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Auckland Star, Volume LXX, Issue 152, 30 June 1939, Page 1

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Hisrh water to-day. t>.o9 p.m. Magistrate savs ship desertions must stop. Sunset, 4.44 p.m.; sunrise to-morrow, 7.4 a.in. Matua to sail at noon to-morrow for Nukualofa. Bradford wool market firm, with business active. West Indies and Norfolk cricket match drawn. City Council rates struck at special meeting to-day. Youth admitted to probation for theft of shirt and tie. Simplified railway tariff to come into operation to-morrow. Free hospital treatment scheme com* 5 into ojK'iatiu.i to-morrow. Ton^ariro arrived from Liverpool thfs morning with general cargo. No chance in position in connection with ciicniii al works strike. Yesterday's turnover on New York Stoik Kxehange totalled 820.000 siiares. Driver*" dispute eanie before national disputes committee in Wellington this morning. Awatea due at S a.m. to-morrow, and will leave on -Monday evening for Sydney. All-round weakening in British and other Government stocks on London Exchange. Fifty-nine skilled English tradesmen arrive at Wellington for housing employment. Monoplane damaged in forced landing at Port Waikato, but two occupants esca|x- uninjured. Increase of £63.000 in working profit for May. compared with four weeks last year, shown in railway figures. Gang of watersiders discharged this morning from Port Bowen following dispute over "smoke-o. 7 ' Annual accounts of New Zealand Farmers' Fertilizer Company show increase in profits for year ended May 31. Mix-up of considerable »>ortion of orange consignment from Matua causes delay and extra expense in distribution. Reorganisation scheme results in reduction in pay of 33 members of staff of Housing Construction Department in Auckland. Farmers at Dairy Conference ask fixation of guaranteed price at figure recommended last year by Price Advis- , ory Committee. -' Last of New Zealanders eliminated j from Wimbledon singles when Malfroy ; goes down to leading Unit.-d States Davis Cup player. Disappointing response to Auckland provincial appeal for funds to provide Auckland provincial exhibit in Dominion Court at Centennial Exhibition at Wellington. Stated that recent disturbance among staff of Housing Construction Department at Auckland has resulted in reorganisation of outside personnel, with reduced wages for many men. Sales on 'Change to-day were: Dominion Breweries, £1 14/6; Xew Zealand Breweries, £1 17/; Woolworths (Sydney), £1 3/8; Martha, 9/8 (2); Stock, 15/3/40-43, 4 per cent, £98 10/. Unlisted: Taranaki Oil Development, 2/2.