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Auckland Star, Volume LXXII, Issue 123, 27 May 1941, Page 1

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Auckland Weather Forecast.—Scattered rain, with fair intervals Sunset to-day, 5.U">; sunrise to-morrow, 7.21. Mayoral installation 10-morrow at Town Hall. Kopara expected this evening from Portland. Pay received by territorials liable for income tax. Popular I'nion Steam Ship Company master let ires. .Motor ship Waiana exjn-vtod to-n.j'it from Wellington. Eire objects to Xorthcrn Ireland conscription proposal. High water to-day, 5.44 p.m.; tomorrow. 0.1.i p.m. governor-General attends civic reception at Hamilton last night. Further prisoners taken in Abyssinia include another Italian general. No further woollen yarns to Ik- available for civilian needs in Australia. Admiralty reports torpedo-bomber hit on the German battleship Bismarck. I a Wed messages from men safe after Greek campaign received by relatives. Higher prices paid at city markets today for hothouse and outdoor tomatoes. Lengthy list of missing members of 2nd X.Z. Expeditionary Force published. Satisfactory year reviewed at annual meeting oi Manukau County Council today. Invasion of Crete first in battle for Kile, say Swiss reports from Ankara. Motorist killed and two brothers injured in motor accident near Howick last night. Heavy destruction of German troopcarriers and other aircraft in smashing R.A.F. raids on "Crete. Relative importance of "spanner or bayonet" referred to at sitting of Armed Forces Appeal Board to-day. Possibility of reconsideration of adjournments before calling up of married men mentioned at Appeal Board sitting. Scarcity ot cauliflower, beans, green peas and kumaras at Auckland city markets to-day, high pric-es being realised. Information 'bureau concerning prisoners of -war set ud by joint council of Order John and N\Z. Oross Society. King of Greece sends message of thanks to X.Z. Prime Minister appreciating protection of X.Z. troops in escape from Crete. Four employees of Westfield Freezing Company s works taken to hospital suffering from food poisoning; one man dead on arrival. Statement made with reference to suggestion that STinkter's son had beea appointed to executive position in Internal Marketing Division. .Farm hand, saved by policeman last night from a band of sailors, fined in Police Court to-day for making an obscene remark about the British Xaw. Sales completed at the Auckland Stock Exchange to-day:—Bank X.Z.. £1 17 3Claude Xeon (X.Z.), 15/; Mt. Morgan. 9 - Anst. Iron and Steel (pref.), £1 6'7V-'-X.Z. Insurance (odd lot), £3 2/6: Auckland Gas, (perp. deb. stock), £95 10/