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Auckland Star, Volume LXVII, Issue 170, 20 July 1936, Page 1

TABLE TALK.

Man fatallv burned at Wellington. High water at Auckland 5.22 p.m. Auckland Winter Exhibition ends. Work resumed at Glen Afton mine. Sunset 4.50; sunrise to-morrow, 6.57. Ponsonby wins Rugby championship. Reunion of Prince Albert College Old Boys. South African King's prizeman at Bisley. Man fell from city wharf and was Irown ed. Two men killed in motor smash near Ohinewai. Dancers endangered by £20,000 blaze in Melbourne. Germany and Australia "all square" in Davis Cup. Bishop of Jerusalem arrived by Niagara to-day. Young man drowned in Waikato River near Huka Falls. Wanganui business man collapsed at meeting and died. Reported serious rioting in Spain and Spanish Morocco. Man fell from lorry near Waimana and died from injuries. Japanese poachers' vessel seized oil' New Caledonia coast. New Dardanelles treaty ready for signature by Powers. Blomfield defeated Russell in wrestling match at Town Hall. Poor response in Britain to Abyssinia's appeal for war funds. Hulk Rosamond broke adrift while being towed to Auckland. Additional protection to be provided in future for King Edward. Young Maori sent to Borstal for three years for incest and forgery. Quist with damaged ankle fully extends Cramm in Davis Cup. Mount Albert and Grammar on top in League and hockey competitions. Negotiations proceeding in connection with shipping dispute at Napier. Mr. R. Ferner, Mayor of Mount Albert, appointed a stipendiary magistrate. Waiotapn arrived this morning from Pacific Coast ports and Cook Islands. Although beaten in final Soccer Test New Zealand was level at half-time. Re-registered Sailmakers' Union drawing up proposals to submit to employers. Two men arrested in connection with two suit lengths missing from city tailor's shop. Steamer Abel Tasman wrecked at Greymouth; crew rescued under difficult condition. Political condition of Europe serious, but not critical, according to visitor from London. Huntingdon arrived from Opua this morning to load for London and West Coast ports. Mr. Jordan, High Commissionerdesignate, accorded civic farewell at Town Hall to-day. Need for trade agreement between Commonwealth and New Zealand stressed by visiting business man. Presentation of Maori mere made by Mayor of Auckland, Mr. Ernest Davis, to Mr. Jordan, at civic farewell. North Auckland youth who stole cattle sentenced by Judge Fair to 12 months' imprisonment with hard labour. Steamer Kalingo, from which hulk broke adrift on Saturday night, now on her way to Auckland, with hulk in tow. Clerk who stole postal packets and other property sentenced in Supreme Court to two years' reformative detention. Magisterial and police comment made to-day when three men were charged with being in state of intoxication while driving cars. ' Salesman who broke into gold-buyer's office and stole cash and old gold committed to Supreme Court for sentence. Fine of £10 imposed, and license cancelled for two years, when an intoxicated motorist was dealt with in Police Court to-day. Mr. McKean, S.M., says he would have less hesitation in sending drunken motorissts to gaol if there were a special division for them. Mr. Warner Mason, feature writer for "Chicago Tribune," arrived by Niagara to-day to collect material for series of articles and travel talks. Niagara, with Empire air mail and 138 passengers for Auckland, arrived this morning from Sydney; she sails for Vancouver at 11 a.m. to-morrow. Interesting point disclosed concerning interpretation of a section of Police Offences Act when two watersiders were before Police Court to-day on a charge of being unlawfully found on hotel premises. Sales on the Auckland Stock Exchange to-day were: —Commercial Bank, 18/0; Bank of New Zealand, £2 0/3, £2 0/1; ! Staples Breweries, £1 14/G; Broken Hill | Proprietary, £3 15/; New Zealand Refrigerating, £1 0/3; Amalgamated j Brick (Wellington), 31/3/44, 7A per cent, s £100; Commercial Bank (pref.), £9 2/6; ' Bank of New South Wales, £32 12/6; Colonial Sugar, £43 5/; Waihi, 9/5. Unlisted: Selfridge's, old, £1 5/74; new, £1 5/3; Southern Cross Investment, 2/6. Australasia's greatest value, £5 5/ set of teeth for £2 10/. —E. Davies, Ltd. (Dentist Davieshopp. Woolworth's. —Ad.