TABLE TALK.

Auckland Star, Volume LXXI, Issue 154, 1 July 1940, Page 1

TABLE TALK.

Ilij;li water to-day, 3.19 p.m. Sunset, 4.45; sunrise to-morrow, 7.4. American Fleet arrives back iu Honolulu. Throe men each fined £30 on charges of sly-grog selling. "Stop the War"' meetings held in many parts of Transvaal. Expert appointed to survey Britain's man-power resources. Russian and Rumanian troops in Rumania come to grips. Kiwitea berths at Chelsea after arrival from Greymouth. Increased wages allowed storemen and packers under new award. Kartigi expected from Westport on Wednesday after being bar bound. Reduction of one-third on present allowances made in petrol supplies. British naval commander and staff move from Hongkong to Singapore. Mr. "Chamberlain says that German attempt to invade Britain is now near. Former Speaker of Legislative Council dies at Eltham at the age of So years. Successful R.A.F. raids on petrol aad bomb dumps in North African desert. Over 1000 take part in procession marking end of Ponscnby School jubilee. Civilian casualties in recent German raids on Britain total 32 killed and 131 injured. Ronaki expected at Onehunga tomorrow to load for New Plymouth and Wanganui. Ron Richards, Australian middleweight champion,"accepte offer to fight in New Zealand. Southern judge to continue judicial duties during appointment as district artillery officer. Resplendent in white uniform, Goering rides through the streets of Paris in a Rolls-Royce car. Onehunga lawyer sent to gaol for seven daye. on charge of intoxication in charge of a car. Large enemy . unit routed by small British mechanised force on the* SudanEritrean border. More suitable men now available for fai-in work than there are jobs, states Minister of Labour. I R.A.F. operating over Germanv, Fiance, Holland and Belgium damage military objectives. An appeal against the magistrate's decision on nonsuit was upheld in the Supreme Court to-day. Two safes blown at Papakura Council Chambers at an early hour this morning. Door of 'one safe tears hole in ceiling. Official circles in Cairo state that there was no air battle euch as that in which the Italians report Marshal Balbo met hU death. Raid on alleged gaming premises in the city on Friday night. This morning nine men and women found on the premises were dealt with in the Police Court. I Butcher, whose car hit a Queen Street safety zone on Saturday night, sent to prison for seven days "for being in a state of intoxication "while in charge of the vehicle. Absurd to send troops to England at the present time, stated Minister of National Service, addressing Chamber of Commerce to-day. England needs food and mechanism, he said. Describing it as a mean theft and telling him he was not fit to associate with soldiers, magistrate sentenced a young soldier from Narrow 2feck to one month's imprisonment for stealing £4 from a hut mate. Morning sales on the Auckland Stock Exchange, were.— SJZ. Insurance, £2 14/ A » Ckl f Dd - Gas ' n W*> 5 P« cent. £102; Bank or New South Wales, £25 10/; Bank of New Zealand, £1 18/3, £1 IS/ti; Auckland Harbour Board, 9/7/54 4J per cent, £105; Taranaki Power Board, 2/S/63, 4} per cent, £106 5/ (2): Rural Bonds, 15/9/47, 4} per cent, £102 10/; Auckland Gas. 5 per cent, perpet stock (cum div.), £100 15/.