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  2. BALI INVASION

    LONDON, Feb. 23.—It was announced in a communique issued in Batavia today that Japanese troops who succeeded in making a landing on Bali had overrun part of the island and were in control of the airport at Den Pastar, the capital. ... [ILLUSTRATED]

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  3. LIBYAN PATROLLING.

    LONDON, Feb. 23.— Stronger resistance to British patrols and increased enemy air activity in the forward area was reported in today's ...

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  4. BRITISH CABINET.

    LONDON, Feb. 23.—Following the changes made by the Prime Minister (Mr. Churchill) in the War Cabinet last week, further changes ... [ILLUSTRATED]

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  5. TIMOR LANDINGS.

    LONDON, Feb. 23.—The Domei (Japanese) newsagency said today that the Japanese forces which landed at Deli (capital of ...

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  6. RABAUL RAIDED.

    PORT MORESBY, Feb. 23.— Heavy attacks were delivered against Japanese positions at Rabaul in the dim light before dawn this morning ...

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  7. BURMA FIGHTING.

    LONDON, Feb. 23.—It was stated authoritatively in Chungking this afternoon that telegraphic communication with Rangoon had been ... [ILLUSTRATED]

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  8. STALIN CONFIDENT

    LONDON, Feb. 23.—Stalin has broadcast an Order of the Day to the Red Army on the occasion of its 24th anniversary, in which he says that the initiative is now in Russian hands and the day not for distant when the enemy will be hurled from the gates of Leningrad and from ... [ILLUSTRATED]

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  9. MORESBY RECONNAISSANCE.

    PORT MORESBY, Feb. 23.—After a week's lull in enemy air activity over Papua, one heavy Japanese army bomber circled over Port ... [ILLUSTRATED]

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  10. OUT OF SINGAPORE.

    LONDON, Feb. 23.—Yates McDaniel, the Associated Press correspondent formerly in Singapore, tells in a dispatch from Batavia a story ...

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  11. "NO INFORMATION."

    CANBERRA, Feb. 23.—The Army Minister (Mr. Forde) said tonight that he had no information to support the Japanese claims about ...

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  12. RED ANNIVERSARY

    LONDON, Feb. 22.—Hundreds were unable to gain admission to a public meeting in London's big Stoll Theatre today to celebrate the 24th ...

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  13. TOKIO'S PLANS.

    LONDON. Feb. 23.—"The war has reached Australian soil," says "The Times" in a leading article. "It seems unlikely that the Japanese ...

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  14. SHIPPING BOMBED.

    CANBERRA, Feb. 23.—Slight enemy air activity over the New Guinea area during the week-end was reported in a communique ...

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  15. NAZI OIL SUPPLIES.

    LONDON, Feb. 22.—The British United Press correspondent on the German frontier warns the Allies against "ridiculous reports" that ...

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  16. JAPAN AND RUSSIA.

    NEW YORK, Feb. 22.—Dispatches from Chungking say that Chinese military authorities and diplomatists are increasingly convinced that there ... [ILLUSTRATED]

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  17. GREETINGS FROM CHINA.

    CHUNGKING, Feb. 23.—General Kai-shek has sent the following message to Stalin on the occasion of the anniversary of the Red Army: ...

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  18. LOST FLYING BOAT.

    CANBERRA, Feb. 23.—The savagery of the attack by seven Japanese navy O. fighters when the Qantas flying boat from Darwin ...

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  19. AS THE ENEMY SEES IT.

    LONDON, Feb. 23.—A member of the Diet in Tokio, writing in the "Kokumin Shimbun," says: "The entire Japanisation of Australia is ...

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  20. NAZI PROPAGANDA.

    WASHINGTON, Feb. 22.—Representative Hamilton Fish. in the course of evidence yesterday at the trial of George Sylvester Viereck ...

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  21. CHINA WAR.

    NEW YORK, Feb. 22.—A communique issued in Chungking reports that the Chinese attacked Chiyuan in the north of Honan ... [ILLUSTRATED]

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  22. R.A.A.F. IN ENGLAND.

    CANBERRA, Feb. 23.—The Prime Minister (Mr. Curtin) has received a cable from a group of R.A.A.F. men in England asking to be brought ...

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  23. "VIVE ITALIA."

    BRISBANE, Feb. 23.—There were cries of "Viva Italia" and other protestations of support for the Axis cause on the platform of the ...

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  24. FILIPINO SACRIFICE.

    WASHINGTON, Feb. 22.—A War Department communique issued here at 1.30 this afternoon states that in the Philippines enemy action has ...

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  25. SUFFERING GREEKS.

    LONDON, Feb. 23.—A Stockholm message today stated that a Berlin spokesman, in admitting that at least 2,000 persons were dying ...

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  26. HAWAIIAN DEFENCE.

    HONOLULU, Feb. 22.—The Army command has announced that all men on Oahu Island (one of the Hawaiian group) between 18 and ...

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  27. BORDEAUX BEHAVIOUR.

    LONDON, Feb. 23.—The Berlin radio stated today that in recognition of the population's "good behaviour," Germany was returning ...

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  28. "MATA HARI" SENTENCED.

    WASHINGTON, Feb. 22.—Laura Ingalls, the airwoman, was sentenced today to from eight months to two years' imprisonment on a charge of ...

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  29. CARIBBEAN SINKINGS.

    NEW YORK, Feb. 22.—A message from San Juan, Puerto Rico, Bolivia, states that the entire crew of the United States steamship Deplata ...

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  30. JAPAN GAINS MUCH BAUXITE

    LONDON, Feb. 22.—"The Times" states that the loss of Malaya gives the Japanese sufficient supplies of bauxite to extend her present ...

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  31. BATTLESHIP LOSS.

    LONDON, Feb. 22.—The Admiralty announces that there were 868 casualties, including 56 officers, on the 31.000-ton battleship Barham, ...

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  32. NEW GERMAN BOMBERS.

    LONDON, Feb. 23.—A Zurich report states that the Junkers Aircraft Company is now mass-producing in Germany new bomber ...

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  33. FREE FRENCH LOSS.

    LONDON, Feb. 22.—The Free French corvette, Alice, has been torpedoed and sunk while on convoy duty in the Atlantic. The ...

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  34. MORE REFUGEES AT BOMBAY

    BOMBAY, Feb. 22.—An additional 1,400 refugees, mostly women and children, have arrived here from Singapore. Previously over 2,000 ...

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  35. GERMAN PORTS BOMBED.

    LONDON, Feb. 23.—R.A.F. bombers last night raided ports and other objectives in North-west Germany. They also bombed the docks as ...

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  36. ARRIVAL OF ENEMY SHIPS.

    LONDON, Feb. 23.—The Oslo radio broadcast a Tokio report today that a Japanese naval squadron had arrived in Keppel Harbour (in the ...

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  37. AUSTRALIAN ASSOCIATED PRESS.

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

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