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Star (Christchurch), Issue 18961, 7 January 1930, Page 16

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E&a AUCTION. Messrs. Harris Bros., Limited report that the usual weekly Auction Sale of “ Feather Brand ” guaranteed fresh eggs was held this afternoon. The following prices were realised:—Hen eggs, first grade (2oz or over) Is 4d; second grade (under 2oz> is 2d. These prices represent a rise of one penny a dozen since last week. . £ HOTEL LICENSES. Two shops in Colombo Street ar| being demolished to provide space for alterations and additions to the Central Hotel, formerly the City Buffet. Arrangements have been made for a public- and a private bar, in view of a proposal to transfer the license of the At Hotel to tho Central when the license expires on April 12. The freehold of the Central Hotel is owned by Mr B. C. M’Cullough, of Bealey Acenue. Messrs Beath and Co., who own the freehold of the At Hotel, need the site for their new building, which will be erected this year. MURDEP. AND SUICIDE. At an inquest held at Manaia concerning the death of Theresa Zimmerman, aged 40, and her two infant boys, the Coroner returned a verdict that Mrs Zimmerman drowned her two children and then committed suicide. The tragedy occurred last Friday, on the farm where deceased lived with her husband, who was a share milker. He found his children’s bodies floating in a stream 50 yards from th» homestead, and the mother’s bod ’ in a dam 400 yards away. PLUNKET SHIELD. Auckland have scored 453 for four wickets (Gillespie, c .Roberts b Cromb, 183; Weir, in, SO). MANUKA INQUIRY. (Continued from Page It.) Captain Ross Clark said that on the night of the wreck he had n«' drink, and as far as the officers were concerned there could be no suggestion that they had had drink. JOURNALISTS V. POLICE. LONDON, January 6. Following the threatened imprisonment of two Johannesburg journalists for refusing to disclose confidential information to the police, the London Institute of Journalists has cabled protesting against this attempt to compel journalists to break the maxim that confidences reposed in them must not be betray-