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ATOMIC AGE DEFENCE FOR THE EMPIRE Commonwealth's Master Plan

Brisbane, Jan. 19. The British Commonwealth's vast post-war plan of defence development in atomic-age con- ditions is being speeded up, it is learned here. Evidences of new operations under the Common- wealth Master-Plan in the fields of science, industry, naval and military strategy are being noted with satisfaction by competent Austra- lian observers.

An expansion of the British

These include the simultane- marines far in advance of any

Australian occupation of think afloat in wartime, with r Heard Island and the South range enabling them to operate African occupation of Marlon anywhere in the world. and Prince Edward Islands which, nerording tes. reliable reelt and secret weapon test sources, has a bearing on the ing rate in Central Australir 200 ht[ni11 44 the new

announced and naval has been strategy of using ships of "ter- Australian scientists are leav-4

part of a rific destructive empacity" and ing for Britain greatly increased range.

plan to create a great strategic and slestific arsenal here. They will retart to Australin and be replaced by successive

New designs are being adopt ed in Australia's naval baik- inst programme with them phasis in rocket and "atomie" | groups.

wontons.

Super-Subs

observer in An Australian London prports that the British Commonwealth henceforth will

heavily

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Baby Murder Arrests

Simultaneously. Jarconies clone that Britain's scientific research groups and armament industries are being sluplicated!

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Lente-s insurane? small

tale Against all eggs being in United Kingdom basket.

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The Australian Government is forming an atomic physics regenech unit with headquarters at Melle tarte University and a factory is being established to manufacture Britain's Intrat hush-hush joy aero engines which are just off the drawing board.

Vietnamese Forces

According to the caption furnished with this picture throught out of Indo-China) a combat patrol of the Viet- nameše "Foreign Legion" are seen after they had spotted a train whilst waiting in am bush at Loc Ninh. The sentry I scen pointing to the train, while the officer (right) useH hinoculars to observe whether French patrols are in the vicinity, before he gives the order to attack, (AP Photo).

Communists May Be

Excommunicated

Rome, Jan. 19.

The Catholic Church's most severe sanction-ex- communication may finally be turned against the Communist Party in Italy.

TOKYO, JAN. 19. THE POLICE TODAY AR-

Trathe in scientific military RESTED A 25-YEAR-OLD

and industrial figures each way NURSE AS ACCOMPLICE AS between Australia and Britain | *** THEY CONCENTRATED has been particularly heavy, EFFORTS ON GATHERING Underscoring the importance of EVIDENCE AGAINST A

ACCUSED COUPLE

OF CAUSING THE DEATHS OF

MORE THAN 100 BABIES PLACED IN THEIR CARE IN THEIR TOKYO MATERNITY HOME.

and

In addition, the police started questioning in a second under- taking shop which a Buddhist reportedly had brought the ashes af more than 30 hables to his temple between January June last year.

Meanwhile. the police have arrested

undertaker. Nagasaki, Ryutaro

who is charged with disposing of most! of the dead babies at 500 yen Per bead

payment from the

couple,

an

The police said that Waseda police station, where the couple Takeshi Ishikawa at his wife, Miyuki Ishikawa-are de tained, was being stormed by angry housewives demanding to look at the couple who "kili- ed" babies by not feeding them.

United Press.

Troops To

Antarction in the new British global strategy is the fact that surveyя are being undertaken for new air routes tinking Aus-I tralia, New Zenland. South Africa and Britain through the South Polar areas as an alter- native link in the event of Bri- ' tain being pushed out of the Middle East in any future war,

IT'S "WAR" IN PALESTINE

New York, Jan, 18. The New York Insurance Underwriters are now rat- ing the civil strife in Pales- tine as "war." according to the New York Journal of Commerce today.

War risk insurance rates, nearly double those in ef- -fect during the past months, have been applied to cargoes going Palestine. the journal announced. - Reuter.

REPARATIONS DELAY

Shanghai, Jan. 19.

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wayward In- vidual rather than a member of a Imas social movement."

Priest To Be Shot

But this method. it is noted, is one

••• jwhich Communist attacks make more

and more difficult,

This development is a signi- ficant background to the oc- cupation of Heard. Marion and Prince Edward Islands, in the opinion of competent observers. Mineral Hunt

Meanwhile the Australian Governwent has launched the hunt in the

Meanwhile enamy court in Dolaj Kreslest mineral

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has been à postponeganising aid to bandit. atonnie research. Teams of ment ΕΠ the departure of a Berth ather pers

persons, închising five geologists, physleist engineers private Chinese shipping em women, were entered in from six au! chemists, will operate in pany's vessels to Japan to trans-months

Japanese reparations with all their property to be Australia, New Guinea, Antare-Pri back

equipments, with the dale soffiscated. They were accused of feed- tica and the Barrier Reef.

brick to February to fron. Janing and sheltering outlaw-Associas- British and American capital uary

ed Press, Lotalling 24,000,000 is now in- The delay is semi-officially volved, drilling for oil in Aus-sald to bu necessary because tralia, New Guinen and Papua, preparations disembarkation been British capital is opening great paint in Japan had not new coal and iron ore deposits

completed,

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Valette, Jan. 18, A thousand United States of the imperial grand strategyed priority in the allocation of Marines arrived at Malta today calling for a dispersal of the Japanese reparations equipment

aboard the fleet auxiliary) which were moved

transporta Montague and Bexar. as reinforcements for the Medi- Terranean Fleet. Reuter.

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Definite steps are being taken) Commonwealth's industrial and for plants

La the interior of Chin and to shift troops from Tsingtao to war-making power-Our Own played purt in China's war North Ching under an ambitious | Carrespondent.

effort. -Reuter- plan to prevent the Communist armies from surging down from Manchurin,

An 8.000-ton China Merchants S.N. Co. vessel was ordered to transport troops from Tsingtao to Hulutno. An ice-breaker was ordered up from Tientsin to clear Hulutao farbour of ice,

Informed sources speculated that this marked the beginning! of a widely reported plan to ship an unknown number of divisions from Shantung to North China- 1t is believed that a vesacl

whose normal capacity is 1,000) men has already left Tsingtao. - United Press-

MISSION WORKER

DEAD

Philadelphin, Jan. 19. William H. Gleystern, 71, re- tired missionary and educator, died yesterday at his home in nearby Jenkingtown following a heart attack. He worked with the Presbyterian mission in Peking in 1918-Associated Press.

CHINA EDUCATOR DIES IN U.S. New Haven, Connecticut,

Jan, 18. Dr. Sul Wang, 55, noted Chi- nese educalor, who was smug- gled through the Japanese lines to board the last ship-leaving China in March, 1941, died in In privato hospital herò after a long liners. The funeral will be held on Tuesday--Associat- ed Press.

American Aid For Austria

Austrian Chancellor Leopold Figl (seated right) and Lieut-Gen. Geoffrey Reyes, the U.S. High Commissioner, are seen signing an, agreement which provides for Interim ald for Austria, at Vienna on' Jan. 2. The following goods will be delivered to Austria by U,B.A. forthwith under the agreement: 45,000, tons of wheat, 3,000 tons, of fat, 5,909 - tons of - sugar, 240,000 tons of coal, and “large` quantities” of soya, rolled oais, pisines,' seed 'and pesticides. (AP Photo).

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