TABLE TALK.

Auckland Star, Volume LXX, Issue 180, 2 August 1939, Page 1

TABLE TALK.

Arbor Day. Income tax increased. High water to-day, 8.42 p.m. Income, beer and petrol taxes up. Wide observance of Arbor Day. Talk of I.R.A. reprisals on Britons in. Ireland. Sunset, 5.5 p.m.; sunrise to-morrow, 0.4S a.m. Another big victory for Weet Indian cricketers. Cow prices slightly easier at Westfield market to-day. Xearly £24,000,000 will be needed for Public Works this year. British Parliament to adjourn on Friday until October 3. Tiiiakina's departure for London postponed till noon on Friday. (;oli<rnite explosion damages buildings at Xclson water scheme tunnel. Military training in schools discussed by Auckland Education Board. Teachers' appointments in Auckland Education District confirmed to-day. Monterey due at 7 a.m. on Friday, witli full complement of passengers. Kilangen berthed at King"s wharf this morning to discharge cargo from Xew Orleans. Rumania and Hungary break off trade negotiations following clashes on the frontier. Indignities to British and American women missionaries in China by Japanese. Chamber of Commerce not surprised at increases in taxes, but sees inconsistencies. Doubled vote for the Army a feature of record defence estimate of over £0,000,000. Plan for rationing supplies of petrol in time of war outlined in British House of Commons. Xew wing of Auckland Teachers' Training College to be opened on September 30. Increase in price of .beer seems probable, according to leading brewers interviewed to-day. Minister of Justice promises to see about more seats for waiting jurors in Supreme Court. Australian carpenters believed to have broken Government contracts and returned home. Kowhai pupils' poeture criticised by Health Department at to-day's meeting of Education Board. Tax increases received with strong disapproval in business and industrial circles in Auckland. Port Hunter, which is discharging explosives at Motuihi, will" berth to-morrow afternoon. Damage to permanent way caused by derailed wagon which was dragged half a mile on Ross line. One Tree Hill's Arbor Day ceremony comprised planting of thirty'kauri tree's in Aratonga Avenue. Sharp fall in number of steers offered causes keen bidding on Westfield fat stock market to-day. Britain's front line will be England this time, and it will not be .a quiet one, J says Berlin newspaper. J Adverse effects on private employment as result of new taxes predicted by Employers' Association. Extra costs owing to higher petrol tax will result in higher commodity prices being passed on to public. Braby pontoon for use at TransTasnian Airways' base, lifted into harbour to-day by a floating crane. Fanners resent proposed extension of income tax and sharp increase in petrol tax; production expected to suffer. Mayor of Auckland, Sir Ernest Davis, and representatives of local bodies and organisations plant trees in Domain. Impartial attitude in China to be maintained by Britain; attitude to Chinese currency unchanaed bv Tokyo talks. / Bus companies involved in heavy expense owing to petrol tax increases; higher fares not anticipated in near future. Responsibility of Minister in connection with replies to • correspondence defined by Education Board member to-<lay. By majority verdict, Supreme Court jury finds two defendants liable in accident claim case; both to share total damages award of £306. Man who had been disqualified for two years in February, 1938, but was the driver of a car involved in an accident in June, lined £20 in Police Court to-day for driving without a license. Old offender, said to spend most of hie time drinking and stealing, and whose list of convictions has now entered upon the fourth page, sentenced to three months' imprisonment in Police Court to-day on one of three theft charges. Sales on 'Change to-day were: New Zealand Insurance, £2 12/0; Farmers' Trading, IS/3; M.K. Manufacturers, 5/; Taranaki Oilfields, 6/0; Emperor Minos, 11/3; South British. £2 3/0; Dominion ! Breweries, £1 13/9; 8.H.P., £3 9/0; j Consolidated Brick, 8/7; Wool worths (Sydney). £1 4/3; Loloma, £\ II; Xew Plymouth Gas. 1/1/47. 5 per cent. £!*4.