TABLE TALK.

Auckland Star, Volume LIX, Issue 280, 26 November 1928, Page 1

TABLE TALK.

Racing at Tc Kniti again to-day. Ulimaroa from Sydney to-morrow uorning. The Tofua arriving this afternoon From the Islands. Presbyterian missionary demonstration at the Town Hall to-night. Magisterial recount of the Bay of Iβlands votes will be started on Tlnirslay. Youth drowned at Simmer on Saturday, md a young woman in Otago, both while bathing, Auckland's first wool sale of the season opens to-night at Town Hall Concert Chamber. The English tennis players suffered a second tournament defeat at Sydney on Saturday. Tom Sharkey has been signed up by Rickard for three bouts in the contest for the world's heavy-weight boxing title. Two centuries made by batsmen in local club cricket on Saturday, A. Posdes (Eden) 131 and T. McLeod (Ponsonby) 128. Three railway excursions in the weekend, Whangarei to Opua, Paeroa to Triiranga, and Auckland to Arapuni, attracted 1254 passengers. Another intoxicated motorist in trouble at the Police Court this niorninsr, a saddler being fined £-2.5 and having his driving license cancelled. W. Smith, the English billiard champion, made a record break of 2743 in a match against T. Newman, wiio sat out the while session without getting to the table. Steamer Danybryn expects to arrive to-morrow afternoon with phosphate from Ocean Island, and the O.olden Cloud from Los Angeles on Wednesday uioruing. The opening prices to farmers for lambs for export this season have been fixed at from id to Jd per lb higher than the ruling rates at the opening of last season. New diving pontoon at Takapuna Beach in use for the first time on Saturday. A boy was rescued from drowning while trying to reach the shore from the pontoon. The inward Limited was delayed at Papakura twenty-four minutes this morning owing to engine trouble, arriving at Auckland nearly three-quariers of an hour late. Low scoring characterised the cricket match England v. Queensland at Brisbane, the home team being dismissed for 116 runs and the Englishmen lo«<ng six wickets for 112. Two gaming houses in Palmerstnn Buildings raided on Saturday, the keepers being to-day fined £100 and £50 respectively. An assistant to one fined £25. and three men found on the premises fined £2 each. Sales on "Change to-day: South British Insurance, £3 4/; War Loan, 4i per cent, 1939, £99 7/6; Commercial Bank, £1 10/5; South British Insurance, £3 4/; Waihi Mining. 14/11; War Loan, 41 per cent, 1939, £99 7/6. An annual scholarship of £25. tenable for three years, has been donated to the Massey Agricultural College by Mr. A. C. Rowson. of Tooley Street, London. The late Mr. W. H. Bailey, of Wellington, has bequeathed £3000 to the college. Buy your race frock and hat at Miss DixonV. Best choic? in town. — \(\'\, Queen Street, Downstair Showroom, opp. H.M. Arcade.—(Ad.) Second-hand jewellery, bought, sold, renewed, exchanged or remade at David Silk, Jeweller, Queen St.— (Ad. )