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Auckland Star, Volume LXVII, Issue 128, 1 June 1936, Page 1

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Sunset, 4.43; sunrise to-morrow, 6..'54. High water at Auckland, 4.15 p.m. Governor-General visiting Auckland. Record attendances for Waikato Show. Warships to carry out exercises in gulf. Wool levy approved by Southland farmers. Heavy frost this morning in city and suburbs. Haile Silassie sees the sights of Gibraltar. Farmer injured in motor collision near Ha milton. Two motorists hurt in motor accident at Bombay. Probation granted to-day to two young girls. Hole halved in one in golf match at Cliristchurch. Ann Harding charged with kidnapping her own child. Price of tin drops sharply on London metal exchange. Figures show continued building activity in city. Valuable gift by Lady Kinsey to Turnbull Library. • Trojan Star arrived yesterday for final loading for London. Large number of people visited French war sloop yesterday. Pope receives greetings on his seventy-ninth birthday. Night flying by aeroplanes this evening over Narrow Neck. Several Arab snipers killed by police and soldiers in Palestine. Successful trials at Wellington with first of petrol-driven rail cars. Port Wliangarei due in the morning from Tonga with cargo of fruit. Gold prices drop in London to £0 19/3, the lowest point of the year. London financial circles expect mild revaluation of French franc shortly. British iron and steel prices rise 5 per cent, first advance in seven years. New 10.000-ton motor tanker W. B. Walker due from Palembang to-morrow. Australians win Davis Cup doubles and now lead U.S.A. by two rubbers to • one. Retrial of Eric Mareo on charge of wife murder begun at Supreme Court to-day. Air .mail which, left London on May 17 ; arrives at Wellington per Wanganella, on Wednesday. Inquest opened and adjourned on retired settler, whose body was found in lodging house bed. Former enemies meet at British Legion conference; message received from King Edward. Proposal to increase salary of British Prime Minister to £8000, also pay for Leader of Opposition. Conditional grant of £40.000 by Government to Auckland University College to rebuild tl>e science block. trades Hall Trust decided this morning not to permit a, guild to hold a meeting in the Trades Hall. , Britain's rearmament programme i totals 4} per cent of the national income, [ the highest in history, and may reach 6 per cent. London financial journal comments adversely on the New Zealand Government's stocks bringing higher prices t than Australian. City Council to commence fencing off ' old station site next week as a pre- ) liminary step toward developing portion j of the area as a car parking area, s Driver's license suspended for three e months and fine of £4 imjJosed when young man was convicted in Police Court to-day on intoxication charge. Sales on the Auckland Stock Exchange to-day were:—Broken Hill, £3 4/(5; j Hume Pipe, 19/0; Sanford, 3/; Waihi e Investments, 10/<3; Golden Crown, 9/3; ? Stock, 4 per cent, 37/40, £102 12/6; stock, 4 per cent, 52/55, s£lo6; G. J. Cole.?, £3 19/6; Golden Dawn, 3/2; Waihi Junction, 3/10. Unlisted: Woolworths (W.A.), £5 10/, £5 7/6. T _ . Australasia's greatest value, £5 5/ set v of teeth for £2 10/. —E. Davies, Ltd. j- (Dentist Dalies), opp. Woolworth's. —Ad.