TABLE TALK.

Auckland Star, Volume 55, Issue 1, 2 January 1924, Page 1

TABLE TALK.

Perfect New Year weather. Hollywood from 'Frisco this afternoon with a cargo of oil.

Kast Tamaki Co-operative Dairy Company's factory and plant destroyed by tiro on Monday evening.

Another totalisator increase at Ellerslie yesterday, the net advance of the three days being £10,412 10/.

Tofua arrives from the Western Pacific islands to-morrow morning with a large cargo of fruit.

The principal event on each day of the A.T.C. meeting was won by an Aus-tralian-bred horse.

Show case outside Proud's jeweller' 9 shop in Queen Street opened last night, and £60 wortli of watches and bangles stolen.

Auckland made 330 in their first innings against Otiigo yesterday. Canterbury made a poor showi: j against Wellington.

Auckland Trotting Club's Summer Meeting showed ft increase of £5118 10/ compared with lset year's corresponding meeting. New Year honours include knighthoods for two New Zealstndcrs—t lie Hen. Arthur Myerfcand Dr. Lindu rrrgiisou, of Dunedin.

Sad beach fatality at SYan_:'imi! yesterday, a fathei and little daughter being crushed to death under a fall of rock from a cli<T at Kai-iwi beach.

Tragic occurrence in the hurdle race at Ellerslie yesterday, the jockey M. D. O'Shea being killed when his -mount Peter Amans iei! at the fourth jump.

Annual shipping figures for Auckland show an increase of over twenty per cent over the 1922 returns, accounted for almost entirely by large sbipping-

A fatal fall in Queen Street was sustained on Monday evening by Mr. F. Allen, of Sussex Street, Gre_? Lynn, who died in the hospital early yesterday morning from hemorrhage of the brain. / In the New Zealand tennis championships at Christchnrch,' A. \Y. Sims (Christchureh i won the final of the men's singles, and BartleSt and Bobson (Auckland) the doubles. Ssliss M. Spiers (Canterbury/ won the ladies' championship. '.