TABLE TALK.

Auckland Star, Volume LXX, Issue 99, 29 April 1939, Page 1

TABLE TALK.

High water to-day. 3.15 p.m. American reaction to Hitlers speech. Sunset, 5.40 p.m.; sunrise to-morrow, ti.2B a.m. Slight decrease in marriage figures f° r April. Hitler replies to Koosevelt's pea-_~e appeal. Complaints of game poaching at Morrinsville. tieneral manager of Bank of Xew Zealand retire*. Hamilton boy fatally shot while playing at home. Over fSti.ooo raised for building of Wellington Cathedral. Over-crowding proving a problem at Hamilton High School. Prices of banned grocery lines increased in Auckland. Kecruiting stimulated by last night's big Queen Street parade. Government citrus control scheme to come into force on Monday. Noted educationist visits Auckland in course of tour of Dominions. Reaction in Britain to Hitler's denunciation of the naval treaty. Medical scheme will go on, states Minister of Health emphatically. Social security officers beseiged in lastminute rush by public to register. Dragged by liorse down steep hillside, ("■i*borne Maori suffers serious injuries. Relations between Poland and Germany strained, as result of Hitler's speech. Prices firm but business very quiet on Auckland Stock Kxchange up to close of week. Britain's increased responsibilities taken with nation's consent, says Air Minister. Xew regulations requiring all overseas travellers to have tax clearances operates next week. Records in various departments re- . vealed in annual report of Auckland Savings Bank. Four hundred and thirty passengers leaving Auckland on Monday and Tuesday for overseas. Improvement in coarse and medium crossbreds expected when London wool sales open next week. Examinations are an integral part of any education system, said leading English authority to-day. Over supply of lambs on Smithfield market affects prices; wether trade slow owing to lack of demand. Jurtlier increase of 10/ per ton in the price of sugar brings total increases in past four months to £2 10/. Sales on 'Change to-day were: Woolworths (Sydney), £1 4/4- South British*. Insurance (ex div.), £2 4/6. W ell over £230,000 spent in city on building during first four months of year, though figures for April were lowest this year. Minister of Finance, who arrives from Wellington on Monday, will be a passenger by Monterey for San Francisco, en route io London. British Minister points out how he mistakenly opposed conscription during the Great War. and draws comparison with to-day's critics. Seven hundred copies of questionnaire regarding effect of import restrictions on employment in Auckland issued by Chamber of Commercy. Internal Marketing-' Division to cure, pack and control marketing of all lemons produced for sale in 2Cew Zealand as from Monday. Kelleway's. Newmarket. Xo advance on Linos, Floor Rugs, Carpets, etc. 200 Samples. Carpets. Rugs, 12/11, 15/11. British Linos, 5/11 vard. Xewmarket.— (Ad.) Kelleway's Bargain Furnishings.— 6 x 7ft 6in. Axminster, 59/6; 9 x 6, 75/; 27in Body Carpet, 10/9; 27in Wilton runner, 6/11. Xo advance in prices. Xewmarket.—(Ad.) Xow is the time to have your fur coat renovated at Empire Furriers, Ltd., opp. the Town Hall clock.— (Ad.) Kelleway's Bedding Bargain.—3ft roll edge mill wool. 24/fi; 3ft Kapok tufted, only 19/11; Kapok pillows, 2/6. Xo advance in prices. Xewmarket.—(Ad.)

WEATHER FORECAST.

FOR CITY AND PROVINCE. The Government Meteorologist Issued to the " Auckland Star " this afternoon the following special weather forecast fcr the Auckland province to as far south as Hamilton, Kawhia and Tauranga:— Strong south-easterly winds to gales, turning later to southerly or southwesterly and moderating. General rain, with some heavy falls, and in places flooding, but weather improving to-morrow. Temperatures cool, seas becoming rough to high. General situation: A depression is centred east of the Auckland peninsula. while<an anti-cyclone covers the southern portion of the South Island. HAURAKI GULF CONDITIONS. The following report of weather conditions in the Hauraki Gulf was received from Tiritiri Island at noon to-day:— Wind south-east, fresh; sea moderate; weather overcast with heavy rain; visibility poor; barometer falling.