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Auckland Star, Volume LXX, Issue 265, 9 November 1939, Page 1

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High water to-day, 5.14 p.m. Sunset. 7.01; sunrise to-morrow, 5.05. Prisoners sentenced at Yew Plymouth Supreme Court. . New York State approves totalisators on racecourses. Keeper of hulk Alameda, at Wellington reported missing. Turkish Assembly unanimously ratifies pact with Allies. Dry weather causes increased demand on city water supply. New Zealand open golf championship starts at Miramar. Cinema theatres to be provided at Papakura and Burnliam camps. Mr. Fraser visits New Zealand antitank unit in camp in England. Personnel for Indian air forces to be recruited and trained in India. Electrical contractors concerned at serious shortage of equipment. Shortage of tea supplies in Dominion stated to be getting more acute. Gift duty liable to be im]>osed on patriotic donations for use overseas. More girls offering for office positions in view of effect of import restrictions. Evidence revealed that sunken submarine Thetis had struck an obstruction. Mariposa to leave Sydney to-morrow for Auckland; due at 7.30 a.m. on Monday. Aotearoa provides spectacle in landing and take-off practice by night on harbour. Honey production season favourable, according to departmental expert in Auckland. * Two men injured and taken to hospital as result of road accident near Masterton. Increasing demand for honey expected this season owing to control of sugar due to the war. Viscount Rothermere, noted British peer, sued for breach of contract by Viennese Princess. Utopian pension schemes of California and Ohio both heavily defeated in State municipal elections. Fatal explosion after Hitler finishes address at Munich; Fuehrer escapes, several persons killed. Jury awarded Auckland fishmonger £125 damages against taxi-driver core6i>ondent in divorce suit. Poll to be taken at One Tree Hill on question of £11,000 loan for Great South Road widening scheme. Owner of Eden Terrace house suffered burns to face and neck when fire broke out in his home this morning. Ringleaders in abortive conspiracy to start rising in Afghanistan at outbreak of war surrender to Government. Viscount Elibank urges British Government to foster export trade, now that Germany has been driven from the seas. Green Lane tram siding causes traffic dislocation, states One Tree Hill Borough Council in answer to Transport Board statements. Important suggestions relating to future highway planning to be made to authorities by Automobile Association (Auckland). ; Monterey sailed from San Francisco • for Auckland yesterday, one day late, on account of strike; due here Saturday, November 25. Dissatisfaction in North over Maori battalion increases with news that re- ; cruiting officers are receiving no pay; Ngapuhi elders to meet. '"I don t imagine the enemy hasn't any surprises for us, but we certainly have one for him," says Director of Scientific Research in Britain. Two men, whom police said were "wasters and spongers," sent to prison for three months to-day for theft of suiting material from a warehouse. In claim for £1323 brought by husband and wife for injuries received in motor collision, jury awarded the wife £26 special and £iOO general damages. "Everything will be done to assist vou in the task you have undertaken," says Mr. Fraser, addressing members of the : New Zealand anti-tank unit in camp in England. U.S. Republicans claim that voting in State municipal elections in I'enn- ! svlvania indicates that public there will ' overwhelmingly support the party's 1940 Presidential candidate. ' Sales on "Change to-dav were: — ; National Insurance (exdiv.), 17/7; i Westport Stockton, 3/8; Tooths > Breweries, £2 17/6; 8.H.P., £4 3/9; j McDuff's, 2/9; Morris Hedstrom, £1 8/6; Rawang Tin, 11/; Mount Morgan, j 10/; Auckland Gas, 15/8; 8.H.P., £4 , 4/3.