TABLE TALK.

Auckland Star, Volume LXIX, Issue 282, 29 November 1938, Page 1

TABLE TALK.

Hijrh water to-dav. 12.19 p.m. Sunset. 7.22; sunrise to-morrow. 4.56. Xo question of Portugal giving up colonies. Further fall in metal prices on London market. Report of marriage of British Fascist leader denied. Australian Government blamed for Kveema crash. Italy and Germany t«iill helpinj: ■Spanish rebels. Xiagara pailetl for Vancouver shortly after 1 p.m. to-day. Rotorua mailed for London at 7.30 a.m. j to-day via Panama. Price of Australian pollard in Auckland reduced 10/ a ton. Westh'eld works remained idle to-day; parties are conferring. Hospital examiners criticise bad spell injr of nursing students. Four more divorces granted in Auckland Supreme Court to-day. Trani\vaynian"s claim a-ain«t transport company ha* been settled. Twenty-four-hour general strike in France to commence to-morrow. Boy killed and elderly man injured when tree fell at Christchuich. Britain undertakes no further commitments to help defence of Fiance. Former Auckland yacht Rover, on way to Wellington, reported at Gisborne. Glen bank will arrive at 7 a.m. tomorrow from Java with raw sugar for Chekea. Mr. Chamberlain and Viscount Halifax to pay a visit to Signor Mussolini early in January. Strawberries cheaper at City Markets to-day, supplies having increased, but still light. Awatea will arrive from Wellington at 8 a.m. to-morrow, and sail for Svdney at 5 p.m. First shipment of bananas from Australia in many year<s landed at Auckland by Niagara, Richardson Line new motor vee#el Kopara sail* to-night on Hist run to Eaet Coast. Rise in price of gold to record level expected to stimulate gold production in Xew Zealand. Several changes to be made among officers of Achilles before she leaves for England on Friday. Representatives of workers and management meet to discuss Westficld freezing works dispute. World trade breakdown prophesied by British economist if nations adhere to self-sufficiency policy. Man miseing from his home in Xewton since Friday found dead on footpath in <Jreen L*ne last night. Government of Australia threatens watersiders who refuse to load iron for Japan with licensing. Offer of 3000 guineas refused by owner of the two-year-old Konneta after «h>-> had won at Ellerslie yesterday. South African Minister said to have told Signor Mussolini that ex-German territory will not be returned. Farmer's narrow escape from death when 'bomber crashes in Australian field, recalls earlier tragedy and romance. Government Housing Department has acquired additional building sections in the Mount Roskill electoral district. Maori who stole another natireV bicycle after a tangi at Mangere, and rode it to Huntly, fined £5 for theft. Kaitaia truck driver prefers to crash through bridge rather than collide with school bus; narrowly escapes drowning. Over 90 per cent of cases dealt with ■by mortgage commissions in Auckland have resulted in solution of hardship problems. I Reporte on working of Mortgagor* and Lessees Final Adjustment Act to be prepared by mortgage commission*, for presentation to Government. Auckland Hospital Board to seek from Health Department assurance that new and adequate St. Helen's Maternity Hospital will be erected forthwith. Resisting so violently that he had to be handcuffed, a labourer, arrested laet evening for being in a etate of intoxication in charge of a motor cycle, was to-day sentenced to a fortnight'* imprisonment. Sales on 'Change to-day were:—Bank r.f Australia. £9 17/6; Bank of Xew Zealand. £2 0/10 (2); Dominion Breweries, fl 12/74; Consolidated Brick. ' 7/9; Xew Zealand Breweries. £1 19/: ] Broken Hill Proprietary. £2 15/9: Taranaki Oil. 10/ (2); Wilsons Cement. 16/; Woolworths (SydneyK £1 0/10.

See important notice page 20 re Hotel Workers' Union annual meeting.— (Ad.i