TABLE TALK.

Auckland Star, Volume LXIX, Issue 3, 5 January 1938, Page 1

TABLE TALK.

i High water to-day. 10.3 p.m. Sunset. 7.44; sunrise to-morrow, o.ic City rate payments well ahead of last yea r. l.iuer from Auckland in collision in Clyde. Severest winter for 10 years gripping Europe. Heavy downpour of short duration in city this morning. All-round decline in prices at West field fat stock sale to-day. Burglars entered l'onsonby home and had party in kitchen. New Zealand butter 111/ per c«t in London: market quiet. New South Wales and Victoria win Sheffield Shield matches. This morning's race for Cornwell Cup jiostponed until afternoon. Auckland heat Otago in Tlunket Shield match by 10 wickets. Auckland Centre's four rinks beat British bowlers by 11 points. Australian Trade Minister may fly back to Sydney in Centaurus. Japanese see challenge by Britain in great manoeuvres at Singapore. Auckland. Paremata. Wellington and Tauranga have wins in Cornwell Cup contest. All motor camjis and holiday accommodation heavily taxed during recent vacation. Over 30.000 valuation assessments to city ratepayers to be sent out at end of next week. AYellington and Tauranga victorious in yesterday's Cornwell Cup races at Plimmerton. Increase of £150.000 in valuation of Auckland city expected as result of current revision. Kvery reason to look forward to new vear with optimism, says traffic manager of Auckland Harbour Board. Two centuries scored by same batsman in one match for second time ii~ history of cricket in NewZealand. Cargoes handled by Auckland Harbour Board during last financial year topped two million tons mark; one of best years on record. Motorists still taking risks on highways despite safety-first campaign, but improvement in conduct of drivers report ed by patrols. Big conversion of '£50.000.000 of internal local body debt in New Zealand shows reduction in average rate of interest from 5.51 per cent to 4.19 per cent. Operation now virtually complete, after four years and a half.