TABLE TALK.

Auckland Star, Volume LXVII, Issue 139, 13 June 1936, Page 1

TABLE TALK.

High water at Auckland, 12.57 p.m. Sunset, 4.41; sunrise to-morrow, 7.1. Civil war cloud hanging over China. Ashburton trots. Hawke's Bay races. Heavy inland frosts. Major golf competitions played today. Keen demand for dairy cows in Taranaki. Welshman scores 280 not out at the Oval. Navy Soccer match at Blandford Park to-day. Air mails due at Auckland next Wednesday. Katherine Stammers beats Helen Jacobs. Death of Australian Test cricket selector. Rugby matches at Eden Park this afternoon. Cruiser Dunedin to leave on Monday for Islands. Hockey matches at Remuera and Papatoetoe. League programme continued at Carlaw Park to-day. Surrey cricketer makes his 102 nd first-class century. Dempster's team has another victory in County cricket. Inspection made of wreckage washed ashore on east coast. Extensive plans for development by Japan in South Seas. Eldjrly man struck by motor at New North Road and injured. Belgian workers following French plan of "stay-in" strikes. Commodore E. R. Drummond to be promoted to rear-admiral. New Soviet constitution claimed as model of real democracy. Three referees walk out from Rugby Union meeting at Dargaville. Officers appointed for newly-forined Canterbury Club in Auckland. French Government announces improvement in internal situation. Germany wins first two singles in Davis Cup match.against Ireland. Royal New Zealand Yacht Squadron prizegiving ceremony last evening. Thieves busy in city and suburbs, several houses having been entered. Governor of Kansas chosen as Republican nominee for American Presidency. Maro retrial to be continued on Monday; jury visited former home in Mount Eden to-day. An average of £10 per head was secured for a herd of dairy cows at Matapu, Taranaki, the highest price being £14 10/. Mayor of Auckland, Mr. Ernest Davis, to present' comprehensive review of city finances at a meeting of City Council on Monday evening.

British delegates for Empire Chambers of Commerce Conference, which is to be held 'at Wellington, due to reach Auckland on September 27. New Zealand Co-operative Dairy Company making an advance this month of 1/ per lb for butterfat for buttermaking and 1/li for cheese. Sales on 'Change to-day were: Bank of New Zealand (D Mortgage), £1 8/9; Devonport Ferry, £1 1/9; New Zealand Breweries, £2 13/; Broken Hill, £3 12/6; Broken Hill (con.), £2 10/3; Colonial Sugar, £41 17/0; Peters' Ice, £1 4/6; Woolworths (New Zealand), £9 5/; Maori Gully, llAd; Skippers, 3Jd; Mount Morgan, 15/5; City of Auckland, 1/1/44-67, £105 15/; Burns, Philp, £3 12/, £3 12/3; Northern Steam, 5/; Golden Dawn, 4/; New Zealand Newspapers, £2 2/; Devonport 8.C., 1/8/61, £105. Unlisted: Woolworths (Sydney), £5 15/; Alluvial Holdings, 1/7. Kelleway's Bargain Monday—so only teddy bear baby blankets, 1/ each; 40 only red rubber hot water bottles, 1/ each. Newmarket.—(Ad.) For day and evening wear, furs are essential this season. See our marvellous range of sensational values. The. Model Furriers, 288, Queen Street, opposite Smith and Caughey.— (Ad.) Now showing a superb collection of fur coate —smart, new, practical and inexpensive. Melba Fur Co., 245 a, Queen Street, next George Walker, Ltd.— (Ad.) \ Kelleway's Bargain Monday—Last offer 10 pieces Gft wide Scotch lino, 4/11 yd; 3Gin nigger blind holland, 1/6; 48in shadow tissue, 1/6. Newmarket.— (Ad.) An Empire fur or fur coat embodies all that fashion demands. Prices lowest. Empire Furriers, opp. Town Hall.— (Ad.) Of course you can afford a beautiful fur coat this season. See our marvellous values. The Model Furriers, 288, Queen St., opp. Smith and Caughey. (Ad.) Kelleway's Bargain Monday—so onlyfast casement smocks, ljs., 3/11; men's fleecy singlets, 1/6; pants, 1/8; English flannelette sheets, d.bed, 5/11 each. Newmarket—(Ad.)