TABLE TALK.

Auckland Star, Volume LXVI, Issue 176, 27 July 1935, Page 1

TABLE TALK.

■ Manawatu races. Sunset to-day at 5.1 p.m. Serious train wreck in Southland. High water at Auckland 4.32 p.m. Benholm due from Xew York to-mor-io\v. Xauranga loan of £IS,OOO for waterworks. Kaimiro due to-morrow from Australia. New Zealand butter market more , active. Monterey arrived this morning from Sydney. Domain closed to-day for all sports fixtures. French sloop due at Auckland next 1 Tuesday. : I Port' Whangarei due from Tonga on Tuesday. Brick and tile works at Avondale reopen^. for first Test against x.s.iv!t| Eldeil_vrnan killed by train near Lumsden. Rugby matches at Eclen Park cancelled for to-day. Sir Clias. Kingsford Smith states that Point England is excellently situated for airport. '*- Bleeding ewes bring up to 35/4 Vt Feilding sale. Soutli Canterbury Hunt Club's totalisator meeting. Strikes in Greece against restoration of the monarchy. Active and advancing—Xew Zealand butter in London. Censorship applied regarding a fire at Turkish naval base. Smithfiehl reports brighter trade in Xew Zealand lamb. Second day of Poverty Bay Turf Club's winter meeting. Xew salary scale discussed at meeting of school teachers last night. Motor ship Port Huon due to leave Opua to-day for Auckland. Hamilton Borough proposal to raise loan of £20,000 for footpaths. Another heavy shipment of South Island potatoes due next week. Result of recent manoeuvres may bring reorganisation of R.A.F. World's record for large dairy herd attributed to Matamata farmer. South Africa may not concur in British policy regarding Abyssinia. Five South African cricketers recovered after mild attack of food poisoning. Takanini post office and store destroyed by fire early this morning. Dominions being fully informed on Italo-Abyssinia situation by Britain. Good progress being made in connection with scaling leaks in Waitaki dam. Plan for strengthening court of convocation of Auckland University College. Swedish ship's apprentice to be deported from Australia following desertion. Japanese Army proposes expenditure of £60,000,000 on four-year defence scheme. Carnegie Corporation has made £10,000 available for Dominion museums and art galleries. Sydney paper suggests ban on Australian cricketers may react on trade with India. Hardstaff, Barber and Parks, members of M.C.C. team for Xew Zealand, in good form. Seaman who assaulted tramway motorman sentenced to 12 months' imprisonment. Auckland listeners prepared to fight "to last ditch" in maintenance of their privileges, secretary of Listeners' Club asserts. Acting chairman of Railways Board commented on loss made on Te PukeTaneatua railway section, and indicated that it might be necessary to close it. Sales on 'Change to-day were: Bank of New Zealand, £2 11/6;" Renown, 9/9; Claude Neon (New Zealand), £2 2/; Farmers' Trading, 7/2; Farmers' Fertiliser, £1 0/6; Union Oil, £1 10/; Woolworths (Sydney), new issue, £1 8/; Auckland Harbour Board, 1947, 4J per cent, £106; Dunlop 15/11; Komata Reefs, 6/; Colonial Sugar, £44 15/. Unlisted: Alluvial Holdings, 1/8; Woolworths (Svdnev), £5 2/, £5 2/6; Golden Crown (1/ paid), 7/. Kelleway's Drapery Bargains.—Full fashion pure silk hose 3/11, art silk scanties 1/3J, rain coats 6/11, 54in H.B. unbleached sheeting 1/, SOin 1/6. Newmarket. —(Ad.). At last. The Model Furriers' great mid-winter sale is in full swing. Take advantage of the event of the year. 289, Karangahape Road/—(Ad.). Kelleway's Furnishing Bargains.— Moquet squab 19/6, 36in green blind Holland lOid. 7ft G:n x Gin congoleum hall squares 11/6, Oft wide congoleum floor covering 2/11. Newmarket.— (Ad.). Don't miss The Model Furriers' great mid-winter sale. Buv now, prices slaughtered. 259. K'hape Rd.—(Ad.). Kelleway's Bedding Bargains. —Threefoot roll edge mill wool mattress 19/11, kapok pillows 1/8, 23in wool tapestry runner 3/11. Newmarket.— (Ad.).