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BOMBERS MADE IN AUSTRALIA

FIRST BEAUFIGHTER DELIVERED (Bee. 1 a.m.) MELBOURNE. May M. The first Australian-built Beaufighter was formally handed over to the Royal Australian Air Force to-day, only 14 months after manufacturing data began to arrive from England, , : Increasing numbers .of this 'twinengined. long-range attack ’plane "Will flow from the-assembly lines, .Many structural changes have been made in the Beauflghterto meet the - requirements of the Pacific theatre. v With Beaufort and BeaufighterVPfoduction on an efficient basis, the Commonwealth Department ’of Aircraft iProduction is now planning the manufacture of a modem type of four- - engined bomber. The production ' ol these big bombers will lay the basif for-the Australian civil aircraft .Indus- 1 try after the war. REVOLUTION IN ECUADOR IBARA OVER FRONTIER (Rec. 7 p.m.) NEW YORK, M*y'3o. . Private dispatches from Ecuador lay that the use of American lend-lcasc tanks played a key part in the revolu- .' tionary fighting at Guayaquil. Unofficial reports indicate that more than 50 were killed and that many of the 200 injured have since died. The Quito radio has announced that ■ ' Don Velasco Ibara, who was exiled by the former Government, crossed thaEcuador frontier from Colombia this morning. Another message from Quito sayl that revolutionaries have appointed' ' General Luis Alba as head of a provisional, military government. He rep* - resents not only the Army but also “the revolutionary vanguard" political party. This provisional government will retain pt>wer until the arrival of Don Ibara. ILL TREATMENT OF JAVANESE (Special Australian -Corresp., N-ZPA.) (Rec. 7 p.m.) SYDNEY. May 31, Ninety Javanese labourers were in a pitiful condition when they were liberated by American troops on Biak . Island. Dutch New Guinea. They had been employed making roads until most of them were too weak '.‘om starvation and ill-treatment to continual Some died in their huts from exhaus- - tion. Five days before the Americana landed on Biak Island the Japanese garrison withdrew towards the Mojcmer airfield and left the Javanese. They were too weak, to crawl to food dumps only a quarter of a mile away, and they were helpless when found by the invasion forces. Many were sa far gone that they were unable to eat without assistance. They were clad in tattered garments carrying Japanese prison numbers, and many only had leaves to bandage their sores and wounds. MR CURTIN IN CANADA (Rec. 7 p.m.) OTTAWA, May 30. The Australian Prime Minister (Mir Curtin) and party have arrived in Montreal, on their way to Ottawa, where they will be the guests of th# « Canadian Government. Mr Curtin is to address the Canadian House of Commons. THEFTS FROM RAILWAYS GOODS LOST IN N.S.W. • Rec. 11.30 p.m.) SYDNEY, May 31. Goods valued at more than £IOO,OOO have been stolen from railway trucks in New South Wales in the last 12 months, railway officiajs said to-day. About 200 railway employees have been convicted of theft during this period, and have been dismissed from the service. • By far the greater part of the losses arc believed to have been caused by well-organised gangs of transport thieves. Some of these hide in truck* and at given points throw goods to their accomplices. They concentrate on clothing, tobacco, and spirits. Most of the stolen goods, it is alleged. are sold on the black market. In spite of their high value, the amount of goods stolen is relatively small compared with the enormous tonnage carried by the Slate railway system.

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Press, Volume LXXX, Issue 24272, 1 June 1944, Page 5

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BOMBERS MADE IN AUSTRALIA Press, Volume LXXX, Issue 24272, 1 June 1944, Page 5

BOMBERS MADE IN AUSTRALIA Press, Volume LXXX, Issue 24272, 1 June 1944, Page 5

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