TABLE TALK.

Auckland Star, Volume LVII, Issue 10, 13 January 1926, Page 1

TABLE TALK.

Annual meeting of the Thames Jockey Club will be held on the Takapuna course to-morrow and Saturday. Another batch of omnibus drivers ■before the Police Court to-day for various breaches of the city by-laws. Sneak thieves are reported to be Jbusyi in the suburbs robbing clothes lines, and snapping up anything lose that is saleable. Niagara leaves Sydney to-morrow, arid is due at Auckland early on Monday. She continues her voyage to Vancouver the following day. The steamer Cambridge arrives at Auckland at 5 p.m. to-day with a. general cargo from Liverpool. She also brings 1513 bags of English mail. A Sun Vat Sen University has been established in Moscow, at which Chinese* intellectuals are being taught the art of- leading revolutions. Evidence before the coal commission shows that Scotch miners stay away from work 3J per cent days, and in England and Wales SJ per cent days. The 100 yards Auckland swimming championship won last night by A. D. Adamson in 58 4-ss, breaking L. L. Kronfeld's previous New Zealand record ■by l-ssec. Plunket Shield match resumed this morning. Auckland's second innings closed for 287, and at the luncheon adjournment Canterbury had lost three wickets for 36 runs. The German "Whitewash Book," a ponderous production of 39 volumes, shows that Yon Tirpitz was responsible for the war, as he pushed on warship building much ahead of the programme, and in private yards. The premises of the K.K. Footwear Company, in Karangahape Koad were broken into last night and the day's takings amounting to £66 stolen. A young ex-employee was arrested thi» morning .by Detective-Sergeant Issell and confessed. Friday a big day at Collinson and Williams, Symonds' Street. Ladies' art silk hose 4/6 for 3/6 pair. Ladies' smart straw shapes 0/11 for 6/11.—(Ad.) Tiie last word when you want furniture on terms—W. and S. system.—Wickin* and Sutcliffe, Karangahape Road.—(Ad.)