London, Feb. 11.
In a tour yesterday, the King and Queen" saw a vast quantity of high-speed fighters and other planes in production. Their Majesties then drove to a big training station and saw the Royal Air Force turning out pilots to fly the machines.
hile machines and. pilots are massed produced," an offeial said, "much care is taken with each machine, as ~with pilots, so that the Jcombination results in 100 per cent. efficiency."—Reuter. ers, Mr, Eden declared: "The. issue lear and simple. 'The German Government seek' to dominate the world by brute force. Were they to succeed, there could be no security for freedom-loving nations anywhere on the earth's surface, "Everything that has come down to us in the heritage of a free people is staked fon this struggle. Whichaver ocean laps our shores the struggle is the me for each of us. The Nazi system is based on brute force. It is a dental of civilization, There will be no free life for the acopics of the world until that system J dose troyed. "Nations of the British Commonwealth are now closely knit one common endeavour, {1 their unity lies certainty of final victory.
Tu an announcement, the War Office says the Second Australian Imperial Force, under the command of Lieutenant-General_ Sir Thomas Blarney, has Yeached the"Suez with New Zealanders. The term "Second Australian Imperial Force" is used to distinguish the present force from that which fought in the last war.—Reuter, Biggest Troopship Convoys Sydney, Feb, 12.
News of the arrival in the Middle Bast of Australian and New Zealand troops was made known today by the Prime Minister, Mr. R. G. Menzies.
The safe arrival of the expeditionary forces is regarded here as a notable feat of British organization, in which Australian naval-and mille tary "authorities and mercantile marine share the honours, The em= bark ation of the troops at various Points was kept from the public eye. Nevertheless, large crowds saw the first part of the convoy, consisting of crack overseas liners, slip out 10 sea, escorted by strong naval forces, The liners carrying the New Zea Ianders, it is now revealed, were Joined up with the Australian transports, so that one of the biggest troopship convoys in modern times was formed. Australian air force squadrons assisted in. the escort of the convoy for a long distance, The troops left Australia. in very: high spirits, singing lustily—Reuter,
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