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Auckland Star, Volume LXIX, Issue 16, 19 January 1938, Page 1

TABLE TALK.

High water to-day, 10 p.m. Teachers" appointments announced. Fifth day of French political crisis. Sunset. 7.42; sunrise to-morrow, 5.22. •lews charged in Palestine with carryin" arms. Sal>otage suspected in fires in British naval ports. Monterey due on Friday morning from .San Francisco. Baltic Powers nervous of Germany's growing air bases. Ocean race from Auckland to Hobart started last evening. Matakana expected at noon to-morrow from New Ply mouth. Federal motor vessel Durham due from Liverpool this evening. China massing 400.000 troops to stop Japanese armies fusing. First functions of X.S.W. sequicentenary celebrations held. Tenders being called for erection of 12 State houses in Pukekohe. Over 30 lives lost in week-end storms on land and sea in Britain. Aucklander appointed captain of Xew Zealand Empire Games team. . Awatea sailed for Syuney at 5 p.m. yesterday with 450 passengers. Kathleen <!rey loses New Zealand 100 yards swimming title at Xelson. Inquest opened on boy of six who died while under anaesthetic in hospital. Mark Bell (Eastern Suburbs! breaks Dominion swimming record at Xelson. | Education department approves. longer I drill and games periods at secondary schools. Frank and friendly talks between Irish and United Kingdom Ministers continue. Sweden wants nations who imposed sanctions against Italy to settle their agreements. Barque Patnir due from Seychelles in the morning. She has 4000 tons of guano for Auckland. Labourer who stole oranges from Chinese hawker's truck yesterday before Police Court to-day. London wool sales opened at par to 5 per cent better all round, an exception bc-ing short-haired Merinos. J. F. Hosking's Grey Lynn rink qualifies for post-section play in national bowls championship. Auckland hearfmaster says two London County Council exchange teachers are unable to maintain dicipline. Xew Zealand Athletic Council rejects Auckland request for nomination of Edna Munro for Empire Games. Further big increase in union membership for the Dominion anticipated in official returns now being prepared. Third batch of children for Community Sunshine health camp at Motuihi Island left by Hauiti this morning. Threat to secede brings strong rebuke to Auckland from chairman of New Zealand Amateur Athletic Association. ' Cruisers Achilles and Leander to sail for Australia to-morrow; will exercise i with Australian Squadron at Jervis Bay later. Traditional naval custom of perpetuating names of ships recalled by plaques in training and depot ship Philomel. E. L. G. Hughes proceeds to Wellington to press claims for inclusion in New Zealand team sailing to-morrow for Empire Games. Lnion secretaries are furnishing returns to Department of Labour setting out particulars as to the strength of their organisations. ice-Admiral Blake, formerly Commodore Commanding New Zealand Division of Royal Navy, retires from service owing to ill-health. Much speculation locally whether cruisers of New Zealand Station may be diverted to Singapore for manoeuvres in base area during Australian cruise. Sales on "Change to-day National Insurance. 17/: Traders' Finance (con.), 4/6; Radio. £1 2/Mount Lyell, £1 13/, £1 12/9; Stock, 3J, 39-43. £101; Bank of New Zealand (2), .£2 4/3; Queensland Insurance, £2 17/0; South British. £2 8/3; Tooths. £2 15/3; Australian Glass, £4 13/: Broken Hill Proprietary. £3 3/6; Colonial Sugar. £46 IS/; Wilsons Cement, 18/; (Sydney), £1 5/6; Martha, 14/6: Stock. 4, 46-49. £103 o/; Auckland Harbour Board. 9/7/48. £103 5/, Unlisted: Wha- , katane/Paper Mills, 7/1. Excursions to-morrow by the popular ( Duchess to beautiful Oiieroa and glorious Kawau. Leaves Central wharf 9.45 ■ a.m.. returns 7.10 p.m.— (Ad.).