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THE Undersigned have received THE
instructionS
to sell by
PUBLIC AUCTION
Thursday, the 11th July,- 1940
'commanding at 11 am.
at. No. 5 Peak Mansions, The Peak.
A QUANTITY OF VALUABLE HOUSEHOLD FURNITURE
including
1. Oak Dining Room, Suite
Bed
1 Maple and Cherrywood.
Room Sulte
1 Upright Piano
and
1 Frigidaire (in good condition)
On View from noon on Wednesday, the 10th July, 1940,
Terms: Cash on Deifvery.
LAMMERT BROS.
AUCTIONEERE.
PUBLIC AUCTION.
THE
WIE undersigned have received
instructions
to sell by
PUBLIC AUCTION
ON
Thursday, the 11th July, 1940-
commencingɑat 2.30° p.m.
at No. 3. King's Apartment, First Floor, Austin Road
A QUANTITY OF VALUABLE HOUSEHOLD FURNITURE
Particulars from Catalogue
On View from Wednesday, the 10th July, 1940.
LAMMERT. BROS., AUCTIONEERS.
WARNING ON RISK OF
AIR INVADERS
Rifle Guard Alone
Not Enough
GENERAL
IF MASS RAIDS ARE TO BEGIN
Eminent British Scientist Hopes Nazis Will Use Gas Bombs
"If the Germans stāri large scale raids on "England I for one hope they will use gas boinba,”
:
FALSE STORIES
SWEEP
F. M. S.
Baseless rumours are sweeping the F.MS. Inquiries made in res- ponsible circles show that there 19 no'vestige of truth in the ru- mours that the dollar will be devalued or that the people's sav- (inge will lose in value, writes the
Malays. Tribuna..
This was the considered view of Prof. J. R. 8. Haldane, eminent British scientist and student of air rald defences. He
It is pointed out that so long as travelled to Spain during that country's civil war to investigate
this country continues to export effects of air bombing and means of combatting it
the
its rubber and tin to the United ground, writes » London correspondent.
States (and nothing, har kappen- Early in the present war, the "But the percentage of deathaed, or is likely to happen, to "im scientist formally offered himself probably would have been the peril this trade) and the world's as a "human guinea pig" to test BATTLE.”
most stable currency, the pound what bomb blasts do to the All of these figures illustrate sterling, to which our dollar is human system. He offered to un-that deaths from gas bombs total pegged, is safe, the Straits dollar dergo bombing in different types much less than deaths from high-will continue to be an honest-to- of air-raid shelters to determine explosive bombs, both in Britain goodness dollar, as it has always their protection value. Upon this from 1914-18 and in Spain from been. topic. little accurately measured 1938-38, he said
It is further explained that the With chalk and a blackboard. Government's financial policy is scientific data is available due to the dimeulty of obtaining sub-the Professor reduced death" by
so designed as to keep in absolute jects for experimentation.
ras poisoning to an algebraic safety public savings, gratuities,
His offer was not accepted by formula. the Government.
PHYSICAL EFFECT IN AIR In a lecture at Birkbeck College,
Its physical effect in the air University of London, to scores of can be roughly measured by its air raid wardens, the six-foot concentration (C), he said, in re- stoop-shouldered savant, "roundly
lation to the time (T) for the gas attacked Britain's Civil Defence
to take effect Let (X) represent Department for "A
very strong
a person's 'exposure to the gas ✪ anti-scientific and anti-experi-
and T form the two sides of a mental spirit.”
right angle. X is graphically re- presented by a curved line, the whole forming £ rectangular byperbola.
Be accused the government agency of risking the ives possibly of hundreds of Lan- doners by unscientific struction of trenches and other air raid shelters.
con-
comparison
of
Thus every exposure above the curved line (X) will represent a
Jury but not death.
His "defence" of gas as a wea-death, every exposure below to in- Thus for chlorine, with C being 200 parts of chlorine to a million
minutes, X equals death
pensions and other funds held in- trust.
It is a statutory obligation thrown on the Government-.. which they will keep at what- over cost. The money kept in savings banks or in dollars is as good as gold; it will buy the same amount of goods or services as it has always đòne. There is no cause for panic.
MILITARY SERVICE Another matter which has been the subject of some comment among the people is the present lack of facilities for military train- ing for Astatics,
A former British Army oficer pon was made in a who escape from Holland stated with the destructive effects
While the Government appre- that in his opinion Britain must other types of aerial bombs, part-parts of al and T being live chate, and gratefully acknowledge, prepare at once to deal with Nazi cularly high explosives...
the spontaneous acts of loyalty in After condemning London's All war gases, except mustard all parts of the country, they are THE Undersigned have received parachute troops, and that infan-
try armed with rifles would not be ARP. authorities, he said in pre-which has no immediate effect, convinced
that the best that sufficient to deal with them, says cise, dry tones:
have Irritation action upon nese Malayans can do at present is to "Now let us turn to a more and eyes the Daily Telegraph.
cheerful subject gas.
stick to their jobs, whatever they
instructions
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Friday, the 12th July, 1949
commencing ́at 2.38 mm.
