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Auckland Star, Volume LXIX, Issue 167, 18 July 1938, Page 1

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; water to-day, 11.3 p.m. *i Two pedestrians killed at week-end. . ! Sunset, 4..">4 p.m; sunrise to-morrow, ' <;..">» a.m. KebeU celebrate second anniversary of . civil war. ' j Sales tax yield for JJay ebows . rednotion. Wanganella <lue frotu Sydney at 10..'i0 « to-morrow. ' Trojan Star to sail for London at 10 ' p.m. to-day. Prime Minister to make Southern .' tnur next week. ; Throe Arabs and one Jew killed in Palestine yesterd ;y. i Funds l>ein<; raised for dental clinic ■ at Xewmarkot school. ; Powerful engines in 'planes being built. by America for K.A.F. • Cut of 20.(100 tons in Australian and Colonies" sti«>ar quotas. Salvation Army celebrates foundation ■ in Auckland ~>~t years apo. ; Jewish pomiiiunity hold prayer service • on behalf of Xazi victims. Xew motor ship Trienza is due to- , morrow from Nauru Island. \ eteran master mariner celebrates , 90th birthday at Auckland. Akaroa will sail at o p.m. to-morrow for Southampton and London. Butter market featureless; but better ■ prices expected in near future. Seasonal increase in unemployment shown in returns as at June 4. Port Alma arrived at Motuihi powder grounds yesterday from London. Village, with model housing, established in Sussex by Rotary Club. Already £50,000 obtained' by Anglicans in Wellington for cathedral fund. Arabs being rushed to Spain, it is believed to replace Italian troops. Presentations made to ex-headmaster of Ponsonby School by pupile and staff. Kine nominations received Ity National Party for Eden candidature. Big increase in public spending powers shown in Government statistician's esti- ■ mates. . All Blacks show great form in smashing victory over New South Wales. Mrs. MeCabe and Mrs. Bradman to make the trip to England to join their hushande. After quiet opening this morning Auckland Stock Exchange very active at noon call. Public Works Department to erect new 110.000-volt transmission line from Penrose to Henderson. Trouble in underground electric street lighting cable on Tamaki Drive being investigated by Power Board. , Inquiry into crash of Union Airways' ! air-liner Kotare at Mangere on May 10 , opened in Auckland this morning. Magistrate comments on undesirable • type of man coming into New Zealand 1 in consequence of ship desertions. . Ground engineer at Mangere tells of j tests of starboard engine made before . air-liner Kotare took off on her fatal } Hight. r England's fourth test team chosen; •' Fames and Bowes included, while l Hutton and wicket-keeper Gibb are \ injured. - Rates for year struck at special mee«t----j ing of City Council to-day, amount being . increase of 2Jd in £1 compared with I last year. . Valuable bequests to Melanesian Mission, Anglican Church and the city, under will of Kohimarariia spinster who died last week. Importance stressed of Mount Albert plant research station, which is main centre of plant disease investigation in New Zealand. ' For the first time in world, a formula has been worked out by Xew Zealand scientists for the content of the toxic principle of ragwort. Critical stage reached on London Stock Exchange; recovery checked and seasonal slackening in 'business with sagging prices feared. Section of Waiheke Island property owners to lodge petition aginst formation of county council as suggested by Minister of Internal Affairs. Promising research done in connection with the problem of ragwort eradication, according to secretary of the Department of Scientific and Industrial Research. One possible explanation of recent outbreak of facial eczema recapitulated this morning, in interview with secretary of the Department of Scientific and Industrial Research. Sales on 'Change to-day were:—Com- ' mercial Bank, 16/5; N.Z. Insurance, £2 10/6; Dominion Breweries, £1 15/6- ; Huddart Parker (pref.), £1 8/3; British ; Tobacco, £2 7/6; Colonial Su~r £46 5/ / ; (2); Electrolytic Zinc, £2 3/3; Electrolytic Zinc (pref.), £3 7/; G. J. Coles, £4 1/; Wilsons Cement, 18/2; Wool- , worths (N.Z.), £1 0/0; Woolworths (Sydney), £1 2/ (2); Mount Lyell, £1 S/G; Waihi Investment, !)/!); Stock? I 15/4/46-49, 4 per cent. £102 10/. Unlisted: St. Cuthberts, 31/1/42, 4 per cent, £80; Imperial Chemicals, £1 1/4.