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Auckland Star, Volume LXXI, Issue 224, 20 September 1940, Page 1

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R.A.F. raids Dodecanese High watts- to-<iay 9,35 j.m. Suuset 5.40 p.m.. .sunrise n>-morTt>«- 5.42. Lambs worried by at Otahuhu Domain. ilan dropped dead in Xewmarket thk morning. Kainiiro sirbeduled to eail to-night for Portland. Waiana will sail to-morrow for WeUington and south. Heavy casualties in Wednesday nig-ht'e raids on Britain. Waimarino left Dunedin last night for Auckland via ports. Italians consolidatinj: positions around Sidi Barrani and Solluai. R.A.F. continues ielent3ess hammering of enenn's OianneJ port*. Profit shown m railways operations for 'month ended Augusr IT. J Rumour of curtailment of trout fishing season denied by Minister. Inquest opened into death of 27-day-oM infant found dead in cot. Most bnita] raids of the war made on London on AVednesday ui<rhl. Racing at Marton and Geraldine, trotting at Wellington to-morrow. Resijrnacion of city councillor received at meeting of council last night. Foreign correspondents in London comnifiit on the result of the raids. Port Waikato loading at Dunedin today: at Auckland Thursday next. Minister of Health inspect* mie at Howick for children's health camp. Another loaji of £40.000 needed for nerr nre station owin? to increased costs. Governor of Xew Caledonia resigns; successor declares for General de Gaulle. British naval, units hombard Egyptian coast alonjr trhich Italians are moving. Mimic exercises carried out at Penrose in territorial traininc operations.

Whirlivind Australian election campaign ends to-nigut; impossible to forecast result. X«w Caledonia declrree itself for Free France; closer ties with Australia expected. While some 5000 houses in London hare been destroyed or damaged, millions have never been touched. v Australian Prime Minister ea.vs Australian forces in Middle East mar meet tie Italians "'at any moment." Tan licenses for town area, Trhicli ie adjacent to Auckland city area, to be reviewed at :.n early date. Minister of Health replies to criticism of Government in respect to hospital accommodation for soldier*. Six French warships, -which recently arrived at Dakar, in Frenrih West Africa. believed to be on way to Indo-China. Government will not shirk its responsibilities in respect to providing for sicic and wounded soldiers, says Minister of Health. Report that Japanese and French have come to an agreement in Indo-China. and negotiations are continuing regarding ite execution.

France asks not to be jndced toe harshly if decisions she may make in the Far East arc not pleasing to Western Powers. "There is no reason why the North Shore borough should not have an adequate and pure supply of water," eave Minister of Health. Children's camp movement "knocked back" owing to labour and building material being required for military and hospital purposes, says Minister of Health. Sales on the Auckland Stock Exchange to-day were:—Martha. 7/6: Bank of Xew Zealand. £2 2/4; Broken Hill Proprietary. £2 63: Farmere' Fertilizer (pref.), £1 3/; Wilsons Cement. 19/9: Woolwortlw (Sydney), 18/2, 18/3; Broken Hill South, £1 6/.