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  2. LIBYAN PAUSE.

    LONDON. Feb. 9.—Today's communique from British General Headquarters, Cairo, indicated that Field Marshal Rommel's Axis forces ...

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  3. PACIFIC COUNCIL.

    CANBERRA,. Feb. 9.—The first meeting of the Pacific War Council will be held in London tomorrow, comprising representatives of the ... [ILLUSTRATED]

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  4. LUZON FIGHTING.

    WASHINGTON, Feb. 8.—Increased pressure on the American forces on the Bataan peninsula in the Philippines. is reported in a communique ... [ILLUSTRATED]

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  5. SINGAPORE BATTLE

    LONDON, Feb. 9.—Japanese troops have landed in force on Singapore Island in a full-scale invasion attempt. Heavy fighting is in progress. After a terrific artillery preparation for nearly 12 hours, the Japanese landed last night between two points ten miles apart on the north-west ... [ILLUSTRATED]

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  6. EAST INDIES RAIDS

    BATAVIA, Feb. 9.—Last night's communique from the Netherlands East Indies fighting services announced for the first time that ... [ILLUSTRATED]

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  7. BURMA FRONT.

    RANGOON, Feb. 9.—The General Officer Commanding in Burma (Lieut.-General T. J. Hutton) revealed today that strong Allied ... [ILLUSTRATED]

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  8. RED ASSAULTS

    LONDON, Feb. 9.—The Russians are reported by the Stockholm correspondent of the "Daily Express" to have occupied the eastern suburbs of Rjev, the important railway junction 135 miles north-west of Moscow, on Saturday morning. The Germans are said to be now ... [ILLUSTRATED]

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  9. AUSTRALIAN TRIBUTE.

    SYDNEY. Feb. 9.—The Minister for the Army (Mr. Forde) has sent the following message to General MacArthur, General Officer ...

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  10. DARWIN "ALERT."

    DARWIN, Feb. 9.—The air raid "alert" at Darwin yesterday afternoon was, apparently, the most urgent yet. It is generally ...

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  11. TOKIO POLICY.

    LONDON, Feb. 8.—The Berlin radio quotes a report from Tokio stating that the Foreign Minister (Mr. Togo) has declared that Japan ...

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  12. MEDITERRANEAN SCENE.

    LONDON. Feb. 9.—An Admiralty communique issued today reported that naval torpedo bombers on Friday night last attacked two fully ...

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  13. GERMAN LEADER DEAD.

    LONDON, Feb. 9—It was announced in Berlin last night that General Fritz Todt, the builder of the Siegfried Line and the creator ...

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  14. RUSH OF REINFORCEMENTS.

    WASHINGTON, Feb. 8.—Senator Millard Tydings (Democrat. Mary- land) warned the Government today against regarding the Pacific theatre ...

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  15. ALLIED PARTICIPATION.

    NEW YORK. Feb. 8.—The "Herald-Tribune's" military expert. Major George Fielding Eliot, says that the British and Americans ...

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  16. ROYAL NAVY'S PART.

    LONDON. Feb. 9.—A British United Press message from Singapore says that the great naval base on the north coast of Singapore ...

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  17. "PREPARING A SURPRISE."

    The Istanbul correspondent of the "Daily Herald" states that according to a military observer from Egypt the Anzacs there are ...

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  18. TANGIER BOMB EXPLOSION.

    LONDON, Feb. 9.—The Tangier correspondent of "The Times," referring to the bomb explosion on the Tangier wharf on Friday last, ...

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  19. NAZI SPIES.

    TEHERAN, Feb. 8.—Disguised as tribesmen, the world-famous German entomologist, Colonel Brandt, and a German botanist named ...

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  20. IMPORTANCE OF JAVA.

    LOS ANGELES, Feb. 8.—The Lieutenant-Governor-General of the Netherlands East Indies (Dr. H. J. van Mook) declared tonight that Java ...

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  21. DUTCH CONTENT.

    LOS ANGELES, Feb. 8.—Asked today whether he thought the Netherlands had an ample voice in the existing war councils, the ...

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  22. END OF THREE SPIES.

    LONDON. Feb. 9.-The Rangoon correspondent of the "Daily Express" states that three policemen unmasked and shot the three ...

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  23. ENEMY SHIP BOMBED.

    LONDON, Feb. 9.—An Air Ministry communique today stated:—In the course of searches for enemy shipping by aircraft of the Coastal ...

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  24. DORNIER SHOT DOWN.

    LONDON, Feb. 9.—The Air Ministry reported today that a flight-lieutenant patrolling the Belgian coast in an R.A.F. machine at dusk ...

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  25. PROTECTION OF BERLIN.

    LONDON. Feb. 9.—The German radio last night said that a great steel, reinforced concrete anti-aircraft fortress had been built in ...

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  26. CHINESE SETBACK.

    CHUNGKING, Feb. 8.—A communique issued here today states that better- armed Japanese forces have entered Waichow (40 miles ...

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  27. H.M.S. MATABELE SUNK.

    LONDON, Feb. 9.—The Admiralty announced today that the destroyer H.M.S. Matabele (1,870 tons) had been sunk and there were some ...

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  28. REPRESENTATION IN SYRIA.

    LONDON, Feb. 9.—Major-General Spears has been appointed Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary in Syria and Lebanon. He ...

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  29. 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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