TABLE TALK.

Auckland Star, Volume LXXIII, Issue 56, 7 March 1942, Page 1

TABLE TALK.

Auckland weather forecast: Cloudy, with some scattered showers. Allies in Java outnumbered by five to one. Governor-General shortly to visit Auckland. Verdict for defendant in lengthy paper deal case. Bataria occupied by Japanese after evacuation. Tea supplies reduced by one-third in Australia. No escape for defenders of Java, wh# will fight to a finish. Sunset to-day, 6.54; sunrise to-morrow, 6.12: sunset to-morrow, 6.52. High water to-day. 11.3 p.m.; to-mor-row, 11.22 a.m.: 11.53 p.m. Reserve Bank returns for week endinff March 2 announced. Maori officer awarded Military Cross for services in Libya. Death announced of former secretary of the Auckland Education Board. N T ehru says nothing but full freedom will move India's masses to action. Another important supply i-onvoy reaches Russia without loss of a ship. Receipts in Auckland this week for the National Savings Fund totalled £12,409. Evelyn Firth Home to be reopened as convalescent home for returned soldiers. New; Zealand Minister satisfieti with Australian-New Zealand talks in Canberra. Road direction signs within 100 miles of the coast of Australia being taken down. Japanese attack on Australia is a matter of weeks, declares general who foueht in Malaya. Members of New Zealand aerodrome construction unit from Singapore now safe in Australia. Russians to plant limitless spaces in the Urals, Volga and Siberia to make up for loss of Ukraine granary. Farming not at present to be declared an essential industry under National Service Emergency Regulations. A number of invalided returned soldiers arrived at Auckland this mornIng from Wellington by the express, i ♦ st f r ii ne exchange reserve shown in latest Reserve Bank return at £18,747,467 of £751,249 on figure for previous Rise of £1.498.952 In State deposits and fall of £2,935,805 in trading banks 1 holdings are main changes In Reserve Bank return for week ended last Monday.