TABLE TALK.

Auckland Star, Volume LXXI, Issue 103, 2 May 1940, Page 1

TABLE TALK.

Hiph water to-day. 3.9 p.m. Sunset. 0.6: sunrise to-morrow, 6.31. Watmarino due from Wellington to-nig-ht. Little cliang-e in jiosition of armies in Xorway. Kakajto leaves for Wellington this afternoon. U.S. State Department appoints Consul to (■"reenland. Clansman to tail for Xew Plymouth this afternoon. Ketirod farmer run over by tractor and killed at Timaru. Arrest made in connection with Waikino murder tragedv. Tactical course for territorial officers to liepin on Saturday. t'jrly fracas between Chinese sailors and police on Sydney wharf. Six prisoner*: sentenced by Mr. Justice Fair in the Supreme Court* to-day. Three undefended divorce petitions frranted in the Supreme Court to-day Mritish minesweeper officially stated :o have been sunk bv mine: crew feared lost. _ Men from H.M.S. Achilles to undergo X-ray examination at city hospital next week. Presidential modaJlion presented to Chartered Secretaries' president in Auckland. A tick lander appointed Dominion secretary of Xew Zealand Employers' Federation. Over 120 divorce petitions set down for hearing at the forthcoming Supreme Court session. City enlistments yesterday for the Second Xew Zealand Exj»editionarv Force totalled 23. German saboteurs, acting in conjunction with Nazi Consuls in America, are active in Canada. _ Aotearoa makes return voyage from Sydney to-day to .complete first round trip of Tasman service. Area occupied by Allies in Xarvik district extended: Swedish sources predict Xazi fall within a week. Flying boat Aotearoa returned from Sydney to-day at 1.50 p.m., after iuauptiral commercial fliaht. Xew Zealand Rugby Council reeom mends delegates to ban Ranfurly Shield matches and organised tours. Chief examiner in matriculation arithmetic answers charges of Senate with regard to system of marking. Liaison officer to Minister of Labour in Auckland in connection with "".o slow'' policy of tramway men. By this evening 770 men for the Third Echelon will have undergone X-rav examination at Auckland HospitaL Mr. Anthony Eden praises volunta_rv response given by free nations of the Empire from the first day* of the war. British destroyer blown up by Xazi airmen in repeated bombing attacks on Xamsos, X'orway, according to Swedish, report. Stole boots to help pay board nionev was plea, put forward by young mail admitted to probation at Police Court to-day. Successful RJLF. attacks on German bases in Xorway and Denmark; strong opposition encountered and seven British 'planes lost. Australian airman in R.A.F., xrho bravely attacked German air base in Xorway, awarded the Distinguished Flying Cross. Reformative treatment sentence imposed by magistrate on farm labourer who admitted three theft charges at Police Court to-day. Possibility of settlement of tramway deadlock brought nearer by discussions between representative of" Minister of Labour and officials of Transport Board and Tramway Union. Morning sales on tho Auckland Stock Exchanjre to-day were: Xew Zealand Breweries, £1 17/; Stock. 15/4/-W-43. 4 per cent. £103 5/: Bank of Xew Zealand. £2 3/6; Wfcittombe, Stevenson £1 0/6.