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Auckland Star, Volume LXXII, Issue 119, 22 May 1941, Page 1

TABLE TALK.

Auckland Weather Forecast.—Fine, with moderate day temperatures. Hiph water. 4.59 p.m. Boy drowned in Ohinemuri River. Increased output of linen flax required. Sunset to-day, 5.18; sunrise to-niorrow, 7.17. Shearer killed -when butted on head by sheep. Xo change in situation at Tobruk and Solium. Believed Xazis attempted naval landing on Crete. Diplomats ordered to leave Paris bv June 10. Distribution made of portfolio* of absent Ministers. Prune Minister of Australia in Auckland this afternoon. About 3000 Iceland poppy planus stolen Irom nursery. Substantial increase in supplies of tea to be permitted. Three farthings damages awarded on a claim of £1700. Barrels of tar oil which exploded cau<e nerce city blaze. Repeated attacks by Nazi aircraft on British hospital ship. First Lord of Admiralty declares Battle ot Crete ereatest of war. Hospital ship rescued by warship from attack by enemy bombers. Between 18,000 and 20,000 Italians taken m battle for Amba Alagi. Serious losses on Germans in Battle of Cvete; ours comparatively light. Results announced of Air Force educational tests held early this month. Deadly secret weapons against night raiders discovered by British scientists. Youths of eighteen to be called up for home service in the Territorial Army. Prime Minister makes trip into deert and sees New Zealand troops in training. A special appeal will be made in Auckland to-morrow for the Fighting Forces Fund. Indian Press says Rashid All's intrigues with Germany menace the whole Islamic world. British forces closing in on rcmnanftf. of two Italian divisions south of A *M W Plea to the people to conserve electricity as much as possible made by Minister of Supply. Manager of engineering firm states that girls are better than men in production of munitions. Conference held in Auckland to-day between Minister of Supply and shipbuilding contractors. Expected that official count of municipal elections will be completed at Town Hall to-morrow.% Principle of compulsory unionism approved by provincial conference of Farmers' Union. Compulsory service in the Home Guard urged by Auckland provincial conference of Fanners' Union. Part under Emergency Precautions Scheme to be taken by railwaymen outlined in official statement. Proper system of caring for properties of farmers on active service urged by Auckland farmers' conference. Mayor-elect, Mr. J. A. C. AEum, received over 300 telegrams of congr»tnlations from all part* of Dominion. Alternative service with home defence organisations ordered for reservists granted adjournments at Appeal Board sitting. Former buyer for city firm, who denied stealing £136 belonging to hie employers, committed to the Supreme Court for trial. Sine die adjournments of military service granted boot, saddlery and tannery workers at sitting of Armed Forces Appeal Board. Commercial traveller fined £25 and lost his license for 12 months for being in a state of intoxication while in charge of a car yesterday. Need for removal under present conditions of all obstacles to use of all available shipping stressed by council of Auckland Chamber of Commerce. Prime Minister of Australia welcomed at Pan-American Air Base this afternoon by acting-Prime Minister of New Zealand and Minister of Supply. To ensure long-range efficient farming methods. Farmers' Union conference urges provision of cheap finance by Reserve Bank on long terms for use on rural properties. Sales completed at the Auckland Stock Exchange to-day: Leyland O'Brien. 15/ (2). Bycroft, £2 3/11; N.Z. Paper Mills, £1 9/11; South British, £2 11/6; Farmers' Fertilizer (pref.), £1 2/; Woolworthe Holdings (S.A.), 15/; Napier Borough, 1/4736, 41 per cent, £105 10/. Unofficial: Auckland Farmers' Freezing, £1 0/6.