TABLE TALK.

Auckland Star, Volume LVI, Issue 292, 10 December 1925, Page 1

TABLE TALK.

' a » Newmarket loan poll to-day. ; City Council meets to-night. Chamber of Commerce monthly luncheon to-day The Taransay arrived early this morning from Montreal and Cape Breton. Technical College prize giving at the Town Hall concert chamber this afternoon. The American pleasure yacht Kaimiloa, arrived at Auckland this afternoon from the Islands. Petition for a separate Acclimatisation Society in Auckland province ha 3 been refused. Walter Gibson Rae was committed today for trial on a charge of carrying on the business of a bookmaker. Maunganui sails for Sydney at 3 p.m. to-morrow. The Maheno also leaves Wellington to-morrow for Sydney. Settlement reached in Northern Timber Workers' dispute, which was to have come on this morning at the Arbitration Court. Auckland Law Society members will meet at the Supreme Court on Monday to bid farewell to the retiring Chief Justice, Sir Robert Stout. A point reserved by the Arbitration Court this morning was whether female workers in the preserving department of the freezing works should be paid equal wages with men. An earthquake at Christchurch this morning woke people from sleep and rang the bell of the post-office clock. Similar reports were received from elsewhere, including Eltham and Taumarunui. As an outcome of the fight on the lonic on Monday night, by which a fireman named John Kelly lost his life, Phillip Michael Sullivan, a young trimmer on the A r essel. was committed for trial to-day on a charge of manslaughter. What better than a fur for Christmas?—Melba Fur Co., high-class furriers, opposite Smith and Caughey.— (Ad.) Clean clothes for Christmas. Your suits, costumes or carpets returned to you equal to new. Scientific and hygienic process. King No. 41-309, New Zealand Dry Cleaning Co., Ltd., Howe Street, Newton.—(Ad.). 'Guaranteed "gifts. Exclusive gifts. Appreciated gifts. Call and view the advance model fur -coats, stoles and. chokers, which are being offered at halfwinter prices.—Empire Furriers, opposite Town Hall.—(Ad.) Friday night shoppers. Don't miss a pretty exhibition. Open specially. Third floor, Strand Arcade, Warren's. ' (Ad.) Hall's Wine, the supreme tome restorative, gives great benefits for small cost. (Ad.) Ladies' solid gold wristlet watches, plain or fancy dials, assorted shapes; guaranteed; 65/j silver, 30/. —Jas. Pascoe. —Ad. A eharminsr but inexpensive frock for Christmas.—Melba Fur Co., opposite Smith and Caughey. — (Ad. )