A QUANTITY OF VALUABLE. HOUSEHOLD FURNITURE,
comprising:-
In the first clear picture, from a military point of view, of the fighting in The Hague, he said:
"I heard of no case of a genuine fighting against, his
Dutchman
This is a weapon much more
Of 170,000. mustard gas casual-are (untess of course: called upon humane than high explosives, bul-ties none died of blisters to the by the authorities for other work)
et, or even bows and arrows, and skin providing the lungs were and do their work better and bet-
battleaxes."..
War, the Professor said, has for
affected, the Professor said.
Blister gases and smokes,
fer every day so that Malaya can of United States dollars to the continue to contribute her share mother country, with which to pay for the quantities of arms we are getting from America.
wn people. All the fighting was its object the imposition of one's said, might be used with poisonous started by local, Germans. These will upon the enemy. in time, were supported by para-
fumes, to cause panic, while cer at their Bales Room, No. 35, Han- chute troops, who had three main or enemy soldiers and civilians in-masks which while not themselves If you render a large number tain of the smokes can penetrate functions: Tom Road, Kowloon.
That is the work of Malaya "To occupy strategic positions. capable of action, if only for two poisonous are very painful and
are in a tend to produce a violent reaction, rather than sending troops to Bri- such as the aerodromes, in the three months, you teeth of previously organised re
position to impose your will. One in which the victim will tear offtain at this stage. can conquer by taking prisoners his mas.c sistance;
It la pointed out that there are as well as by killing." To land in the immediate
But, be
added. comfortingly, adequate men and materials for vicinity 裁器 already organised
CITES WORLD WAR FIGURES | great technical difficulties stand | the defence of the British Isles Teakwood Dining Room, Bed bodies of local Germans, as rein-
Then he cited both German and in the way of such mixtures.
and of the strategic points in the Rooth, Drawing Room and office forcements; and
British. Agures from the last war "Even if the Germans overcomè
Mediterranean and the Middle Furniture. Tientsin Carpets and "To divert the attention of attempting to prove the sur-them, It is unlikely that they will East, and also for the ultimate Bugs, Pictures, Gramophones and Dutch troops in areas of ng an-
prisingly small ratio of mortall-use combined smoke-gas against defeat of the enemy. Records, Electric Oven, Celling and parent strategic importance.
ties to the total number of gas civilians.** Table Fans, Filters, Glass, Porce-
TANKS REQUIRED
cases. lain, E.P. and Brass Ware, Cutlery, "All parachutists were
"Gas," he remarked, "even If Curios, Ornaments, Cooking Uten- ordinarily well armed and equip-legal under international law, is ped. They carried elght days actually more humane than other Irations. sub-machine-guns and weapons.
wherewithal to wake "It is important to realize, on jolained. how in a small trench 15 this war til the enemy is van- even heavier arms, radio. equip A QUANTITY OF BLACKWOOD ment, maps and ammunition. To the criteria I am giving, that gas feet by five feet, a small bomb quished. In short, Malaya's con- dislodge them often required in- has considerable claims to hu- would have to explode in the tribution to the war effort should fantry with hand grenades, light manity." guns and even” tanks."
"Close attention
sils, etc., etc.
1180
AND RATTAN FURNITURE
And
2 Electric Refrigerators.
2 Gas Stoves
2 Upright Pianos
2 Radio-grams
· 2 Radio Sets
"Frigidaire"
"Royal" Typewriter
I Teakwood Bed Room Suite
1 Teakwood Dining Room Suite
WBJ
extra-
Kiven
Wo
In one
The Empire countries' duty is to provide money and arms. And in BLAST-PROOF SHELTERS
this work Malaya can do nothing Britain could build blast and better than to keep (and Improve). splinterproof shelters for all in her trade. thus providing the one month, sald Haldane. He ex: necessary
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treneh or within two feet of it tu of necessity be economic rather Prof. Haldane said that the kill the occupants, and a large han military..
Pleas Germans gave their gas casualties bomb within 20-feet
OTTAWA, CANADA.—Among the the timetable by which the para-men, of whom only 30,000 died danger area is five times as great in the World War as a million In a trench 90 by five feet, the
most radio-active waters in North should give immediately an assur- chutists were dropped.
ance that income-tax will definite- America, Radium Hot Springs in instance a party of 20 was drop from the fumes, while, perhaps afför small bombs and almost as DOGGIE'S FIRST STEP Columbia,
Kootenay National Park, Britishly not be introduced, and thus help
continued to be ped half a mile east of an im-somewhat smaller number were large for large bombs,
to swell the War Fund to bursting portant military past. When permanently disabled,
Yet he pointed out, London's troops had been drawn away to Of British mustard. gas casual-public park trenches ignored the before you attach the lead Burs when more than 25,000 visitors
When breaking your puppy to the popular attraction during the tis point and make the War Loan a lead, let him wear a collar a few dayscal year ended March 31, 1940. the piece de resistance, the War.... great success, and then indulge in deal with them a much larger/ties, only 21 per cent, died and elementary precaution of short-time on the lead, he's likely to Havet made use of the bathing facle Lottery were made by Mr.A. „C: J party was dropped to the west of another 2 per cent. were invalida trenches, many being 90 feet long, ideas of his own, pull back, and stub at the springs,
longer than three months.
