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Auckland Star, Volume LXVII, Issue 205, 29 August 1936, Page 1

TABLE TALK.

Higli water at Auckland, 3.53 p.m. Harrier conference held in Auckland. Sunset, 5.28; sunrise to-morrow, 6.15. Final of Rotorua golf championship played. German airwoman arrested as spy in Russia. Some big estates in probate list lor ; August. ,11 I Two hospitals in Jerusalem bombed by Arabs. . , , Derbyshire won English county cricket championship. Rugby, League and Soccer club matches to-day. Auckland Trotting Club's meeting held at Epsom to-day. Russia sends proposals for reform of League to Geneva. _ ]>. K. S. Wyatt chosen to join M.C.C. team for Australia. Dairy cattle advanced 30/ per head in Taranaki this. week. Italy applies embargo to export ot war material to Spain. Australian Premiers reject national 40-hour week proposal. German official in Australia seeking barter trade agreement. Auckland raises £0-13 towards the McGregor fund. Text published of new alliance between Britain and Egypt. Otago-Canterbury Ranfurly Shield match at Dunedin to-day. New body, to be known as Auckland Chamber of Agriculture, formed. Limerick will arrive at 0.30 a.m. to-morrow from Pacific Coast ports. Auckland and Canterbury hockey representatives playing at Papatoetoe. Probation jvork in Auckland during last year reviewed by probation officer. Australian Rugby team playing Hawke's Bay at Napier this afternoon. Australians win men's and women's New Zealand Slalom championships at Ruapeliu. Drop of 3/0 per cwt in price of New Zealand butter on London market during the week. New Zealand harrier championship being run at Ellerslie racecourse this afternoon. Teams chosen for police representative Rugby match between Auckland and Wellington. Sir James Parr relinquishes his office as High Commissioner for New Zealand '■ 011 Monday. Woman knocked down by burglar in \ house at Mount Albert last night, the intruder escaping. Dancer compelled to abandon last performances of Auckland season owing to 1 straining a leg muscle. A new shipping rate contract covering | all refrigerated cargo exported from t New Zealand has been made. ■ Principals in gaming raid in city yes- . terday fined £20. Other men found on !. premises fined from £1 to £2. ' Niagara due from Vancouver at 10 a.m. on Monday, and is scheduled to sail for Sydney at 5 p.m. on Tuesday. Deputation to wait on Auckland City • Council on Monday evening in connection with Waitakere Park proposal. Norfolk Dairy Company had record L output last season, and paid out over L 13Jd per lb of butterfat for cheese- > making. Decision' of Arbitration Court regard- > ing Saturday work in clothing, boot and shoe and timber industries given this morning. Minister of Public Works says men employed 011 public works who have also been working on other jobs will be instantly dismissed. "> Labourer who threatened "to do something radical" at the Labour Bureau ' yesterday sentenced to seven days' imprisonment in Police Court to-day. To-day's sales on the Auckland Stock I Exchange were: Bank of New South Wales, £32 17/0; National Insurance, , 18/3; Auckland -Gas,'£l 3/2; Dominion Breweries, £1 9/9; G. J. Coles, £4 0/4; j Hume Pipe, 19/4; King Solomon, 1/4; I Ivomata Reefs, 0/; ■ Golden' _ Dawn, , 2/10; Mount Morgan, 13/2; 13/. Un- - listed: Wool worths (Sydney), £5 7/6. , Kelleway's Bargain Furnishings—72in - x 54in tapestry floor rugs, 25/; Oft x 7ft 1 6in congoleum squares, 23/6; 27in velvet pile runner, 8/11, now 7/6. Newmarket. —(Ad.) y . Bargain seekers thrilled by marvellous values in quality furs and fur coats at Model Furriers' Sale, 288, Queen Street, opposite Smith and <}aughey.— (Ad.) Kelleway's Bargain Furnishings— Shadow tissue squab, 18/11; English linoleum, Oft wide, 5/6 yd; 18in congo- ' leum, 1/ yd; kapok pillows, 1/11. New- » market—(Ad.) Visit Empire Furriers' wonderful winter show of furs. Marvellous values. New spacious showrooms, same address, opp. Town Hall.— (Ad.) Kelleway's, Newmarket.—Yes! We ■ make blinds, all kinds. See new Kirpson blind, half the price of Holland, . fully guaranteed.—(Ad.)