TABLE TALK.

Auckland Star, Volume LXX, Issue 187, 10 August 1939, Page 1

TABLE TALK.

T1 ijili water to-dav. l."> 0 p.m. Xn im-rea>e vet in city taxi fares. ! lutaiit -iiii'er.- fatal scalds in r>unedin. ; Court I'i oseoutiou to follow ""Hard-T_ p | Hall." ! Siiip deserter ,-enteneed to imprisonnioiit. ! Sunset. "'.12 ji.m.; sunrise to-morrow, i (i.40 a.m. j Danzig showdown expected soon; may I not lie war. j I.eat'dor returns from cruise of j Pacilic i-lands. j Hoosevelt comjilains of hostile coalij tioti in t impress. j Buigos decree pives Franco dictator's ' jiowers in Spain. Auckland Frontiersmen sponsor new | territorial company. j Xew Zealand beaten by Australia in I badminton Tot match. I Twu bi'ntlicrs found shot dead in hut | 20 miles from Waimate. 1 (Iflicialdom puts veil of scvrecy around ! New Zealand conversion loan. j Kaitunt arrived tliis moniinpr from | New ork wilii general carpo. ' Spectacular "i!n; lipht over London 'in course oi K.A.K. manoeuvres, i Huruiiui. delayed by weather, due on j Sunday atternoon from Liverpool. J l.o<al body conference to consider I question of rates on tram tracks. : Impressive spectacle when Kinir (ieorsie reviews Ke-erve Fleet of 1.T5 -hijis. Larpe tracts of \V,vt India facinsr famine utiles- rain fall> within a week. ! Protests by Automobile Association I (Aucklandi follow petrol price increase, j Discharged prisoner in Court for 1 attempting to smuggle letter out of | gaol. j Cloud banks and rain favour raiders lin extensive mimic air attacks on ! Kngland. I Commission of inquiry into naval pay ai'd allowances to sit in Auckland next I M' liday. I Shortage of pirl labour in Auckland factories causes competition between employers. Sum of £S0 for breach of promise awarded young woman in Supreme i Court action. J Sentence of nine months' imprisoni nient passed on jtrisoner in Supreme | Court for theft. I oting man who stole shotgun and I < lock from room mate sentenced to three ; months" imprisonment. ! ''ranting and extension of road : licenses considered at meeting of Xo. 1 1 i Licensing Authority to-dav. Jwo railway engines collided in Auckland station yard; neither much | damaged, but one overturned. | W hal ves very bare of shipping: only ! one oversea, one liovernment .and three . j I mon Company vessels at berths. Xext j «eek 14 large vessels are due. I Prevalence of breaking and entering in Xorth subject of comment by judpe in Supreme Court in sentencing voim" _ Maori to six months in gaol for"theft. ° Saies on "Chanpe are:—Bank of Xew , Zealand. £1 19/.S; South British £-' 3/West port Stockton. 4/; Broken" Hill , Proprietary, £:{ S/ ; Bycroft, £1 - larmers' Trading, 18/2; Wilsons - < . c "\ c , nt : 17 / 3: X( ' w Zealand Insurance. i t- 11/ti: Xevv Zealand Xewspapers. £1 1 12/9; Wool worths (Svdnev. £1 4/3. I Septeniber ' 39 " 43 - 3i per cent',