Towers in his presidential address "It mustard gas is used against zagging the trench were likewise comunable to steti, joyously along of Radium Hot Springs rival those porate Accountants Malays
and such, simple measures as: zig-bornly slide Pay no attentiuar Keep- "It should not be difficult to ap
He will learn it: la more In therapeutic value the waters Association of Certified and Car-
at the annual meeting of “ the...... preciate the possible significance civilians in England," he estimat-
overlooked.
with you. or the landing of large numbers
ed, "the percentage of deaths
of the famous hot springs of Branch) held in Kuala Lumpur, of similarly equipped troops in may be higher-due to members
Banff and Jasper Parks, and the
the post
On View from Thursday, the 11th England or Ireland to pave the of the public not carrying their
July, 1940.
· Terms: Cash on Delivery,-
way for large-scale direct` Innd-
masks or to their masks being im-
ings by troop-carrying planes, | properly Atted.”
DISORGANISATION THREAT
LONG. IMMUNITY
"Such landings could early This remark was pertinent. be-- create widespread disorganisation cause perhaps from one-half to and mean the retention in England two-thirds of London's civilian
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serves whose immediate despatch respirators with them, due to the abroad was of the highest impor-city's long immunity from raids: -"" tarice.
Phosgene, Haldane pointed out,
"We require, therefore, not only is one of the most deadly non- large numbers of observers and persistent gases. He described; an riflemen, but also troops, other explosion of 11 tons of phosgene than those intended for service at Hamburg in May; 1938; to sup abroad, well trained in the use of port his contention that its dead- heavier arms, and, even; armoured liness and' terror can be overrated: cars suficiently mobile to reach "This explosion at the docks," danger points before the German he said, "raight be considered as defence could become consolidat- equal in effect to a fairly concen-
trated raid by 10 or 12 planes.
"It occurred on Bunday when
ed
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"I suggest that all able-bodied J. M. Tan, 18: Queen's Road; men not required for service over- not many workers were at the Chang Wing Chi, 51 Queen's Road seas should be mobilised to defend docks. The wind blew the poison Central: Bann, Peninsula Hotel; this country against parachute cloud into the suburbs and not Kan, 323 Great Eastern Hotel; hátss| troops,"
the center of the city, Yu Ol Ice ojo Luk Kwok Hotel;
"Three hundred persons were Ohan Bhing. 314 Cheat Eastern Hotel; Kam Sho Kum, c/o Luk Canadian tobacco production set ten died
For the third auccessive year, admitted to hospitals. But only,
Ewok Hotel, from Shanghai,
Powell Company, from Kobe,
a new high record when the 1939 No doubt if the cloud had been crop totalled 109,846,000 pounds blown in a different direction. Mr. Liu, Bunsun Hotel, Kowloon, as against 101,394,600 pounds in there, would have been many more. from Stockholm.
· 1938.
casualties,
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ACROSS Never
theless..
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BOLINIJON
TOMORROW
15 Ferplexing
situation
provision of modern swimming The rumour and it le no idle:
rumour-has gained, "considerable
pool and bath-house affords ample opportunity for visitors to enjoy
ground that the possibility of the the benefits of this natural won-introduction of income tax next year is responsible for the slowing Fund. A thousand pities! down of contributions to the War
der.
At the foot of a wooded moun tain slope in Sinclair Creek Valley. the hot sulphiir watery bubble.
"Will Government then give an from under a rock into the swim, durance that income tax will ming pool at the rate of about definitely not be introduced so 150 gallons per minute, or almost that the War Find may swell to 500,000 gallons every twenty-four ample proportions, and at rance, hours.
has the question of time is every
thing
The temperature of the water is
114 degrees Fahrenheit an it
“Money must come in now and it
issues from the rock, but in the will come in if that sword of Damo pool the temperature averages ales in removed
about 100 degrees. In their con- "We must by taxation and stituent parts the waters of the Radium Hot Springs closely 78- semble those of the Bath Springs in England.
adivar bullets but endeavour to Keep down infiation.
He gave a warning. against in*
flation like the colossal inflation Germany after, the last.
Malaya Tribuney
The Radium Hot Springs were known to the Kootenay and Flat- head Indians long before the first white zien had entered the Hoo- tenay district. The Indians had } great faith in the curative proper: |a ties of these hot; sulphine, waters, are still held frequently visiting the spririgé and
using the water both internally
atid", externallygis
Even in this – modern age; they greatly benefited.