TABLE TALK.

Auckland Star, Volume LXIV, Issue 190, 14 August 1933, Page 1

TABLE TALK.

House destroyed by fire at Waitakeiv. Christcliurch tramper injured spine in fall. Big totalisator increase at Kiccarton races. Golfer died suddenly on Miraniar links. H.M.S. Dunedin returned from Islands cruise. More fighting on the North-west Frontier. Widow of Sir Julius Vogel dies in England. Hotel licensee reported missing at Dargaville. Summer weather broken by light rain in England. Mollisons planning world long-dis-tance flight. Another cut in petrol prices in New South Wales. Work suspended at Tawa Flat pending negotiations. *>azi Governor allegedly shot at on Austrian frontier. President of Cuba forced to resign and flee the country. Rioting feared in Dublin yesterday did not eventuate. Body of missing woman found on beach near Opotiki. Wanganella due from Sydney on' Wednesday morning. Varga defeated Pereira in wrestling match at Town Hall. New expedition to climb Everest in 1935 being considered. Snake causes capsize of Indian ferry boat; one death results. Conditions .of violent rioting and political upheaval in Cuba. Further reductions . announced in Britain of meat' imports. Two new motor ships for New Zealand trade cost £1,000,000. Fire brigade reunion held at Devon - port on Saturday evening. Antarctic explorer given rousing welcome at Chateau Tongariro. Election to-day for one seat on Birkenhead Borough Council. Several villages evacuated in JNewfoundland owing to forest fires. Anniversary services yesterday ai Balmoral Presbyterian Church. National accounts for quarter show more, stabilised financial position. Plans for lower interest on League of Nations loans to Greece discussed. Evidence before Tariff Commission to-dav covered wide range of subjects. Further marriage bonuses offered in : Germany to. aid in solving unemploym New home for Sisters of Compassion opened and blessed yesterday by Bishop . Representative of British Farmers' Union' cominc* to hold conference with New Zealand body on dairying prob''"sales on the Auckland Stock Exchange to-dav were:—Bank of New Zealand £2 9/9; Gear Meat, £1 12/6; Waihy*! 47; Stock, 4 per cent (1949) £101 ./; Nationalßank of New Zealand, £4 -3/, 5h British, £3,9/0; Wilsons Cement, Australasia's greatest value, £o 5/ set of "teeth for £2 10/.-Dentist Da vies, opp. Woolworth's. — (Ad.)