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  2. CROSSED PERAK RIVER?

    DRIVE ON SINGAPORE. (Continued from Page Five.) the Japanese forces have crossed Perak River and are attacking the British ...

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  3. HONG KONG DEFENCE.

    The story of the defence of Hong Kong is of a desperate battle against odds. The garrison on the island consisted ...

    Article : 406 words
  4. SHORTAGE OF TEACHERS.

    Due to the army call-up, Victorian schools are experiencing a scarcity of teachers. The permanent staff of the Education Department has lost 1400 ...

    Article : 107 words
  5. TREMENDOUS CONFUSION.

    WAR IN RUSSIA. (Continued from Page Five.) stantly in action and fighting stubbornly —rather than as a general rout. ...

    Article : 298 words
  6. WAR CONDITIONS.

    At midnight last night the war had reached one of the strangest moments since it began. While Japan was confronting the ...

    Article : 436 words
  7. PACIFIC FLEET COMMAND.

    Admiral Chester Nimitz has arrived to take over the command of the Pacific fleet. ...

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  8. JAPANESE INCURSION.

    Major General J. M. Wanwright, commanding the forces at Lingayen Gulf, issued a communique at 12.30 p.m. which states: "The Japanese ...

    Article : 237 words
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  10. DRIVING OUT GERMANS.

    A Russian communique states that in the past 10 days' fighting on the Kalinin front the Russians have driven out the Germans from 332 towns and ...

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  11. HIGH COST OF LIVING.

    R.A.A.F. administrative officers stationed in London are finding it extremely difficult to make ends meet because of inadequate living ...

    Article : 378 words
  12. CONGRESS MEETING.

    The United Press Manila correspondent says Congress, which was summoned for December 30, presumably will meet outside Manila, but several ...

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  13. NEW LANDING REPORTED.

    A Berlin radio from Tokio says the Japanese made a new landing at Remon Bay, the narrowest part of Luzon Island. ...

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  14. JAPANESE' RETREAT.

    The American United Press correspondent says that the Japanese forces in the Binolan sector have retreated before the American counter-attacks. ...

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  15. HITLER'S "INNER VOICE."

    Hitler has now staked his own fortunes and the destiny of the Herrenvolk upon the promptings of his intuition, but his "inner voice" made ...

    Article : 333 words
  16. HOME DEFENCE CORPS.

    Strenuous efforts by 40 militia men from Cabarlah camp, 20 Volunteer Defence Corps, members from Crow's Nest, and other fighters, failed to ...

    Article : 108 words
  17. 20 PLANES DESTROYED.

    At least 10 Japanese bombers and 10 fighters were destroyed raiding Rangoon on December 25, and at least four were probably damaged. A large ...

    Article : 59 words
  18. BACK TO BARBARISM.

    The Secretary for State (Mr. Cordell Hull) declared to-day that Japan in bombing the open city of Manila was practising the same barbaric methods ...

    Article : 53 words
  19. CHILD KILLED.

    A two-year-old boy, Graham Benny, of Wynnum, was killed, and eight people injured when two motor cars collided at Wynnum this afternoon. The car driven ...

    Article : 99 words
  20. LANDINGS IN BORNEO.

    The Vichy radio says a message from Berlin declares there are fresh Japanese landings in North Borneo, where important British positions are ...

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  21. "BURN WHITE DEVILS."

    The Japanese dropped the first propaganda leaflets on Singapore on December 25, although leaflets directed at the native population and the A.I.F. were ...

    Article : 87 words
  22. INDIANS' WAR DUTY.

    "All Indians should offer their services and resources to the war effort," said Rajah Singh Roy in a presidential address to the Indian National Liberal ...

    Article : 80 words
  23. GAMING INSTRUMENTS.

    "He was operating for another man," Plainclothes Sergeant E. F. Lee said in the Police Court yesterday when Clive Mullett, 46, labourer, admitted that he ...

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  24. K.N.I.L.M. PLANE DOWNED.

    On Thursday afternoon a plane of the Civil Air Company K.N.L.L.M. was destroyed in the eastern part of Netherlands East Indies Archipelago as a ...

    Article : 57 words
  25. 200 NEW ZEALANDERS.

    Two hundred New Zealand prisoners were snatched from the enemy in Libya by the daring action of Lieutenant P. L Crane, who has been awarded the ...

    Article : 69 words
  26. ASSETS FROZEN.

    The Treasury froze Hong Kong assets in the United States following the Japanese occupation. AMERICAN OFFICIALS TAKEN. ...

    Article : 49 words
  27. SUSPICIOUS CONDUCT.

    An air raid warden caught Harry Jaegar standing on a lonely beach alternately flashing a light to sea and peering through high-power binoculars. ...

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  28. RUSH TO THE RACES.

    Although there was an appreciable reduction compared with the previous Saturday in the number of racegoers at Albion Park yesterday who sought tram ...

    Article : 305 words
  29. U. S. NAVY COMMUNIQUE.

    A Navy communique issued at noon states:— Eastern Pacific.—Enemy submarines are still operating on the west coast ...

    Article : 84 words
  30. SPANISH FLU.

    The Berne (Switzerland) correspondent of the "New York Times" says that Spanish influenza is rampant in the German army in Russia, particularly in the ...

    Article : 70 words
  31. APPOINTED TO DUAL POST.

    Major-General E. F. Lawson has been appointed to the combined posts of Director of Public Relations of the War Office and senior military adviser to the ...

    Article : 52 words
  32. GENERAL DISPLACED.

    The Leningrad radio states that General Schmidt has been relieved of his command, which is being taken over by General Arnim. ...

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  33. APPEAL TO WORKERS.

    The Office of Production Management directors. Messrs. Knudsen and Hellman, to-day appealed to all war industry plants to work full time on New ...

    Article : 54 words
  34. A.I.F. RECRUITING.

    Recruiting, which lagged during the week because of the holidays, picked Up yesterday. Sixty-five offered their services for the A.I.F. at Desmond ...

    Article : 125 words
  35. OFFENSIVE AGAINST CHANGSHA.

    The Chungking "Central News" reports that Japanese troops are pressing their offensive against Changsha, where an artillery duel is in progress. ...

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  37. AIR RAIDS ON MALTA.

    Malta had 10 air raids in 24 hours. A communique says that the raiders lost one bomber and one fighter, while three bombers and one fighter were ...

    Article : 51 words
  38. "BOMB TOKIO" PRIZE.

    The Motion Picture Operators' Union has bought a 250 dollar defence bond for the first American aviator to bomb Tokio. ...

    Article : 31 words
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