TABLE TALK.

Auckland Star, Volume LXVII, Issue 292, 10 December 1936, Page 1

TABLE TALK.

Bradman a duck in Test. Woodvillc races to-day and Saturday. Sunset, 7.33; sunrise to-morrow, -1.55. High water at Auckland to-day 4.40 p.m. Top price of 24 M at Wellington wool sale. Latest report on condition of Pope Pius XI. Bride-to-be shot by closest friend in Michigan. Mr. \V. J. Jordan going to Geneva once more. Hall and Jarvis drew in boxing match at Eltham. Discussion by Ellerslie Town Board on race day traffic. Fourteen dead in crash of Dutch airliner at Croydon. Epsom Girls' Grammar School prizegiving this evening. Agreement reached in Auckland musicians' dispute. Bitter German attack on colonypossessing nations. Four dead in terrible New South Wales farm tragedy. Auckland Horticultural Society's summer show opened. Mrs. J. B. Darlow returned at Birkenhead Borough Council by-election. Lord Bledisloe's migration advice; ofl'cr of his New Zealand experience. Strong warning, on Pacilvc Shipping question given by English shipowner. Political address given last evening by Mr. \V. T. Anderton, M.P. for Eden. Criticism at meeting of Devonport Borough Council on coronation decoration. Allen, besides leading England to notable victory, was greatest player in Test. New offices secured in Civic Square building for State Advances Department. Feeling in Parliamentary circles in Britain that King's abdication is indicated. Explanation by King's Lord-in-Wait-ing of Mrs. Simpson's lawyer's visit to Cannes. Cliipperfield and Oldfield only doublefigure scorers in Australia's second innings. Awatea sailed for Sydney last evening, and is due back next Tuesday morning. Marking of crossings on main highways by white lines criticised by Automobile Association. "Unionists still complaining about delay by Arbitration Court in hearing their disputes. Prize-giving ceremonies at Sacred Heart College and Seddon Memorial Technical College. Basic wage has not lowered anybody's wages, says the Minister of Labour, the Hon. H. T. Armstrong. Does French guarantee of military aid to Britain extend to Dominions? Question raised in Commons. Arrangements for celebration of Catholic centenary in February, 1938, advanced a further stage. Minister of Labour would not be surprised if a national movement developed for a five-day week for shops and offices. Auckland Hospital Board asked to take over control and administration of Wilson Home at Takapuna for crippled children.

Woman bankrupt charged with failing to keep proper books remanded for sentence for a week in Police Court this morning. A labourer who, while drunk yesterday, threw a half-handle at a hotel licensee, fined a total of £2 10/ in Police Court to-day. Men on public works at pokeno permitted by Minister of . Public Works to assist farmers harvesting on Saturdays and Sundays.*" Auckland Clerical Workers and Office Staff Employees' Union decided last night to affiliate with the Trades and Labour Council. Pleading guilty to two charges of stealing clothing valued at £25, a teamster was committed to the Supreme Court for sentence to-day. Auckland City Council transferred insurance formerly divided among 39 insurance companies to State Insurance Department; amount of coverage over £500,000. Minister of Labour, Hon. H. T. Armstrong, holds the view that a mucli larger proportion of industrial disputes should be completely settled outside the Arbitration Court. Sales on the Auckland Stock Exchange to-day were:—New Zealand Insurance (2), £3 0/G; Broken Hill (con.), £3 0/6; G. J. Coles, £4 10/3, £4 10/0; Hume Pipe, £1 1/; Standard Insurance, £2 19/6; Dunlop Perdriau, 17/9; Elec. Zinc (pref.). £2 9/3; Wool worths, N.Z. (pref.), £1 17/; Bonds, 15/6/52-55 (4), £103 10/; Stock. 15/6/52-55 (4), £103 7/6. Unlisted: Woolworths (Syd.), £7 14/9, £7 15/, £7 15/6, £7 16/. Australasia's greatest value, £5 5/ set of teeih for £2 10/. — K. Davies, Ltd. (Dentist Daviesl, opp. Woolworths. —Ad.