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TERRITORIAL APPEALS. AUCKLAND, December 4. Several appeals for the postponement of Territorial service were today adjourned sine die, by the Auckland area Man-Power Committee, because the appellants’ obligation for Territorial service had been automatically postponed by their being called up in the first ballot for Overseas service. Surprise was expressed by the appellants, when they heard for the first time from the secretary to the Committee, that their names had been drawn again.
PLANE MISHAP. DUNEDIN, December 4. A Moth training plane, from the Taieri Air Force station, developed engine trouble, this morning, and made a forced landing in Forbury Park, coming to rest upjide down, after crashing through the rails surrounding the training track. The pilot was unhurt. The only visible damage to the machine was broken propeller blades, and a dented bonnet and tail. N.Z. CASUALTIES WELLINGTON, December 4. The following casualties are officially announced: Squadron Leader Eric McCabe Rule, originally admitted to hospital on November 17, suffering from bronchopneumonia, now removed from the seriously-ill list. Wife, Mrs. V. D. Rule, the Manse, Gullane, East Lothian. Brother, Mr. R. D. Rule, Mosstown, Wanganui. Pilot Officer Alan Beresford Smith, reported missing. Father, Mr. J. A. Smith, Forest Flat, Eketahuna. Private Matther Sigfrid Leitch, died of sickness on December 1. Mother, Mrs. M. W. Leitch, Kaikoura. Private Apanui Ngamoki, died of sickness in England, on November 30. Father, Te Ara Ngamoki, of Omaio.
RAILWAY DISASTER. MADRID, December 3. Fifty-five persons were killed and 80 were injured when an express from Madrid collided with an express from Barcelona, near Velilla. WELSH MINES IDLE. * LONDON, December 3. A deputation . told Mr. MooreBrabazon that over half the anthracite collieribs in Wales are idle, as a result of lack of railway transport. The whole industry will be forced to close down, if a solution is not found soon, resulting in unemployment for 24,000 miners.
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Greymouth Evening Star, 4 December 1940, Page 7
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