SINGAPORE DEFENCES.
REFERENCE IN TOKIO PRESS. MATTER, TREATED CASUALLY. (Received This Day, 10 a.m.) TOKIO, February 19. Afternoon papers printed accounts of Australian troops landing at Singapore, treating the matter casually. AIR FORCES STRENGTHENED. BOMBERS AND FIGHTERS SENT (Received This (Day, 11.40 a.m.) LONDON, February 19. A communique issued from General Headquarters in the Far East to-day says: “British air forces in t'h'e Far East have received powerful reinforcements of modern bombers, twinengined fighters and single-engined fighters. These aircraft are now stationed in. various areas <$ strategic importance.” —British Official Wireless.
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Ashburton Guardian, Volume 61, Issue 111, 20 February 1941, Page 5
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