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  2. MALAYAN STAND

    SINGAPORE, Jan. 16.—The Japanese forces driving south through western Malaya have encountered in the area of the southern border of Negri Sembilan (some 120 miles north-west of Singapore) a defence line manned by Austrplian, British and Indian troops. ...

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  3. U.S. FORCES HOLD ON.

    WASHINGTON, Jan. 15.—"-'Although greatly outnumbered, our troops are holding well-prepared positions with courage and ...

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  4. SUBMARINE WAR.

    WASHINGTON, Jan. 15.—It is announced here that a United States submarine in the Far East has sunk a Japanese liner of 17,000 tons, of ...

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  5. PACIFIC STRATEGY.

    CANBERRA, Jan. 16.—Allied strategic plans in the Pacific have been extended in a way to give vital protection to Australia and New ...

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  6. PAN-AMERICA.

    RIO DE JANEIRO, Jan. 15.—The Pan-American conference of Foreign Ministers of 21 American republics was opened here today by the ...

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  7. U.S. MOVES.

    WASHINGTON, Jan. 15.—The Secretary of War (Mr. H. L. Stimson) announced today that the Army had begun expanding to ...

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  8. AROUND EL AGHEILA.

    LONDON, Jan. 16.—Stiffer opposition is now being offered by the axis forces in the EI Agheila area after having been pushed back from ... [ILLUSTRATED]

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  9. RUSSIAN ADVANCE

    LONDON, Jan. 16.—Over 14,000 Germans, including a General, were killed on the Moscow front between January 6 and 15, according to a ... [ILLUSTRATED]

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    An A.I.F. crew, with an anti-tank gun, comouflaged in Malayan jungle beside a road Department of Information photo ... [ILLUSTRATED]

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  11. SLAUGHTER OF JAPANESE.

    DARWIN, Jan. 16.—Remarkable stories of how an American tank battalion wiped out thousands of Japanese in the battle for Luzon have ... [ILLUSTRATED]

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  12. GENERAL BENNETT

    MELBOURNE, Jan. 16.—The Minister for the Army (Mr. Forde) has received the following cablegram from Major-General H. Gordon ... [ILLUSTRATED]

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  13. U.S. ASIATIC FLEET.

    WASHINGTON, Jan. 14.—In connection with the official announcement that the entire United States Asiatic Fleet had escaped intact ...

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  14. POLITICIAN'S MOVE.

    LONDON, Jan. 15.—Mr. E. L. Granville (Liberal Nationalist member of the House of Commons) has given notice that if the position in ...

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  15. FIGHTING IN CHINA.

    LONDON, Jan. 15.—A communique issued today in Chungking states that Chinese troops have captured Lapao, 30 miles north-west of ... [ILLUSTRATED]

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  16. SINGAPORE RAIDS.

    DARWIN, Jan. 16.—Night raids on Singapore have been almost completely abandoned by the Japanese in favour of hourly daylight sweeps. ...

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  17. TARAKAN FIGHT.

    BATAVIA, Jan. 16.—It is authoritatively stated that after the town of Tarakan (on an island off the north-east coast of Dutch ... [ILLUSTRATED]

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    Australian Bren gun carriers travelling along a Malayan road. Department of Information photo. ... [ILLUSTRATED]

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  19. TAKEN FROM GUAM.

    NEW YORK, Jan. 15.—The Tokio official radio reports that the Japanese Intelligence Bureau has announced that 442 persons, including ...

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  20. MIDDLE EAST FLYING.

    LONDON, Jan. 16.—Reviewing last year's work of British airmer. in the Middle East, a senior air staff officer today described 1941 as an ...

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  21. ECONOMIC WARFARE.

    WASHINGTON, Jan. 15.—The United States has carried its economic warfare into Sweden, Turkey, Switzerland, Spain and Portugal by ...

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  22. R.A.A.F. ATTACK.

    MELBOURNE. Jan. 16.—Bombs were dropped by Japanese aircraft in the vicinity of Rabaul (New Guinea) this afternoon, the ...

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  23. ENEMY AGENTS IN U.S.

    WASHINGTON. Jan. 14.—The District Court today convicted George Hill, secretary of Representative Hamilton Fish (former ...

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  24. RETURN FROM ENGLAND.

    WASHINGTON, Jan. 15.—A delegation of Republican members of Congress which has returned from an inspection tour of England has ...

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  25. NEW POSITIONS.

    SINGAPORE, Jan. 15.—The swift move by the A.I.F. to new positions to help block the Japanese advance towards Singapore was one of the ...

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  26. QUESTION OF PROTECTION.

    NEW YORK, Jan. 14.—The Rio de Janeiro correspondent of the "New York Times" states that Argentina is expected to collaborate in the ...

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  27. THE ONSLAUGHT ON MALTA

    VALLETTA, Jan. 16.—For the second day in succession, there have been 14 alerts at Malta in the last 24 hours. Today's R.A.F. ...

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  28. HONG KONG'S DEFENDERS.

    NEW YORK, Jan 15.—The Tokio radio says that British and Americans captured at Hong Kong have been interned in the Peninsula Hotel ...

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  29. SOMALILAND CLASH.

    LONDON, Jan. 16.—The Berlin radio today quoted a report from Vichy stating that British and French patrols had clashed on the ...

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  30. INQUIRY ORDERED.

    BUENOS AIRES, Jan. 15.—The Argentine Government today ordered an immediate investigation into foreign-controlled organisations ...

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  31. AUSTRALIAN ASSOCIATED PRESS.

    Except where otherwise designated the overseas Intelligence published in "The West Australian" is transmitted to Australia by the Australian Associated Press ...

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