TABLE TALK.

Auckland Star, Volume LX, Issue 232, 1 October 1929, Page 1

TABLE TALK.

Well-known Waikato farmer found shot. Ulimaroa arrived this morning from Sydney. Tanker Kanella arrived this morning from Borneo. Baths at Shelly Beach and ' Parnell opened this morning. Deaths in Bahamas 'hurricane only six instead of 20 as previously reported. Tofua, from the Islands, arrived at Auckland last night after a rough trip. Slight but steady decrease in bankruptcies in Auckland district continues. Christchurch dance halls arc to be compelled to close at 11.30 p.m. 011 Saturdays. Christchurch City Council will not join in Municipal Association's insurance scheme. All round increase in births, marriages and deaths shown by vital statistics for September. Local bodies are to meet at an early date to consider a flat rate 011 Auckland tramway system. The Princess Royal, the King's sister, ■has gastric hemorrhage; condition of heart causes anxiety. Byrd expedition report unexpected cold after blizzards; seals appear as first signs of spring. Miss Betty Nuthall (England) won the South West Pacific Coast tennis singles at Los Angeles. Steamer Piako, from Liverpool, and tanker Plume, from San Francisco, due at Auckland on Thursday. W. B. Reilly and B, J. Smith, jun., .won the New Zealand amateur golf foursomes at Wanganui yesterday. Private enterprise has issued a challenge to the Transport Board to share in race-day and other special traffic. Two young Aucklanders, F. Butter and N. H. Fuller, took the professional golf foursomes title at Wanganui. A conference of suburban local bodies last night passed a resolution to limit street collections to four days in the year. Stated at Labour party conference in England that objective of party was still the same—to form "Socialist Commonwealth." By beating Lacliie Macdonald on a technical knock-out last night Artie Hay won the middle-weight title of New Zealand. Party of British farmers will join Canadians and South Africans at Auckland on February 20 next to make tour of Dominion. In the Supreme Court this morning Mr. Justice Smith, awarded an additional £150 to the annuity of Jessie Alberta Bell, of Auckland. Director of Education has circularised principals of secondary schools suggesting less homework as a means of protecting eyesight of pupils. Young woman found dead in Sydney flat after orgy of drink and drugs; marks of violence on body; police are seeking man from America. Auckland ladies, Miss MacCormick and Miss Rathbone, as well as Miss Ratiibone (Rotorua) were eliminated in the third round of New Zealand ladies' golf championship at Christchurch. The personnel-lias been announced in connection with the aerial tour of the North Island, commencing on Saturday, as representative of the Auckland Aero Club. <' - ' Two men, who had frequented an unoccupied house a few nights before it was burnt down, each given six months' imprisonment for being rogues and vagabonds. Twelve dozen quail will be liberated in the Matamata district during the next few days, having been imported from India by the Auckland Acclimati-* sation Society. Young man, who had twice been an inmate of Borstal Institute, sentenced to six months' imprisonment and two years' reformatory detention for steal- ' ing bicycles. Chairman of Transport Board, in reply to a criticism that there would be an estimated deficit of £22,000 for the year, informed members to-day that it would be his endeavour to see that at the end of the year there was no deficit on transport undertakings. Smart, dependable and ridiculously low-priced furs and coats are daily attracting hundreds to Empire Furriers' great clearance, opp. Town Hall. —(Ad.) £1 reduction on new spring frocks and coats at Fashion Belle, Queen Street (3 doors above Strand Theatre). —(Ad.) New Zealand holds no better bargains ■ than are now being cleared at Empire | Furriers—coats, foxes and stoles at less ■ than half-price.—Address, opposite Town Hall.—(Ad.) Your race frock ? Visit the "Barbara." Dainty and reasonable. —Opp. Tabernacle, Upper Queen Street. —(Ad.) Dainty evening frocks for the aero ball showing at Miss Dixon's, 106 a, Queen St. — (Ad.) Specials for to-morrow: 35 Russian foxes, all shades, usually llgns, to-mor-row's price from 3gns at Empire Furriers, opp. Town Hall.— (Ad.)