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Nelson Evening Mail, Volume 80, 28 April 1945, Page 8

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WAR NEARING END IN BURMA BOMBAY. April 27.—War :n Burma is coming rapidly to an end—more rapidly than even British commanders expected, says t the Australian Associated Press special correspondent in Burma. PILOT-GUIDED ROCKET BOMB WASHINGTON, April 27 Admiral Nimits has revealed details of a pilotguided rocket bomb which the Japanese are using against Okinawa. Launched from the underside of a bomber's fuselage, the racket is sixteen feet long with a wmgspread of sixteen feet. It is manoeuvrable and carries an explosive nose. 40 MILES FROM MUNICH LONDON. April 27. Americans o! the Seventh Army are now loss than 40 miles from Munich after armour made an 18-mile dash to enter Amberg, 20 miles south of Augsburg. General Patton's Third Army forces have closed up to the Danube on • Eront of 80 miles v from Kelheim to jOeggendore. Third Army infantry captured Furlh, thus closing the Chamfurth Gap through the Czech mountains bordering Germany. ErSTRY INTO GENOA LONDON, April 27—Fifth Army troops entered Genoa to-day. This i* confirmek in a special communique! from Allied headquarters in Italy. Arj Allied task force entered Genoa this morning. WATKATO RACING CLUB Freyberg Steeplechase. 10-8 Romar Orator. 1; 13-12 Brown Ronald. 2 11-10 Colonel Bing. 3. First Montgomery Hack Handicap. 7-9 Blad< Beret. 1; 8-6 Thcdress. 2: 1-1 Lane Warden. 3. Churchill HandicapRoyal Musk. 1: Neenah. 2; Gay Chat. 3 / POVERTY BAY CLUB Wainui Hurdles,—3 First Edition, lj 2 Crispin, 2; 4 Nightward. 3. Kadi Hack.—s Prairie Girl, 1; 3 Subliml Fox. 2; 2 Magnus Lux. 3.