1940-11-28 — Page 1

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KNOCK ITALY OUT, DEMANDS

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Australia's Choices.

BUTTER

ENEMY RAIDER ACTIVE

IN THE INDIAN OCEAN

JAPANESE ELEVEN

THREAT TO N.E.I.

A new Japanese move in the Pacific was an- nounced yesterday.

Japan is to protest to the Gov- ernment of the Netherlands East Indies,

says the Domei agency, against a series of anti- Japanese acts that have pecurred there recently.

These include Japanese iron works owners in Batavia, who were attacked and injured by

·Dutch policemen on November .11;

The Japanece flag in Ban- doeng was wac : burned. 'on November 23;

NAZI 'PLANES SHOT DOWN

Eleven enemy air- craft were shot down by R.A.F. fighters in' a series of engagements over Kent yesterday afternoon, it was offi- cially announced in London last night.

Two British machines were lost but both the pilots are safe.--Reu- ter. 000000000

TURKEY GETS PREPARED

Merchantman Sunk: Second Also Probably Trapped

A BRITISH MERCHANTMAN, THE PORT BRISBANE, WAS SUNK IN THE MIDDLE OF THE INDIAN OCEAN FIVE DAYS AGO BY A GERMAN RAIDER, ANNOUNCED MR. W. M. HUGHES, AUSTRALIAN NAVY MINISTER, IN CANBERRA YES-

TERDAY.

An Australian warship has arrived at an SERIAL STORY Australian port with 27 survivors, Mr. Hughes ANOTHER odded. The Port Brisbane was a vessel of

8,700 tons and was registered in London.

The remainder of the ship's company, including

THRILLING

a woman passenger, are prisoners on board the EPISODE

raider.

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The occupants of two of the NEXT WEEK

A PRELIMINARY FLASH FROM THE ADMIRALTY YES- ITERDAY EVENING ANNOUNCE

A Japanese consular official, was arrested on the səmɑ, day outside the official residence of the Governor-General... and

THE MINISTER OF COM- The attack, took place at night.. wrongly accused, adds the MERCE IN TURKEY HAS RE-The raider lit up the Port Bris- boats were taken prisoner put agency, of photographing the SIGNED, AND IT IS BELIEVED bone with searchlights and open- those in the third residence. Reuter.

succeeded in IN LONDON THAT THIS ISed fire at a range of over a mile, escaping detection. POSSIBLY IN PREPARATION The third salvo wrecked the Bombs And Torpedo

· Persistent Rumours FOR THE” REORGANISATION wireless room and, the fourth hit

OF THE MINISTRY. There are persist.n; rumours IS TO BE CONVERTED INTO A steering gear.

WHICH the bridge

and disabled The The raider, then sent a board-ED THAT ONCE AGAIN THE that crucial. developments' can MINISTRY OF SUPPLY.

ing party which placed time ITALIAN FLEET HAS AVOID- The Port Brisbane was sub-bombs on board the Port Bris-ED AN ACTION ON SIGHTING be expected in December re-

Other military measures are also garding the Netherlantis East

sequently abandoned, the ship's hane. A number of these were BRITISH WARSHIPS IN THE Indies, and it is believed the Ja- being taken: Reuter.

company taking to the lifeboss.hcard to explode and the raider MEDITERRANEAN.

later fred a torpedo into the ship An Italian force reported to and made off..

he composed of two battleships During a search made by the (out of the three they have left), rescuing Australian warship, escorted by a large force of crui-. according to Mr. Hughes' an- "sers and destroyers altered nouncement, an empty lifeboat., course and retreated at high speed belonging to the British meri towards the home-base on sight- chantman Malmo (8,000 tons)ing British naval forces yesterday. was eighted.

Our ships pusued them and Maimo are also prisoners on board engaged them at extreme range.

Reuter, the raider. Reuter.

panese protest' will pave the way. for decisive action.

the

Reute from Tokyo says alleged incidents include an as- sault on a Japanese manufac turer's wife. by Dutch policemen on November 11, the burning of a. Japanese "flag displayed by a Bandoeng barber-shop on Nov. 23 and other minor assault cases against Japanese by Dutch sol- diers--Reuter,

JUST CAN'T

TAKE IT-.. LYING DOWN

"The crazy British," is the title of an article in the Nazi Party news sheet which complains that the British are continuing the war contrary to all rules of logic.

-The article declares: "No sen- sible person can follow the acro- batjes of British thought to-day.

"That Germany cannot be conquered in the war, willch has to any cass beon decided on the battlefield, is not doubt.. ed by anyone in possession of. normal, mental, facilities":" The directors of British ̈licy decline to recognise his prim-

ary law of human logic.

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ROYAL ARSENAL

AT TURIN GETS R. A. F. VISIT

THE ROYAL ARSENAL at Turin was attacked by heavy R.A.F. bombers on Tuesday night, it was revealed in London.

The arsenal was raided only four nights ago and this second attack has greatly increased the damage. Many fires were started among factory buildings and many high explosive bombs dropped

when the last of the British J Further reports of yesterday's bombers had left a huge fire operations by Coastal Command Though the Turin arsenal was ship, a tanker, was successfully aircraft show that a second enemy badly damaged the main strength attacked off the Frisian Islands, of the R.A.F. attacks was on an says an Air Ministry communique. annament factory and other tar- gets in Cologne.

could be seen.

Railways in Berlin, shipping and docke at Rotterdam, Flush. *ing," Antwerp, Calais and Boulogne, and the naval base at Lorient, as well as oll dumps at Ghent, wore attacked.

Torpedo Attack

Another Coastal Command Beaufort from the same\squa»;| dron destroyed a 7,600-ton Gor- man, tanker, also by torpedo at- tack, a few hous later off the

·Frisian lalands, :

Enemy aerodromes in occupied territory were bombed and ship- poping off the Dutch coast harried... The tanker was accompanied by Five British planes, saya ana Flak (anti-aircraft) ship: The air Minfitrý" communique, fall-Beaufort dived to within a few | 2. After speaking of British "hal- ad to return from all thess feet of the sea and its torpedo

ucinations the article declares operations.

atruck the tanker, the problem of "finding a solution Yesterday. British planca suc- The tankter immediately: burst to this war is no longer one of cessfully attacked an enemy sup-into flames and was sinking fast politics. "but of psychology." ➡ply ship off the Frisian Islands, stern first when the, aircraft few Reuter:

away, Reuter

leaving it sinking.

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