STOP PRESS NEWS

Waikato Times, Volume 129, Issue 21583, 20 November 1941, Page 4

STOP PRESS NEWS

BRITISH ADVANCE ITALIANS VERY WORRIED LONDON. Nov 19 The military correspondent ot the Express says that Genera! Rommel.

tearing a British attack. Hew to Italy a few days ago He was worried concerning the continued nonarrival m Cyrenaica ot vital supplies and reinforcements and wanted personally to hurry up arrangements. He has probably now returned to Tripoli. Some reports say that he has begun a tour of inspection of the desert. From Solium to Sid. Omar there have recently oeen signs of hectic building ot fortifications, also evidence that large groups of troops have been posted at po.nts all along the ccast from Solium to Benghazi, With the object of guarding against raids like that on Bardta by Commandos of Spanish Morocco. The garrison was recently considerably reinforced by men, tanks and artillery. It is officially announced in Cairo that the Oritisn Imperial Army advanced on a 140-mile front. m ca.ru communique states that the imperial Forces began an advance yesterday on Cyrenaica from the coast east of Soliuin as far south as Jaraoub, while pressure was rapidry exerted on tne Axis forces noldmg defensive positions from A.taya .o SiOi Omar. The British armoured divisions supported by Now Zealand, South African and Indian troops, crossed the frontier south of Sidi Omar. RELIEF OF DISTRESS INTIMATION FROM LONDON WELLINGTON. Thursday Opening a national conference of patriotic bodies, the Minister of Internal Affairs, the Hon. W. E. Parry, said the National Patriotic Fund Board had already sent. £220,000 to England and some £30,000 for relief of distress in Allied countries, and would continue to send whatever might be required. Advice from London that further grants were not called for at present should ease the minds of those who might have felt New Zealand was not doing quite enough for the people of the United Kingdom.