LOOKING FROM JOHORE BAHRU. chief tor»n of the Stale of Johore, across the Straits to Singapore Island. An intense straggle is taking place between Japanese and British forces in the north of this Stale. AUSTRALIANS CO TO IT.—With further Japanese air raids on Rabaul and the Bismarck Archipelago, Australians are warned that a major Japanese attack may be expected, and last night Mr. Curlin, the Prime Minister, told his people "the peril is nearer, clearer and deadlier than before. Left: A foundry worker on the job at a Victorian munitions factory, who is styled as "an Australian soldier without uniform." Right: Girls, who are keeping the guns of the fighting forces loaded, pause at their Work in the correction branch at a small arms factory to face the camera.

Auckland Star, Volume LXXIII, Issue 18, 22 January 1942, Page 5

LOOKING FROM JOHORE BAHRU. chief tor»n of the Stale of Johore, across the Straits to Singapore Island. An intense straggle is taking place between Japanese and British forces in the north of this Stale.

AUSTRALIANS CO TO IT. — With further Japanese air raids on Rabaul and the Bismarck Archipelago, Australians are warned that a major Japanese attack may be expected, and last night Mr. Curlin, the Prime Minister, told his people "the peril is nearer, clearer and deadlier than before. Left: A foundry worker on the job at a Victorian munitions factory, who is styled as "an Australian soldier without uniform." Right: Girls, who are keeping the guns of the fighting forces loaded, pause at their Work in the correction branch at a small arms factory to face the camera.