TABLE TALK.

Auckland Star, Volume LXX, Issue 140, 16 June 1939, Page 1

TABLE TALK.

Hijih water to-day. .>.r>S ]>.m. Siiiisct. 4.41; sunrise to-niurrow. 7.2. Fiji Hujrliy team to tour Xow Zealand. Diinpor of food shortage incroasing in "J'ieiitsin. Dull tone on Doniiniiiii stock OX.IIi.ML'OS. ("liei'-f market slow but prievs piiulitly higher. Sown cows killed when by tr;i in near < lore. \an iiaslwr- into house in Koniueva wlipn left parki'd imi hill. Motorists i-aujlit in Te Anau road blizzard have strenuous time. Only few yards separate British and Japanese troops in Tientsin. Comet which appears every six years reported visible in Xew Zealand. Auckland sjmver representatives to play Otago at Dunedin to-morrow. Waitoa we«ldinji postponed. with wlicreahouts ~f biidearoom unknown. Kronninii- retaliation H gain>t .lapan iutij.o-.i-d by British Board of Trade. Kruil sales dull at i-ity markets today; very little demand' f.i r upplo. •Ji-H-iiu"* output uf Imttc • in Buy of I'liMlty simuv drop eijual to £2.">( 1.1 ti H . Bradford vvnul iiiurkct i|iiiei but linn with values tenditi- in buyers' favour. Cliristrlinrrli j.rodiKvrs forecast acute milk shorta-c if cold weather cniitinues. .Master liiarincr acquitted mi chaise of intoxication while in clmrpe of car. Half a million subscribed to reoeut fioveriiment loan by Bank of Xew Zealand. Kinir and Quoeii broadcast farewell messaufs u, Canada and the United States. Chief Justice expresses views on seriousness of liijiainy, in sending two men to μ-aol. JVtails announced of annual South 1 acilK- winter cruises of Achilles and Leauder. OniKtentine bowls well at Lord"* where first West Indies Test begins on I June 24. : Kotorua will sail at 1(1 p.m. to-dav for London with 104 jiassengers and a larjri' cargo. Xew Zealand meat selling well in London, and higher prices for second quality lambs. •Japanese heap indignities on British, i reneh and American subjects at Tientsin searehinjr post*. I'ort Alma will arrive to-morrow m>lll New Plymouth to complete loading for London. Possibility of British Government financially assisting Xew Zealand advanced in Knjiland. Six divorce ' petition* heard in Supreme Court: two petitions for restitution of conjugal rights. Londo,, butter market quiet with Xew Zealand at 11-l/fi to 116/ per cwt, a drop of half a crown in the week.' Days of foreign Concession* in China are numbered, says Japanese spokesman: Shanghai will be next objective Further declines in values of Government stock* on London Exchange, Xew Zealand issues sharing in the fall. Rapid movements in hank deposits' and advances commented upon at annual meeting of Bank of New Zealand. In ftninjr a man £10 for assaulting a telegraph messenger at the Tepid Baths magistrate warned him to be more careful of his conduct. Burglars entered post office at Runciman last night and attacked the «afe. the charge of explo- ' sives merely jamming the door. Suggestions for the amendment of the proposed new Apprentices Act made at a meeting laet evening of the Auckland district council of the Federation of Labour. Limits of assistance which can be given by the trading banks, to public and private finances in Dominion have been reached. say s chairman of Bank of Xew Zealand. Minister of Labours plan to replace district apprenticeship committees with Dominion committee not favoured bv delegates to the Auckland district council of the Federation of Labour. Apprenticeship committee's view that adult apprentices will be adequately provided for when the present Apprentices Act j s consolidated, endorsed by Auckland district council of the Federation of Labour. Sales on 'Change to-day were:—Bank i- /-f/?n' Zealand > £ 1 l»/7 (2); Stock, I.>/3/40-43. 4 per cent, £98 10/; 15/2/43- »' ««P° r ,2* nt ' £9S 5/; Xati °™l Bank, £2 6/6; Bycroft (rights). 15/6-, Consohdated Brick, 9/8; (2); Farmers' I lading, 19/7* Woolworths Properties,