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Auckland Star, Volume LXX, Issue 77, 1 April 1939, Page 1

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Hiph water io-day. 4.40 p.m. Ox ford-Cam bridge boat rmv to-dav. Sunset. CIS p.m.: sunrise to-morrow, 6..'54 a.m. Kins-",; CoUcgv eports at Middlemore to-day. <.tH.<l *ale for dairy hoifcr* at Mor rins\ ilie. XYw Spanish Government signs antiConi in tern pact. Succcssfiii refresher course for toni-hers concluded. Kecord low rainfall for March, when only .20in* were recorded. J Achilles due to return io Auckland on May S. states Defence Minister. Prime Minister outlines Government attitude to air raid ri*k*. Momentous statement in House of Commons by Prime Mini«<-r. German navy takinjr over one of larpc>t shipbuilding yards in Kiel. Britain and France will defend rig Tits of Poland in c\ent of a<rjrre<st.ion. First three months' liuildinj; ficurc* for Auckland *how sharp advance." Military uniforms creale larpc addi tioual demand for crossbred wool. Titanian will arrive at G p.m. to-day from Antwerp, with a car«:o of sla£. Mutton meets improved demand on Smitlifiold market. l>nt lambs easier. Sweden. Iceland and Denmark recognise General Franco's Government in Spain. Rugby League season in Auckland opened at Carlaw Park this afternoon. Little fear of crossbred wool prices defining, according to London experts German single-seater fighting "plane claimed to have broken world's speed record. Birthday party given 9§-year-oM woman in home of Little Sistersof Poor to-day. Sample shipment of Xew Zealand potatoes in good condition on arrival in Sydney. Port Townsville Sβ due at noon tomorrow from Tasmania for Home loading. Death sentence for Madrid butcher who decapitated officer with razor in hospital. Fat sheep sold better at the F<?ildin« stock sales yesterday due to exporters operating. ' Increase of over £150.000 shown in Customs figures for financial vear ended yesterday. Premiers' conference in Canberra decides on formation of National Council tor Australia. Housing conditions among nortnern Maori* greatly in need of improvement, says Archbishop. Archbishop Averill completes three weeks' farewell tour of Maori parishes in North Auckland. Governments health proposals under Social Security legislation outlined in circular to doctors. Wellington woman knocked down in street by powerful gusher of water from buret fire hydrant. Maripofea. from Sydney, is due at 7 a.m. on Monday; she will sail for San rrancisco at 5 p.m. Wanganella sailed shortly after Spin • T<^! e, £ a / for S . rdne . v and Melbourne' with 340 paesemjers. R.M.S. Aorangi will arrive from Van eouver at noon on Monday, restrain" her voyage to Sydney on f wesdar. " Old whale boat, relic of davs in north, reaches Auckland by "cian'sman; fo be presented to Xaval Baee. Dominion Monarch, completing her maiden voyage from England, will arrive from Wellington at 8 a.m. on Monday. Money subscribed by Auckland Institute and Museum for canoe building presented to Princess Te Puea it museum. Demonstration of modern methods of aerodrome construction given at Whenuapai to-day in presence of Minister of Public Works. Sales on 'Change to-day were:— Farmers' Trading. 17/9, Emperor Mines. 8/9; .Stock, 15/3/40-43, 4 per cent. £9S. tSi 10/. Kelleway's Easter Bargains—9ft x 10ft 6in seamless Axminstcr carpets, £5 19/6; 9ft x 12ft real linoleum squares, 45/ each; 150 sample carpet ends, 8/11, 10/6, !•*/<»•—Newmarket.— (Ad.) The most beautiful Easter bride will *-car Empire furs from Empire Furriers opposite Town Hall.—(Ad.) Kelleway's Easjer Bargains—6ft wide genuine Scotch linoleum, 5/11; 6ft wide congoleum, 3/6; 3ft roll edge mill wool mattress, 23/ each.—Newmarket.— (Ad. ) Kelleway's Easter Bargains — 27in striped coir matting, 1/6 yard; 36in reversible Cordcx runner, 3/11 yard; 27in heavy Wilton runner, now 6/11 yard— Newmarket.—(Ad.) ■