TABLE TALK.

Auckland Star, Volume LVII, Issue 128, 1 June 1926, Page 1

TABLE TALK.

Schneidemans' Bargain Sale Now On. (Afl.T Annual meeting of the Auckland Licensing Committee to-morrow. Annual meeting of the Auckland Mill* tary Sports Association to-night. The Mesopotamia arrived last evening from Florida with a cargo of phosphate. Hamilton Winter Show opened to-day. On Friday a special excursion train will run from Auckland to the show. Bran and pollard up. Local mills have raised the price £1 10/ per ton. Bran is now £11, and pollard £12 per ton. There have been riots in Shanghai, but apparently no loss of life, although foreigners have been attacked and beaten. Devonport Ferry Company show a, profit for the year "of £7803, and will pay the usual dividend at the rate of 7* per cent per annum. Express bus services are to be run by the City Council on the longer routes 1 when the new bus regulations come into force on June 10. Sales on 'Change to-day: South BritisK Insurance £2 IS/6, N.Z. Loan and Mercantile (ord.) £96 10/, New Waiotahi 1/3. Alburnia 5/8, 5/7, 5/6. The Devonport motor bus driver, Frederick Charles Cleal, who was injured in a collision on Duder's Hill last Friday, died last evening at the hospital. Account of the borough council's stewardship for the past year to be givea by the Mayor of Devonport to the ratepayers at the Parish Hall to-night. A youthful Indian named Givan Ganesh, who has been pestering his compatriots for alms, was sent to gaol today for three months on a vagrancy charge. The master of the barquentine Louie Theriault was prosecuted this morning by the ship's cook for alleged failure to supply and deliver hie discharge. Dccl» sion was reserved. Ancient Buddhist manuscripts dieeov* ered in Thibet mention a journey; through that country of "Issa, the best of the sons of men," who is believed to be identical with Christ. The Ohinemuri Licensing Committee, which was reconstituted as a result of restoration being carried last November, held its first meeting to-day at Paero» to deal with applications for licensee. A long queue of people awaited th* opening of the doors of the Bank of England to obtain application forma for the N.Z. loan. The subscription of £6,000,000 was largely exceeded by II o'clock, when the lists closed. Gaze, one of the prominent acceptors for the Great Northerns, fell at Ellerslie this morning and injured a leg, beinjj very lame when he walked away. Tuki, a G.N. Steeplechase candidate, struck * fence and fell, his rider, P. Mcßrearty, having his collarbone broken. Stock Reducing Sale. Attractive and genuine bargains given. Prices cut not only by halves, but by quartern. —Atu David Silk's two Jewellery Stores, Queen St. See windows Inquiries invited.—Ad. A huge dividend is yours if you secure one of the 32 marmot or musquash, coats which are being cleared to-morrow at half prices.—The Empire Furriers* sale, right opp. Town Hall.— (Ad.) Furs for the winter meeting. Your costume is not complete without a smart fur necklet or wrap from the Melba Fur Co., opp. Smith and Caughey.—(Ad.) Hall's Wine is a wonderful help in every case of weakness and depression. (Ad.) Find the mysterious Mr. X at Town Hall to-night at 9 p.m. and get £5, (Ad.)