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Auckland Star, Volume LXXIII, Issue 88, 15 April 1942, Page 1

TABLE TALK.

Auckland weather forecast: Dull with iiitrrniiltcnt drizzle or rain. Teat hers appointments announced. S ;nset to-day, 5.57; sunrise to-morrow. Now Zealand gift for legless R.A F. I'ilo'.. Sudden death of famous Auckland 1905 All Black. Red Army breaks through on the Kharkov front. Petty officer's death due to accidental drowning. High water to-day, 7.39 p.m.; to-mor-row. 7.." iS a.m. I-aval to have key position in new Vichy Cabinet. Parents with children at boarding schools must apply for their children's coupon books. Allies continue air offensive on bases round Australia. Record Budget in Britain; higher taxes on luxuries announced. "Awake New Zealand" campaign to be organi.-ed in Taranaki. Japanese i-nniin-.-e intensive drive against Bi'.rmc. o "il/i.-M.--. Strong Rum •; n s. "k lories landed on Kerch Perdn.-a'a. Crimea. Hou.-ehoUlcr.-' lrcc ings to elect school commit'ee- :o lie held to-night. Mrori do.- -rter chased by police and Home (Juarrisn-.cM in South Taranaki. Mother and four children burnt to death in cottage at Al.'onl Forest. Canterbury. Coroner inquires into death of workman who fell through roof of city build- ; r s;. Swedish report of effectiveness of new R.A.K. incendiarv bombs used on Germany. Release of soldiers after military training to maintain industry suggested in Taranaki. Britain's record Budget presented: estimated expenditure for next vear, £5.25(i.000.000. Government assistance stated to be needed for restoration of mines damaged in Grevmouth floods. Advances other than marketing show fall of f 1.040,000 to £22,000,000 in latest Reserve Bank return. Rules for collective consumers and the licensing of retailers under food rationing scheme to be issued later. Seventy-two-year-old man imprisoned for two months by magistrate for theft of garden spray and pump. > French reported to have given a guarantee to Germans that they will oppose an Allied landing on Continent. Worker's death at Motutapu Island caused by being hit by piece of flying wood when support for pipe broke. Coming of hot weather causing spread of rlisease in Greece from which the population was free during winter cold. Desirability of matriculation course being extended from three to four years debated by Auckland Education Board today. Rise in sterling exchange reserve of £1,-355,501 to £ 19,702,5R3 shown in Reserve Bank return for week ended April (>.

Esllmatcd that 15 per cent of ration books for Auckland postal district, population of which is 545.000. has been issued. Parking after 6 p.m. in "high risk" area may be prohibited if motorists continue lo neglect request to park cars at least 10ft apart. Two men. who took advance in payment for work at suburban house but did not do work, faced with theft charge in Police Court this morning. Sales completed on the Auckland Stock Exchange to-day: Bank of New Zealand, £1 17/6 (2); Stock. 15'2/4C-46. 4 p.c., £100 12/0; Stock. HI '5/54-58. 4 per cent. £107 15/: Stock. 1 .>,'4/46-49, 4 per cent (exint.). £102 15/. Delicious Apples—fresh and crisp. Buy a case now, only from 4/6, at your fruiterer or grocer.—(Ad.)