TABLE TALK.

Auckland Star, Volume LX, Issue 256, 29 October 1929, Page 1

TABLE TALK.

Auckland tramways dispute settled. Criminal session at Supreme Court. Byrd expedition moving toward South Pole. Ulimaroa arrived this morning from Sydney. Tofua arrived last evening from Islands. Ellerslie Town Board drainage poll tomorrow. Stranded steamer Kahika refloated this morning. Labour defeat probable in Queensland by-election. Lively session of British Parliament expected. Auckland advertising convention opens this evening. Auckland radio exhibition opens tomorrow evening. Stated that Dominion.status is to bo granted to India. Elderly man gravely injured in motor accident at Horahora. Woman bookmaker fined this morning for laying "tote" odds. By-election at Papatoetoe to-day to fill one vacancy in Town Board. British migration to Canada increased 47 per cent in past four months. Walker defeated Alley in wrestling match at Town Hall last evening. Decision by Transport Board, to-day to increase price of tram concession cards. Rev. F. W. Wilkes, of Morrinsville, appointed to Anglican parish of Northcote. Vote of £2500 on Public Works Estimates for new post office at Mount Albert. German mine swept up by trawler yes- [ terday off Australian coast rendered f harmless. Two Arabs sentenced to death for murder of Jewess in Palestine riots; two to ten years. Small farmer confessed wife murder to Victorian police; body found at farmhouse. New Zealand rough- rider killed while breaking: in young hcrse at Scone, New South Wales. Man arrested and charged s.fter making statement to police regarding Beading murder. Mr. R. H. Brentnall drowned while bathing at Ruakaka Beach, near Whangarei. Drainage scheme to cost £20,000,000 planned by Minister of Agriculture for England and Wales. Sales on 'Change were: Commercial Bank of Auetvalia £1 6/10, Waihi 13/7, Bank of Australasia £13 15/. Mr. R. Bradley, of Kumeu, an elderly man, fell from train at Kumeu last evening and died from injuries. One of the Chinese injured in motor smash at Remuera yesterday died after admission to Auckland Hospital. Mr. Justice Herdman said this morning in charge to Grand Jury that number of cases for criminal session was not abnormal. Russian writer who revealed Soviet thefts of British and Italian secret codes to be-prosecuted by Moscow for theft and embezzlement: Reporoa Settlers' Association seek opportunity to express views before Taupo Railway Select Committee on settlement of pumice lands. Believed seaplane City of Rome, wrecked off Italian coast, has been located in water; storm prevents salvage attempts; bodies of crew accounted for. Mrs. Sarah Trezise celebrated her hundredth birthday at Ashburton yesterday. She came to New Zealand in 1863. Mr. A. H. Blackburn, of Devonport, Auckland, is one of her sons. Mr. F. S. Morton, at the meeting of the Transport Board this morning, alleged that after the previous meeting had closed he had been threatened with assault by the manager and one of tho members. J. Andrew and Sons, junction corner Epsom, specialise sharpening lawn mowers, etc. We collect and deliver. Ring 24-511.—(Ad.))