TABLE TALK.

Auckland Star, Volume LXII, Issue 45, 23 February 1931, Page 1

TABLE TALK.

Heavy floods in Fiji. Soviet mobilisation of peasants. Glen Afton dispute still unsettled. Bebels capture town in Paraguay. Lord Baden-Powell left for Eotorua. Another police raid on Chinese in city. Coastal vessels now able to work Port Aliuriri. Iceberg sighted by barque south of New Zealand. Conference at Melbourne on financial situation. N Earl of Harewood injured in hunting accident. Wrestling match at Town Hall tonight. Arrival of Niagara delayed by bad weather. Australian trades unions rejected strike proposal. Threat by hungry peasants to sack Mexican city. Cordial welcome to Prince of Wales at Santiago. Hotel buried by Swiss avalanche; seven lives lost. Colliery accident in Germany caused loss of 31 lives. Winnings of racehorse Phar Lap now; total over £50,000. Many applications from refugees to return to Hastings. Arabs dissatisfied with interpretation of Palestine report. Member of Waitemata Power Board censured by colleagues. Further violence reported from Thirrawaddy district, India. Churches to unite in prayer for alleviation of unemployment. Compensation case heard by Arbitration Court this morning. New steamer record established between Japan and Canada. Imperial Economic Conference to be held at Ottawa in August. Deputation of Auckland architects met Postmaster-General to-day. Mr. Walter Runciman, M.P., to retire from politics to enter business. New Zealand Master Painters' Conference opened this afternoon. Good score by West Indies team in cricket match against New South Wales. Prizes won at the Anniversary Begatta will be presented this evening. Anxiety in China over concentration of Soviet troops on Mancliurian border. Statement expected from Churchill this week regarding his political future. Sir Oswald Mosley's resignation from British Labour party considered immi-. nent. Eggs filled with ink thrown at Berlin cinema screens as protest by monarchists. Anglican diocese of Waiapu heavy loser through earthquakes; appeal made for funds. New Zealand's leading two-year-old racehorse, Amnion Ba, sold to go to Australia. Te Kuiti farmer died from injuries received when thrown from a bolting horse. Fire which .broke out in Trounson kauri forest finally checked by heavy rain. ! Extensive damage to motor ship Hauraki through grounding at New Plymouth. Fifth cricket Test match between English team and South Africans delayed by rai'n. German appealed to Berlin court to restrain his wife associating with nude cult society. Deputation to Unemployment Board this morning eaid that there was a serious flaw in Scheme 5. Bishop Crotty, at Batlihurst, declared in Lenten pastoral that the Church may have to enter politics to save democracy in Australia. Big bargain half price day to-morrow, i many money saving opportunities.— ! Caudwell's, the bargain drapers, Newton. (Ad.) i Get your March raincoat now and 1 save 5/ to 10/. Clearing samples.—See ' windows, Warren's, Strand Arcade.—Ad. | Investigate and invest in the cheapest automobile insurance in New Zealand— ! N.1.M.U., Premier Buildings. —(Ad.) i Bent a car, 330 miles for the week, 1 £5 10/. Latest baby salons.—Shorters rental cars. Phone 44-061. — (Ad.)