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Auckland Star, Volume LXIX, Issue 137, 13 June 1938, Page 1

TABLE TALK.

Higli water, to-day, 7.41 p.m. Rally in London metal market. Sunset 4.41; sunrise to-morrow, "7.1. Much damage done by fire in Remuera flats. Savage Clnb jubilee celebrations next week. Alleged poisoning and spies in Russian army. Barque Pcnang buffet ted off Ota go Heads. South Island beat North at Rugby by 20 points. Japanese admit loss of Shansi province to Chinese. Records aplenty in cricket Test at Nottingham. Akaroa due from London at midnight on Thursday. English women's hockey team beats Auckland, 5; —l r Port Hardy due on Wednesday morning from Liverpool. Railway guard killed in fall under train at Wanganui. New. Zealand pears rise in price in London. Apples firm. Maetsuycker will arrive at 7 a.m. tomorrow from Saigon.' Girl wife of 15-year-old. boy killed in - car accident in N.S.W. Maori churchman fined £1 for stealing a coat from an hotel. Niagara arrived from Sydney at 7 a.m. to-day after rough passage. Chinese throw bombs in anti-Japanese demonstrations in Shanghai. Franco claims right "to bomb British ships carrying ''contraband.'' Trout fishing popularity reflected, in licensing returns from Rotorua. Trolley bus service in Auckland City expected to begin in September. Severe 'quakes felt in London and in Europe; some damage reported. England in very strong position at Trent Bridge, with Bradman out. Business circles in London indignant at German default on Austrian loans. Long list of undefended divorces dealt with in Supreme Court this morning. Westerly gale delays arrival at Sydney sof Awatea, Mariposa and Wanjranclla. Full military honours , will be accorded to-morrow at funeral of late deputyMayor. More confident tone on London Stock Exchange' due to hopes of American recovery. British Reamer faced disaster while out of control in mountainous seas off Cape Reinga. Running with storm, Niagara arrives on time, in spite of severe buffeting during Tamilian trip. Butter market listless in London, with prices weak for Continental, but Dominion holders firm. New district's formed for school dental clinics as part of Government's plan to accelerate development. New Zealand, playing one man short, loses Rugby League game at Sydney, after leading at half time. Escapee from Rotorua police cells ' arrested this morning, a constable taking 5 him from a motor truck in Cambridge." Three stewards who deserted 'the Orford, and were arrested as stowaways on the Niagara* to-day each sentenced - to 21 days' imprisonment. ° Evans" Paddon, Australian champion j- sculler, is through passenger by Niagara r t to meet Bobby Pearce, world * champion s sculler on/Lake Ontario in: September. Raids 'made hist', night on nine telo--2 phone, slot cabinets, and after smart - work by the night police patrol two 2 suspects were arrested eaiiy this monit i,,g * ] . Applications-for licenses for bus services between city and eastern beaches deferred for further fortnight after sharp J discussion at meeting of Metropolitan 1 Licensing Authority* [ Oil experts say there is no limit to [ the depth which can be reached in borl ing with modern equipment, and if oil > exists "in commercial quantities in New • Zealand it will be found. Two constables specially selected, one as a cook and the other as a mechanic, left Auckland to-day to join the police » camp at Taharoa, where search is bring > conducted for the missing Hindu. • ■ South Africa is enjoying a period of 1 great prosperity, which is likely to continue for 25 years, according to South | African Minister for Railways, who is ; spenTling a holiday in New Zealand. , Sales on 'Change to-dav were: Taral naki- Oil. 12/3, 12/0, 13/," 13/3; Wool- ; worths Holdings, 16/; Farmers' Trading, » fl 1/3; Taringamutu,- 12/6; Robinson - Ice. f 1 4/3; Wilsons Cement, 16/9; Wool- \ worth (rights)* (2), 3/0; Mount Lyell (2), £1 2/9. Unlisted: Fanners' Freezing, [> £1 0/6. ..