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Auckland Star, Volume LXXI, Issue 87, 12 April 1940, Page 1

TABLE TALK.

>ew Type of Motor Cycle Racing make* deliiH a; Showgrounds To-morrow. —(Ad.t Hijrh water to-day, 10..">0 pm. SuDfci, G.I; sunrise to-morrow. 6.44 Kiwiiea due from Groyiiioulh this evening. Waiuiarino to sail for South Island ports to-morrow. Bank of Kngland noie issue a little lower this week. Nazis •deny British assertions of success in Scandinavia. Silver and tin value* in London a shade easier to-day. VaJues for Winter Cole'pears oased at local markets to-day. Neutral observers in Berlin says German people are uneasy. First ehip with mafrnetic mine safety girdle .*een in Auckland. Shipment of fruit arrived in Auckland to-day from the l-)ands. Kaiipinni lo start <•" now schedule for Tairoii run n<>\t Tuesday. Combined secondary school* sports to-morrow afternoon m Kden Park. Arrangements announced for two Auckland ceremonies for Anzac Day. Tliiee boys on series of theft and mischief charjve- admitted to probation Capture of Narvik hv Nazis inrrc-d----iWy quick. <=ays American correspondent. Man who stole littles of whiskv from broached case on Pieton wharf, fined £10. French military authorities reveal indication of Nazi attack on Western Front. Tiniani girl dies from injuries after being flung from drav when hor*e bolted. Wide field of R.A.F. activity during week reviewed in statement from Air Ministry Mariposa arrived from San Francisco this . morning; will sail at noon tomorrow. Audacious heroism of British submarine made possible naval advance on Kattegat. Mr. Churchill makes sstatement in House of Commons on naval battlee. in Scaudinavia. Labour ideals and principles challenge the Xazi doctrine to-day, ears Premier of QueenslandDemand continues good at the markets for the best of large stocks of peas mnd beans available. Quotations in London for Dominion and Australian stocks and console are lower this week. Kaimiro arrived from Portland at 6.35 this morning; to leave for Wellington at noon to-morrow. Auckland Milk Vendors' Association passes vote of no confidence in Metropolitan Milk Council. Nineteen German 'plane? destroved in recent raids; R.A.F. admit loss of six machine* since Monday. Xcw Army uniforms made to pattern of Englkh battle dress make theif appearance in Auckland. Turnover on London Stock Exchange picks up a little after weakening tendency of past two days Every member of the A.L.P. has to sign anti-Commun!st pledge, says an Australian State Premier. Xew basis of petrol rationing on June 1 will provide for three classes of car, to ensure equal mileage for all. Premier of Queensland returned to Auckland from Pago Pago by Mariposa to-day. He goes on to WeHington. Youth, who wished to cut a dash with companions and stole £14 belonging to employer, admitted to probation. Xew battle dress now being issued the Third Echelon. Men will wear forage cap instead of familiar peaked hatFive musical artists of international repute arrive at Auckland in Mariposa; one a member of English aristocracy. Recruiting age limit to be raised to 40, according to announcement at National Recruiting Council meeting. Full division should be completely filled within first 12 months of vran states Prime Minister in address to recruiting council. Most vegetables in heavy supply at the Auckland auction markets to-day, cabbages beinjr so plentiful that all stocks could not he cleared. First charges under Publicity Emergency Regulations heard in Police Court to-day, when five defendants appeared to answer charges in connection with alleged subversive propaganda. Archbishop of Queensland, on completion of U.S.A. lecture tour, stated on arrival in Auckland that opinion in America favours entering the war if Allies look like bein<r beaten. Australian journalist, returning after four years on staffs of English, Canadian and American newspapers, states 90 per cent of U.S.A. opinion supports Allies; keen interest in Scandinavian campaign. Maungakiekie players. Misses A. Grove and E. Schnauer, win New Zealond foursome? handicap title from Mesdames (J. F. Ferguson and J. MWilson. who were successful cigtit years ago.