TABLE TALK.

Auckland Star, Volume LXI, Issue 53, 4 March 1930, Page 1

TABLE TALK.

Cambridge Show to-morrow. Rangitikei races to-morrow. Destructive fire ax New Orleans. Prince of "Wales ill with malaria. Situation in Spain still disturbed. Resignation of German Ministry expected. Improved prices at Wanganui wool sales. Profit on New Zealand tour of English cricket team. Army defeated Navy in Rugby match at Twickenham. Owners' appeal upheld in New South Wales coal dispute. Annual libraries conference opens in Auckland to-morrow. Appeal by American people for reduction of armaments. Two divorce cases heard at Supreme Court this morning. Man met terrible fate in Sydney by falling down light area. Good display in Wairarapa by Australian tennis champions. Prices firm at Sydney wool sales; London produce market quiet. Conference of dairy factory managers in Auckland on Thursday. Thieves active at "Wanganui; number of business premises entered. Scene at Town Hall last evening at conclusion of wrestling match. Statement denied that riot nearly occurred at Sydney quarantine station. Reductions made in valuations of number of Mount Albert properties. . Auckland Power Board deferred request from City Council to decrease power charges. Deputation in north urged upon Minister of Public Works speeding up of main highways construction. Retiring British Ambassador convinced of better feeling growing between Britain and United States, Ex-hotelkeeper who assaulted customer had £174 damages awarded against him this morning. Decision by Transport Board to run feeder services from Blockhouse Bay and Avondale to tram termini. Over twenty inches of rain have fallen in Tennant's Creek district, Central Australia since last Wednesday. Prisoner who escaped from Long Bay gaol on Saturday recaptured after exciting chase; wife also arrested. Doctor tells grim story of Communist outrage in China; missionaries forced to march long distance without food. During terrific thunderstorm in New South Wales fireball fell on back of valuable cow, which was incinerated. Engine of Limited express struck train of circus wagons at Ngaruawahia last evening; wagons containing two tigers damaged. Possible cancellation of amateur events at St. Patrick's Day sports owing to New Zealand Amateur Athletic Association withholding permit. Sales on 'Change to-day were; Bank of New Zealand, £2 17/3; Staples Brewery, £2 8/; War Loan, 4\ (1939), £98 10./; Auckland Gas (2), £1 3/(5; British Tobacco, £2 0/7s; War Loan, oi (1933), £992/6.