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Waikato Times, Volume 124, Issue 20726, 9 February 1939, Page 8

STOP PRESS NEWS PEACE TALKS LONDON. Feb. S Jt is reported from Paris that. General Miaja has opened peace talks with General Franco and is seeking to arrange terms under which the Republican armies will lay down their arms. There is a fair chance that Minorca will surrender without bloodshed. WARSHIP COLLISION PARIS. Feb. 8. In the collision during naval manoeuvres the cruiser Georges Levgnes almost cut in half the destroyer Bison. Eleven were killed and 14 injured. PALESTINE TURMOIL JERUSALEM, Feb. 8 British troops carrying out operations on a wide scope, searched 22 villages and engaged two bands of rebels, seven of the latter were killed and four taken prisoner. One hundred were captured during the search of the villages. SALES ON EXCHANGE AUCKLAND, Thursday. At the afternoon call on the Stock Exchange the following sales took place:— Commercial Bank, 16s; Bank of New Zealand, 38s Sd; Colonial Sugar, £43 ss; Woolworths (Sydney), 23s 7d; IVIt, Morgan (2), 11s 2d. POVERTY BAY RACES Maiden Scurry: 3 Smiling Person* aiity (Callahan), 1; 5 Dutch Ace, 9; Cymetic, 3. Scr.: Tangirere, Whetu, Queen’s Dream, Waikawa. Bunderland Stakes: 3 Buster Brown, 1; 2 Small Boy, 2; 1 Pennycomequick, 3. Also started: Hamarln. DUNEDIN RACES Berwick Handicap: 3—2 Great Flight, 8.6 (C. T. Wilson), 1; I—l Teak, 8.2 (P. Spratt), 2; 12—11 Combat, 7.9, car. 7.4 (G. H. Humphries), 3. Scr.: Bad News, Improvident, Neptune. Publicans’ Handicap: I—l Counterblast, 1; 4—4 Toro Koura, 2; 3—3 Second Innings,. 3. Scr: Haughty Winner. Dunedin Cup: 4—5 Queen of Song, 1; 2—2 Wild Chase, 2; 6—6 Argentic, 3. Scr.: Haughty Winner, Petersham, Foxlove, Ardchoille, Ashaway, HAWERA MEETING Egmont Cup: 2—3 Dungarvan, 1; S—s Rustem, 2; 3—2 Homily, 3. Scr.: Amigo, Dainty Sue, Te Huia. FUNERAL DIRECTOR E G g cRiMSHAw * l td -. WAIKATO’S LEADING FUNERAL DIRECTORS. Hood St.. Hamilton. Phone 2182 any hour. Res,, 8 Thackeray Street. MONUMENTAL MASONS M C N AB * M^ 0 "- BRIDGE AND GREY STREETS, HAMILTON. Phone 4248 Phone 4248 NEW STOCK OF MEMORIALS. Designs on Application.

New Zealand Basso A leading firm of concert impressarios has communicated with Mr Maurice Ralph, of Wellington, concerning a concert and radio tour of New Zealand by Mr Oscar Natzke, the young New Zealand basso who made such a deep impression at the last season of opera in English at Covent Garden. London. Mr Ralph has replied. stating his willingness to supervise the concert tour.