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SURPRISE FOR CONGRESS?
1941
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No. 88,062
FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 26, 1941
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INSIST ON
Daisy Brand
Australia's Choicest
BUTTER
FOUR MILLION SANDBAGS
Evidence At
At A.R.P. Inquiry Contract Award
Disclosures
THAT FOUR MILLION SANDBAGS, ORDERED “AS A MATTER OF URGENCY !' IN 1939, WERE NEVER ISSUED AND WERE BEING CARRIED BY GOVERNMENT, WAS AMONG THE STATEMENTS MADE BY THE CONTROLLER OF STÖRES, MR. W. J. ANDERSON, GIVING EVIDENCE TO-DAY BEFORE THE A.R.P. COMMISSION OF IN- QUIRY,
INQUIRY INTO SOCONY PLANT EXPLOSIONS
"(BPEQIAL TO "CHINA-
A MAIL"
The Federal Bureau of Investigation is en= quiring into the cause of the series of explo- sions in the Socony re- finery at Whiting, In- diana, largest in the world.
It is now stated that 16 tanks, with 336,- 000 gallons of gaso- line, were destroyed. International News
Service.
900000
STATE OF
LATENT REVOLT
The witness outlined to the Commission (Mr. Justice Cressall, Mr. L. C. F.. Bellamy, and Mr. S. Hampden Ross) the procedure followed in the award of various A.R.P-con- tracts for stores.
At the resumption of the inquiry Mr. Bellamy (to witness); Are this morning, Man-shing, suu- these prices on the contract with contractor to Kin. Lee, produced Kin Lee all based on work per the books he was asked for yes lineal foot except for the cement. terday, namely documents in con- concrete for the wall?Yes. nection with his account in the Except the cement concrete for Bank of East Asia, his payment; the wall which was per cubic book to -workmen, a record of yard? That is correct. I have work done and measurements a copy of the contract lodged with takén, and. also the contract the Waterworks Department. showing the prices on which he Chairman (to witness); You will had agreed to perform the work for Kin Lee.
Chairman: You were asked to produce monthly statements of ac- counts from the time you started your account with the Bank of East Asia up to date. You have 31st. only produced them up to August, 1941, I opened the ac- count only in June and I have lost one of the statements.
Previous to that you had a sav- ing account? Yes.
"Round Figures.
*
And during the two months you have deposited $58,000, is that
correct?—Yes.
RUSSIAN FAR FIRST
EAST FLEET REINFORCED
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The London "Daily Express" yesterday. quoted an Algiers radio report that 20 Russian warships from the Arctic have arriv ed at Vladivostok to bolster the Soviet Far Eastern Fleet.-Inter- national News Service.
COLONY'S
TRADE
GUN IN
NEW FIGHT
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Senator McKellar's Bill for repeal of the Neutra lity Act is regarded in Washington as firing the first gun in the Adminis- tration's fight to wipe off the major, provisions of the law.
Senator McKellar declared, The Neutrality Act is in direct conflict with our freedom of the sens policy, which has end over 100 years":
He added that as long as if remains on the Statute: Books
THE TRADE OF THE COLONMINIK will regard herself as
of the Atlantic and will,
INCREASED -BY · NEARLY : 25!. not be required any further to-day: ERCENT. IN AUGUST AS assume the United States, 19
afraid of her military might, We will let you know if we should COMPARED WITH AUGUST,
1940, ACCORDING TO FIGURES Senator McKellar.. who is#: want you again-May I ask, Sir RELEASED TO DAY BY THE strong Administration supporto that still further inquiries be made SUPERINTENDENT OF IM-Isaid. "My reason for urging re- so that the matter be cleared up?
peal is that we made a mistake in Chairman: You may rest assured PORTS AND EXPORTSA
Imports were valued at $60,assing the Bill and because it did. we will do that
300,000 and exports at $52,100,000, us no good. Also because, it is at maintaining the high level of the war with our age-old policy VOE
freedom of the seas,” last six months.
Witness: And may I ask. Sir, that the prices on the contract 1. have left with you be preserved, otherwise I will not be able to col- lect?
The Chairman assured him that this would be done,
Controller Of Stores
Piece-goods imports totalled The attitude of the Administra $13,836,744, more than $6,000,000tion" is understood to be that thu higher than last year, and there Act tends to aid the Axis at the was a big increase in the export expense of United States defences of wearing apparel from $2,870, interests. 000 in August 1940 to $5,012,307 Cabinet members feel it should in August this year consisting be left entirely to the President's: Mr. William John Anderson, largely of singlets and other sim discretion where American mer- next witness called, told the Com-ilar articles produced at the chantmen are sent.—International raission he had been. Controller of Colony's knitting, factories., News, Service, And your withdrawals have Stores since June, 1939, and that been in round figures? Thess his position was similar to that of accounts do not concern only purchasing agent for the Govern- the A.R.P. business but all my ment in Hong Kong other businesses as wall, d Yes, but all the withdrawals
for the purchase of stores?--Im- have been in round figures.-I al- ported stores are, bought through ways drew out in rolind sums... the Crown Agents and local stores
You then put it into your own cash account in the office, do are purchased by contract over a you? No Sir, there is no record period of time. made.
But besides payment for work- men there must have been other (SPECIAL TO "CHINA MAIL") accounts such
as purchases of General de Gaulle last cement etc. No, Sir, Lonly su night announced
the ply labour,
Chairman: What is the procedure PHILCO-DOMESTIC REFRIGERATORS
What is the normal system of purchases by contract? We col- lect all the information required and then advertise in the "Gov- ernment Gazette" our require- ments,
And then tenders are called for? Yes..
In the "Government Gaz Yes.
formation of a French "No Records? Provisional Government And you have no records of Tenders Board in exile and told of hopes how those huge payments have
been made? It is in the pay- Under-General Order 400 I sce and concrete plans for ment book.
thats in any stores, which may be the eventual liberation of But it only shows the accounts purchased in the Colony, unless from April, 1841. I oply started the estimated cost! is less than the French people. · work then. **
$200, these are to be obtained by With seven other men of grim This book shows payment made contract: Is that corrcut? Yes. purpe
General, de Gaulle has of $63.000. –– This does not include 17 any fenders are made and the organised a French National Com- only work on tunnels but on all Government has ground to believe mittee as the nucleus of a world other work as well wide organisation aimed to esla-But the book says ARP work that the tenders sent are collusiva Tags or unreasonable, other, arrange- blish a Fourth Republic in France. → Yes
ments may be made. All tenders Committee immediately. Do you know what proportion will be submitted to a Boarch of elected General de Gaulle Presi went to Aft.F. work? — About not less than three personshops dent
$40 000 d
painted by the Government, the Declaring that “a state of fat. This book shows a balance in Treasurer its ex-officio, chairman, Yantravolts, existe, in Franco, your auvings account of $25:02 at the Postmaster General, the Con- General de Gaullo told interna, the end of July think so but troller of Stores and the head of tional News that his ommittop sideo: I started the other account the department concerned, af will act as a berban for the ro- I gave up the savings account al there is no houd of department volutionary spirit of the people together,
concerned then the Chairman of the Urban Council Therefore, there
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Ortho Republi
He hoped the Committeo would, placo of the Vichy dictatorship.
ognised
Washington
Internation
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