 to 15/6, to clear at C/ll. —Frost's." Pamell.—(Ad.)