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THE OCCUPATION OF CYRENE, FIFTY MILES WEST OF DERNA, BY FORWARD ELE- MENTS OF THE BRITISH FORCES ON MON- DAY WAS ANNOUNCED IN LAST NIGHT'S" COMMUNIQUE IN CAIRO DEALING WITH THE LIBYA FRONT.

FLOODS AND

ICY BLASTS

Of Eritrean activities the communique IN EUROPE

says the Italian retirement from Agordat con- tinues and our troops are nearing Keren.

"From Barentu our troops are pursuing the enemy in a southerly direction. An accurate count of prisoners has not yet been taken but the number is considerable."

Referring to Abyssinia the communique continues: "East of Gallabat our advance continues on the Metemma-Gondar road,

"The capture of two frontier posts on the Dukana front, re- ferred to in the previous day's ~ communique, resulted In the Infliction of nearly 100 casual. ties in killed and captured at alight cost to ourselves.

SPRINGBOK

60-MILE

ADVANCE

"One additional post in the British and

neighbourhood has been captured.

Extensive patrol activity con communique concludes. Reuter.

tinues in Italian Somaliland, the

Expert Opinion

Following reports of flooding and wintry wea- ther in Hungary comes an account of heavy snow- falls in France and floods caused by the overflowing of the Tiber in Italy.

by Traffic has been dislocated

and in the Paris, district telegraph and telephone lines are down in the southern

snow

suburbs, while railway travellers are held up owing to serious damage to the tracks, motor traffic also being vir- tunly at standstill.

In the Auvergene region snow fell for 48 hours.

The new cold wave is causing anxiety to townsfolk owing to the growing difficulties of transport- foodstuffs, while country

hours of work.

Imperial ing

Rome Floods

troops advancing from people are anxious at the loss of Kenya have penetrated 60 miles into Mussolini's! East African Empire. in the Rome area when the Tiber flooded near the Caleria Bridge

Over 1,200 acres were inundated

No victims are reported so far but inhabitants trapped in two houses had to be rescued by fire- men.

In the course of a sketch of East African operations, which have

A communique issued in Nai-following torrential rain. culminated in a general falling robi yesterday stated British ad- back of the Italian forces, a mili- vance patrols are making

good the tary expert yesterday stated that progress on all sections of the little town of Gallabat, just front and a number of prisoners inside the Abyssinian frontier, have been captured with guns and which has 200 inhabitants and is ammunition. mainly composed of mud with a

The civil engineering services have taken measures to deal with the flood and maintain railway

British casualties were very communications.-Reuter.

fort also of mud, has been the slight. scene through many weeks of a At some places advanced patrols kind of military shuttlecock be- are well established 60 miles in- tween the Italin and British side enemy territory. forces, changing hands no fewer |

than six times.

In this patrol activity, Afri can troops are showing them- selves more than a match for the enemy.

superior in numbers,ts Inherent climatic and geogra-

phical difficulties.—Reuter.

He described the tactics by: which the Italians had been

Much of this activity is taking forced to retire by an entirely, place over trackless country, with successful process of "nibbling," although gradually bringing about his de. moralisation and forcing him to abandon his two main objec- tives, firstly an Invasion of the Sudan, and secondly the closing of the Italian frontler against British troops to prevent com- munication with Abyssinia's patriots.

JAPANESE DEBACLE

IN HONAN

Chinese strategy has turned the Japanese of- fensive in south Honan

AUSTRALIA into a debacle.

AND JAPAN

MR. GEOFFREY

MANDER THE IN

Japanese casualties amount to 20,000 approximately and large quantities of Japanese arms and ammunition have been captured, Chinese military advices claim.

The Chinese success is under-

The situation has changed al-¦ (LIBERAL) ASKED together during the past month. COMMONS YESTERDAY IF

"We are everywhere shepherd-GOVERNMENT WOULD GIVE stood to be the greatest since the ing back the demoralised army,'

turn of the year. AN ASSURANCE THAT THE said the commentator, "and though | AUSTRALIAN

The Japanese force of about WAR MINIS- we cannot reasonably expect an TER'S BROADCAST ON JAN. 12 100,000 men is reported to have been drawn into a Chinese en- immediate Italian collapse we can AT SINGAPORE, STATING

circlement and subjected to a look forward with confidence to THAT AUSTRALIA HAD NO

counter-offensive in accordance compaign."-British Wireless,

PERIAL POLICY INTO RECOG- NITION AND SUPPORT FOR

the successful outcome of the QUARREL WITH JAPAN, IM- with a pre-arranged scheme.

PLIED NO CHANGE LN IM- Wuyang, Siping, Shangtsai, Paoarvi, (south of Yehhsien), Tushuchen (north of Fangcheng) CHINA IN THE STRUGGLE and other points which the Chin- AGAINST. JAPANESE IMPER-

ese abandoned in order to entice IALISM, THE UNDER-SECRE- the Japanese to penetrate deeper TARY FOR THE DOMINIONS, have been successively. recaptured MR. SHAKESPEARE, REPLIED by the Chinese, "YES, SIR,"

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The Japanese are retreating Mr. Robert Morgan (Cons) ask-southward with the Chinese in ed whether the Government. in het pursuit.Central News. Australia were kept fully inform-

ed of the dissatisfaction felt in'},

Britain with Japanese polley in

GAMBLING RAID

relation to the Axis, with the ob- >A-"Tse Fa": gambling den in ject of avoiding public official

A cable received by the Am-utatements which may conflict Ngatsinwel Village, Kowloon City, erican Consul-Generál in Hong with such a viewpoint,

was raided by the police · · under Kong, Mr. A. E. Southard, from Mr. Shakespeare recalled 'it was Detective-Sergeant, C. Dowman Mr. I. L. Currie, Administrative the practice of His Majesty's Gov-last night, resulting in the arrest Assistant to President Roosevelt, ernment in the United Kingdom of three keepers, and the seizure who is arriving in Hong Kong toto communicate concern and add- of 26: books of lottery tickets... day on his way to Chungking toed there was no divergence, bes The three keepers, Ip Tsang, see Marshal Chiang Kai-shektween the two governments as 29, To Man-kwong, 18," and "Taul states that Mr. Currie has request- regards this matter-ftenteram 17, were each fined $75, For-twa

months' hard labour by Mr. E ranged locally as his business is

Hirnsworth

Kowloon this morning? AN

ed that no official furictiori be nr.

solely with Chungking....... Govern- ment officials, 20

It is understood that Me Currie will leave Hong-Kong promptly,

CBFOR MARINE OFFICER

UNE COURT.

the Marine Court this morn- and that his stay in Ghungking On the recommendation of Gen- will be short as he is due back ineral Wavell, Acting Brigadier Aing Lai Käu, master of an un- Washington by March 12m

|R. Chater, -Royal Marines, it has fecused sampan, wie fined 18 or

Mr. Emile Despres, an official been appointed a Companion of seven aya!Amprisonment » hy of the Federal Reserve Bank) the Order of the Bath in re- Comm. J. Jolly, Harbour Master, who is accompanying Mr. Currid cognition of his distinguished ser- for folfering within 100 yards, of t on his trip, is acting it, is under vices in defending British Somalie the North Wall or the Royal Naval stood in the capacity, of-adviser, þland-Reuter":

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