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Evening Star, Issue 21633, 31 January 1934, Page 12

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EiiEXCH -MAIL PLANE. NATAL ( Brazil I, January 30. — The French mail plane Southern Cross Implied oil for Senegal today.. It expect.- in land in IS or .10 hours. THE NEW .ifDOE. Mr H. F. Johnston, who has been appointed to the Supreme. Court Brneli to fill the vacancy caused by the retirement of Mr Justice Adams, will lie sworn .in to-morrow by the Chief .Justice, and will commence his duties tomorrow,. which marks the beginning of the judicial year. It is understood that lie will lake his sent on the bench for the first time in Christ cl lurch as the presiding judge at the first quarterly sessions of the year opening there next Tuesday.—Wellington Press Association.

SYDNEY STOCK EXCHANGE. SYDNEY. January 31.—Tins

morning's sales: HoiuK I per cent.. .1333, £lOl 17s (id; EH I. £lO5 10s; 1953, £10(3 12s (id; 1959, £lO7 7s 0d ; Dank of New South Wales, £33 10s; Australian Gas (A), £7 19s 6d ; Toobey's, 27s 7.1 d ; Tooth's, -15 s; Associated News, 21s 6d; Broken Hill Proprietary, Ms; Dunlop Perdriau, 21s ltd; Goldsbrough, Mort, 355; Lustre Hosiery, 22s 9d; David Jones, 3Ss ; Winchcombe, Carson, 31s (Id.

TAPANUI PACES. Dominion Trot, 70sovs. Tim. —■ 5 Single Leo (scr) 1,2 Electric Chimes (36yds) 2, 4 Lucky Leo (scr) 3. All started. Won by two lengths. Time, 3min 32 1-Gsec. Tapanui Handicap. lOOsovs. l.\m. —3 Venite (7.0) 1, 1 Grand Finale (8.8) 2. 4 Lending Boy (8.7) 3. Also started : 2 Toreador. Won by two lengths. Time, 2min 9 2-osec. CUSTOMS RETURNS, The Customs returns for tho month ended 10-day were £61,990, as against £57,099 for the corresponding period of last year. Tho beer duty totalled ±27.087, compared with £23,421) for January, 1933. 'Motor tyre tax amounted to £778, as against £741, and petrol tax to £15,523. compared with £16,630. Tho sales tax amounted to £23,982, the figures for last month being £19.604.

SUPREME COURT JUDGMENTS. His Honour Mr Justice Kennedy to-day upheld the jury's verdict for plaintiff for £1,271 11s in tho case in which Robert Larkins sued the Love Construction Co, for damages arising out of a collision' between a motor cycle and lorry.

Jn the case Henry Henderson v. Francis Bernard Francis a claim for £402 Gs, alleged to he duo under a deed of covenant, the plaintiff was non-suited.