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Auckland Star, Volume LXXI, Issue 9, 11 January 1940, Page 1

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i. High water to-day, 9 p.m. 3 Sunset, 7.44; sunrise to-morrow, 5.14. Queensland beats holders of Sheffield - Shield. Two young sisters drowned near 5 Dunedin. ~ Uoosevelt believed to have basis for lasting peace. I Improvement in prices on Addington - fat stock market. 1 Several postings of officers for second echelon announced. America provides for expansion of an ti-espionage system. Westfield freezing works busy, and killings of lambs up to average. Po.<«>ibility of safety of crew of Doric f Star; believed in German ship. 7 Post-section play to-day in New Zeal land bowling pairs at Wellington. 1 Volunteers called for men to serve L with special railway unit overseas. Young man sent to Borstal for two - yc.ars for unlawful conversion of cars. Henneberry and Richards to fight for ' Empire middle-weight title next month. J. Japanese threaten to bomb French- • owned railways carrying munitions for !: China. ' Secret German submarine base be- _ lieved to be situated near Canary : Islands. Roggeveen will arrive from Saigon, via i>orte, early to-morrow morning with ' 38 passengers. Two employees at the Otahuhu railway workshops fined £25 each for theft . of brass fittings. Huge, increase in United States naval [ forces proposed under plans to be sub- , mitted to Congress. Huge sales of wheat from Winnipeg to Allied Cereal Board; over 20,000,000 bushels in one day. Seventh Day Adventist minister, in- . jured while returning from Auckland . camp, dies in hospital. Two enemy bombers miss British steamer with 40 bombs, fly off when ship's Lewis gun opens fire. Another British passenger liner survives attack by three U-boats near Canary Islands; one submarine sunk by convoy vessels. Extensive Nazi air attacks oil shipping on North Sea; some ships sunk and several casualties, but not as many as claimed by Nazis. Whakatane paper mills statement draws firm reply from Minister of Supply, who is emphatic that price increases asked will not be granted. Stranded blackflsh at Point Chevalier now taking shape in cast form at museum for exhibition in institution's galleries. Favourable farming conditions in Waikato reflected in improved tone of live stock market; rain needed to maintain feed position. Interesting collection donated to Auckland War Memorial Museum depicts restrictions on manufacture of tools and boats in Gilbert Islands. In sentencing two ships deserters to one month's imprisonment in Police i Court to-day, the magistrate said it was a serious matter for men to leave their vessels, especially in wartime, as one had done. Sales «on 'Change to-day were:— Broken Hill Pty., £4 8/, £4 8/3 (2); Farmers' Auct., A pref., 19/6; G. J. Col?s, £4 3/<i; Broken Hill South, £1 ; 13/0; Auckland City, 1/1/44-67 (ex ; div.), £100 10/.