TABLE TALK.

Auckland Star, Volume LXI, Issue 228, 26 September 1930, Page 1

TABLE TALK.

Higher taxation in Australia. Outbreak of plague in China.^ "Wholesale executions in Russia. Marama sailed to-day for Sydney. British woman flyer set- out for Tokyo. Prince of Wales returned from France. Late rates maintained at London wool sales. Betting facilities discussed in Parliament. Revolution foretold by German Fascist leader. Races at Geraldine and Hawke's Bay to-morrow. Keen debate in Parliament on Taupo railway. British-Post Office made record profit for year. Two American athletes to visit New Zealand. Unemployed situation improved in United States. Many Brittany fishing smacks still missing. Matthews reached Akyab, en route to Australia. Special air-mail stamp to be issued in New Zealand. Burglars took safe from garage at Invercargill. America defeated English team in bridge match. Decline of share values on Sydney Stock Exchange. Unemployment Bill approved by Legislative Council. Auckland support sought - for art exhibition in London. Breakdown of naval negotiations between France and Italy. New South Wales overseas imports for August dropped 47 per cent. Leading players beaten in American amateur golf championships. Rating systems discussed last evening by Moont Albert ratepayers. Three Pukemiro miners injured by fall of coal and earth from roof. Steamer Taniwha reached Auckland this morning and was placed on slip. New York contractor appointed to connect Spain with Morocco'by tunnel. Elderly woman died of injuries after being knocked down by taxi in city last evening. Prime Minister of Australia faced barrage of questions by journalists in London. Engine driver at Glen Afton Colliery fined at Huntly for being intoxicated in mine. Returned Soldiers 5 Association to arrange for children's ceremony on Armistice Day. Policy of Labour leader in New South Wales characterised, as short road to bankruptcy. The local wholesale price of pollard has been reduced fl per ton to £7 10/ as from to-day. Sales on 'Change to-day were:—Bank of New Zealand, £2 14/3 ; Commercial of Australia, 14/9. Acting-Prime Minister of Australia confesses financial problems . proving extremely difficult. - Returned Soldiers' Association to have" poppies for sale made in Auckland instead of importing them. Kingsford Smith and Captain Barnard, famous British airman, to fly dnal to Australia, starting on October 7. Bulk milling wheat is priced at 3/ a bushel in Melbourne and Sydney, fowl wheat in Auckland at 8/ "per bushel wholesale. Complaint that no progress had been made with disarmaments made by German delegate at meeting of Lea one of Nations, The Little Wonder announces! Great bargain day to-morrow. —Little Wonder Drapery, Broadway, Newmarket.—(Ad.)