ARMY RELEASES

Waikato Times, Volume 106, Issue 22674, 30 July 1945, Page 5

ARMY RELEASES

REDUCTIONS IN A.I.F. jNO MANPOWER DIRECTION FINANCIAL SAVING I (United Assn.—Eter T el. Copyn«m> (Received July 30, 1 pjn.> CANBERRA, July 30 ,' .. Rele ? s ® s * rom the A.I.F. will reach their full flood in September, it is : officially stated. It is hoped to release 20,000 men in September and : then to maintain that rate for at least ' six months By March, 1946 the pr©1 gramme of special releases should be completed. Army leaders believe that 120,000 fighting troops and 40,000 lines of communication troops will be out of the army by next April and that 15,000 men will be discharged from I the R.A.A.F. j The men who are being specially t released for the housing programme i do not come in any of these cateI gories but are in a class of their own, : to be released as soon as possible. ! other industries to be specially ! catered for are the primary production industries, to which it is hoped j at least 30,000 men will go before ; next March. j None of the men released under j the latest scheme will come under manpower direction. They will be ! allowed to undertake any jobs they j desire. It is expected that all police ; constables now in the armed forces i will be released at once. I Financial experts point out that the immediate saving by these disI charges will be at least £35,000,000 I up till February of next year and , may reduce the war budget of the nation by £100,000,000 by September ; 1946. PUKET ISLAND j SECOND LANDING REPORTED NEW YORK, July 29 j The Tokyo radio says that after ; the garrison beat off the first landing ! force on Puket Island, off the west ! coast of Malaya, a second force land- | ed in rubber boats and small craft ; under the protection of a naval *->sk J force. Two enemy cruisers were I damaged. Fierce fighting is progress- | ing. ! CHINESE IN KWEILIN FORMER BIG AIR BASE (Received July 30, 11.30 a.m.) CHUNKING, July 29 The High Command announced that the Chinese had recaptured Kweilin and its three former American airfields. The High Command says that the Chinese entered Kweilin, capital of Kwangsi Province, in attacks launched from the western and southern suburbs. The big American air base at Kweilin was overrun in the Japanese drive in South China last year. CHARTER RATIFIED UNITED STATES SENATE WASHINGTON, July 29 The Senate ratified the United Nations Charter by 89 votes to 2, the Republican Senators Langer (North Dakota) and Shipstead (Minnesota) opposing. Fifty-three Democrats, 35 Republicans and one Progressive affirmed. White House released the following statement by President Truman: “It is deeply gratifying that the Senate has ratified the Charter by a virtually unanimous vote. The Senate’s action substantially advances the cause of world peace.” Mr Truman sent a message to Congress that he intends to ask both Houses to approve, by a simple majjority vote, the use of United States military forces by the United Nations Security Council, says fhe Washington correspondent of the New York Times. During the past week’s Charter debate some senator* argued that the placing of forces at the disposal of the Security Council should be decided by a treaty requiring a two-thirds vote of the Senate, but Mr Truman is understood to have cabled from Potsdam £ decision to send the military agreements to CVxn arocc 3 « a rosAlnlirvM