TABLE TALK.

Auckland Star, Volume LXV, Issue 37, 13 February 1934, Page 1

TABLE TALK.

Prisoners sentenced at Supreme Court. Warships carrying out exercises ill gulf. Marama arrived this morning from Sydney. Christcliurch woman makes bequests to 19 institutions. Irish farmers threaten strike as pro-' test against rates. Big game fishing off south coast of New South Wales. Elderly woman injured in capsize of motor car at Kiiigslaiul. Improved payments, recorded in respect of rural credit advances. Fast times at Waitemata Swimming Club t'arnival last evening. Leader of Opposition to make first official tour in South Island. Inquest held on Dargaville motor cyclist killed in crash in fog. Gisborne resident buried at sea in accordance with his own wish. Master mariner suggests' use of radio beacons oil New Zealand coast. Remarkable changes ill sky's colour disclosed in stratosphere ascent. Finest display of British art ever sent overseas to be shown in Auckland. Trade agreements dating back to 1826 with Britain denounced by France. No criminal cases for trial at New Plymouth for first time in 19 years. Dominion Secretary's visit to Australia and New Zealand very doubtful. Troops and Socialists in pitched battle in Upper Austrian city; several deaths. New British aeroplane said to have good chance of winning Melbourne race. Head of London Salvage Corps sentenced to penal servitude for corruption. Renewed rioting in Irish Free State; clashes between Blue Shirts and opponents. Gisborne "hunger marchers" appeal to Minister to provide transit back to homes. Success of Auckland referred to at meeting of regatta committee last evening. Speaker of New South Wales Parliament on three months' visit to New Zealand. Rioting and bloodshed considered inevitable in Spain; many outrages reported. Five men in hospital as result of lorry skidding and overturning near Palmerston North. Government revenue in nine months to December 31 increased by £1,385,702, and expenditure (inclusive of exchange costs, £1,891,755) by £2,031,499. Sales on 'Change to-day were: E S and A. Bank, £5 17/; South British Insurance, £3 10/ (2); Dalgety's, £10 0/; Auckland Gas (ord.), £1 4/3; Auckland Gas (con.), 18/; New Zealand Breweries, £2; Colonial Sugar, £63; New Zealand Drue, £3 IG/G; New Zealand Newspapers, £1 10/0; Consolidated Gold, 18/9; King Solomon, 4/4; Nevis Diesel, 1/1; Amalgamated Brick, 7J p.c. (Auckland), £93 10/; King Solomon, 4/3. Unlisted: Investment Executive Trust (B deb.), £102; Investment Executive Trust, £1 10/; Skippers, 7M. Have your old fur or fur coat made like new at trifling cost by Empire Furriers, opp. Town Hall. —(Ad.)