TABLE TALK.

Auckland Star, Volume LXIV, Issue 114, 17 May 1933, Page 1

TABLE TALK.

Marama sails for Sydney to-morrow. Gandhi's system attuned to fasting. Earth tremors reported in California. Settlement of freezing workers' dispute. .Military academy Opened in Afghanistan. New British Ambassador appointed to Berlin. Increased building returns at Mount Albert. Further French plans for war preparation. Death of noted English woman politician. French war sloop to visit Auckland next month. Anglican Synod opposes art unions for church needs. New Zealand Soccer team impresses Sydney critics. General advance of 5 per cent at wool sales in London. Australian airwoman delayed in flight to England. President Roosevelt broadcasts plea for world peace. Wanganui station manager drowned in canoe accident. Germane concerned at unfriendly feelings in Britain. Britain concludes trade pacts with Norway and Sweden. . Austrian Chancellor may meet Hitler and Mussolini in Rome. Relief overlapping discussed by Auckland Hospital Board. Mr. Neville Chamberlain explains plans for world tariff truce. Complaints of "gate-crashing" in nee of Christchurch motorists' camp. Wellington cyclist died of injuries after collision with motor ear. v Sitting of No. 2 Transport Licensing Authority continued this, morning. Conditions no longer favourable for big Australian conversion in London. Secret ballot held for election of Auckland Harbour Board chairman. American explorer claims discovery of Tibetan peak higher than Everest. British handicap by excessive Suez Canal dues: heavier than Panama. New Mayor of Stratford proposes drastic reductions in borough staff. Validity of New South Walee referendum poll to be challenged in Courts. Big Japanese Fleet manoeuvres planned in vicinity of Pacific mandates. Young man electrocuted at Royal Oak when carrying electric hand lamp on lead. Australian University footballers opened tour at Eden Park this afternoon. Four candidates concerned in suggested inquiry into local body elections in Christchurch. Further protest by relief workers against digging trenches for fever infected swine. Representations to Onehunga Borough Council in regard to need of boat harbour for yachts. Reported at meeting of Auckland Education Board this morning that there has been a decrease of over 1200 in average attendance. Sales on the Auckland Stock Exchange to-day were: —Auckland Gas. £1 3/3: Colonial Sugar, £50; Stock, 3 J per cent (1938-52), ,f.09 12/0; 4 per cent (IOIOK £100 5/; Waitomo Power Board, 0 per cent (1945), £100 10/: New Zealand Insurance, £2 9/; New Zealand Breweries, £1 9/; Nokomai, 5/2; Waihi Grand Junction, 4/1. Australasia's greatest value. £5 5/ set of teeth for £2 10/.— Dentist Davies, opp. Woolworth's.- j -(Ad.)'