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  2. GRIM DEFENCE OF HONG KONG Some Local Successes

    According to a direct cable message received from Reuter's correspondent in Hong Kong, fighting on the island continued to-day on the lines held yesterday, with local successes for the defending troops in the southern area. ...

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  3. JAPAN'S STRENGTH.

    The official Chinese spokesman to-day placed the Japanese army strength at 100 divisions, slightly more than 2,000,000 men. He said that short' ...

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  4. ALLIED TANKS.

    The Ministry for Supply says that a large number of Valentine and "Waltzing Matilda" tanks are participating in the vigorous Russian ...

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  5. AUSTRALIAN "MINISTER. WANTED IN SINGAPORE.

    The presence of a senior Australian Minister at Singapore Is becoming more Important daily as the war in Malaya moves slowly ...

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  6. RAISING SIEGE OF LENINGRAD Red Army's Latest Move

    "The Times" Stockholm correspondent says that Russian progress towards relieving Leningrad became more apparent over the week-end; particularly along the Moscow-Leningrad railway, where the Russians have now regained the Chudovo ...

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  7. ESCAPEES SUICIDE.

    The Central News Agency reports that Chinese sentries sighted five escaped Japanese pilot prisoners on board a small sail-boat in the Min River, ...

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  8. THREE FLANES SHOT DOWN.

    The Chungking radio says that American pilots downed three Japanese planes over Kunking, on the Burma Road. ...

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  9. EXPECT LONG SIEGE.

    The Rand "Daily Mail" says the public is entitled, after reassurances, to expect that Hong Kong is capable of withstanding a long siege. "No doubt ...

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  10. BRITISH "BLITZ."

    The Imperial forces are pursuing the enemy in Libya at a real blitzkrieg rate, reports a Press correspondent with the Eighth Army. ...

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  11. SENSATION IN BERLIN. CAUSED BY HITLER.

    Hitler's decision to remove Marshal Brau chi ts ch and himself take up supreme command of the army in the field caused a sensation in ...

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  12. CONFERENCES CONTINUED.

    An official statement from Washington says that President Roosevelt continued preliminary conferences for the joint planning of unity of action among ...

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  13. CHANGE WAR MACHINE.

    The "New York Times" Washington correspondent says that five subjects are reported at the top of the list at the forthcoming talks: Firstly, the ...

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  14. HONG KONG STRONGHOLDS.

    The Domei news agency states that the Japanese are attacking Mt. Taping and Mt. Kili, the last British strongholds at Hong Kong. They also ...

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  15. TRENCH SHELTERS.

    Following a meeting of the Emergency Connell and the State War Advisory Connell to-day, the Premier (Mr. Dunstan) announced ...

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  16. IMPERIAL PILOTS.

    A British fighter wing, controlling the operations of the Royal Air Force, the Royal Australian and South African Air Forces has ...

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  17. SKI TROOPS' GOOD WORK.

    "The Times" correspondent in Moscow says the Russians are using large forces of ski troops on deep raids through the forests to cut the German ...

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  18. MORE WITHDRAWALS LIKELY.

    The English and Australian public must be prepared for the announcement of further withdrawals by British forces holding the Perak-Kelantan ...

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  19. TWO SHIPS ATTACKED.

    The Navy announced that two ships were attacked in the Eastern Pacific. The Lahaina was sunk, with two dead and two missing. The Samoa ...

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  20. QUESTION IN COMMONS.

    Mr. E. L. Granville, in a speech in the House of Commons, said: "Why does Parliament adjourn for Christmas while Hong Kong and Malaya are fighting ...

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  21. "THE TIMES" COMMENT.

    "The Times," in a leader, says all sections are of the opinion that Britain sympathises with the Australian proposal that the Commonwealth should ...

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  22. ATTACKS ON CHINESE ALSO.

    The Domei agency reported that peace and order has been restored in Guam. Amidst the Japanese activities against Singapore, Malaya, Hong Kong, ...

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  23. OVERTURES TO RUSSIA.

    The Tokio radio says the official spokesman (Mr. Hori) said to-day that Japan was conducting friendly negotiations with Russia. Mr. Hori did not ...

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  24. PRELIMINARY STEPS.

    President Roosevelt conferred with the Russian Ambassador (M. Litvinov), the Chinese Ambassador (Dr. Hu Shin), and the Dutch representative ...

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  25. "LANDING" AT KUANTAN.

    A Scottish trader named Read, who lived for many years on the Malayan, east coast, told the Associated Press representative an astonishing story of ...

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  26. LARGE-SCALE LANDINGS.

    The Tokio official radio says that the army and navy have announced that a large number of troops, supported by the Japanese navy, have been landing ...

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  27. RED ARMY GAINS.

    A Moscow communique to-night says: "We fought the enemy on all fronts to-day. There was fierce fighting on the Leningrad, central and ...

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  28. WEDGES IN LINES.

    The Tass agency says: "Despite fierce resistance, we are pushing back ihe Germans in the Maloyaroslavets area, where the enemy has gathered his ...

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  29. WAR ON SUBMARINES.

    The Secretary for the Navy (Colonel Knox) said in a statement to-day: "After carefully weighing the evidence, I can now state that in the Atlantic ...

