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(Ree. 1.45 p.m.) LONDON, Aug. 6. An aeroplane fire-fighting detector service will be part of a vast Russian reafforestation scheme to replace the forests which the Germans cut down or burned, says the Moscow radio. Special planes will patrol the forests. Fifty thousand crowded the White City to see Haegg and Andersson running for the first time in Britain. Both the visitors won, the latter in the mile after a terrific duel with Wooderson and the former in the two-milo. Reuter’s Moscow correspondent reports that the Chineso Premier (Dr Soortg) is expected to arrive by air within 24 hours to resume the ltussoChinese talks which were interrupted by the Potsdam Conference.
(Rec. noon) CANBERRA, Aug 7. The Australian Government will offer no objection to American servicemen taking their discharges in Australia if they wish to do so. Under a new directive from General MacArthur Americans, who have qualified for discharge, may be discharged here.
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Manawatu Standard, Volume LXV, Issue 212, 7 August 1945, Page 2
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