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TROOPS AT
MOROTAI
Relief by
Indians
'' LONDON, Dec. 13 (A.A.P.).
"'.one brigade irom me zum -.In
dian ''Division stationed in Indo
china is due to leave for Moro-
tai on . January 1 to relieve Aus-
fpalion - fennne nf nnniinftMririfll
duties, ' says the Saigon Corres- ;
pondent .of the Associated Press.
Rpforrintr to the air attack on .
an Annamite mortar emplace
ment, 60 miles north of Dalat,
the : correspondent says this is.
authoritatively described as "the
first and probably the last"
R.A.F. offensive operation on be
half. of the French in Indo-
China. The mission took the
British bevond their commit
tments: In Indo-Chlna — disarma
ment of the Japanese, and rescue
of. Allied war prisoners. The Bri
tish Commander undertook it- re
luctantly after an urgent appeal
from ..'the French detachment,
which found itself out-gunned,
and after the French had made
i(: -known that they were not
ready to man their own airfield.
A tablet commemorating the
part played in the exploration
and development of Australia by
Flinders, Bass and other Eng-
lishment who came from Boston <
and ; its' neighbourhood was un- ;
veiled at Boston parish church bv '
the -Acting High Commissioner .
: (Mr. Duncan). : 1
Commercial. . . . .. Pago 4
Women's Section . .. . Page 5 ''vl
Sporting ..... . . Pages 6, 7
Class. Advls,, Pages 6, 8, 9, 10 j
Classified Advts. Index. . Page 3 j
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