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MONDAY, JANUARY 6, 1941
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Australia's Choices.
BUTTER
BARDIA CAPITULATES
Entire Garrison
HEIR FOR
GROWING UNREST IN NAWAB OF RUMANIA
The internal position of Rumania is rapidly wor- *sening and the adminis-
tration is scarcely able to 2. maintain control, accord- ing to information from the Bulgarian-Rumanian frontier received in Sofia yesterday.
A large number of alleged Com- munists have been arrested and it is rumoured that many will be shot.
Iron Guard malcontents are reported to be openly demon- strating against the presence of German troops In Rumania.
The Germans are said to assisting the authorities to
be
keep
order at present.
Cost of living is rising rapidly and there is much speculation in food.
the
Reports add that most of fresh-German troops are directed to the Soviet frontier and to Danube ports, with certain units along the Yugoslav Reuter.
frontier.
DANGEROUS GAME, SAYS "ASAHI"
PATAUDI
A son and heir was born in Bhopal yester- day to the cricketer, the Nowab of Pataudi, who is a son- in-law of the Nawab of Bhopal, says Reu- ter.
CALCUTTA LABOUR
WAR RALLY
A big rally of industrial work- ers in Calcutta yesterday passed
Surrenders
Iron Ring Round Fortress Smashed Within 36 Hours
IT WAS OFFICIALLY ANNOUNCED IN CAIRO YESTERDAY THAT THE WHOLE OF THE ITALIAN FORCES OCCUPYING THE NORTH- ERN SECTOR OF BARDIA'S DEFENCES WERE FORCED TO SURREN- DER ON SATURDAY NIGHT; THE TOTAL PRISONERS NOW EX- CEEDS 15,000.
The Southern sector had surrendered earlier and the last remaining pockets of resistance were mopped up by Australian in- fantry shortly before 6 o'clock on Saturday evening.
The Italian flag was hauled down from the mast
over Government House and resistance ceased.
Thus, in 36 hours, the Australian infantry, ITALIAN
a resolution expressing solidarity fighting in perfect cooperation with British mech-
with the British
workers fight anised units, R.A.F. fighter-bombers and big ships AIR BASES
against Fascism and called on
the Indian masses to stand shoul- of the Royal Navy, smashed the iron ring round this der to shoulder with British much-vaunted stronghold.
workers to victory.
Reuter.
LONDON WATCHERS DEFEAT THE
RAIDERS
FIRE
AN ENEMY RAIDER attacked East Anglia in daylight yesterday and dropped a few bombs which did a small amount of damage and injured a few
people.
Elsewhere in East Anglia machine-gun attacks by single raiders were reported.
VICHY
"There is no more dan ANNOYS
gerous game for America
to play," declared the
Tokyo "Asahi Shimbun NAZIS
yesterday in an attack on
President Roosevelt's po- The Wilhelmstrasse is licy of more aid to Britain. very dissatisfied with the resignation of Paul Bau-
One 'plane dived to open fire on cattle in a field but the animals escaped unhurt.
The alert was sounded after dusk in London last evening.
Gunfire was heard and bas- kets of incendiary bombs ware dropped in one district. Heavy anti-aircraft fire greated, "these- carly raiders.
Fire-watchers scored a signal success during the Luftwaffe's visit to London last night.
Not One Fire
When three successive waves
"Who can guarantee "America won't join in the war ultimately?" doin, Chief of the Prime of raiders dropped hundreds of continues the paper, which con- Minister's Office in the incendiary bombs in one district, fire watchers, acted" with › such siders that President Rooseveli has already made up his mind Vichy Government, ac promptness that, nut & single otherwise a man of his import-cording to the Berlin cor-bomb was alight long enough to ance would not have made such respondent of the Zurich cause a fire,
newspaper "La Suisse"
bold remarks.
Enemy planss were also ra- ported: from Liverpool, frøm a town in the East Midlands and towne in north-west and 'north- east England. Reuter,
Claiming that Germany and yesterday. Italy · have never extended or The correspondent says his de- thrust, totalitarianism on America, parture is regarded as a sign of the paper concludes that the fric-very great divergencies of opin- tlon is due solely to America's lon within the Vichy Government "unnccessary and offensive inter- and the existence of a group of says German patience is at ference” with the construction of Ministers who Bre sabotaging end the correspondent adds that a new order in East Asia Reu- Franco-German collaboration, no sensational events are expect-
Although the Wilhelmstrasse led; immediately.-Reuter
an
ATTACKED
IN
The capture of 15,000 prisoners, officially announced yesterday
ITALIAN AERODROMES afternoon, left little doubt as to
EASTERN LIBYA WERE SUB- the outcome of the battle.
The military spokesman has JECTED TO INCESSANT BOM- pointed out how greatly eased | BARDMENT DURING THE Britain's maintenance problem | NIGHT OF FRIDAY/SATURDAY will become with the capture of | AND THROUGHOUT SATUR- Bardia.
A DAY, STATES
COMMUNI - Use of the port will save the long QUE 188UED FROM R.A.F. MID- EAST HEADQUARTERS, overland journey from Mersa Ma-DLE truh and Port Sollum which, un-IN CAIRO.. til a few day ago, was under-shell-
fire from Bardia,
During two encounters with The Bardia water supply is also the Italian air force three CR 42's believed to be-better than any were shot dowry'in flames and one available at Mersa Matruh, Sidi, other destroyed.
Barrani, Bug Bug or Sollum.
(Continued On, Page 16)
\LONDON
British losses were one fighter in the Western Desert-Reuter.
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