TABLE TALK.

Auckland Star, Volume LXVII, Issue 6, 8 January 1936, Page 1

TABLE TALK.

Rain over wide area. British to fortify Mombasa. High water at Auckland, 7.7 p.m. Sunset, 7.44; sunrise to-morrow, 5.11. New Zealand butter market impro\ed. Man found dead in Maungatapeie shop. . _ ~ Spanish President dissolves Parliament. Catholic teachers' conference continued to-day. Waipalii sailed last evening for Sydney. First cricket Test at Dunedin on Friday. « Steamer Xgakuta due from Australia to-morrow. Free trips to any part of Britain- for All Blacks. German Government is considering capital levy. Italy to build oil refinery to handle Albanian supplies. Floods in south and south-west France do heavy damage. Two men killed in terrific explosion of oil tank in N.S.W. Aucklanders do well in Dominion bowling tournament. Preference clause in Australian seamen's award cancelled. Gale caused rough sea in harbour and damage to small craft. Officers and erew of sloop Wellington entertained at Tauranga. Gale in Britain. Lowestoft drifter believed lost wiith 10 hands. Lindsay Weir (Northland) to play for Eden senior cricket team. Four Aucklanders in final nine for New Zealand bowling singles. Wailii Hospital troubles believed settled as result of conference. Governor-General to pay visit to children's camp at Port Waikato. Total lunar eclipse will occur tomorrow morning, commencing at 3.17. American Supreme Court declares New Deal farm legislation unconstitutional. Three people had narrow escape when motor car crashed in gorge near Hunua. Iceberg passed by Port Adelaide on voyage from England to New Zealand. Baby's death at Taumarunui causes strong comment on parents' actions by coroner. Prime Minister explains Labour's monetary proposals do not mean inflation. Danish consul at Johannesburg and wife left Capetown on attempted record flight to London. Auckland Cricket Association decided to play a full series of matches on Anniversary Day. N.S.W. Government orders masters of coastal ships by wireless to take secret ballot of seamgn. Details of Franco-British plan to meet Italian attack, either in Mediterranean or by way of the Alps. Allegations of fortification of Japanese mandated islands made by German business man to League of Nations. Sales on the Auckland Stock Exchange to-day are: Bank of New Zealand (2), £2 7/3; Dominion Breweries, 18/; Bonds' 4 per cent, 1952-55, £105 5/; E.S. and a! Bank, £5 15/6; Bank of New South Wales, £33; Anthony Hordern, £1 0/10Bycroft, £2 13/; Claude Neon (Sydney)' £2 12/6; Mount Morgan, £1 18/10; Stock' 4 per cent, 1937-40, £102 12/6. Australasia's greatest value, £5 5/ set of teeth for £2 10/.— E. Da vies, Ltd. (Dentist Davies), opp. Woolworths.—Ad.