TABLE TALK.

Auckland Star, Volume LXV, Issue 148, 25 June 1934, Page 1

TABLE TALK.

Burglaries in suburbs. Miss Jean Batten welcomed. Alan found drowned at Takapuna. Fatal aerial collision near Adelaide. Beneficial rains reported in New South Wales. Aorangi arrived this morning from Syclney. Burglars carry off silver cupe in Duuedin. Boy accidentally shot on farm near Masterton. Three centuries at Lord's in second cricket Test. Increased totalisator turnover at Auckland trots. Gisborne youth electrocuted in wireless mast mishap. Four Aucklanders included in All Black trial teams. Water pumped through a harbour pipeline yesterday. . Tanker Xucula arrived with oil cargo from Persian Gulf. Medal awarded in university oratory contest in Wellington. Hold-up of steamers continued over week-end at Lyttelton. Three prisoners came before Supreme Court to-day for sentence. Libraries Association to bold conference at Thnaru early next' year. Ames (batting) and Larwood (bowlin"-) top of English cricket averages. Australia requires 248 runs to eaten England in second Test, and has eight wickets in hand. Considering his life's work ended, Hindu priest, aged 125, was buried alive at his own request. British Tress now referring to Prince of Wales as "bachelor Prince"; have ceased to wonder why he does not man - .. . ~..,,1 . J . ^,,n ra

Sales on the Auckland Stock Exchange to-day were: —Bvcroft (2), £2 8/, Consolidated Brick (2), 7/3; Waihi Junction, 4/2; Inscribed Stock. 1946, 4 per cent, £106 10/; Inscribed Stock, 1955, 4 per cent. £107; Auckland Gas, £1 6/7; New Zealand Insurance, £3. Unlisted: Auckland Farmers' Freezing, £1; Investment Executive, 2nd B deb., £94 10/; National Tobacco, £3 4/0; New Zealand Perpetual Forest, £2 8/. Australasia's greatest value, £5 5/ set of teeth for £2 10/.—Dentist Davies, opp. Woolworths. — (Ad.) I- ■ '