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  2. ENEMY NAVY HIT.

    BATAVIA, Feb. 12.—It is officially, announced that three Japanese cruisers and one destroyer were blown up off Amboina Island (about ...

    Article : 407 words
  3. "GREAT CRISIS."

    NEW YORK, Feb. 11.—"There is an urgent need for a new spirit in this country," says the "Herald-Tribune" in a leading article. "It ...

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  4. BURMA REVERSE.

    RANGOON, Feb. 12.—A communique issued by British headquarters here this morning states that the town of Martaban, at the ... [ILLUSTRATED]

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  5. CELEBES DRIVE.

    BATAVIA, Feb. 12.—It is announced officially that further reports received of Japanese landings on the south-western arm of the ...

    Article : 229 words
  6. SINGAPORE BATTLE

    LONDON, Feb. 12.—The latest dispatch from Singapore, received about midday today, indicated that desperate fighting was still in progress, with the British and imperial forces concentrated in the eastern half of the Island. ...

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  7. LONDON WARNINGS.

    LONDON, Feb. 12.—The "Evening News" says in a leading article that no excuses and no explanations can disguise the fact that the loss of ...

    Article : 304 words
  8. LENINGRAD FRONT

    LONDON, Feb. 12.—The Russians continue incessantly hammering from within and without at the German chain stretched from the Baltic ...

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  9. LIBYAN FIGHTING.

    LONDON, Feb. 12.—"Our mobile columns and patrols continued their aggressive activities in the general area of Gazala, Tmimi and Mekili," ...

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  10. AID FOR THE AXIS.

    LONDON, Feb. 11.—At least 4.000 tons of wheat a month—sufficient to feed ten or more divisions—have been shipped from French mainland ...

    Article : 268 words
  11. R.A.A.F. RAIDERS.

    CANBERRA, Feb. 12.—In a second raid at Gasmata (on the south-east coast of New Britain) R.A.A.F. bombers, operating from mast height ...

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  12. ANZAC NAVY CHIEF

    "We shall send you men. ships, fighting equipment, supplies—in fact, everything necessary for the successful conduct of this war. but what is ...

    Article : 300 words
  13. AIR TRAGEDY.

    LONDON, Feb. 12.—An emotional description of his last impressions of Singapore is given by Yates McDaniel, Associated Press ... [ILLUSTRATED]

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  14. CRUISER DAMAGED.

    LONDON, Feb. 12.—Lively patrol activity is officially reported by both sides in North Africa. German bombers in the waters round Malta, ...

    Article : 39 words
  15. OUT OF SINGAPORE.

    LONDON, Feb. 11.—A "Daily Mail" correspondent aboard an evacuation ship from Singapore states, in a dispatch dated yesterday:—"This ...

    Article : 151 words
  16. SPAIN AND PORTUGAL.

    LONDON, Feb. 11.—According to the Associated Press correspondent at Berne. the Prime Minister of Portugal (Dr. Salazar) and General ...

    Article : 65 words
  17. MORAL POINTED.

    SYDNEY, Feb. 12.—Mr. Cecil Brown, war correspondent for the Columbia Broadcasting System of America, who was banned from ...

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  18. RAIDS ON MALTA.

    LONDON, Feb. 11.—It is officially stated from Valetta that there were 14 enemy air raids on Malta during the past 24 hours. There were also ...

    Article : 64 words
  19. CHIANG IN INDIA.

    NEW DELHI, Feb. 11.—General Chiang Kai-shek met Mr. Manlana Abul Kalam Azad and Pandit Nehru. the Indian Congress leaders, for two ...

    Article : 125 words
  20. LUZON LULL.

    WASHINGTON, Feb. 11.—A communique issued here this morning states: "On the Bataan Penisula (on Luzon Island, in the Philippines) ...

    Article : 150 words
  21. "UNNATURAL CALM."

    LONDON, Feb. 12.—An Associated Press message from Singapore last night said that the scene in the southern areas of the island was one ... [ILLUSTRATED]

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  22. AIRCRAFT LOSSES.

    LONDON, Feb. 11.—The Secretary for Air (Sir Archibald Sinclair) stated in the House of Commons that the total losses of Royal Air ...

    Article : 144 words
  23. NEW A.B.D.A. LEADER.

    CANBERRA, Feb. 12.—Vice-Admiral C. E. L. Helfrich, commander-in-Chief of the N.E.I naval forces, who [as reported from London in ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 267 words
  24. BOMBS FOR THE NAZIS.

    LONDON, Feb. 11.—According to the Vichy Newsagency, bombs on Monday evening wrecked the local headquarters of the pro-German ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 72 words
  25. ESCAPE FROM MANILA.

    LONDON, Feb. 11.—Free French headquarters here announce that the French liner Marechal Joffre (11,000 tons) has escaped from Manila with ...

    Article : 134 words
  26. AIR ACTIVITY.

    LONDON, Feb. 11.—An Air Ministry communique says that planes of the Bomber Command last night attacked targets in north-west ...

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  27. FORTRESS OF CORREGIDOR.

    LONDON, Feb. 11.—The heroic defence of the Bataan Peninsula has momentarily diverted attention from the importance of the island fortress ...

    Article : 269 words
  28. A RUSSIAN VIEW.

    LONDON, Feb. 12.—The Moscow radio today quotes a writer in "Pravda" (the official organ of the Communist Party) who, reviewing ...

    Article : 92 words
  29. SEA SINKINGS.

    NEW YORK, Feb. 11.—The Navy today announced the sinking of the tanker W. L. Steed (6,182 tons) off the coast of New Jersey on February ...

    Article : 225 words
  30. JAPAN'S EMPIRE DAY.

    NEW YORK, Feb. 11.—According to the Tokio official radio, flags were displayed throughout Japan today in honour of Empire Day. Crowds ...

    Article : 83 words
  31. CARIBBEAN ISLANDS

    WASHINGTON, Feb. 11.—The State Department announced today that a United State Army contingent had been sent to the Caribbean ...

    Article : 132 words
  32. LOSS OF GALATEA.

    LONDON, Feb. 12.—An Admiralty communique states that there were 470 casualties when H.M.S. Galatea (5,220 tons), a six-inch gun cruiser ...

    Article : 123 words
  33. TOKIO'S VERSION.

    LONDON, Feb. 11.—Tokio's version of Japanese successes and losses since December 7 is given in a communique quoted by the Rome radio ...

    Article : 105 words
  34. COMMONS ANXIOUS

    LONDON, Feb. 12.—In reply to Mr. Clement Davies, K.C. (Liberal National), who asked if the House could have a statement before rising ...

    Article : 89 words
  35. AMERICANS IN ULSTER.

    LONDON, Feb. 11.—United States Army Headquarters in Great Britain state that an American ship, with supplies for the troops in Northern ...

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  36. ENEMY SETBACK IN CHINA.

    CHUNGKING, Feb. 11.—A communique issued here today announces that the Japanese have suffered a setback in the north of ...

    Article : 35 words
  37. AUSTRALIAN ASSOCIATED PRESS.

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

    Article : 31 words
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