... UPON HIS ARRIVAL AT BERMUDA FROM THE U.S., Mr. Winston Churchill visited the House of Assembly, where he addressed a meeting during his brief stay Upon his arrival at Hamilton, in Bermuda, the Prime Minister was met by Lord Knollys, the Gover nor. He then made a fifteen- minute speech before Parliament, during which he told of the great and blessed accessions of help which have come from China ...

... THE war in the Pacific has moved so unexpectedly-- in the sense of successes for the Japanese-- that we are apt to overlook some of its features. Thus we have been preoccupied to such an extent with the main fighting in the Philippines and Malaya, and the threat to Singapore, that the Japanese bombing of Medan in Sumatra has not attracted the popular attention. Yet it is highly significant, ...

... Cape York and the Gulf of Carpentaria A Note by DOUGLAS GLEN THE Japanese successes in the Far East have brought Australia within measurable distance of direct attack, causing Mr. R. G. Menzies, Common wealth Prime Minister until last August, to declare that Australia will almost certainly be attacked. Indeed, the Dominion, although it is considerably more than 3,000 miles from Japan proper, ...

... WEATHER CONDITIONS IN LIBYA AND CYRENAICA HAVE BEEN PARTICULARLY ATROCIOUS FOR THE R.A.F. The newly-arrived Kittihawks (built in the U.S.) are here seen flying over a sandstorm. Targets have been rendered invisible, and observation and bombing flights have become laborious and unpleasant undertakings ill 1 1 mm i Drawing by Roland Davies A KITTIHAWK FIGHTER ON PATROL OVER THE DESERT IN ...

... ALL-PRECIOUS WATER Italian prisoners filling water- cans under the supervision of armed Indian escorts at a concentration point behind the battle-front A DESERT RESCUE Two men come back in a single- seater Drawing by Kolana uavies I his Teat earnea an immediate awara 01 cue 10 wing Commander Peter Jeffery, D.F.C. it coincided with the shooting down by his squadron of their hundredth confirmed ...

... AND WE DON'T HAVE TO PAY ANY INCOME TAX We've already got 60 worth of National Savings Certificates, which will be worth £82 in 10 years, and we don't pay any Income Tax on the increase Do you wonder that we're going on buying The 'Tax Free' Investment Issued by The National Savings Committee ...

... THE PRESIDENT OF THE COMMONWEALTH OF THE PHILIPPINES, DON MANUEL QUEZON, WITH GENERAL DOUGLAS MACARTHUR, COMMANDER-IN- CHIEF OF THE UNITED STATES ARMY IN THE EAST-- A PICTURE TAKEN IN MANILA Cor the moment, the centre of conflict in the Far East is the Island of Luzon, on which Manila is situated. Like Singapore farther to the south, the Philippines (of which Manila is the capital) are greatly ...

... A WAR NEWSLETTER-No. 122 i, New Oxford Sxref.t, W.C.i. To 1942.-- It is not to be denied that the last weeks of 1941 were dark; as dark, in all circumstances, as any we can remember. We are no strangers to dark Decembers, nor to years ending in gloom and obscurity. I am old enough to remember pretty vividly the black December of 1899, and in recent decades I have not seldom made reference to ...

... (^)n Thursday, November 27, the last Italian stronghold in East Africa surrendered after having held out for over six months. At the fall of Gondar, 23,500 men (of whom 1 1 ,500 were Italians), under the command of General Nasi, and fifty guns, were captured after a final assault, carried out mostly by East Africans, under Major-General Cyril Fowkes. Gondar lies 7,500 ft. up roads leading to ...

... More Pictures from Libya T V. eu.t-eneral N. M. Ritchie (in command of the Eighth Army) and Air Vice-Marshal Coningham (A.O.C. Air Forces in the Western Desert on left) studying the map at their Desert Headquarters MEMBERS OF THE CRACK GERMAN AFRIKA CORPS being searched by one of their captors, a member of the New Zealand forces serving with the Eighth Army in Libya A GERMAN PETROL DUMP ...

... HOW THE R.A.F. CONTROL THE CENTRAL MEDITERRANEAN WATERS This picture shows the Italian island of Lampedusa, which lies between Sicily and the African coast, and behind which convoys for Tripoli and Libya were wont to shelter. A 9,00G-ton enemy merchant vessel had been attacked by Swordfish aircraft of the Fleet Air Arm, and the stricken ship was beached on the island Blenheim aircraft were ...

... THE DUTCH NAVY And Its Work in the Far East A Note by F. C. BOWEN RECENT events in Malayan waters have drawn particular attention to the Royal Netherlands Navy, which has already scored many notable successes against the Japanese. Although it has been necessary to maintain the strictest censorship with regard to most of its doings and its present strength, repeated general statements have been ...