THE CLIMAX NEAR
MALAYAN STRUGGLE BATTLE FOR SINGAPORE HEAVY ENEMY PRESSURE (Rec. 9 p.m.) RUGBY, Jan; 28. The pressure on Singapore is viewed most seriously here, and it is realised that the climax in the Malayan struggle is close. The feeling exists that the Empire forces are in danger of being trapped. With the Japanese pressing the Imperial forces from the west to the east coast, the present fighting represents a battle for the roads and the only railway to Singapore. The lessons of the Malayan campaign, however, are likely to be turned to advantage in Burma, where a major conflict appears to be developing. A Singapore press message states that the Government issued orders for the evacuation by noon on January 30 of all persons and live stock from a coastal strip one mile wide on the northern shore of Singapore Island.
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Otago Daily Times, Issue 24828, 30 January 1942, Page 5
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