TABLE TALK.

Auckland Star, Volume LXVIII, Issue 301, 20 December 1937, Page 1

TABLE TALK.

Xmas Hospitality, N.Z.B. Pilsner Lager. Ad. Hipli water today. 9.34 ji.ni. Siiii»et. 7..'5!': sunrise to-morrow. 4.05. Kangaroos win a League Test at last. Tuatoa cheese factory destroyed by fire. Enslish Soccer champions go down to Leeds. Two Waihi men drowned when dinghy capsizes. Australia defeats L'.S.A. and Germany in tennis Tests. Port Camp)>ell due from London at ]•» p.m. to-day. Heir to .'i.iMKUWXt dollars in America coiuinits suicide. Recovery in woo] in London: more inquiry fur tops. Double cricket century scored by V. Scott for Y.M.C.A. l iiiue-e liurniiig cotton mills of •Tajianc-e in "J"-iui:t«<». Bromwich. youthful Australian, beats world tcunU champion. W. A. (J'ullar lieats T. Allen in mile trial for Empire Cames. Labour to content nearly every teat ill X.S.W. State elections. Ail Black -T. L. Sullivan refuses offer to play League in England. Two remarkable deaths in lightning story in New South Wales. Heath of well-known Auckland Methodist minister, llev. S. Griffith. Improvement on meat market; mutton, lamb and pork firmer. Maimoa arrived yesterday mornins from Xapier for final London loading. Ivoyalist gains in in Spain; rebels claim successful counter-attack. •Tapanesc Ambassador broadcasts apology in America for attacks on U.S. ships. Talk of American naval demonstration in Pacific in reply to Japanese j insult s. Good prospects for Xew Year on London Stock Exchange: firming trends cont iime. Well-known Rufrby Lea«ue forward and boxer injured in fire at furniture factory. Fourth victim of crew of U.S. gunboat Panny attacked by Japanese dies at Shanghai. Earlv Xew Zealand lamb easily tops the Ixmdon market, selling at 9]d a lb: Australian Sd. L. Archer. K. IT. Cleave and C. P. Lund (making liis debut) score centuries in senior cricket. Halting recovery in butter market: consumption increases slowly after fall due to high prices. Eire destroyed Farmers' Trading Company furniture factory in Mount Eden Koad this morning. Strathaird made fine picture on Saturday nijiht steaming down harbour in lijrht of full moon. Big contract for Government building on Jean Batten Place let bv Government to Auckland firm. Keen demand for I>eef at Christmas fat stock sale at Westfield to-dav; prices rise !."»/ per liead. 1 < lirl employee shows pluck in fire drama at Farmers' Trading Companv ; furniture factory this morning. ; Awatea arrived shortly after 1 p.m. J i to-day from Sydney, and will sail a' l j-> p.m. to-morrow on her return. Work on excavations for Govern i ment building on -lean Batten Place i.. i begin immediately after holidavs. Onelmnga R.S.A. replies to criticism - made by executive members of the Auckland Patriotic Association. Hon. I*. ]*.. Lark. M.L.C.. replies to 1 complaints of PuJilic Works Department • men at Orakei, on housing scheme j school site. • "I hoj»e you will get over this relief _ work psychology.sard the Hon. F. E. Lark. M.L.C— -in—addressing workers on [• Orakei school site to-dav. r Xew Government building on Jean . Bat ten Place, to lie erected next year. - will have welded steel framework, as • distinct from usual riveted framework. • -Judgment of Mr. .lust ice Ostler - declares election of president and execu- ? live officers of Auckland and Suburban 0 General labourers" Union to be null and ~ void. Salet= on 'Change to-dav were: — 2 Broken Hiil Pty.. £3 .*?/«: "Electrolvtic v Zinc (pref.l. il'l 10/: Woo]wo-"h T4" ( ,i,l_ o ings. 14/:?: McKenzies. £3 13/9: W. R. - (Vtrpenter. £2 0/«: Bank of X.Z.. £2 4'': M. imt Lye 11 (cum div.l. £1 12/ C; l- Xorth Broken Hill. £2 IX'ti. Vnlit-lcd: § Selfridjjes (N.Z.I. 1».