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BLUE FUNNEL
SHIP SINKS JUNK
10
One Fisherman Lost
Details of the plight of some fis- hermen, one of whom disappeared, when the Blue Funnel liner Aeneas came into collision with a junk in mid-ocean on May 15 at 1,50 4.0. while on the way from Colombo to Penang, were revealed at an official inquiry made at the Marines Court, Harbour Master's Omce," re- cently.
FORTIFICATION
OF PENANG
No Abandonment Of Scheme
"Penang is to be the fortress for North Malaya and proposals for its defence are to be proceeded with by the military authorities. Al- though the site of 120 acres in the north-east district of the land has been abandoned another one
to be chosen,
"The giving up of the site and the knowledge that at least a sec- Lieut-Gomdr. Owen, Deputy tion of the people in Penang are Harbour Master, Penang, conduct- opposed to the idea of the island ed the inquiry, while Mr. T, E. being converted into a fortress led Conaghan appeared for Mr. B. L. to the impression In some quarters Huggins, Second Officer of the that the entire fortification plan Aeneas, who was on the bridge at had been dropped. It is believed the time of the collision. Mr. P. J. that landowners have been un- D. Regestor appeared for thewilling that their property should owner and master of the “ship.
"We were asleep at that time," said one of the surviving members of the crew. The noise of the im- pact woke me." Just as the junk was sinking the crew jumped over- board, and awam to their sampan. Having got there they found one' of the crew missing. They made a search for him, but in vain.
FROM THE BRIDGE
he requisitioned for military pur- poses...There is no truth whatever in the rumours that the inten- tion to fortify Penang has been abandoned."
NEW SITE TO BE CHOSEN
That is the gist of a statement issued to the Press by the Military Headquarters at Fort Canning. re- cently after a clarifcation of the position had been sought by the Times of Malaya.
...
Mr. A. L. Huggins in his eyidence stated that the look-out man re-
The rumours appear to have had ported to him at 1.38 a.m. that their origin in the cancellation of there was a light ahead of the the Gazette notice under which ship. As the right was very certain land was to pass into milit- dark it was difficult to distinguishary occupation, added the state- anything except a" amall
whitement. light, a few degrees on the star- board how.. He ordered the quar- termaster to port the helm so as to pass to windward of the light as the Aeneas was going at about six knots. Afterwards he saw light moving towards the port side. He then ordered "stop" to the star- board engine.” The light then dis-fication plans entail the establish-
appeared. He went full speed as tern. Being sent to see what had occurred he saw, with the aid of a torch, a junkacss the stea- mer's bow. He also saw a sampan with some men in it. There were 7 of them. The Aeneas resumed her journey to Penang 20 minutes later.
After various other evidence had been recorded the inquiry W0.3 closed.
"HE TOO DIED
AT HIS POST"
Annual Memorial Service For Earl Haig
The annual service in memory of Field-Marshal Ear! Haig was held beside his grave in Dryburgh Ab- bey, writes the "Glasgow Herald,"
The reason for this was that it has been decided, for certain rea- sons, not to take up this site. The proposal to acquire a site of 150 acres at Penang was announced in January,
It is rumoured that the forti-"
ment of a full infantry battalion at Penang as well as Royal Artil- lery and other unita. 'A Royal Air Force station also is likely to be established there. Fenang possesses a dne landing-ground, with facilit- les for night landings, and has sheltered water for dying-boats, as well as guarding the north-weat approaches to Singapore.
VULNERABILITY OF PENANG The new Army garrison and Air Force station would be a valuable strategic addition to Britain's defence expansion plans in the Far Fast: The vulnerability of the Penang Harbour has long been a source of anxiety to the military authorities and
the 'damage wrought by the German raider Emden in the Great War provided a warning of the danger of unpre- paredness.
The topographical features cl
fication.
It was arranged by the Borders Penang are well adapted to forti- Area Council of the British Légion, and was attended by a largę num- ber of ex-Service men as well as the general publi
Among those present were Lady SAVED EUROPE
Halg, Colonel Robertson, and Lieu- tenant-Colonel Cunningham, DE.-.
O. The service was conducted by the Rev. H. Shannon Brisby, St. Mark's Church, Galashiels, and the sermon was preached by the Rev. D. G. Hamilton, Kelso Old Parish Church.
In the course of his address Mr. Hamilton said the purpose of their service was one Di remembrance and gratitude. As such it bare a close relation to that which would come again some five months hence on Armistice Day.
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vocation; impractical idealism and half-hearted and contradictory proposals for national defence..
"In face of such a possible 'al-" ternative, national safety and Mr. Neville Chamberlain, the international peace alike demand Prime Minister, in a message to the maintenance of a strong Na- Conservatives in "Home and Em- tiorial Government. If nothing pire," emphasises that the policy else were at stake, I feel that this of the National Government in its would be a decisive consideration persistent support of Non-Inter- with the Conservative, party. vention has prevented the de- plorable struggle in Spain from spreading to other countries and so saved Europe from the danger
"In industry the danger to be guarded against is Immediate He whom they specially remem-. bered, and whose resting-place was
foment discontent, not with extreme elements seeking to. more than ever holy ground, was of war. spared, to survive the end of the
genuine desire to secure the The partnership of the three betterment of working conditions, war, but the rest of his life was parties of which the Conservative but with the sole object of bring- spent mainly in the interests of was the strongest element-forming the industrial machine to a those who had served with himing the National Government has, standstill and so furthering their
the message declares, been just-revolutionary designs," he writes. fled by its achievements, te
In national politics there was The Prime Minister stresses the the same need to be on need for unity and singleness of against the extremista.
guard purpose among Conservatives. He remarks that the very catholicity of the party must lead on oc- castons to legitimate differences of opinion within its ranks on ques tioris of method.
Es no exaggeration to say that he too died at his post, and accor Bir it is not unfitting that we should sociate him with those who mad the great sacrifice, added M Hamilton
podien prison WEAK GOVERNMENT DANGER
A weak Government committed to a revolutionary programme of Socialism, always at the mercy of. its own extremista and attempting to handle foreign affairs on no other principle than that of a cloudy Internationalism, might well open the way to Communism and Fasciam.
It was remarkable that, after all these years the desire to comme morate seemed to be as strong as ever. In its long history our coun- Such differences were all to the try had passed through many wars 1 good as long as they were always and had known many great sol-prepared to remember that the diers, but there had been no desire | Conservative party was a fighting to commemorate them
... force on the side of Constitu- Certainly it was the greatest tonalism and against the subver war that had ever been, but while sive elements in their midst. their pride in fathers and brothers who callantly, fought and died "PACIFISM AND PROVOCATION mained undimmed, yet they could In contrast to the steady and not but see that the great cause consistent policy of the National for which ey gave their all had Government in the cause of peace not been fully on War had and security." Mr. Chamberlain "The continuance of the Nation- again raised its grim head, and continued, "there are the divided al Government is the best protec they saw the ominous spectacle of and wavering opinions of the 80tion against extremes as well as the nations arming themselves racialist. Opposition-a dangerous best for them
the maintenance pidly and vigorously,
confusion of pacifism and pro- prosperity and security."
MALCARMEN
Unfortunately, all the indica- tions point to the probability that the return of the present Labour party to power would result in the formation of Just such a Gover ment.
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