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Auckland Star, Volume LXXI, Issue 162, 10 July 1940, Page 1

TABLE TALK.

Labour caucus to-day. High water to-day, *10.54 p.m. Sunset. 4.50; sunrise to-morrow, 7.2. Prices for tin lower in London to-day. British Fleet steaming westward from Alexandria. Hitler eager for Japan to go to war with Britain. Auckland Centennial drama festival opened in Town Hall. Tragic story of girl's death revealed at inquest this morning. Yugoslav steamer Kupa sailed for Australia early this morning. Second secret session of New Zealand Parliament held last evening. Waimarino, having left Wellington, is due here on Friday evening. Axis agreement to smash British Empire signed; big task for Italy. Berlin radio charges MM. Bonnet and Daladier with France's war guilt. Merger scheme for carriers to save petrol submitted by Government. Enlistments in city yesterday totalled 46. com J >ared with 77 on Monday. Dates of medical examination of citv men in Territorial Force announced. Taxi fare increase inevitable, in terms of decision by Minister of Transport. Giaphic story of British operation against French battleship Kichelieu. Duke of Windsor appointed Governo. and Commander-in-Chief of the Bahamas. Due to sail for south to-morrow nighit. Port Waikato is now loading at Kinds' wharf. s New siteamer for Bluff oyster trade to be launched at Freeman's Bav to-morrow morning. Territorials from countrv units undergo X-ray examination at Auckland Hospital. Auckland Rugby representative side chosen to play Waikato at Eden Park on Saturday. Fui ther British raids on enemy territory on the Continent; barges and aerodromes attacked. British troops penetrate deeply into Libyan territory in desert fightin<* against the Italians. ° Monterey due at Auckland from San Francisco on Saturday, will sail for Sydney on same day." • Aucklander tops list of successful candidates in State nursing examinations in maternity and midwifery. Salvattion Army conducts unusual business at Men s Industrial Home, where waste paper is classified for export. Expected that higher taxi fares will not operate in Auckland before August I_, since Licensing Authority must amend licenses. Quotations for representative shares on London Stock Exchange higher today; hardening tendencv also seen on Wall Street. Now definitely stated that British warships are patrolling off island of Martinique, West Indies, where some units of the French Fleet are stationed. Pro-Russian demonstrations when first So\ iet Ambassador to Yugoslavia arrives, and pro-Italian demonstrations outside British Consulate in Yugoslavia. Sales on the Auckland Stock Exchange this morning were:—Devonport Ferry, £1 0/6, £1 1/; Dominion Breweries, £1 9/9; Stock, 15/11/38-41, 3f per cent, £100; Bank of New £2 0/3; Northern Roller Mills, 19/.