TABLE TALK.

Auckland Star, Volume LXXI, Issue 147, 22 June 1940, Page 1

TABLE TALK.

Higli water to-day, 8.58 p.m. Conscription plans announced. Sunset, 4.42; sunrise to-morrow, 7.3. Excellent harvest- this rear iu Canada. Port Waikato left for South this morning. City enlistments in last two davs total 147. ' Minister appeals for economy in the use of sugar. Famous persons, fleeing from France, arrive in Britain. Jubilee celebrations of Ponsonbv School next week. Appointment of new Dean of Christchurch announced. Karepo expected at midnight to-mor-row from Napier. Daylight trips to be made by interisland ferry steamer. Italian forces in Eritrea routed by British mechanised units. Ashburton widow killed instantly in crossing smash at Waimate. Turkey not ready to join Allies in war against Germany and Italy. Germans admit that French are fighting obstinately on the Maginot Line. Early start expected with scheme for child refugees to come to New Zealand. Prominent New Zealand medical man appointed to English surgical command. Louis knocks out Godoy in eighth round of heavy-weight title light in New York. Dramatic story of meeting of French and German representatives at peace talks. Belgian Consul indignant at charge of pro-German sympathies in hia country. Further reduction in number of soldiers with influenza. Camp open to visitors to-morrow. Inspiring scene when High Commissioner pays visit to New Zealand troops in England. Country week hockey tournament starts on Monday at Hobson and Melvlle Parks. Extensive damage in uorth Italian arms factories results from attacks by British bombers. Half-dead with fatigue, aqd many wounded, thousands of French and Polish soldiers cross the frontier into Switzerland. Men of the Auckland Battalion to be mobilised on July 1 for three months* training, most of which will be carried ut at Epsom.