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  2. JAVA STRUGGLE

    LONDON, March 4.—The Japanese forces in Java have made further progress, despite fierce resistance by the defenders. Tonight's communique from the Dutch General Headquarters in Bandoeng said: "Our troops, fighting with great stubbornness in an ... [ILLUSTRATED]

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  3. "BIG THINGS MOVING."

    WASHINGTON, March 3.—The Australian Minister (Mr. R. G. Casey) conferred today with the Under-Secretary of State (Mr. ...

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  4. DARWIN AGAIN

    CANBERRA, March 4.—Darwin experienced its second assault this afternoon, when R.A.A.F. installations and the town itself were attacked with machine-gun fire by Japanese type-O fighters. No casualties have been reported but some damage was caused. ...

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  5. WAVELL'S TRANSFER.

    BANDOENG, March 4.—The departure from Java of General Sir Archibald Wavell (who has resumed the post of Commander-in-Chief in ...

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  6. PACIFIC SUCCESS.

    WASHINGTON, March 4.—A successful engagement in which United States warships and aircraft, for the loss of two planes, shot down 16 ...

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  7. BOMBS ON PARIS.

    LONDON, March 4.—The Royal Air Force last night bombed factories in the suburbs of Paris, the principal objective being the vast ...

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  8. RED BLOWS.

    LONDON, March 3.—The Stockholm correspondent of the "Daily Telegraph" reports that according to a Moscow report the Russians are ...

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  9. SKIRMISHES IN BURMA.

    LONDON, March 4.—Last night's communique from the British General Headquarters in Rangoon said that on the Sittang River front in ... [ILLUSTRATED]

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  10. MINERS' LOSS.

    BRISBANE, March 4.—Many prospectors and miners who were evacuated by plane from New Guinea had to discard their gold belts, in some ...

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  11. TOKIO THREAT.

    NEW YORK, March 3.—The Tokio official radio today quoted the newspaper "Kokumin Shimbun" as saying that Australia would be shown ...

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  12. BANDOENG RAIDS.

    LONDON, March 4.—Yesterday and today the Japanese made mass air attacks on Bandoeng, the new seat of administration in Java. ...

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  13. SOUTH AFRICAN DEFENCES.

    LONDON, March 3.—The Prime Minister (Field Marshal Smuts), speaking in the House of Assembly today, said that the Japanese drive ...

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  14. JAPANESE NAVAL CLAIMS.

    NEW YORK, March 3.—According to the Tokio radio, Imperial Headquarters, summing up the week-end naval battle, claim ... [ILLUSTRATED]

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  15. FIGHTER RAIDS.

    LONDON, March 4.—The tactics of Royal Air Force cannon firing fighters in attacking French factories working for the Germans were ...

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  16. IN LIBYA.

    LONDON, March 4.—No important developments have been reported from the Libyan front. Yesterday's Cairo communique stated ...

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  17. WOMEN AND CHILDREN SAFE

    The Premier (Mr. Willcock) said yesterday that through the Civil Defence Council and after consultation with the army authorities ...

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  18. ENEMY REPORTS.

    LONDON, March 4.—Among the latest Tokio claims is one that Japanese troops have occupied a strategic railway point between Batavia ...

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  19. AUSTRALIAN FORCES.

    CANBERRA, March 4.—The Australian Minister for the Army (Mr. Forde) said today that he had had no news of the Australian Imperial ...

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  20. IN THE PHILIPPINES

    WASHINGTON, March 4.—The lull in the Bataan area in Luzon Island continues according to the United States War Department's ...

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  21. ARRIVAL IN INDIA.

    LONDON, March 4.—The Delhi radio said last night that although General Wavell was already in India he had not yet taken over from ...

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  22. QUEEN'S BROADCAST.

    LONDON, March 3.—In moving words, broadcast by her Minister for Naval Affairs, Queen Wilhelmina paid homage to the achievements of the ...

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  23. R.A.A.F. IN ATTACK.

    CANBERRA, March 4.—R.A.A.F. aircraft attacked Japanese-occupied aerodromes and shipping at Gasmata (New Britain) last night. This ...

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  24. FRENCH UNREST.

    LONDON, March 4.—The German military authorities in Paris have announced that 20 "Communists" and Jews will be shot as a reprisal ...

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  25. PATROL'S AUDACITY.

    CAIRO, March 4.—A party from a desert patrol which set out on Christmas Day and returned to our forward lines on January 10 ...

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  26. BRITISH IN JAVA.

    LONDON, March 3.—Major-General H. D. W. Sitwell is now in command of the British forces in Java, which, it is authoritatively stated, ...

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  27. GENERAL'S HUMOUR.

    WASHINGTON, March 4.—Accounts of the heroic stand being made by General Douglas MacArthur's troops in Luzon Island ...

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  28. BATTERING OUR GATES.

    CANBERRA, March 4.—"The enemy is at our gates; he batters them at will; he moves with staggering speed; where next he will ...

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  29. DEFENCE OF INDIA.

    WASHINGTON, March 3.—In a statement to the Press today the Under-Secretary of State (Mr. Sumner Welles) indicated that ...

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  30. FREIGHTER LOST.

    MONTREAL, March 3.—Twenty survivors from an Allied merchant-man which was torpedoed and sunk in the western Atlantic with the ...

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  31. MR. S. M. BRUCE AS ENVOY.

    LONDON, March 3.—His Majesty the King today gave an audience to the Australian High Commissioner in London (Mr. S. M. Bruce) on the ...

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  32. DUKE OF AOSTA'S DEATH.

    LONDON, March 4.—It has been announced that the Duke of Aosta (whose death was reported in yesterday's issue) died at a nursing ...

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