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RUSH FOiR PETROL. Following Mr Attlee’s request to >'e\v Zealand to cut petrol consumption, Wellington garages and petrol stations have been rushed with motorists filling cars and all sorts of containers. One petrol station proprietor stated that motorists were waiting for him to open his station this morning. Ho compared the demand with that experienced in 1910, when petrol rationing was introduced into New Zealand.—Wellington P.A. BRITISH PRIME MINISTER. LONDON, August 19.—Mr Attlee has told his closest colleague in the Government that for reasons of health he intends to resign the Prime Ministership in the near future, says the ‘ Daily Mail’s ’ political correspondent. CADIZ DISASTER. MADRID, August 19.—As rescuers recovered more bodies from the shattered homes and buildings in Cadiz estimates of the death roll have increased to I,COO. SPECIAL EDITION AT 5.13. A special edition of the ‘ Star ’ will be on sale in the city about 5.13 to-night with the full story of the Ranfurly Shield match between’ Otago and Auckland at Carisbrook this afternoon. RANFURLY SHIELD. After 10 minutes’ play in the game Otago v.. Auckland, the score was Auckland 3, Otago 0. Twenty-five •* thousand' attended. After 12 minutes the score was 3-3. After 20 minutes the score was Auckland 8, Otago 3.
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Evening Star, Issue 26184, 20 August 1947, Page 10
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207STOP PRESS Evening Star, Issue 26184, 20 August 1947, Page 10
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