TABLE TALK.

Auckland Star, Volume LIX, Issue 248, 19 October 1928, Page 1

TABLE TALK.

Caulfield Cup run to-morrow. Auckland cricket season opens tomorrow. Racing to-morrow at Trentham, Hamilton, and Gore. Auckland Domain suggested as site for proposed botanic garden. The steamer Saltersgate is due on Sunday with phosphate from Nauru. Good display of the Aurora Australis in the south-western sky late last evening. t H.M.s. Veronica returned thia morning from a four months' cruise in . the Islands. Another large number of summer bowling greens will be opened for the season to-morrow. The new Shaw, Savill and Albion motor-ship Karamea is due at Auckland to-morrow afternoon from London. Another safety zone in Queen Street stopped the progress of a motor car last night. The zone suffered and so did the car. There is an abundance of green vegetables at the auction marts just now, and lettuce has sold at from 6d to 2/6 a case. Sidney M Wynyard fined £20 this morning for keeping a common gaming house, and his cousin £10 for assisting him as clerk. Arthur James Connop remanded today till October 2-1 in connection with the Mount Roskill burglary and assault. Further charges pending. The English cricketers opened their Australia tour with a score of 306 for eix wickets against West Australia, Jardine getting a centurv. A Karangahape Road shopkeeper was before the Police Court this morning for having falsely placarded butter for sale. Nominal fine imposed as warning. _ The first express from Wellington arrived about an hour late this morning owing to being held up at Te Kawa by a broken down engine on a goods tcai _. Newmarket ratepayers carried all loan proposals yesterday by sweeping majorities. The Broadway tram stopping alterations were approved bv 447 T&tes to 229. Sales on 'Change to-day: New South Wales Bank, £51 5/; National Insurance, 16/4; Renown Collieries, -16/; Pictures, £1 l/ ; Taranaki Oil, 7/; Northern Steam, 14/4; Ohinemuri Mines, 7/. City Council reconciled to fact that baths at Point Chevalier are to be built by private enterprise. It is urged, however, that City Council bv-laws should be applied. Necessity for all second-hand dealers to be equipped with pawnbrokers' licenses, for the assistance of the police in tracing stolen goods, stressed at the Court this morning by the magistrate. Education Department has advised Auckland Education Board that under certain conditions specified in the Electoral Act school buildings may be used, in other than school hours..by political candidates to give addresses. .Tennis racquets—Slazenger, Spalding, etc., 13/6 to fa 5/. Buv yours now at Wiseman's, Queen Street'and Newton. {Ad.) Clarendon's week-end special.—Delicious butterscotch, regular 4/ per lb, for 2/6. —Next His Majesty's and' St. James' Theatre.—(Ad.) If you really want to save money vou must visit Caudwell's big clothing and mercery sale. Record bargains.— 48 Karangahape Road.—(Ad.) Labour Day.- Start,the summer season with a Zeiss Ikon camera.—Wiseman's Quality Photo Service, Queen St.—(Ad.)