TABLE TALK.

Auckland Star, Volume LIII, Issue 247, 18 October 1922, Page 1

TABLE TALK.

.Next Saturday i~ the anniversary of Trafalgar Day. New workshop; lor Technical Co'lege opened '.his afternoon. There were only twenty minutes of bright sunshine yesterday in the oity. Government has abandoned its wheat scheme, and free export is to be alln«'ed. Outbreak of typhoid reported among the Maoris at Rukiiinoana I'a. Morrinsville. I Minister has approved oi the election of three additional T.K. shelters ai the i Coat ley Home. The Sultan of Turkey, fearing the vio lence of the Nationalists, ha? taken 'refuge in his harem. Donation of £50 received by board last night to the hospital fund from the Auckland Chinese Club. Verdict of accidental death, m> <im<being to blame, in the inquest mi the late Mr. Archibald McMalii. Xew fast passenger launch Koa. intended for the T'pper Harbour trade, had a successful trial run yesterday. ■Exemption sought ut Arbitration Court to-day from the Auckland award by St. Heliers' and Kohimarama grocer , -. American army dirigible, which re ifliitly crossed the continent, was destroyed by fire at Ran Antonio. Texas. The political situation is developing rapidly in England, and there seems more than a possibility of the Coalition breaking up. The Auckland Yacht and Motor Boar Association last evening fixed January 30 as the date [or the first of the Sanders Cup races. The No. ] supplementary electoral rolls close this afternoon, hut a second one will be compiled up to the day on which the writs are issued. Nominations closed to-day for the e.\ traordinarv vacancy on the City Council and on the Power Board. Three candidates nominated for each seat. The total expenditure on hydro-electri. development is to be reduced by rather more than a million, and the annual ex penditure for the first few years i> t<. be kept within a million. The amount expended by the State on public works last year was £5,256.687 a record expenditure, while the vote proposed for the current year is £4,067.22:? This year's vote for the Xorth Auckland line is £230,000, for the Wliangarr! branch £25,000, and for the Wai hi -Tan »■ atua section of the East Coast lin<£24o,ooo. Solid silver extra heavy tobacco boxes. 40/ each. —At Silk's," jeweller, stocV reducinjr sale.— (Ad.l The activities of the new K.K. Footwear Co., Ltd., in Mclwrn's Household Store, Karangahape Road, are command ing great attention. High-grade footwear at half usual prices is responsible for tindaily rush. — (Ad.) Cream silk jumpers, 25/0, 39/6 to 79/6; spongecloth frocks, 2»/fi, :?0/(i. - Mrs. Barton Walker, Strand Arcade.- Ad Last few days of closing down sale of the K. and K. stores, Kewmarket. Oood< below cost.— (Ad.) Wonderful variety of jumper.-, very special value, novelty hosiery in jevery colour.—The "Boudoir," Karangahupe Road, near Tivoli.— (Ad.) Toilet sets, brush, comb, and mirror. Latest designs and shapes, 40/ a .set. —At Nilk"s, jeweller, stuck reducing sale. Ad. Oborn has just added to his noted high-jrrade boot stock England's be*t. including Bostock's and other leading makes, at his usual moderate price-, 240 and 242, Hobson Street.—(Ad.) The booklovers' opportunity. Last week of Kealy's Book Sale at 21, Shortland Street, opposite "Star" Office.—Ad. You can make smart and beautiful ladies" girdles, worth 13/ each, for 3/ti. Call at David Silk, jeweller, for material. —-(Ad.) Bargains in footwear at the only bargain store in KaTangahape Road - K. Kitchener, Ltd. (The Corner Store i. right opposite top of T'pper Queen Street.—(Ad.)