TABLE TALK.

Auckland Star, Volume LVII, Issue 199, 23 August 1926, Page 1

TABLE TALK.

l.; uu Stout Promotes Good Health. (Ad.) The steamer Dewey arrives this afternoon from the Pacific Coast.

Norwegian whaling fleet assembling at Stewart - Island for ensuing season's operations. The Unemployment Committee will, in future, only meet when special circumstances arise.

The Corinthic, with several hundred immigrants, arrives at 9 pm. to-morrcr\v from Southampton.

Since the Auckland Unemployment Committee was set up 1162 men have been placed in work. Large Hastings homestead burned under sensational circumstances which, point to incendiarism.

The motor ship Dunedin made an exceptionally good passage of 33 days from Liverpool to Auckland-

Auckland well trounced by Hawke'a Bay in the quest for the Ranfurly Shield on Saturday—4l points to 11.

Tramway match at Eden Park to-mor-row between Wellington and Auckland— the first round of the Kohn Shield competition.

The Australian eleven made 223 against Somerset in the first innings, the top scorer being their reserve fast bowler, Everett.

There are now 125S students on the Auckland University roll, as compared with 1177 last year- This is a record for New Zealand.

Lionel Ernest Ilinton, a salesman, sentenced this morning to three months* imprisonment for the theft of money from his employer-

Sales on "Change to-day: —B.N.Z. £3 1/6, South British Insurance £2 18/(i, X.Z. Breweries (.stock) £1 5/3, Alburnia 4/4, 4/(i, Kawarau 5/, Grand Junction 4/. Moanataiari 2/.

The Baron Kelvin is making an unusually prolonged passage from Montreal, reporting that she will not arrive till Thursday- The Keelung »expects to arrive next Monday from Xew York-

An action involving a claim for flood for injuries received through being struck by a piece of timber which fell from a building in the course of demolition proceeding at the Supreme Court to-day before Mr. Justice Herdman and a special jury.

Keen buyers are invited to see onr centre case bargains and half-price windows. — David Silk's Two Jewellery; Stores. Queen Street.—(Ad.) They say Evans' Pjieve Ointment sure cure for piles. Obtainable, Eccles, Smeetons, and Farmers' Trading Co. Ad. White taxis: Our luxurious cars cost you no more than any ordinary taximetre cab. Phone 45-000. — (Ad.) Spring goods.—Tunic suits, jumpers, pleated skirts, ensemble suits.—3rd floor, Strand Arcade, Warren's.— (Ad.) Have you seen tne diamond rings selling at half-price at David Silk's two Jewellery Stores. Queen Street.— (Ad.)