HAINAN OCCUPATION
MENTIONED IN DUTCH PARLIAMENT IMPORTANT STRATEGIC BASE. BUT JAPAN AT PRESENT PREOCCUPIED. By Telegraph—Press Association—Copyright. (Received This Day. 1.15 p.m.) THE HAGUE. February IG. The possibility of the Japanese using Hainan Island as a base from which to attack the Dutch East Indies was mentioned in Parliament. A Government speaker replied that while the strategic importance of Hainan Island in the event of a conflict in the Pacific was undeniable, Japan al present was sufficiently preoccupied.
SHELLING OF MADRID SIX KILLED & TWENTY WOUNDED. By Telegraph—Press Association —Copyright. (Received This Day, 11.30 a.m.) MADRID, February IG. Six persons were killed and twenty wounded as a result of the shelling which occurred throughout the night. At the height of the bombardment, 150 shells fell during an hour.
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Wairarapa Times-Age, 17 February 1939, Page 6
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