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Auckland Star, Volume LXVII, Issue 183, 4 August 1936, Page 1

TABLE TALK.

I High water in Auckland 5.5 p.m. I Quarry worker injured f tit Epsom. City works to begin next Monday. _ Sunset. 5.8; sunrise to-morrow, 0.45. First prize in art union to Thames. Australian mail reached Auckland to-day. Alaiama arrived from Sydney this morning. V. P. Boot finishes last in SOO metres at Olympiad. Russia supporting Loyalists in Spanish civil war. Aorailgi leaves for Sydney at 11 o'clock to-night. „ Another great bowling performance by Glamorgan cricketer. Russell defeated Clark in wrestling match at Town Hall. Auckland centre of New Zealand Red Cross Society formed. City of Dieppe due from New York on Thursday afternoon. Spain's civil war Hearing climax; fierce lighting reported. Head of Moslem Church in Algiers murdered in cold blood. Tuscan Star sailed this afternoon for London, via Cape Horn. Budget to be presented in House of Representatives to-night. Loan of £377.000 taken up by Auckland financial institution. Blomlield defeated Forsgren in wrestling match in Wellington. Civic reception at New Plymouth to English liugby League team. Electrical workers to refer number of matters to Arbitration Court. " Immediate employment for over 100 men in city works programme. ill-. Xasli budgets for surplus in Estimates to be announced to-night. Inspection of sites being made for Auckland's proposed chest hospital. All-round larger grants for pensions contained in Labour's first Budget. Land and income taxation increased by £2,000,000 in to-night's Budget. Australian State said to be negotiating barter agreement with Germany. German shot put winner, a policeman, rapidly promoted by General Goering. Procession of city last evening to demonstrate against war and Fascism. Owens and Metcalfe, negro runners, light out final of 100 metres at Berlin. Talk of Balkan Powers initiating movement for colonies for surplus population. Guaranteed prices for dairy produce to be announced in Parliament this evening. Inquiry into wreck of steamer Abel Tasman at Greynioutli to be held next Friday. Auckland to play Ranfurly Shield i match against Otago in Dunedin tomorrow. | Appointment of borough engineer made by Onehunga Borough Council last evening. Golden Coast arrived early this after- , noon from Pacific Coast ports with genej ral cargo. Forty-hour week offered by employers ' to sports goods workers in conciliation s council to-day. I Parents of boy, who was killed at • Mangere by bus, claiming £1000 for } loss of his services. f Arbor Day to be observed on comprehensive scale in Auckland to-morrow, - with various ceremonies. Truck driver hit when alighting from his vehicle claiming £008 damages against young woman .motorist, j Well-known science master at Auckland Grammar School collapsed and died in masters' common room to-day. Member of Auckland Electric Power Board states that Auckland has little to learn from Sydney in electricity mat- > ters. Australian Government's restriction > on motor car imports believed by Sycl- - ney business man to be a defence 1 measure. ! Encouragement of secondary intlus- ' tries in Australia and Xew Zealand advocated by prominent Sydney busi- , ness man. [ Dissatisfaction with methods under ' which milk is supplied in Dunedin, and ' decision to make inquiries in Auckland and other centres. Special meeting of Mount Albert t Borough Council this evening to farewell the Mayor, who has been appointed ' to the magisterial bench. 1 Australia definitely realising the need 1 for adequate defence scheme, according to New Zealand sheep farmer who returned by Marama to-day. • Sales on the Auckland Stock Ex- . cliangp to-day were:—Electrolytic Zinc, 5 £2 1/; Komata Reefs, 5/0; National Bank of Australasia, £14; Bank of Xew Zealand, £2 0/0; Auckland Gas, ex diw, 1 £1 4/0; Kauri, £1 4/0; Wilsons 8 Cement, £1 1!1/!1; Golden Crown, 5/0. j Visit Empire Furriers' wonderful ] winter show of furs. Marvellous values. i New spacious showrooms, same address, ' opp. Town Hall.—(Ad.) j