TABLE TALK.

Auckland Star, Volume LXIX, Issue 111, 13 May 1938, Page 1

TABLE TALK.

Boxinjr fiasco in Sydney. Hipli water to-day, 6.30 p.m. Woman killed by train at Wanganui. University capping ceremony to-night. Local body recounts in progress today. Improvement in tone of London wool sales. Poultry show opened at Winter Show to-day. Little Sisters of the Poor celebrate jubilee. Sunset, 4.55 p.m.; sunrise to-morrow, 6.40 a.m. Lanrely-attended funeral? of air crash victims held. Verdict of guilty in perjury case at Chri«t church. Police chase intruder in basement of city |ir«Mni««>«. • Pii it ra cted meeting of the Milk Council today. Spcial State aid for Wellington hospital asked. Incn*asin<i unrest in Palestine: woman bystander >]~.t. Apple* met with poor demand at city in.ukeic to-day. City of Mobile due from New York on Monday niiiminjr. Coptic to sail ln-iimrrnw afternopn for final loading at Napier. - Shortage of siccn vegetables causes high prices in Auckland. Church honours work of Marsden on centenary of his death. Rigault de (Jenoiiilly to dock for painting and repairs on Monday. Dramatic appearance of Haile Silassie at League Council meeting. Mr. Jordan vigorously opposes British Foreign Secretary at (Geneva. Orange shipment arrive* by Monterey. Auckland market well supplied. Two partnerships of over 200 by Australia in Cambridge iratch. Mayor r f Takapuna to stand for Waiteinata seat at general election. Britain launching entirely new programme of Air Force expansion. Hearing of shop assistants' industrial dispute in arbitration continued. Dairy workers' proposed award meets violent opposition at MHk Council. Diver at Picton recovers missing remains of suitcase murder victim. Consultative education committee suggested by Educational Institute. Xew Plymouth schoolboy cyclist crushed to death between two vehicles. Milk prices in ChrisVhurch to rise because of acute shortage of supplies. American athletic coach. re-enga;red by Wellington, to be shared by Christchurch. Curious pet=; of wallaby and goat carried alward French sloop visit" g Auckland. Strickland hopes to have match for world heavyweight boxing title in aiout a year. French warship Rigault de Cenouilly reached Auckland from Xoumea this ! morning. Monterey arrived from San Francisco at 7 a.m. to-day, and will sail for Sydney at 10 p.m. Sharp rise in New Zealand butter in London to 134/, with premium of 4/ over Danish. Public may inspect French naval sloop on Sunday afternoon; berthed at Western wharf. Fencing materials urgently needed by Hawke's Bay farmers; authoritv to be sought at once. Hassett's double century is his third three-figure score in consecutive games on English tour. Aorangi due from Sydney on Monday morning, and will sail for Vancouver at 11 a.m. on Tuesday. Hovernment will not build back-coun-try roads and maintain them also, states Minister at Ttotorua. Xew Zealand boxer Maurice Strickland returned by Monterey this morning on I holiday visit to home. Seaman remanded in Police Court today on charge of breaking ani entering a shop in the city last ni^ht. Woman shoplifter in Police Court for 1 sentence to-day was fined £10 on one of two charges of stealing silk sockings. At both Takapuna and Xorthcote candidates who headed unsuccessful list have on recounts gained borough council J seats. Smaller number of men before Police Court to-day for sustenance frauds. Three sentenced to short terms for false pretences. Xew Zealand amateur boxers have more stamina tTian Americans of same class, says Xew Zealand professional heavyweight. Sales on Auckland Stock Exchange to-day were: —Auckland Gas. fl 0/3; Auckland fias (con.). 14/3: Stock. 1043-4e. 4 per cent. £102 15/: Bank of Xew Zealand. £2 4/0: United Building, fl; Westport Stockton (pref.). ."i/10 : Northern Steam. 4/4: Consolidated Brick. 8/11; Woolworths (Sydnr- >, , £1 2/3: Woolworths (rights). 3/7. 3/8; O. J. Coles. £4 2/0; British Tobacco, £2 S/6: Martha. 12/0: Mount Morgan. 8/10, 8/0: Stock. March. 1030-43. £100.