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Auckland Star, Volume LXVII, Issue 21, 25 January 1936, Page 1

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I Takapuna races. Trotting at Addington. Fire destroys Huntly home. High water at Auckland 8.27 p.m. Sunset 7.39; sunrise to-morrow 5.25. Wellington Cup meeting ends to-day. i Surprises in Dominion croquet cliam- ■ pionsliips. Matriculation examination results announced. ; Two-tooth ewes brought up to 35/9 i at Morrinsville. , Further raid by police on club rooms • in city last evening. 1 Heartfelt and typical Maori tributes > to King George V. : Britisli coal strike averted; miners ; given wage increase. i Parks scores unbeaten century for M.C'.C. at Wanganui. ' Keen contest in Otago-Wellington i Plunket Shield match. 1 Butter and cheese markets in London \ firm, with upward tendency. Drop in American dollar compared to | pound sterling; now 4.99 7-8. Italians claim complete success in : three-day battle in North Abyssinia. ' New Zealand 'Varsities Rugby team ; plays first game in Japan on Sunday. J. Mixed doubles champions beaten yesterday at Auckland tennis tournament, i A rifle, some rugs and a quantity of i stores stolen from yacht in Mechanics' - Bay. • Three men who fell off bicycles in ; Auckland yesterday were extensively injured. . . i South African Republican opposition t leaves ■ Parliament when loyal motions ■ proposed. ' Practical joke was cause of Baby ; Taubman's failure to start in Masport ■ Cup race. - Maoris assure pakehas they will co- ? operate in fighting typhoid in South > Taranaki. 1 Woman, aged CO, fined £5 for being ; intoxicated in charge of a car in Paku- - ranga Road. Mussolini protests to the League ' against Franco-British pact of mutual assistance. i Convenient _ tide for bathers toi morrow, high water at Auckland being . at 8.55 a.m. > Boa constrictor brought to New Zea- ' land for presentation to Wellington Zoo : lias been destroyed. Cabinet meeting on Monday expected : to complete Government's plans regarding dairy marketing. i Outbreak of fire in Hellaby's freezing > chamber building at Westfield la3t : evening caused slight damage. ! Further stoppage of work at Mangere aerodrome owing to dissatisfaction at ! the loss of earnings through wet > weather. The Prime Minister received a message from Mr. Lincoln Ellsworth ex- ; pressing appreciation of New Zealand's " part in providing a relief expedition. - The day of the funeral of King George .• will be marked in New Zealand by the observance of two minutes' silence at 11 a.m. on Tuesday next. There will 5 be no holiday. Sales on 'Change to-day were:— Claude Neon (N.Z.), £2; Dominion - Breweries, 19/; Waihi, 14/9; Commere cial Bank, 18/9, •¥.)/; National Bank, £3 ; 11/; N.Z. Insurance, £3 2/6; WestportI Stockton (pref.), 2/G; Kauri, £1 3/(i; . Australian Glass, £4 (!/; Dominion Fer- ■ tiliser, £1 4/; G. J. Coles, £3 12/; I Morris, Hedstrom, £1 4/0. Unlisted: i Associated Motors, £1 5/. Kelleway's bargain Monday: 27in congoleum runner, 1/9 yd; 23in mottled stair runner, 3/9 yd; 27 x 54 Indian printed coir mats, 4/11. Newmarket. Ad. Kawau excursion by s.s. Ducliess tomorrow. Spccial excursion fare 3/6. — (Ad.) Kelleway's bargain Monday: 36in brown blind holland, 1/ yd; 24 x 48 | seagrass mats, 9d ertch; 27 x 52 English i Axminster rugs, 9/11. Newmarket. Ad. ; Famed throughout N.Z. for beautiful furs and expert renovations at low cost, ! Empire Furriers, opp. Town Hall.— (Ad.) Kelleway's bargain Monday: 20 dozen ' locknit art. silk bloomers, 1/4J pair; 10 dozen white cellular singlets, W., • 1/; SOin Finlay's white twill sheeting, ; 1/11 yd.—Newmarket.—(Ad.)