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  2. MADAGASCAR FALLS TO BRITISH FORCES

    All resistance in the Diego Suarcz area of Madagascar has ended, and terms of surrender have been drawn up. The British Prime Minister, Mr. Churchill, ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 1,477 words
  3. R.A.F. COVERS BURMA RETREAT

    LONDON, May 7.—The R.A.F. in Burma is apparently throwing in increasing forces in an effort to cover the British Army's retreat along the Chindwin valley, where Japanese pressure has increased. ...

    Article : 1,509 words
  4. SILENCE ON U.S. FORTS

    No news has come from Corregidor since the announcement on Wednesday that LieutenantGeneral Wainwright's forces ...

    Article : 412 words
  5. 'SEIZURE OF POWER'

    PERTH, Thursday.—A crowded gallery heard remarkable evidence of an alleged intention to "seize power" in Australia when ...

    Article : 1,075 words
  6. AIR POST IN U.S.A.

    CANBERRA, Thursday.—The appointment of Air-Marshal Richard Williams, now AirOfficer commanding the oversea ...

    Article : 420 words
  7. LATE NEWS

    LONDON, May 7 (A.A.P.).—The Independent French News Agency says that as a result of the French population's part in the fighting at ...

    Article : 165 words
  8. REALISTIC TEST FOR N.E.S.

    The Minister for National Emergency Services, Mr. Heffron, announced last night that a number of old buildings in the ...

    Article : 161 words
  9. FIGHTING INSIDE CHINA

    CHUNGKING, May 7. lA.A.P.).— A Chinese Army spokesman announced to-day that a major battle between Japanese and reinforced ...

    Article : 73 words
  10. PETROL CUT BY 75 PER CENT.

    Essential motor fuel users who have failed to convert their vehicles to the use of substitute fuels are now being called on to ...

    Article : 174 words
  11. CORREGIDOR FALL

    NEW YORK, May 7. (A.A.P.).— Tokyo Radio stated to-day that Lieutenant-General Wainwright, with his staff, surrendered on Malinta Hill, ...

    Article : 35 words
  12. CLERIC WOUNDED BY THIEF

    CHUNGKING, May 7 (A.A.P.).— Monsignor Xavier Jantzen, 57, Apostolic Vicar to Chungking, was seriously wounded while resisting a thief who ...

    Article : 57 words
  13. POWERFUL NEW U.S. FIGHTER

    NEW YORK, May 7 (A.A.P.).— The Curtias Wright Corporation demonstrated to the Press at Buffalo yesterday the latest American aircraft. ...

    Article : 99 words
  14. PRICE-FIXING IN U.K.

    LONDON, May 7 (A.A.P.).—The Board of Trade has prchibited dealers from selling second-hand goods at a price exceeding that of comparable ...

    Article : 70 words
  15. JAPANESE NAVAL ACTIVITY

    Japanese naval activity in the Rabaul geneial area is increasing, according to yesterday's communique from South-west ...

    Article : 60 words
  16. WHITES TREATED HARSHLY

    CANBERRA, Thursday—The Prime Minister, Mr. Curtin, said to-night that he had reliable reports that the Japanese, in ...

    Article : 121 words
  17. PASSENGER PLANE MISSING

    AUCKLAND, Thursday.—There was no traes to-night of a Union Airways Lockheed passenger aeroplane which left Wellington at 7.35 this morning ...

    Article : 124 words
  18. OVERSEA NEWS

    Such of the oversea news in this issue as is headed "From Our Own Correspondent" or "Herald Exclusive Service" is from a service owned and controlled entirely by "The Sydney ...

    Article : 177 words
  19. FORTY FRENCHMEN SHOT

    LONDON. May 7 (A.A.P.).—Thirty more French hostages have been shot at Caen (France), and ten at Romorantin, for attacks on German soldiers. ...

    Article : 78 words
  20. COMMANDO RAID REPORT

    LONDON, May 7 (A.A.P.).— British troops attempted to land on Kupho Nisi Island (about five miles south of the eastern end ...

    Article : 48 words
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