MATAURA LICENSING POLL.

Evening Star, Issue 24990, 8 October 1943, Page 6

MATAURA LICENSING POLL.

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The Mataura licensing final, with the services’ votes still to come, is: Local restoration 3,605, no license 3,117, national continuance 3,570, State control 331, prohibition 2,927. Restoration is now 391 short of the necessary three-fifths majority. PRISONERS IN ITALY TRICKED. RUGBY, October 7.—The South 'African, General Klopper, who recently reached the Allied lines in Italy, said that by the end of August most of the Allied prisoners had been removed northwards. Isolated from the outside world, the prisoners were over-optimistic when the news of the Allied successes came through. The Germans exploited this by broadcasting reports of Allied landings far up the Italian mainland, and used a strongly-accented American voice over the Naples radio. The trick succeeded. Many prisoners made for the places mentioned and were captured by the Germans. REHABILITATION. Cabinet this week approved of the appointment of Lieutenantcolonel F. 'Baker, formerly officer commanding the Maori Battalion, as Director of Rehabilitation.— Wellington Press Association. NEW RUSSIAN OFFENSIVE. RUGBY, October 7.—Neval is 60 miles north of Vitebsk and astride the vital railway from Leningrad into White Russia. A Russian communique says Soviet troops broke through the strongly-de-fended line on a 15-mile front to a depth of 15 miles in their'attack on Neval. There were two days’ hard fighting before they captured the town and the railway station. They also captured 100 other places in this area. A Soviet communique also says the Russians on the Volkhov front broke through the enemy defences, advanced nine miles, and captured a considerable number of places, including an important town and railway station. JUDGE FOR LAND SALES. COURT. The appointment of Mr G. P. Finlay, of Auckland, barrister and solicitor, to to the Supreme Court Bench is announced by the At-torney-General, 'Mr Mason. Mr Finlay will be seconded to presidency of the Land Sales Court under the Servicemen’s Settlement and Land Sales Act. This announcement was made following Cabinet’s approval. Auckland message. SATURDAY ADVERTISEMENTS. The public are reminded that the closing hour for advertisements each Saturday is 11 a.m.