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  3. GENERAL PERCIVAL REPORTS ON FALL OF SINGAPORE DEFENDERS WERE ILL-ORGANISED

    In his long-awaited despatch on the Malayan campaign, which was published in the London Gazette, Lieut.-Geheral A. E. Percival makes no reference to the departure of Major-General Gordon Bennett from Singapore ...

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  4. NEW CONSTITUTION ADOPTED FOR INDIA

    India's draft Constitution leaves undecided the Dominion's future relations with the British Commonwealth. Reuters, reporting this, adds that the Constitution lays down that all Parliamentary business must be conducted in English or Hindu and ...

    Article : 148 words
  5. CHINESE REDS ATTEMPT TO ISOLATE MUKDEN

    With the Government loss of Anshan and Liaoyang during the past fortnight. Communist forces in Manchuria ...

    Article : 110 words
  6. Security Council Not To Discuss Disagreement Over Antarctic Bases

    Britain's dispute with the Argentine and Chile will not be referred to the Security Council. Announcing this in the House of Commons, the Foreign Secretary (Mr. Bevin) said that British policy was that rival claims in the ...

    Article : 607 words
  7. LONGER WORKING HOURS TO HELP MARSHALL PLAN

    Longer working hours to help Europe to back the self-help, programmes of the Marshall Plan are proposed in a statement issued after ...

    Article : 85 words
  8. DUTCH ORDER PREVENTED LAST DITCH STAND BY BRITISH IN JAVA

    An unexpected surrender order from the Dutch Commander-in-Chief of Allied forces in Java (General Terpoorten) frustrated a British attempt to stage a last ditch stand in the hills outside Bandoeng, to gain time for the consolidation of Allied ...

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  9. LONG ELECTED AS GOVERNOR OF LOUISIANA

    Earl K. Long, a brother of Hoey Long, the self-styled "kingfish", and virtual dictator of Louisiana in the 1920's, won a sweeping victory in the ...

    Article : 80 words
  10. MADRAS TO GO DRY

    The Government will prohibit intoxicating liquor in Madras Province from October next. Announcing this in his budget ...

    Article : 55 words
  11. AIRFORCE ORDERED NOT TO ATTACK JAP. FLEET

    To avoid offending American susceptibilities, General Headquarters ordered that the Japanese seaborne force must not be attacked until there was absolute certainty that it was going to invade Malaya, writes Air Vice-Marshal Sir Paul Maltby, assistant ...

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  12. NEW DESTROYER TO BE CALLED ANZAC

    The new Australian destroyer now building at Williamstown dockyard would be named "Anzac," the Minister for the Navy (Mr. Riordan) ...

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  13. DR. EVATT OPENS DEFENCE OF BANKING ACT

    The Attorney-General (Dr. Evatt) opened the defence of the Banking Act before the Full Bench of the High Court to-day. He added that ...

    Article : 135 words
  14. Overseas Flights For Air Cadets

    Britain is arranging regular flights abroad for her young Air Training Corps cadets. Eighty will be flown overseas each ...

    Article : 242 words
  15. MARATHON TENNIS DOUBLES

    It what is believed to be the longest doubles set on record, Bobby Riggs and Dinny Pails last night defeated Jack Kramer and Pancho Segura, ...

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  16. CRUISER SENT TO PROTECT HONDURAS FROM GUATEMALA

    A Foreign Office statement revealed that the cruiser Sheffield was en route from Cartagena, Colombia, for Belize, in British Honduras, because ...

    Article : 118 words
  17. IRAQ PARLIAMENT DISSOLVED

    Royal assent has been given for the dissolution of the Iraq Parliament and the holding of new elections. The Royal announcement said that ...

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  18. MALAYAN BEAR FOR AUSTRALIA

    A bitter gibe over the recent deportations of Malays from Australia is given in the "Straits Times," reporting on the departure for Melbourne ...

    Article : 67 words
  19. AUSTRALIAN FAILS TO ESTABLISH CASE FOR CLAIM

    The jury failed to agree in the case in which James Russell sued the Jockey Club for alleged wrongful withdrawal of his training licence. ...

    Article : 51 words
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