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Auckland Star, Volume LXXII, Issue 281, 27 November 1941, Page 1

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-lackland Weather Forecast.—Fair in the east, but cloudy in the west.

Sunset. 7.20; sunrise to-morrow. 4.56. High water. 2.1 p.m.: to-morrow, 2.31 a.m. New big offensive opened hv British in Libya. , N.Z.E.F. joins up with British and South African;- in Libya. German diversionary tank force which crossed frontier falls back. Seven Axis ships sunk in Mediter ranean since Libyan battle began. Bold attempt by German airmen U> escape by plane from Britain fails. Meat prices to be reduced next in conformity with order by Price Tribunal last July. Hope of long-term peace agreement between United States and Japan staled to be abandoned. Undiminished numbers of Nazi troops hurled against defences of Moscow; heavy losses inflicted. Seven-roomed house at Glen Eden burned to ground: no water for fire-fight-ing and nothing saved. Application for increase in wages to cover increased co=t of living before Arbitration Court in Wellington. Russian offensive in Donetz Basin making heartening progress. Nazis may be pressed back on Don River. Interim conference of the Domii i- n Reconstruction Movement opened at Y.W.C.A. Hall. Auckland, this morning. For first time for many years number of applicants for admission to Auckland Teachers' Training College is below quota. Soldier who had received bullet wound through foot found guilty of negligently handling a rifle by court martial at lnvercargill. Financial position and employment of seven conscientious objectors examined at first sitting in Auckland of special tribunal for purpose. Conference of New Zealand Grain. Seed and Produce Merchants' Federation opened by Mayor this morning at Auckland. Carpenter and member of the Christian Pacifist Society sent to prison for three months to-day for wilfully obstructing the police. Brigadier returns from Middle East to take command of Army Tank Brigade: encouraging news of morale and equipment of Empire troops in present struggle. Sales completed on the Auckland Stock Exchange to-day: Auckland Gas (con.). 2/11; 8.H.P.. £1 19/10: Robinson Ice. £1 3/9; Bank of New Zealand. £2; Dominion Investment, 19/9; New Zealand Breweries, £1 17/; Dominion Pictures, 10/; Woolworths (Sydney), 16/4.