TABLE TALK.

Auckland Star, Volume LXVII, Issue 165, 14 July 1936, Page 1

TABLE TALK.

High water at Auckland. 2.30 p.m. Sunset, 4.52; sunrise to-morrow, 7.1. Local millers report shortage of bran. Large attendances continue at Winter Show. Settlement not reached in plumbers' dispute. Water supply discussed by Papakura Town Board. House damaged by fire at Eden Terrace. • Large contract let for drainage at Hastings. _ ; Increased building activity at Otahulni. Norfolk sailed for London via Panama this morning. Governor-General to leave to-morrow for Wellington. Heat wave in America responsible for SOO deaths. Waitangi Shield match at Carlaw Park to-morrow. Former Auckland player in Australian Rugby team. Salesman remanded on theft charge in Police Court to-day. Sailmakers and Riggers' Union granted registration. Port Denison will leave at G p.m. for London, via Cape Horn. Canadian Britisher arrives from Montreal at if a.m. to-morrow. Discussion by Otaliuliu Borough Council on site for bus terminus. ftei many fortifying Heligoland in breach of Versailles Treaty. Auckland Power Board to use radio to keep touch with repair gangs. Woman missionary talks of strained feelings of Japanese to foreigners. Draw in wrestling matcVi at Town Hall between Leathers and Blomfield. Wanganella sailed this afternoon for Sydney, Noumea and Norfolk Islands. Training has continued for' months in New South Wales against gas attack. Australian Rugby team of 25 players sails for New Zealand on August 13. Placement ofiicc transferred to-day to new quarters in old station buildings. Gravest view taken of Spanish situation; revolution and civil war threatening. Butter still rising in London; New Zealand now firm at 110/ to 117/ per cwt. Two New Zealand airmen leave Darwin for Timor Island, en route to Far East. Mail rocket fired by Brisbane society conveys 300 letters distances of 300 yards. Satisfaction at Blenheim over decision to resume work on South Island railway. Victorian Government to invite high officer of Scotland Yard to report on police force. Auckland Hockey Association favours replacement of players in representative matches. Varied opinions expressed on Government scheme of differential prices for dairy produce. Auckland Maori Rugby League team to play Northland at Carlaw Park to-morrow afternoon. Widely divergent views expressed regarding effects of Austria-German agreement of friendship. Film writer ex-communicated by Bishop of Chichester for failing to help parents who committed suicide. Nine members of Australian Rugby team for New Zealand played against 1934 All Blacks, who lost Bledisloe Cup. King Edward gives over £900, proceeds from sale of fittings of yacht Britannia, to King George Memorial fund. Schoolboy going home to lunch to-day knocked down by motor car at Mount Eden aiul taken to hospital suffering concussion. Opinion in Auckland among road transport service owners cautiously opposed to draft regulations issued by Government. Auckland City Council to raise loan of £25,000 for repairs to Grafton Bridge, owing to dangerous state of approach spans. Minister of Labour has promised to remedy defect in Acts penalising youths in search of trade employment, states union secretary. Cambridge Dairy Company starts its new season with an advance payment of 1/1 per lb for June butlerfat, compared with 9id last year. Sales on the Auckland Stock Exchange to-day were: —Bank of N.Z., £2 1/3; South British, £4 12/; Guarantee Corp., 5/0; Union Steam, £1 G/; Iron and Steel (pref.), £1 6/3; Broken Hill, £3 14/; Electro-Zinc (pref.), £2 2/3; G. J. Coles, £4 0/3, £4 0/6; Amal. Brick (Auckland), 1/3/44, 71 per cent, £100 15/; Bank of N.Z. (2), £2 1/3; National Insurance, 18/9; Australian Glass, £4 12/9; G. J. Coles, £4 0/6, £4 0/9; Commercial Bank, 18/6; Mount Lyell, £1 4/0; Stock, 1939-43, 4 per cent, £102 17/0. Visit Empire Furriers' wonderful winter show of furs. Marvellous values. New spacious showrooms, same address, opp. Town Hall.—(Ad.)