TABLE TALK.

Auckland Star, Volume LXXI, Issue 81, 5 April 1940, Page 1

TABLE TALK.

High water to-dey, 6.S p.m. Sunset. 6.11; sunrise to-morrow, 6.35. Wainiarino arriving to-night from Wellington. February milk tests reveal satisfactory average. Xo solution yet to Waikino double miird?r mystery. Railway operations over 48 weeks showgain of "£405,000. Finals in Eden Park and Domain cricket to-morrow. French Prime Minister says there will be no "phoney"' peace. Petrol prices up another half-penny per gallon from to-day. Crippled children beneficiaries under will of deceased farmer. Waipiata to leave Bluff this evening for Auckland, via ports. Thousands rendered homeless in Yugoslavia as result of floods. Executive of Auckland Labour Representation Committee elected. Four Lockheed bombers fly from Sydney to Perth in one-day flight. British flying boat engage* *ix .lunkers "j>lanes over Xorth Sea. Waiana to leave Lyttelton for Wellington and Auckland to-morrow. Dutch passenger liner Tusiuan due at Auckland from Saigon on Monday. Supply of dessert pears on Auckland markets small, with good demand. Spot prices for tin in London appreciate, but forward quotations ease. Mr. Chamberlain *ays Hitler missed the bus-by hesitating for «cv«n months. British flying boat in action against Nazis for first time since outbreak of war. Elderly couple injured in fall from train at Mangere; "hiirdra ixT* condition serious. Xewly-appointed Chancellor to the Duchy of Lancaster elevated to the peerage. King's and Sacred Heart Colleges to hold their final events in annual sports to-morrow. Peas and beans in heavy supply on local markets, with good inquiry for choice lines. Te Kauwhata grapes sell readily on local markets, but demand poor for hothouse varieties. Watersidens , secretary elected new president of Auckland Labour Representation Committee. Official closing of Auckland yachting season in Auckland to-morrow to M marked by combined club races. Great activity on Xew York Stock Exchange; nearly 2,000,000 shares sold. ■Silver values in London ease. Report of inquiry into Thetis submarine disaster states that ill r fortune dogged the fated British veeeel. Turkish exports to Xaris in January and February down to 2 per cent of total: exports to Allies increase. Middlemore appears likely winners in final of Auckland cricket championship, which will be concluded to-morrow. Aims of educational scheme for training of Air Force recruits outlined by director of education for the service. Heavy supplies of cabbage and cauliflower on the Auckland markets to-day; cabbage values higher than last week. Quotations for Xew Zealand and Australian Consols and stocks in London harden slightly as compared with last week. Remarkable keenness shown by young Air Force recruit, who travelled from South Weetland to Auckland for interview with selection committee. Recommendation that Wairau Stream be harnessed to supplement Lake Pupuke supply for Xorth Shore made in report of committee of inquiry. "Cobber" Kain found sitting" unobtrusively in corner of London restaurant; later saw newsreel of himself, and then visited Sussex farm to eee mother of killed comrade. Ontarian Attorney-General'e speech, urging that , Canada must bring America into the war on Allies' side, received indifferently in Washington; Ottawa officials displeased. Sales on the Auckland Stock Exchange to-day include:—Commercial Bank of Australasia, 16/9; National Insurance, ]!>/; Stockton Coal (pref.), 2/6; Auckland Gas (pref.), 17/; Oamaru Wool, 18/3; Taranaki OiL 8/0; Taranaki Oil Dev., 4/6; A.C.L, £2 1/; Woolworths (Sydney), £1 3/6; Broken Hill (South), £1 11/; Emperor, 16/9; Mount Morgan (pref.), 11/1; Stock, 15/3/40-43, £101; Union Steam (pref.), £1 6/6; Xew Zealand Breweries, £1 16/3; Farmers' Auct. (A pref.), £1 1/3; Mount Morgan (pref.), 11/8; unlisted. Self ridges (Aust.), 14/6; Silknit, 5/10.