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ENEMY SHIPS SUNK SYDNEY. Nov. 23 Three Japanese merchantmen, aggregating 7000 tons, have been sunk, an 8000-ton freighter probably sunk, and other enemy shipping damaged in widespread Allied air attacks, reported in General MacArthur’s communique today. The greatest portion of the destruction was caused off Manokwari, Dutch New Guinea, where heavy and medium bombers, together with long-range fighters, participated in the attacks. The 8000-ton freighter trans-. port probably sunk received direct hits when it was attacked ofE the New Ireland coast. The Australian troops advancing towards Satelberg. North-east New Guinea, are now within half-a-mile of the town. In the nearby coastal sector fifty Japanese were killed in patrol skirmishes. NEGLECTED CHILDREN SYDNEY, Nov. 23 After examining the home conditions of 20.000 children the New South Wales Child in Wartime Committee has reported that 80 per cent of these children are not adequately cared for after school hours. The committee also found 1749 children of pre-school age at home without their parents. Of these 150 “latch key children” were locked inside houses. The remainder had the run of the house and yard. Reports on individual children disclosed that in the great majority of cases investigated both parents were factory workers or that the father was in the services while the mother was at work.
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Waikato Times, Volume 193, Issue 22202, 23 November 1943, Page 3
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