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  30. HITLER'S FANATICAL ORDER.

    Hitler's order of the day included a lengthy passage referring to his own experiences in the last war, when he says he was wounded twice and even ...

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  31. CONSERVE RUBBER.

    Sweeping new measures to conserve stocks of rubber and all hard and soft fibres for the manufacture of rope, cordage, twine and string involving the ...

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  32. AERIAL BATTLES.

    A communique issued at 7.30 p.m. said: "There is nothing to report from the North Malaya fronts. There was some activity over Kuala Lumpur this ...

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  33. NAZI AIR FORCE.

    The "Daily Telegraph" aeronautical writer says that reports reaching London indicate that the Germans are regrouping their main air forces. The ...

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  34. THREE MEN DROWNED.

    In a sump pit at the fellmongery works of G. H. Mitchell and Sons Ltd., Hindmarsh, to-day three men were drowned after having been overcome ...

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  35. AERODROME CAPTURED.

    A General Headquarters communique says: "By Sunday evening our mobile columns which had advanced through and south of Jebel el Akhdar were ...

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  36. "SCORCHED EARTH" POLICY.

    It is authoritatively stated that the "scorched earth" policy was carried out in Penang before the evacuation. The power station and the Penang tin ...

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  37. LARGE SCALE INVASION.

    United States war communiques from Washington state that heavy fighting is in progress on the Lingayen Gulf, 150 miles north of Manila, where ...

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  38. "HEART AILMENT."

    The Berlin radio says Marshal Brauchitsch, in an order of the day to the troops, said that recently he had asked Hitler to relieve him of his ...

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  39. SIMILAR TO STUKAS.

    It is officially stated that it is reliably reported that in a recent bombing the Japanese used a type of aircraft similar to the Stuka dive-bomber. ...

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  40. SULTAN SURRENDERS.

    The Tokio official radio quoted a Domei agency dispatch from Bangkok, which stated that Sir Ism al Almarhum, Sultan of Kelantan, had returned to ...

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  41. RESTRICTION ON SPORT. REGULATIONS PASSED.

    The Federal Executive Council tonight passed regulations conferring upon State Governments unrestricted powers to regulate or prohibit race ...

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  42. JAPANESE FRUSTRATED.

    A War Department communique says that in the Manila theatre two Japanese landing attempts made at Lingayen Gulf, and at Santa and ...

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  43. MILK PRICES.

    The wholesale and retail prices of cold and pasturised milk will be increased by one half-penny a quart in Brisbane from January 1, but warm ...

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  44. INEXCUSABLE SLACKNESS.

    The "Daily Mail," in a leader, says: "The more we read of Malaya the greater must be our uneasiness. It is a serial story of inexcusable slackness, ...

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  45. CAMOUFLAGE NETS.

    All camouflage nets for defence purposes were being made by volunteer organisations and will become the property of the army, said Professor ...

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  46. SHIPPING CREWS.

    Conferences held by the Prime Minister (Mr. J. Curtin), with other Ministers and the chairman of the Australian Shipping Board, reveal that ...

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  47. AIRFIELD BOMBED.

    Three planes this morning bombed the Nichols field, and a second group of six planes bombed Cavite and dropped leaflets over South Manila. ...

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  48. STOP PRESS!

    A Manila newspaper reports the sinking; of three Japanese transports ont of the armada of 80 ships that brought Japanese troops to the ...

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  49. CANADIANS CAPTURED.

    "Nichi Nichi" reports that 713 British soldiers, mostly Canadians, were captured on Hong Kong island to-day. ...

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  50. AUSTRALIAN FORCES.

    Christmas this year gives the Australian forces in the Middle East a welcome if unexpected opportunity for celebration. The Australian troops in ...

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  51. GOVERNOR'S COMMUNIQUE.

    A message received in London from the Governor of Hong Kong (Sir Mark Young) to-day quotes a communique issued in Hong Kong early on ...

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  52. MERCHANTMEN SUNK.

    A Manila bulletin reported to-day that four Philippine merchantmen, totalling 13,188 tons, had been sunk, and two others were missing, in the ...

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  53. POSITION IN BRISBANE.

    Although the ban will operate from New Year's Day the Queensland Turf Club's meeting for that day will not be affected. Coursing meetings in ...

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  54. HEAVY FIGHTING.

    The Manila correspondent of the Associated Press says it is officially announced that American and Filipino troops are more than holding their own ...

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  55. PETROL RATION TICKETS.

    Petrol ration tickets stolen from fuel delivery waggons had been bleached to remove the cancellation marks and uced again, stated the Chairman of the Fuel ...

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  56. IN WESTERN DESERT.

    It is officially announced that New Zealand troops are no longer engaged in the Imperial advance in the Western Desert. ...

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  57. MORE MEN FOR NAVY.

    Recruiting for both the A.I.F. and Air Force declined to-day, but the Navy figures were slightly higher. Sixty-two offered for the A.I.F., and 46 were ...

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  58. AT WAR WITH ITALY.

    The Dutch Government in London has declared war against Italy on the ground that Italy is allied with HoIland's enemies—Germany and Japan. ...

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