TABLE TALK.

Auckland Star, Volume LVI, Issue 185, 7 August 1925, Page 1

TABLE TALK.

Oat Malt Stout. Pleasant, henlthful tonic. (AU) Only one new company registered this week in Auckland. West Islip arrived this morning from the Pacific Slope. Southland plays Hawke's Bay to-mor-row for the JRanfurly Shield. Roope Rooster matches will commence to-morrow at Carlaw Park. New Zealand League tourists v. Queensland at Brisbane tormorrow. The Canadian Britisher radios that she will arrive next Tuesday from Montreal. Rugby Charity Cup match between Ponsonby and Marists at Eden Park tomorrow. Brown Shield match at Blandford Park to-morrow between Wellington and Auckland. Rise of wages granted to Auckland tailors in the new award, which operates from August 17. Last day of the Auckland Competitions Society's festival. Demonstration concerts to-morrow. Junior hockey challenge match between Canterbury and Auckland at Remuera to-morrow. Several Arbitration Court awards delivered affecting workers in the Northern Industrial District. The Ulimaroa, which has been laid up at Sydney owing to the strike, is to sail to-morrow for Auckland. A scrub cutter named Burke fell from a bridge in Martinborough, and was found in the river with his neck broken. It is unofficially declared that a billion dollar corporation in America intends to revolutionise motor traction by a perfectly new type of vehicle and engine and by the use of synthetic gasoline. The police have been combing the city for undesirables as a preliminary to the arrival of the American Fleet, and three were sent to gaol this morning for various terms. City Council last night decided to enforce the by-law against people standing on verandahs over footpaths by prosecuting offenders, as a safety precaution on the day the American sailors march through the city. Admiral MacGruer of the- United States Navy said that Rio had the best harbour in the world, Hobart the second best and Sydney the third. He did not say this in Sydney and he hasn't seen Auckland. Inexpensive day and evening gowns. Mabel Lawrence, 3rd floor, Brunswick Buildings, Queen Street, Auckland. Ad.