TABLE TALK.

Auckland Star, Volume LV, Issue 306, 26 December 1924, Page 1

TABLE TALK.

Perfection and Darnel Tobacco.all shops.(Adi Boxing Day picnic traffic extraordinarily light. 1.17 inches of rain, fell in the --4 hours to 9 a.m. to-day. A boisterous Christmas Day followed by a heavy rainfall at right. Opening of N.Z. tennis championship meeting postponed till to-morrow. Auckland bowling tournament started late to-day owing to tho weather. William Forsyth, farmer, at Orcore, was killed near Raetihi by a motor car capsizing. Dates for seven wool sales in January have been fixed, with a total of 132,500 bales to be offered. A young man was sent to gaol for a month this morning for vagrancy and habitually consorting with thieves. Generally speaking Cabinet has agreed to adopt the Railway Commission's proposals, says the Minister of Railways. Man charged with being drank while in charge of a motor car in the city on Christmas Eve fined £10 this morning. Big welcome home ceremonies at Ratana's kainga on Christinas Day, the attendance of Maoris being estimated at about 4000. Joinery factory in Freeman's Bay owned by Mr. W. Casey destroyed by fire late on Christmas Eve. Damage well over £5000. Canterbury lost 9 wickets yesterday for 214 runs in the opening innings of their match against Auckland in the Plunket Shield contest. Auckland Trotting Club's summer meeting opens at Epsom to-morrow, when the Trotting Cup and Great Korthern Trotting Derby will be run. The Transvaal output of gold for the nine months ending September, 1924, was 7,142,465 fine ounces, as compared with 6,779,730 for a similar period last year. Alexander Fraser sent to gaol this morning for seven daye for disturbing a prayer Ineeting in the United Churches tent at the civic square with obscenity. lorangi was the first to finish in the ocean race to Tauranga, but it is understood the corrected times give Queenie first place, Moana second, Prize third and lorangi fourth. William Anderson, the president of the New York anti-saloon organisation who has been in gaol for nine months for forgery and splitting commission*, was re-arrested on his release and other charges are pending. The London-to-Paris air express crashed half a mile after it left the Croydon aerodrome and burst into flames. It is believed that the eight people who were killed were dead before the petrol ignited. Railway Commission's report published. A large number of recommendations, including reorganisation of control and administrative system, that the Railway Department control its own finances, and that time-tables and fares be revised.