TABLE TALK.

Auckland Star, Volume LXI, Issue 83, 8 April 1930, Page 1

TABLE TALK.

Better rates at Dunedin wool sale, j School committee election on Monday. I Airman injured in crash at Porirua ; died. ; Rear-Admiral Byrd visiting Welling- ! ton. i Power shortage continues at New Ply- • mouth. ! Governor - General visiting South Island. Minister of Education visiting Waikato. Labour victory at South Australian ; elections. j Makura due from Sydney to-morrow morning. New Zealand Press delegates leave toj day for London. Christchurch. tramways showed loss on ; year's working. i Further naval economies decided upon i by Federal Government. i German aeroplane crashed in Surrey • with loss of two lives. ; Compromise rejected by some New South Wales coal-miners. Rain fell at New Plymouth last night, thus breaking drought. Parnell by-election candidates to give ! platform addresses next week. 1 Governor-General unable to attend Anzac Day services in Auckland. New Italian cruiser recorded world's record speed of over 41 knots. British marines landed at Samoa now on way back to Auckland by Tofua. Arrangements made to float in New ; York another big loan for Sydney. . Auckland Rugby League decided last ; evening to start season on April 26. Swiss referendum favoured State monopoly for manufacture of liquor Conference, to b e held at Papatoetoe to discuss suburban railway matters. Weekly air mail to be inaugurated between New York and South America. If Naval Conference fails, France intends to proceed with "Big Navy" plan. Decision made last evening to hold Auckland musical festival week next August. Man sentenced to month's imprisonment this morning for stealing a run from a car. 6 Limited express late this morninc through engine trouble and loss of tablet at wayside station. Governor-General and Lady Bledisloe were accorded a n enthusiastic welcome in Christchurch to-day. Investigations by detectives prove that poisoning of N.S.W. family some months ago was accidental. Australian graziers of opinion that new uses must be found for wool in order to compete with substitutes. Australian airman killed in crash in Aew York; efforts being made to trace parents, who it is believed are in Hawaii Dismissal service at St. Mary's Church Parnell, this morning for missionaries Jeaving by steamer Southern Cross to islands. Mr. F. K. Hunt, S.M., told a woman ; this morning, who had picked up a gold ; wristlet watch, that "finds were not keeps." : Sea captain awarded decree nisi in divorce case in which Fox, sentenced to death for murder of mother, was cited as co-respondent. Steamer found drifting helplessly off Newcastle Harbour towed to port; ship had exhausted coal supply and had even burned hatches for fuel. One of the most gruesome tragedies of Australian bush discovered hy black - traekers; remains cf missing man found picked clean by dingoes. Auckland Export Committee alleges that eggs in cool stores for over ten weeks are being released without regulation stamp and prejudicing sale of fresh eggs. Sales on 'Change to-day were:—Bank of New Zealand, £2 18/6; Bank of New South Wales (2), £39; British Tobacco £2; National Bank of Australasia, £15 2/; Electro Zinc, £1 "(/. Just think of it. Real Peschaniki coats sacrificing from 20gs, worth double, at Empire Furriers (opp. Town Hall). —(Ad.) Overstocked. We are selling goods below their value. Rings, watches, jewellery and many useful gifts can be secured 'by a small deposit at David Silk, jeweller, Queen St. Illustrated catalogue on request.— (Ad.) English Overcoats.—Autumn Shipment arrived.—P. Groos and Co., Durham St. East, next Whitcombe, Tombs.—(Ad) White frocks suitable for brides or debutantes now showing.—Miss Dixon's downstairs showroom, 166, Queen Street (Ad.) . Your old fur or fur coat can be renovated at trifling cost by N.Z.'s experts. Empire Furriers (opp/Town Hall).—Ad.