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  2. BACK TO WORK.

    LONDON, Dec. 27.—It was authoritatively announced today that small forces of the R.A.F. last night bombed targets at Bordeaux and during daylight ...

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  3. PACIFIC RAIDER

    The Prime Minister (Mr. Menzies) has announced that the Pacific mandated is and of Nauru was heavily shelled by an enemy raider soon after dawn yesterday. There were no casualties, but property was damaged. Nauru is on important source of phosphate supplies. ... [ILLUSTRATED]

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  4. THE PAUSE IN THE AIR.

    LONDON, Dec. 27.-For three days in succession Britain has been free from night air raids. The only enemy activity during daylight yesterday was a raid by ...

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  5. AMERICAN AID.

    NEW YORK, Dec. 26.—The question of American aid to Britain may be clarified at the week-end when President Roosevelt will deliver an important ...

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  6. SIEGE OF BARDIA.

    LONDON, Dec. 27.—The British General Headquarters in Cairo are maintaining reticence about the course of operations in the Western Desert in Libya, ...

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  7. GREEK ADVANCE.

    LONDON, Dec. 27.—"Local operations of limited scope are continuing successfully," states the Greek High Command communique Issued last night. Unofficial ...

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  8. TROOP MOVEMENTS.

    LONDON. Dec. 27.—Authoritative circles in London are interested but nuzzled by reports of big German troop movements across Hungary to Rumania. ... [ILLUSTRATED]

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  9. BRITAIN ON GUARD.

    LONDON, Dec. 27.—German long-range guns early this morning shelled the fog-blanketed coast of England across the Straits of Dover for two and a half ...

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  10. DISPOSITION OF FLEET.

    SYDNEY, Dec. 27.—Ninety per cent of the Australian fleet is now in Australian waters,. according to an announcement by the Minister for the Navy (Mr. ...

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  11. HITLER TO HIS MEN.

    LONDON, Dec. 26.—During the Christmas period Hitler, according to reports, made a tour of the German positions on the French coast. He spent ...

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  12. THE INDIAN TROOPS.

    NEW DELHI, Dec. 27.—A communique issued last night reveals that one company of Indian troops, during the earlier fighting for Sidi Barrani (in the Western ...

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  13. IN EAST AFRICA.

    LONDON, Dec. 27.—In the East African war zone British patrol activity on the Sudanese-Abyssinian frontier, and particularly in the Kassala sector, is ... [ILLUSTRATED]

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  14. CONFLICTING FACTORS.

    WASHINGTON, Dec. 27.—Side by side with a definite appeasement movement, the origin of when is in Congress, there are persistent rumours that President ...

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  15. CAUTIOUS NOTE.

    LONDON, Dec. 27.—Why there has been no aerial blitzkrieg this Christmas over three days will possible remain one of the minor mysteries of the war. Certainly, ...

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  16. INVASION PROSPECT.

    MELBOURNE, Dec. 27.—The Commander-in-Chief of the German Army (General von Brauchitsch) threatens Britain with the same fate as France, but ...

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  17. LEAGUE OF BALKAN PEOPLES.

    LONDON, Dec. 26.—The Ankara radio, appealing for the formation of a United League of Balkan Peoples, declared that Turkey was willing to place all her ...

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  18. ICE BLOCKS DANUBE.

    BUKAREST, Dec. 27.—Icefloes are blocking the Danube and have caused the suspension of communications between Glurglu (Rumania) and Ruse (Bulgaria) ...

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  19. VALONA RAIDED AGAIN.

    LONDON, Dec. 27.—The headquarters of the Royal Air Force in Greece announced another raid on the Valona area today. Warehouses, other buildings and ...

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  20. YUGOSLAV-RUMANIAN TRADE.

    LONDON, Dec. 27.—The Moscow radio states that a Yugoslav-Rumanian agreement has been concluded under which Yugoslavia will export iron ore, etc., in ...

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  21. A THRILLING ESCAPE.

    LONDON. Dec. 26.—A thrilling story of a parachute escape from a Spitfire is told by a Sergeant Pilot who was a member of one of the first R.A.F. fighter ...

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  22. ROME ADMITS RETREAT.

    LONDON, Dec. 27.—Saying that the Italian forces were experiencing "heavy resistance" in Albania, the Rome radio claimed last night that the Greeks were ...

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  23. COASTAL DEFENCE.

    CANBERRA, Dec. 27.—Preparations for the operation of Consolidated (American) PBY flying boats in Australia are understood to include the ... [ILLUSTRATED]

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  24. WAR AT SEA.

    LONDON, Dec. 27.—Reports yesterday on the war at sea came from several sources. The Admiralty announced that the destroyer Acheron, of 1,350 tons, had ...

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  25. ITALIAN "BLUNDER."

    LONDON, Dec. 26.—Criticism of the Italian campaign is made by captured Italian officers in interviews given to a correspondent with the Greek forces in ...

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  26. RULE OF SHANGHAI.

    SHANGHAI, Dec. 27.—The first move was made today in what is believed to be a Japanese attempt to gain control of the administration of the ...

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  27. EGYPTIAN POLICY.

    CAIRO, Dec. 26.—By 122 votes to 68 the Egyptian Chamber of Deputies today carried a vote of confidence in the Government's foreign policy based on ...

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  28. MARINE WAR RISKS.

    NEW YORK, Dec. 26.—Marine underwriters have announced a general reduction in war risk insurances for cargoes to and from Europe, Africa, the East ...

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  29. SOURCE OF SUPPLIES.

    SYDNEY, Dec. 27.—The Minister for the Navy (Mr. Hughes) said tonight that it was typical of the enemy raider in the Pacific that she never approached ...

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  30. CANADA'S WAR EFFORT.

    LONDON, Dec. 27.—Air Vice-Marshal L. S. Breadner, D.F.C., Canadian Chief of the Air Staff, and Air Vice-Marshal E. W. Stedman, a member of the Canadian ...

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  31. MILITARY LIAISON.

    WASHINGTON, Dec. 26.—The United States Department of the Army has sent 26 senior officers to Britain since midsummer to obtain data about weapons ...

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  32. FRITZ THYSSEN DETAINED.

    CANNES. Dec. 26.—The police have detained Herr Fritz Thyssen, the German magnate. The charges are unrevealed but it is believed that he is being ...

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  33. HELPING BRITISH WORKMEN.

    NEW YORK, Dec. 26.—The formation of "an American labour committee to aid British labour" was announced today by Mr. Matthew Woll, vice-president of ...

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  34. MORE INTEREST-FREE LOANS.

    LONDON. Dec. 26.—During the week ended December 24 the number of loans free of interest received by the Treasury was 103, totalling £153,587. The total ...

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