TABLE TALK.

Auckland Star, Volume LXIX, Issue 58, 10 March 1938, Page 1

TABLE TALK.

London metal markets steady. Another French Cabinet crisis. Hijrh water to-day. J. 29 p.m. Sun-et, C>..">o; sunrise to-morrow. 6.15. Nepia signs on for Manukau League team. llussian treason trial nearin? its flusp. Kise of one penny per lb in retail price of pork. Awati-a arrives from Sydney next Tuesday. District elected at Oddfellows' ( onicroiice to-day. Kniili-h mi-i>ionary insulted bv •lapaiieso sentry. West (.'oa.-t poid dredpe sunk in 20ft of water la-t liijjht. Mahaiia arrixed this morning: to discharge London rar^'o. I'cmarkable contes~ion« hv doctors at Soviet treason trial. I Joininion < Hvcr-rai trade in -lanuarv totalled over £] :i .000.000. Kar ( |ue lVnanjj ~ails for Spencer Gulf on Saturday afternoon. .-"lightly better tone perceptible on lyotidon Stork F.\i hanye. Franc depreciates to record low point of l.»i \ to the pound sterling. ( hri-tclmrch barrister appointed to Inveroarpill Mayi-trate's Bench. Police inquiries commenced regarding fire in Taupiri flax plantation. M. Beverley |N"ew Zealand' wins Xew South Wales, junior tennis title. Fstablishment of State steel -works •still subject for debate in Parliament. Doujrlas social credit system stronsrlv criticised by Canadian Finance Minister. Tanker China on maiden voyajre brings record carpo of petrol from Persian Gulf. Strathmore arrives at noon to-morrow with 10.i 1 tourists and berths at Queen's wharf. Decadence of houses a serious problem in Auckland, states town planning expert.

January returns for overseas trade higher than in corresponding month of last year. T)eath of captain of Xew South Wales and New Zealand cricket teams in "nineties. Abrupt ending to Takapiyaa Borough Council meeting when seven councillors left chamber. Preparatory work commenced in connect ion with municipal housing scheme at West mere. Prisoner who wandered away from Auckland Hospital found in Domain in weakened condition. Establishment of district medical and dispensary fund announced at Oddfellows' Conference to-dav. Travellers who were to have made world cruise in Bremen came to Xew Zealand by Mariposa. Wholesale egg prices advanced another penny per dozen all round; lien eggs now 1/51 to 2/4J -wholesale. Over one thousand tourists carried by Strathmore. which will arrive at noon to-morrow from Brisbane. Tender of T)unedin and Wellinirton companies accepted for erection of Centennial Exhibition buildings. Legislation setting up new control of Mater-front labour may be outcome of frequent delays on wharves. Judgment reserved in case where woo] worker claimed £200 from a bookmaker for alleged slander and assault. Petition in support of proposal to raise Papatoetoe to borough status is being circulated among ratepavers. Schemes for library, rest room and swimming baths approved bv Newmarket Borough Council last night. Europe shocked at announcement that a plebiscite is to be taken in Austria concerning country's future status. Loss of rates jo Devonport Borough through location of defence areas discussed at meeting of council last night. Habitual criminal released on license sentenced to-day to twelve months' imprisonment for series of theft and fraud crimes. Damage estimated at £3000 caused by I Masterton fire, which reduced large Sunday school building to ashe=; one fireman in hospital. Heavy weather encountered by auxiliary \acht being sailed to Wellington by well-known Auckland yachtsman; refuge taken at Xapier. Sum of about £->000 spent through Government Tourist Bureau bv Mariposa's passengers; probablv a record for visiting ship. Sales on Change to-day were: —Xew Zealand Breweries. £2 .">/6: Electro Zinc. £2 5/4: Wool worths (X.Z.). £1 2/: Woolworths (Sydney). £1 6/3: Mount Morgan (2). !)/!); (i. J. Coles, Farmers' Fertiliser. IG/9; Woolworths (Svdnev). £1 6/3. £1 <5/5. listed: Wool worths (W.A.). £4 15/.