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Waikato Times, Volume 194, Issue 22245, 14 January 1944, Page 3

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BRITAIN AND RUSSIA LONDON, Jan. 13 Admiral Sir Bruce Fraser, Com-mander-in-Chief of the Home Fleet, recently paid a visit in H.M.S. Duke of York to Vice-Admiral Golovko, Commander-in-Chief of the Soviet Northern Fleet. This was the first occasion that the flagship of the Home Fleet had entered a Soviet harbour. It was soon after the visit that the Duke of York destroyed the Scharnhorst. The British ship and complement . received an enthusiastic reception from the Russians. BOMBING RAIDS LONDON, Jan. 13 It was United States heavy bombers which attacked the island of Formosa on Tuesday night. Their target was a Japanese aluminium plant on the south-west coast. The same night American aircraft attacked the railway yards at Bangkok; the capital of Indo-China. RAIL RESTRICTIONS IN SOUTH Rail restrictions applying to the South Island only will be enforced from Monday and in the meantime there will be no action taken in the North Island. Advice to this effect was received at the Hamilton station this afternoon. All members of the public intending to travel from the North Islartd to the South must Consider their rail reservations cancelled and are requested to make fresh bookings. Prior to that they must secure permits to travel. Restrictions will also apply to goods traffic in the South Island.

quested in October. Increases in income should be limited to reasonable amounts for additional effort. A wartime tax policy, directed to that objective is a necessary support to wage and price stabilisation*. “The time; to impose high taxes is now, when incomes are high and goods are scarce. If we do not now pay in taxes all we can we shall be treating unfairly those who must face tha accumulated bill after the war. 1 * The industrial income will be approximately 40 per cent higher in 1944 than 1941 after the payment of all taxes, federal and local.