TABLE TALK.

Auckland Star, Volume LXVIII, Issue 140, 15 June 1937, Page 1

TABLE TALK.

Keen demand for table poultry. High water to-day 11.58 a.m. Sunset, 4.41; sunrise to-morrow, 7.2. Metal prices slightly easier in London. New supply of Queensland pineapples. Law clerks seek industrial agreement. Freedom of London conferred on Mr. Savage. Vivian has another successful day at Lord's. Fruit sales at City Markets improved to-day. Great bowling by Dunning against Middlesex. ; Mary Pickford to wed "Buddy" Rogers tliis month. Roosevelt Court reforms to come be- ' fore Senate. ; Famous playwright Sir James Barrie 1 seriously ill. Orange supply meeting demand and prices steady. 1 Startling revelations at Napier Hospital inquiry. ' Bank of France raises interest rates . to ti per cent. Violence may follow arrest of heroi priest in Bavaria. t Filipino head-hunter caught after > killing 20 victims. Paraguayan Army revolt over Gran Chaco peace term*:. London art collection on view at Auckland Art Gallery. ' Vicar who married Duke of Windsor resigns Durham benefice. : Mr. Sav age accused of intruding polij tics into Empire parleys. Itinerary announced for New Zealand hockey tour of Australia. Canadian Conqueror to sail for New ; York to-morrow afternoon. Speedy new British bombers will in- ■ crease deadliness of R.A.F. Brilliant ceremony at Order of Garter service in Windsor Castle. Tenders being called by Auckland City Council for car-testing equipment. Matua due to-morrow afternoon with passengers and fruit from the Islands. Continuation of Supreme Court action in which two sons are disputing mother's will. Tender of £35,860 accepted for new Auckland Universitv College biolo«~v block. Nineteen Auckland forwards called up to practice for Springboks' game on r July 24. New Zealand 209 ahead of Middlesex. 1 with six wickets to fall in second j innings. Germany equipping Hungary with war i. 'planes under new treatv-breaking entente. Monowai. after embarking 200 passengers, sailed at noon to-day for Vancouver. Guarantee for public against defaults . by brokers established by Svdney Stock 3 Exchange. Billy Martin outpointed by Herb :, Bishop in welter-weight boxing match last night. Over 100 applications already received in Auckland for appointment to Civi. Reserve of Pilots. All Black five-eighth against 1921 Springboks wins New Zealand squash racquets championship. Long ambulance trip from Kaikohe ). Thames undertaken to-day by Whan "a rei. St. John ambulance. Increase in rates to be moved bv chair man of Manukau County Council at n next meeting of council. Drunken man who damaged a set of scales to the extent of £25 ordered ro pay for the mischief at the rate of 10/ per week. f H.M. survey ship Endeavour berthed this morning at Calliope wharf: she is to undertake a survey of the NewZealand coast. Auckland Manufacturers' Association to urge New Zealand Federation to 9 make further representations to Government regarding immigration. Admiralty survey of the New Zealand coast expected to take ten years; survey ship Endeavour is to be replaced by a modern vessel within next two years. s Showman described by the police as . a "spieler" and "hotel barber," fined £5, or 21 days in prison, for attempting to "ring the changes" on a Queen Street shopkeeper. Director-General of Health, Dr. M. P. t Watt, in company with Hospital Board » representatives, to inspect suggested site for chest hospital in vicinity of Auckland to-morrow. Sales on the Auckland Stock Exchange to-day were:—Commercial Bank. 18/7J; j North Auckland Farmers (B pref.), 11/; • Taranaki Oil, 4/; Waihi Investment, 12/7; Grand Junction, 3/, 2/9; Mount ■ Lyell, £2 1/9 (2); South British, £4 15/6 (2) ; New Zealand Breweries (rights). £1 1/3 (2), £1 1/2; Electrolytic Zinc. £2 13/; Wilsons Cement, a £2 1/3, £2 1/, £2 0/9, £2 0/10; Grand a Junction, 2/9. Mount Morgan, 12/10, 12/9. Unlisted: Woolworths (Svdnev), £0 19/3. Amazing half-price sale—Hand Bags, etc. Greatest ever held. See Thursday night's 'Star." —(Ad.)