TABLE TALK.

Auckland Star, Volume LVIII, Issue 47, 25 February 1927, Page 1

TABLE TALK.

Lion Pal-* Ale—None Purer. None Better. A<i. llai'ins; to-morrow at Tt* Aroha, \\ <x>dville and Nelson.

Motor cycle iiill climbing championships at Man-zero Mountain to-morrow. Britain lias addressed a Note of pro;esi ami warning to the Soviet (iovernnuMit. Tiic Ulimaroa loft for Sydney tliie morn ins "i'' l ' a fill 1 complement of passon^crs. An agitation i> arising in Trance for co-«|K»ration with Britain in ;he defence ot Shanghai. Crave peril i<? feared from a revolutionary movement which iia«» been discovered in lien^al. Several discharges from bankruptcy granted by Mr. ,1 Hot ice Herdman at the Supreme Court this morning. The Council of the University of New Zealand concluded its sittings to-day after licinj in session since February; 10. Hope is now abandoned of Mr. Waters, the missing meml»cr of the crew of the wrecked launch Mercia, being found alive. The illumination of the General Post Ofiice will be seen for the last time tonight, as the lighting will not be switched

on to-morrow. A special excursion train is being rua from Frankton .to Rotorua and back on Sunday next. Particulars are advertised in this issue. The Tahiti is expected to arrive from Vancouver at noon next Tuesday. The Maori football team which toured France and England is on board. The New Zealand Preference League hati been granted permission to hold a> tent village exhibition in the Civic Square on March 23. 24 and 25. Owing to anxiety over the protection of the lives and properties of British subjects in Nicaragua, the dispatch of a warship is contemplated by Britain. The members of the Highways Board arrived this morning from Wellington and went straight on to Whangarei. The Board will sit at Auckland from March 3 to .">.

The Marchese di Pinedo. the Italian aviator who is making a triangular (light from Rome to San Francisco via South America, hae arrived at Port Natal. Brazil. ILM-β. Renown returns to Auckland early to-morrow morning and the Duke and Duchess of York entrain for Rotorua. where a big Maori display will take place on Monday. The market for New Zealand butter ill London is very dull, the recent drop of S/ per cut having failed to stimulate the demand. Buyers are hoping for another reduction. An important meeting of the Nevr Zealand Dairy Produce Board will be held in Wellington in June. Messrs. Motion and lorns. now in London, have been called upon to attend. Soccer match between Renown team and Auckland reps at Blandford Park to-morrow afternoon. Prior to the match the hand of the Renown will nlay on the gTonnd for an hour. The battle-cruiser will be thrown open to the public from 2 to 5 p.m. on Saturday. Sunday and Monday. Special arrangements may ako be made to-morroiT for visits to tlie warship br school-chil-dren, accompanied by their teachers. Among the attractions for to-morroir are the cricket premiership matches, the annual harbour swimming race from Northeote to Shelly Beach baths and the Ponsonbv Club's carnival at Shelly Beach, and power boat races on the harbour.

At a stormy .«(v*ion of the Reichstag in Berlin the Socialists charged the Government witli tlie reoeij»t of munitions and aeroplanes from one speaker declaring that Moscow was trying to incite Germany into another war witi Britain.

Shocking disaster occurred at On<ra« rue. 3(1 miles from Te Kuiti, last eveuin.u. Daylight Limited crashing into motor car at level crossing. Driver of car. .Mr. George Mcllroy, farmer, of Taringamoui. wife and a babr in arms killed ini-tantly and another child died later.