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Auckland Star, Volume LXXII, Issue 304, 24 December 1941, Page 1

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Auckland Weather Forecast. —Mainly fair, with isolated showers. Temperatures cool. Sunset, 7.41; sunrise to-morrow. 5.0. Japanese claim mass raids on Ranpo-on. High water, 11.53 a.m.; to-morrow. 32.42 p.m. Mr. Roosevelt proclaims New Year's Day a day of prayer. Xo important change in military situation in North Malaya. German claim to have sunk British aircraft carrier discounted. • Britain's Red' Cross Aid-to-Russia Fund passed the £1.000.000 mark. Chinese forces making headway on mainland to relieve Hongkong. Reasons for refusal of leave for E.P.S. personnel given by chief warden. Hongkong garrison continues to make epic stand against overwhelming odds. Railwayman on jigger killed when struck by express near Rangiriri station. Delay caused to New Plymouth express last night followed derailment of wagon near Mercer. Australia making drastic cuts in sale of rubber goods to conserve material for war requirements. R.X.Z.A.F. aircraft, previously reported missing, located near Cape Farewell; crew of four found dead. British mobile columns in Libya moving too fast to give details of material captured from the enemy. Talks between Churchill and Roosevelt continue in Washington in collaboration with other Allied Powers. I-arge supplies of rubber, oil and foodstuffs helie\ed to have fallen into Japanese hands in' Malaya. Seven-point programme outlined for Canadian-American all-out effort to raise war production to -maximum. Evelyn Firth Home to be used for sick and wc.tnded ex-servicemen of present war, according to Minister of Defence. Indignation at action of Government in closing otahuhu railway workshops for only two days expressed by employees.