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Auckland Star, Volume LXII, Issue 37, 13 February 1931, Page 1

TABLE TALK.

Wellington wool sale to-day. Wool prices still firm at Sydney. New Zealand butter market firmcx* Franklin show at Pukekohe to-day. Motor races at Muriwai to-morrow. Indian mail carrier killed by tiger. Suicide of woman in French cathedral. Arbitration Court sitting continued to-day. British financial crisis said to be imminent. Prisoners sentenced at Supreme Court this morning. Damage to warship Veronica not extensive. Business at Hastings returning to normal. Captain Matthews abandoned flight to England. Australia to benefit from Chinese indemnity. Royal visits to British industries exhibition. H.M.s. Duuedin to leave for England on Tuesday., Governor-General postponed visit to Bay of Plenty. » Strange bigamy charges heard in London court. Taranaki and Dune din Jockey Club races to-morrow. Bequest of £250 to Hamilton Beautifying Society. Inflation policy disapproved by Australian bankers. Launceston dredge sunk in Bass Strait; two in en drowned Pope's broadcast easily heard in Auckland this morning. Civil engineers' conference opens at Auckland on Monday. Auckland Metropolitan Show entries close this evening. Prince "of Wales and Prince George attended State ball in Peru. Attempt being made on air record from England to Capetown. e Wellington wool sale opens to-day with good tone and better prices. Anzac Day committee set up by Returned Soldiers' Association. Grammar School memorial library to be opened to-morrow afternoon. Swagger wrongly arrested for murder in Victoria has no course of redress. Two Japanese steamers stranded on Australian coast will probably be lost. Injuries caused by crash between small car and Wellington railway bus. Wellington motorist injured when car was struck by train at Kirikopuni. London butter market still advances; now up to 124/ per cwt for New Zealand. of typewriters caused discussion at meeting of Technical College Board. Insurance companies not to make' ex gratia payments in connection with earthquake damage. ' Sales on 'Change to-day were:—Commercial Bank of Australia, 13/5; South British Insurance, £2 10/. Steamers Maheno and Maunganui to be laid up next month owing to slackness in intercolonial trade. Work on new school building at New Plymouth stopped until advisability of using bricks investigated. Auckland clothing trade workers asking increased wages under new award before Arbitration Court to-day. Stated at meeting of Auckland Acclimatisation Bqciety that there are excellent prospects for pheasant shooting next season; Greater benefits yet less cost with an N.I.M.U. car insurance policy. Next AAA., Durham Street. 'Phone 40-471 -(Ad.)