TABLE TALK.

Auckland Star, Volume LX, Issue 12, 15 January 1929, Page 1

TABLE TALK.

Man fatally burned at Te Kuiti. Salvation Army dispute continues. Elsie inquest continued today. King continues to make slow progress. Maraiua arrive! this morning frou Sydney. Supply ship Eleanor Boiling sailed for Antarctic. '.'ivK! ivcvpiion to-<3ay to Order of Si. Jolni delegation. Firm prices for New Zealand produ-c on Home markets. Large shipment of butter by Aorangi to-day for Canada. Xew schooner for coastal trade launched this morning. High scoring i>y kiigland in cricke , . match against TaMiiauia. Miss Co»p!c«tonc to attempt Cook Strait swim next Saturday. Dominion bowling " diampionship tournament advanced another foundings made of New Zealand coa*t hy Dani-h research t.;\vlcr Dana. Warships Dunedin and Diometle left port today for manoeuvres in gulf. Marshal Fwh. the famous French wp.r general, is gravely ill with heart trouble. Record boom created ,ij Britirh motor industry by flood of orders from Do.uinions. The Minister <jf Land? called a conference of his olSii-rs to di«cuss land settlement.

One sided v.re-tJing match at Town Ha!! last evening:. Kilonis beat Suuui in straight f:;ll<.

Chinese in Wellington were fined varying sums up to £40 for gambling in the game of pakapco. It is strongly rumoured that KinAmanullah of -Afghanistan has abdicaied in favour of his brother.

China Jias Ittvu linked np with t],.V\ cstorn world by the inauguration of a world-wide radio sprvice. Petition against election of Mr H M. Kushworth for Bay of Islands to be heard at Kaikohe on January 2S. Writ of habeas corpus lodged in connection with imprisonment of Smioan chief Taniasese forwarded to Mr. Ju>t;<-.} Hcrdman. Much satisfaction is felt with tlilatest bulletin of the King's iUncs*' which for the first time mentions progress, Mass meeting of railwaymen at Otahuhu workshops to-day discussed sanitary conditions of workshops and outbreak of typhoid fever in neighbourhood. Sales on 'Change to-day: X.Z. Insurance £2 7/3. X.Z. Loan and Mercantile ford) £120. Farmers' Tradin- (ord) 8/« i N-A Breweries (deb) £1 5/101. Bank of Australia £14 16/6, Union Bank £15 14/6. Auckland Gas £1 4/5, Xorthem Snt ra^ e io/. DeVOnpOrt BoTOUSh 6 per Tlie Model Furriers are clearing Marmot, Musquash, Pe<?chaiuki. Seal, Coney, etc., coats, at less than half. Beautiful black and brown fur coats from £7 15/. Xotc only address: G. Green, 90, Karangahape Ed. (Ad.) Excursion Pine Island daily. Leaves Auckland 10 a.m., returns 3.50. Keturn ; fare 1/6. Refreshments on island.—(Ad.)