TABLE TALK.

Auckland Star, Volume LXI, Issue 309, 31 December 1930, Page 1

TABLE TALK.

Whangarei regatta to-morrow. Races at Ellerslie to-morrow. Auckland trots continued to-day. Broadsiding to-night at Stadium. Tennis tournament to-morrosv. Wedding in 'Australian lighthouse. Heavy holiday traflic on railways. Power position at New Plymouth still acute. Marshal Joffre, making great light for life. Boy droAvned while bathing at Cox's Creek. Earthquake and "tidal wave in New Guinea. Shops to keep open to 10 o'clock to-night. Marama arrived this morning from Sydney. Battle in Burma; insurgents retreat to jungle. Wauganui girl, aged IS, qualified as air pilot. Australian ban on immigrants resented in Italy. Successful whaling season in Antarctic. Aborigine arrested in Australia on nnirder charge. Most formidable crime list during past year in N.S.W. .Large increase of bankruptcies in New South Wales. Dramatic scene at Melbourne inquest into death of girl. Australian exports affected by new Chinesev tariff. Discovery in Egypt of buildings over 4000 years old. French boxer died from "injuries received in bout. ' Building operations in Sydney at lowest ebb for years. Youth in South Australia arrested on charge of murder. Strike in English cricket-ball manufacturing trade. Heavy loss of life when Chinese train wrecked by bandits. House and tearoom at Manurewa destroyed by fire. Christmas bowling tournament reached, further stage to-day. Party of live Maoris injured in motor accident near Taihape. / Cruisers Dioinede- and Dunedin to visit Tasmania early, in February. Tram service to be run until few minutes after midnight to-night. Unemployed in Italy increased by 145,000 during past three months. Arab raiders in Morocco repulsed with heavy loss by French, mobile' column. Lower cable rates between Britain and New Zealand to operate from to-morrow. Lord Willingdon, hew Viceroy of India, leaving Canada for England on January 16. - Australian Federal Ministry has placed ban on immigrants during economic depression. . Bradman censured by Australian Cricket Board of Control for alleged breach of agreement.' •■/">" Hospitals in Ireland participating in sweepstake proceeds not to receive Government grants. New South Wales manufacturers predict dire results from 44-hour week and abolition of rationing work. Retired Civil servant shot in head while solving crossword puzzle; younoman arrested on charge of malicioul wounding. Negotiations between mine owners and miners in the Ruhr have broken down, the former having given notice of dismissal to 300,000 men unless they accept lower wages.

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