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Otago Daily Times, Issue 24838, 11 February 1942, Page 5

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FORCES AT RABAUL RAIDS ON PORT MORESBY GERMAN BOMBS USED (Rec. 0.30 a.m.) CANBERRA, Feb. 10. It was officially announced here today that efforts to establish communication with the Australian force in. Rabaul had been unsuccessful. No word has been received of their actions there since the Japanese landings. Stories of life at Port Moresby since the Japanese visitation are beginning to reach Australia. The correspondent of the Sydnev Sun there says it has been established that some of the first bombs dropped at Port Moresby were obviously of German manufacture. Pieces of shell picked up bore a marking seldom used by the Japanese. Only one man was killed during the two raids. He was within a few feet of reaching a slit trench when he was struck by a stone hurled through the air by a'bomb blast. Three others in the trench where he was seeking to take cover were not hurt. The main damage befell a number of wooden fibre huts, which were blown to smithereens. The strangest sight is the exodus of police boys walking towards the hills 120 miles to their villages, taking with them piles of calico, and ejaculating, "Flying machine no good." Some of the old white residents have also gone to the bush with them. BURMA FRONT ALLIED REINFORCEMENTS NO CHANGE IN SITUATION (Rec. 10 p.m.) RANGOON, Feb. 9. ' Lieutenant-general T. J. Hution, general officer commanding the torces in Burma, revealed to-day that strong Allied reinforcements have reached the Salween battlefront, where the situation is now described as " all quiet. _ There is no change in the situation in Burma, where , the enemy is still held, and time has been gained for our forces to establish bases. It is believed that the enemy has not concentrated sufficient strength to attempt a crossing of the Salween River. Our air force continues to harass the Japanese along this front. CHINESE LEADER VISIT TO INDIA LONDON, Feb. 10. A message from New Delhi states that General Chiang Kai-shek, accompanied by Madame Kai-shek and a party of staff officers have arrived in India. : They will hold talks with the Government of India and with the military leaders. Welcoming the great Chinese general, the Viceroy, Lord Linlithgow, said that the meeting boded nothing that was good for the enemy, as he would learn to his cost. ;.:, , Lord Linlithgow, at a reception in the Generalissimo's honour, said that " this meeting sets the seal of comradeship'in arms of two great nations, which among themselves count 800,000,000 people—one-third of the, world's population." General Chiang Kai-shek, in replying, thanked the Viceroy and explained the object of his visit, which was to consult the Government of India for a united effort against aggression. " We pledge to our valued ally, our fullest co-operation for the common goal which will secure victory for the democratic nations by defeating aggression," he sadi. Pandit Jawaharial Nehru, leader of the Indian Congress Party, who has been invited to meet the Generalissimo at his residence, has left for New Delhi. WAICHOW RECAPTURED A CHINESE SUCCESS (Rec. 8 p.m.) CHUNGKING, Feb. 9. A communique reports that a smashing Chinese counter-offensive resulted in the recapture of Waichow. More than 1000 Japanese were killed and much material seized. The Chinese are also counter-attack-ing north of the Yangtse River.