TABLE TALK.

Auckland Star, Volume LV, Issue 38, 14 February 1924, Page 1

TABLE TALK.

Imperial Ale. The Ideal Tonic Drinfc. (Ad-J Ilijrgins sentenced to death. N.S.W. cricket team beat Ashburtoa by an innings and 114 runs. One Tree Hill loan proposa.s of £10,000 were turned down by the ratepayers yesterday. During the sudden rainfall in the city yesterday an inch and a half fell in less than an hour. Charitable institutions in Dunedin have benefited by nearly £1000 each hy bequests of a local resident. Wall Street financiers have put in 3,000,0110 dollars to save farmers" 1 banks in the Western States from ruin. The Devoiiport Borough Council last night dismissed the town clerk, and ordered re-arrangements of the office stall. A series of trial matches in both Islands prior to the selection of the All Blacks for England is proposed by the N.Z. Rugby Union. Policy of financial caution on thn part of the Government in respect to loans was foreshadowed by the Prims Minister in Christchurch. A young lady, swimming at Bronte, Sydney, had one leg bitten off by a shark. A constable very gallantly rescued the unfortunate grirlThe Carter party at Luxor having lifted the lid of Tut-ankh-amen's sarcophagus have lowered it again. It will remain closed till next season. A special issue of mourning stamps commemorating the death of Lenin an. I bearing his photo is to be compulsorily used in Russia for two months. The N.Z. University Senate has expressed its disapproval of Rhodes scholars having the emoluments of any; other scholarship contemporaneously. The Russian Soviets are losing grip on the people. There is a possibility of serioua upheavals and the ultimate deposition of the class at present ingWhen the f.'erman sailors, who had been striking in England for the English rates of pay, reached Hamburg, they were imprisoned for striking while on foreign service. A shipment of chilled meat, which ii to be specially preserved, ■will be sent from JJew Zealand to be examined by an expert Government committee now investigating preserved foods. Batson, the half-wit, who fired 17 rounds of .303 into a picnic party with fatal results, is still at large in N.S.WHe left a note in a bottle to say he had taken cyanide and it "tasted lovely." The joint committee of the Auckland Milk Producers' Association and the Milk Vendors' Association decided today to increase the price of milk one penny a quart, to take effect from Saturday next. Two Training College students in Dunedin were held by a jury to have been concerned in the use of false documents at an exam., and a case is to ba stated for the Court of Appeal as to legal culpability. Gent's all-leather box Derby boots, suede linings, semi-pug toes, English make, 17/6 pair.—At K.K. Footwear, Ltd., 49-51, Karangahape Road. Why pay double?—(Ad.) Gigantic sale at David Silk, Jeweller, Queen St. The bankrupt stock of H. Seymour, Jew.Her, Gisborne, and the balance of the stock of H. Davidson, Jeweller (late Strand Arcade, Auckland). We cordially invite your inspection. Ad. Mary Elizabeth sale of summer hats. Special reductions for Friday shoppers. Downstairs, A.M.P. Buildings.—(Ad.) The Empire's attractions, more numerous than ever. Fur coats and furs selling at the great sale from £6, furs from 30/. Note address, directly opp. Town Hall.—(Ad.) If you have been ill Hall's wine will set you right quicker than anything. Ad.