TABLE TALK.

Auckland Star, Volume LXX, Issue 191, 15 August 1939, Page 1

TABLE TALK.

High water to-day. 7 p.m. Sunset, 5.16; sunrise to-morro\r 6.34. Fijian hockey players undefeated after six matches. .lapanese-British talks at Tokyo broken off. Endeavour to sail for England via Suez on Friday. AVanganella will arrive at 7 a.m. tomorrow from Sydney. Takanini resident objects to training of racehoiitses on road. Maetstiycker to sail at 4 p.m. to-day for Wellington and the Eaet. Kinjr attends opening of grouse shootino; season on Balmoral moors. Matua"s departure for Rarotontra postponed till noon to-morrow. Turnover on Xcw York Stock Exchange yesterday totalled 550.000 shareci. Wimbledon doubles champion beaten in Rye (United State?) tennis tourney. Larcliliank arrived this morning from Ocoun Island, with SSOO tons of p]iosphato. Dublin police carry out series of raids on homes of I.R.A. suspects; three arrests. One change in Auckland Rugby side to meet Xaranaki at Xew Plymouth on Saturday. Sunday school classes to be resumed at Auckland Hospital subject to certain \ conditions. legacies approximating flo,ooo left to Catholic Church organisations by a Grey Lynn resident. Decisions of industrial magistrate affecting Shops and Offices Act believed to be ultra vires. Record wool production for year ended June 30, shown in Government ■statistical survey. Auckland Hospital Board decides to stand by former decision to abolish posts of divisional chiefs. Fall in production seriously perturbs leaders of dairy industry, states dairv company chairman. Young girl trapped in flames and burned to death on her seventh birthday in tragic Taranaki blaze.

Reduction in exemption limit for income tax results in large increase in taxes on small wage-earners. Many applications received in Auckland for short-service commissions in Xew Zealand Regular Forces. Armoured cars patrol British concession in Tientsin owinj to outbreak of intensive anti-British campaign. Earless man suspected of sabotaging crack U.S. express which plunged into river arrested by railway police. Rumour that Hitler will speak to German nation to-morrow and army will march immediately afterwards. Xew Zealand's "exportation of pilots" subject of comment by Auckland Aero Club president at annual meeting. Union secretary complains to Hospital Board of "harsh restriction" in ban on smoking by female domestic staff. Appearance of British armoured cars causes Japanese soldiery illegally searching Chinese junk to take to their heels. Auckland local bodies to oppose Auckland Transport Board legislation to obtain exemption of tram tracks from rating. Reduction of traffic congestion aim of Transport Board in plan to synchronise safety zones and pedestrian crossings in Queen Street. Nazi source hints League Commissioner in Danzig may go to London on secret mission, probably in connection with plan for settlement. Estimated that Bay of Plenty dairy farmers lost £00.000 last year through declining output following on unfavourable weather conditions. Lighting of Great South Road under proposed improvement scheme likely to be discussed between local authorities, motorists and Government. Decline in output of butter and cheese has meant lose of £4,000.000 to Dominion in past two years according to dairy company review. Chief inspector of Transport Department draws attention to precautions taken to minimise accidents during I progress of road cycle races.

Auckland tramwaymen to seek increase in wages based on clause in their agreement with Transport Board relating to fluctuations in the cost of living. For what the police described as a very mean theft a labourer, who stole 8/ from a boy who had helped him, was sent to prison for two weeks in the Police Court to-day. Sales on "(hanse to-day were:—A.C.l., £1 19/9; Claude, Xeon (N.Z.), 17/6; Electrolytic Zinc (pref.), £2 18/; Sanford, 4/; Woolworths (N.Z.), 18/; Woolworths Holding*, 14/6; Bank of New Zealand (odd lot), £1 19/3; Stock, September, 1939-43, 3J per cent, £99 15/. Harcl-Up Ball to-morrow night at the Glide Skatinjr Kink, corner Khyber Pass and Park Roads. 'Phone 30-666.—(Ad.)