TABLE TALK.

Auckland Star, Volume LVI, Issue 11, 14 January 1925, Page 1

TABLE TALK.

Imperial Ale—Always Sparkling Drink. (.Ad.) Big fire at Whakatane. Native School Teachers' Association in conference again to-day. The Canadian Traveller sails to-mor-row for New York, Boston, and Halifax. C. J. de Gar is appeared before, the Police Court this morning, and was remanded till the 22nd. Britain's home defence air force is to be based on regular nuclei, tho fighting force being largely volunteer. Sixty-three breaches of by-laws heard at the Police Court to-day, nine of them being for dangerous driving. The Minister of Railways and Public. Works will be a guest at the monthly luncheon of the Auckland Chamber of Commerce to-morrow. A penalty of 40/ imposed on a number of grocers to-day for having kept their shops open till I p.m. on the haltholiday instead of closing at 12.30. Thomas Frew (2-3) died in YVaikato Hospital from a bullet wound in tho head caused by discharge of a pea riilo which a workmate was cleaning. A Victorian cricket team is to visit the Dominion about the middle of next month. Ponsford and Ryder will join the team after the final Test match. Children under 16 years of age from Wellington and Napier, and in parts of Taranaki, are prohibited from attending schools, entertainments and sports. At the conclusion of play yesterday the only Aucklander left in the singles championships of the Dominion bowling tournament at Wellington was Wooller, the Remuera clubman. Since the amendment of the law giving women as much freedom as men in the matter of grounds for divorce, a much larger number of women are taking advantage of the legislation. There have been more evictions from Clydebank (Glasgow!, and reporters have been stoned by bands of hooligans. Some of the evicted families returned, aided by the crowd, when the sheriff's officers had gone. Experts puzzled how the Pakeha could have been damaged as she was in the calm water of Bluff harbour, as they consider it would have been necessary for the vessel to roll to receive the injury. The British Commissioner of Prisons says that since shaving has been permitted in gaols prisoners have regained their self-respect and the "hang-dog" look apparently inseparable from bristles has disappeared.