TABLE TALK.

Auckland Star, Volume LVII, Issue 16, 20 January 1926, Page 1

TABLE TALK.

A.B.C. Sale Starts To-morrow.—(Ad.* Racing at Wellington to-day. Chamber of Commerce monthly luncheon to-morrow. A Persian woman, aged 146 years, has been discovered. She has a son aged 117. The Arawa arrives from London early* to-morrow morning with over 50ft passengers. Record entries promised for Anniver* sary Regatta. Over 100 boats entered at 2 p.m. to-day. The cruiser Diomede will arrive afe Auckland to-morrow morning to join the Xew Zealand squadron. George Joseph Marshall, the holder-up of the Newmarket hank manager, sent toj prison to-day for five years. Robert Ruff was sentenced this morning to three years in gaol for false pretences) and declared an habitual criminal. Sixty-two out of S4 examined at the) 1025 junior national scholarship examw nations at Auckland secured passes. Deluge of rain in Sydney. Soma suburbs under water, business places; flooded, trams off the line and traffic, blocked. The St. Helens Hospital at Auckland has incurred a loss of £6400 to thej Health Department in the past twq years. The 1920 interim holidays for thej primary schools in the Auckland districts will be" one week in May and two in August. Several prisoners sentenced this morn-* ing by Judge Stringer, who made his firstj appearance on the Bench since his return from England. Professor Pfuffer, of Vienna, says thei human ear is growing larger owing to the larger number of noises with which it has to deal. Communists spent nearly a million! dollars in the United States in 1025, They hope to ultimately have Soviet} rule on the Russian plan. Four scholarships, each of £100 and tenable for four years, to be awarded at the opening of the new school of forestry] at Auckland in March. Eleven out of the twelve members ati present constituting the New Zealand •Cabinet are native born, Mr. Anderson being the only outlandcr. Deputation representing the Soldiers} Mothers' League to the Mayor this morning to protest against the removal of thej T.B. hutments from the Domain tq Epsom. It is agreed that the England and Wales Rugby match on Saturday was more like a street brawl than a game. The players wen- apparently kicked as freely as the ball. Auckland Education Board decided to* day to dispense with the services of all uncertificated teachers in the Board's district, as there are plenty of certificated teachers now available. The new boat Avalon. owned by Mr. F. Cloke. was chosen last night to represent Auckland in the Sanders Memorial Cup contest at Dunedin next month. The Avalon won four of the .five trial tests. A general average of 5 per cent has been declared on the cargo of the Surrey, clue at Auckland to-morrow, owing to damage to the vessel through a, collision as she was steaming down the Thames last November. Roy Charles Dorit before the Police, Court this morning on a charge of having attempted to murder Muriel Totzlaff at Hamilton on January 7. He was remanded to appear at Xguruawahia today week.

Model House January Attraction— 10 per cent discount off all corsets and underwear. — Barton-Walker, Strand Arcade. ( Ad. Men's clothing and mercery sale now started sweeping reductions. The Economic, Queen Street, right opposite Town Hall.—(Ad.) ' Model House January Attraction—* Frocks, costumes, wraps, millinery, all reduced.Barton-Walker, Strand Arcade, (Ad.) The last word when you want furniture on termsW. and S. system.—Wickins and Sutcliffe, Karangahape Road.—(Ad.)' Model House January Attraction— 10 per cent discount off hosiery, all newest shades.Barton-Walker, Strang Arcade. (Ad.)