TABLE TALK.

Auckland Star, Volume LXVII, Issue 252, 23 October 1936, Page 1

TABLE TALK.

Hiyli water at Auckland, 12.31 p.m. •Sunset, 0.44; sunrise to-morrow, 5.25. Auckland cricket season to open tomorrow. Good play in Dominion golf championships. City of Brisbane left this afternoon for Wellington. Debate in Parliament on Auckland milk legislation. Awatea is due from Sydney at 7.30 a.m. on Monday. Elderly man struck by motor ear ill city and injured. Roman Catholic church at Ashhurst destroyed by lire. Auckland Cycle Club to close its road season to-morrow. Transport Board discusses change in fares in committee. Technical College boxing championships held las': evening. Another conference to-day in connection with fishing dispute. Number of applications granted for State houses in Auckland. Port Fremantle arrived early this morning to load for London. Larger play-area wanted at Seddon Memorial Technical College. Two engineers severely burned in icecream factory at Newmarket. lonic arrives from Wellington to-mor-row on her last visit to the port. Committees appointed last 'evening for Auckland branch of Defence League. Skipper of Cii 1 Pat and brother sentenced for complicity to steal trawler. Remuera sails at 7 a.m. to-morrow for London with passengers and cargo. Pinal of Auckland provincial amateur snooker championship won by R. Davies. Bill Introduced in Parliament for protection of British shipping in Tasman. Niagara leaves Suva to-day en route from Vancouver, and is due here on Monday. Soccer championship final to be played to-morrow afternoon at Blandford Park. Woman sentenced to three months' imprisonment for unlawfully using an instrument. Commission inquiring into tarxi and carrying, businesses to sit in Auckland on November 2. Three Auckland teams to take part in Dominion contract bridge championship tourna: nt. Cambridge (England) research station discovers method of av "ding tough joints in cooking. Placement Bureau's work for youths commended by Onehunga-Manukau Chamber of Commerce. Employment of scholars outside hours discussed at meeting of Seddon Memorial ' r eclinical C" I lege Board. Without calling on the defence, magistrate in Police Court to-day dismissed a charge of wilful and obscene exposure. Sustenance man whose car was involved in city smash sentenced to three months' imprisonment on charge of intoxication. Young New Zealander arrested as a stowaway on arrival of Mariposa last week fined £7 10/, in default 14 days' imprisonment. Judge directs jury to return verdict of not guilty at conclusion of Crown's case in trial on charge of negligent driving and causing death. Hotel licensee who handed three bottles of beer over a. fence one recent Sunday morning fined £5 on charge of selling liquor after hours. Protection of British Shipping Bill described as "bombshell" by Auckland shipping- executive; view expressed that Australia will gain at 'the expense of New Zealand. Steps taken to have names of local bodies whose employees will come within scope of proposed Local Authorities' Officers' Union struck out of citation P a l»ei"s circulated by. Auckland Clerical Office Staff Employees' Union in connection with its 'claims for award.