Late News FROM BATAVIA TO BANDOENG
GOVERNMENT MOVES HEADQUARTERS (Rec. 2 a.m.) LONDON, March 3. It is reported that the Netherlands East Indies Government has shifted its headquarters from Batavia to Bandoeng. There has been no news of any further' Japanese advances in Java, but there has been a fresh landing by Japanese troops at a point 60 miles west of Rembang. JAPANESE HIGH ADMIRAL DEAD (Rec. 2 a.m.) NEW YORK, March 3. Tokyo radio announced the death of Admiral Isoroku Yamamoto, commander of the Japanese Combined Imperial Fleets. No details of how he died were given. It is recalled that .the Emperor of Japan congratulated Admiral Yamamoto for his daring in attacking Pearl Harbour without warning.
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Southland Times, Issue 24684, 4 March 1942, Page 5
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117Late News FROM BATAVIA TO BANDOENG Southland Times, Issue 24684, 4 March 1942, Page 5
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