TABLE TALK.

Auckland Star, Volume LXX, Issue 301, 21 December 1939, Page 1

TABLE TALK.

High water to-day, 2.41 p.m. Sunset, 7.3!); sunrise to-morrow-, 4 K ?.. Himmler, chief of Nazi Gestapo, arrives in Koine. Widow found dead after car's crash over bank at Dunedin. Ten yachts start at 7 p.m. to-morrow in race to Wliangaroa. Hitler leaves Berlin for Christinas holiday at Berchtesgaden. Governor-General to be absentee from races at request of King. Heavy mail from south this morning and rush at Chief Tost Office. Neither Press nor radio ill Berlin announce scuttling of Columbus. Naval exercises in Auckland Harbour to-morrow night. Blank charges may be fired. Five yachts will start at 3 p.m. on Saturday in the annual race to Taulanea. Mount Etlen timber mill totally destroyed by lire; loss estimated at £(i(H)0. Eastern entrance to Port of Auckland open to harbour traffic from 4.30 a.m. to 7.3(1 p.m. Young man admitted to probation for theft of moneys collected from laundry customers. Germans claim to have sunk 23 British ''patrol" vessels in past three days by air attack. High scholastic post in Sydney for former Auckland Rugby representative footballer. Two new branches of Royal New Zea land Air Force set up to cope with war conditions. Over 50 U-boats have been sunk by the Allies' fleets, according to official Paris estimate. Mariposa arrives in the morning from •San Francisco; sails at noon on Saturday for Sydney. First echelon of Special Force to parade before civic authorities in Auckland Domain on January 3. Views of the Takapuna Borough Council differ in brisk discussion on Nortn Shore water supply problems. German motor ship Arauca involved in court case after anchoring in United States; to be detained until bond paid. Soldier who struck companion on eyi during an argument, advised by magis trate to reserve his fighting powers foi other places. German 'plane machine-guns sailors struggling in water after sinking with bombs British trawler fishing near Norwegian waters. All workers employed on State housing construction in AucWand to b<; paid for Christmas Day, Boxing Day and New Year's Day. Reports from Berlin confirm tl»at newheavy German cruiser Bluclier, which was attacked by a British submarine recently, was badly damaged by a torpedo. Survivors of scuttled German liner Columbus declared to be "distressed seamen' by New York immigration authorities; must leave United States in 00 days. Sales on 'Change to-day were:—Bank of N.Z., £2 0/3; Dominion Breweries. £1 11/; Broken Hill, Pty., £4 6/3. '£4 6/1 J, £4 6/0; Dental and Medical (odd lot), 11/0; Gear Meat, 14/3; McKenzies (ofld lot), £2; Rawang, i 2/; Stock, 15/2/43-46, 4 per cent, £100; 15/5/49-52, 4 per cent, £98 10/. Western Springs Speedway—Saturday night.—(Ad.)