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Auckland Star, Volume LXVI, Issue 130, 4 June 1935, Page 1

TABLE TALK.

Dunedin races again to-day. Onions are scarce and dour. Sunset to-day at 4.42 p.m. London butter market steadier. Bradford wool market very firm. Shortage of pollard in Auckland. High water at Auckland at 9.21 p.m. Lively boxing at Town Hall last night. Fruit cargo by Port Whangarei from Tonga. Minister of Defence to return south to-morrow. Pluto and Brown fought tame draw in Sydney. Local Stock Exchange reopens quietly after holiday. Cyclist found lying injired on road a; Mount Eden. Hitler sends birthday greetings to King George. Large attendance at Waikato Show for final day. Increased totalisator turnover at Ellerslie races. Liner Nonnandie broke Atlantic record by over two hours. Hockey player died after playing in match at Feilding. British dead in Indian 'quake disaster number about 200. Cinema audience escapee from burning hall at Turua. Annual meeting of North Shore Water Board to-clay. Princess Koyal to undergo operation for exophthalmic goitre. Empire's blinded soldiers give £47*155 to Jubilee Trust Fund. Queensland fanners facing ruin through prolonged drought. Test of new bombing machines at Hobsonville air base this morning. H.M.S. Dunedin leaves to-morrow on a cruise to the Pacific Islands. Annual accounts discussed this morn.ing by Auckland Transport Board. Italians and Abyssinians in conflict 'in East Africa, several lives lost. South Africa leads English county champions by 140 runs on first innings. All licenses renewed at meeting of Hauraki Licensing Committee this morning. Believed dead number 150 and 1500 families are homeless in South Nebraska floods. ' Three vessels unloading 10,000 sacks of potatoes at Auckland wharves from the South. Mr. Forbes and Mrs. Coates tendered luncheon by New Zealand Spciety in London. Applications for air licenses before Transport Co-ordination Board this morning. Australia and New Zealand unable to agree on meat and lamb export per : centages. ; Departure of steamer Port Darwin last evening for south delayed by absence of stokers. ■ Question of free buses came before Auckland Metropolitan Licensing Authority to-day. Sales on the Auckland Stock Exchange to-day were:-5-Bank of New Zealand, £2 10/10; Loan and Mercantile, £35; Renown Collieries, 9/7; New Zealand Newspapers, £1 19/3; Okarito, .5/2; King Solomon, 4/. The ideal coat for the races or any occasion is supplied by Empire Furriers, opp. Town Hall." Secure yours now.—(Ad.)