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                                UNITED STATES
                     SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
                           Washington, D.C.  20549   

                STATEMENT OF CHANGES IN BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP

                                   FORM 4

     Filed pursuant to Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of
     1934, Section 17(a) of the Public Utility Holding Company Act of 1935
     or Section 30(f) of the Investment Company Act of 1940

1.   Name and Address of Reporting Person

     Sunrise Partners L.L.C.
     2 American Lane
     Greenwich, Connecticut  06836

2.   Issuer Name and Ticker Trading Symbol

     InterTAN Inc. (ITN) 

3.   IRS or Social Security Number of Reporting Person (Voluntary)

4.   Statement for (Month/Day/Year)

     10/98

5.   If Amendment, Date of Original (Month/Year)

6.   Relationship of Reporting Person to Issuer (Check all applicable)

        Director
        Officer (give title below)
        Chairman
      X 10% Owner
        Other (specify below)

7.   Individual or Joint/Group Filing (Check applicable line)

      X Form filed by one Reporting Person
        Form filed by more than one Reporting Person

Table I  -  Non-Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or
            Beneficially Owned

1.   Title of Security (Instr. 3)

2.   Transaction Date (Month/Day/Year)

3.   Transaction Code (Inst. 8)

     V

4.   Securities Acquired (A) or Disposed of (D) (Instr. 3, 4 and 5)

     Amount
     (A) or (D)
     Price

5.   Amount of Securities Beneficially Owned at End of Month (Instr. 3 and
     4)

6.  Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 4)

7.  Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 4)

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Reminder:  Report on a separate line for each class of securities
beneficially owned directly or indirectly.

Table II  -   Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially
              Owned (e.g. puts, calls, warrants, options, convertible
              securities)

1.  Title of Derivative Security (Instr. 3)

     9% Convertible Subordinated Debentures

2.   Conversion or Exercise Price of Derivative Security

     118.731 shares of common stock per $1,000* principal

3.   Transaction Date (Month/Day/Year)

     10/2/98

4.   Transaction Code (Instr. 8)

     Code   S
     V

5.   Number of Derivative Securities Acquired (A) or Disposed of (D)
     (Instr. 3, 4 and 5)

     (A)
     (D)      $291,000* principal amount

6.   Date Exercisable and Expiration Date (Month/Day/Year)

     Date Exercisable   Immediately
     Expiration Date    8/30/00

7.   Title and Amount of Underlying Securities (Instr. 3 and 4)

     Title                        Common Stock
     Amount or Number of Shares   34,550

8.   Price of Derivative Security (Inst. 5)

     $281,398.76*

9.   Number of Derivative Securities Beneficially Owned at End of Month
     (Instr. 4)

     $12,314,000* principal amount

10.  Ownership Form of Derivative Security:  Direct (D) or Indirect (I)
     (Instr. 4)

     D

11.  Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 4)

     

Explanation of Responses:   * In Canadian funds.
     

*** Intentional misstatement or omissions of facts constitute Federal
Criminal Violations See 18 U.S.C. 1001 and 15 U.S.C. 78ff(a).

         SUNRISE PARTNERS L.L.C.
         By:  Dawn General Partner Corp., as Manager 

         By: /s/ Michael J. Berner                      November 10, 1998
             Michael J. Berner, Vice President

             **Signature of Reporting Person                      Date

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