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Auckland Star, Volume LXVII, Issue 59, 10 March 1936, Page 1

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Hitrli water at Auckland 9.24 p.m. Licensing Committee elections to-day. Bradford wool market exceedingly firm. . Sunset to-day 6.49; sunrise to-mor-row 0.15. * Austrian fears of German invasion growing. , Reported truce in Abyssinia speedily cancelled. Light poll at Mount Roskill Road Board by-election. Minister of Mines making extensive visit to goldfields. Taranaki bowlers continued matches in Auckland to-day. North Shore swimming carnival at • Tepid Baths to-niglit. Auckland competitors do well at national rifle meeting. J. W. Gunn beats New South Wales junior tennis champion. Over £50 raised at Papakura for Crippled Children's Fund. Two Aueklanders included in appointments to Legislative Council. Four lawyers represent twenty parties in will dispute in Supreme Court. W. E. Merritt expresses opinion on standard of New Zealand cricket. Possibility of extra Court being created to deal with compensation casefe. Taranaki bowlers won seven games and tied one, out of thirteen this morn ing. Inter-island ferry steamer encountered severe gale crossing Cook Strait last night. Hospital grocery supplies discussed at meeting of Auckland Master Grocers' Association. Lord Nuffield denies story of proposed £1,000,000 settlement scheme for New Zealand. Over-the-counter sellers and bread-van vendors dissatisfied with margin of profit under bread regulations. Captain of M.C.C. cricket team stated that standard of New Zealand cricket was higher than he expected. Presentation to be made to Mr. A. Harris in recognition of his services in Parliament as member for Waitemata. High tributes to retirin? probation officer, Mr. W. J. Campbell. N paid by Bench and Bar in Magistrate's Court to-day. For committing an unprovoked assault on an old man a Maori was sentenced in the Police Court to fourteen days' imprisonment. Mount Albert Borough Council receives £1000 from Government by way of compensation for unpaid rates on Crown properties. Loss of orders to printing trade through Government taking over control of flour industry discussed at meeting of Auckland Manufacturers'. Association. Sales on the Auckland Stock Exchange to-day were: Mort. Corp.. 4/7; Dominion Breweries. £1 1/3; Broken Hill (con.), £1 15/9; Mount Lyell, £1 4/7; Bonds, 4 per cent, 46/49, £103 15/: Bonds, 4 per cent, 52/55, £103 15/: Auckland City, 4J per cent, 1/6/53, £106 15/; Commercial Bank, £1 0/5; Westport Stockton, 1/3; Auckland Gas. , £1 5/6; Anthony Hordern. £1 0/6: Martha, 19/5; Waihi Grand Junction. 3/9. Bring your fur renovations to Empire Furriers now and be ready for winter's cold. Address: 358, Queen Street.— (Ad.)