TABLE TALK.

Auckland Star, Volume LIII, Issue 306, 27 December 1922, Page 1

TABLE TALK.

Record crowd at Alexandra Park today. Summer Cup run at Ellerslie to-mor-row. Christmas bowling tournament in progress. „ Chess championship congress at Christchurch. Regattas at Tauranga and Russell to-day. Wellington in a good position for the Plunket Shield. New Zealand lawn tennis championships at Hastings. The English cricketers defeated Canterbury by eight wickets. Scrap o' Paper won three races at Xgunguru on Boxing Day. Further alarming earthquake experiences reported from Canterbury. Wellington defeated Auckland by sin wickets in the inter-university match. Horouto (East Coast) Maoris cajried restoration of 'licenses 'by 1272 votes to 221. Ulimaroa from Sydney this afternoon with 309 passengers and 3,000 tons of cargo. There were six deaths in sTew York on Christmas Day from wood alcohol poisoning. A parachute drop from the wing of an aeroplane 4,000 ft. up was the star senBatioh'at the Lyttelton regatta yesterday. Charged with stealing £100 from the person of a Dalmatian, a young woman was this morning remanded to the 30th inst. Gilbert John Johnston was sent t" gaol for three months to-day for having assaulted Constables Robertson and Holt. A meeting of Sinn Feinn clubs passed a resolution urging a convocation of the Congress to arrange peace with the Free State. Port Lincoln arrived this morning from, New York with 776 tons of cargo for Auckland, including 5,000 cases of oil and 24 motor cars. A married man named John McGinn died suddenly at his residence, New North Road, yesterday afternoon after spending the morning working in his garden. Totalisator business at 'Ellerslie yesterday showed a shrinkage of £7,762 compared with cup day last year, the figures being £123,355 10/ and £131,118 10/ respectively. Ismet Pasha professes to be very gloomy as to the probable outcome of the Lausanne Congress. He considers that an impasse has been reached, and asserts that Turkey will make no more concessions.

Tatalisator dividends outdone by buying your fure: fur coats now at almost loss than half winter prices.—Empire * Furriers, opp. Town Hall Door.— (Ad.) 'Ladies' 9ct gold expanding wristlet watches, lever movement, fully guaranteed. Usual price £8 10/, now £5. War loan certificates taken. —Victor Brownson, 16, Queen Street.—(Ad.)