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BUILDING BOOM
IN PENANG
The War, which, in a measure, has been responsible for the shelving of some of the big building projects in town, has not altogether hindered the appearance of new smart shop-houses, streamlined private residences and accommodating business pre- mises--in fact, architects, contractors and masons have seldom expelenced a busier period than at present,
to
Improve
The outstanding building scheme helped considerably is, no doubt, the new Penang Penang's Chinatown.
Penang has its quota of rich in- Police headquarters and barracks.
these have built which are expected to be complet habitants, and ed at the beginning of next year, magnificent, beautiful residences. It is nearly two years since Gov Along MacAlister Road, Nirvana ernment acquired the private re-Terrace. Anson Rond, Kelawei sidence of one of Penang's richest Road and Pangkor Road, palatial families, the old detective station residences exist. Favour has been and the Transfer, Road Malay given to streamlined designs with school, and razed there to the gardens overhung with assorted "ground" to make room for the plants and flowers.
om for the
Truly, Penang has made great magnificent building, W
Now that the scheme is almost additions to her, already many
buildings and complete. Fenang will be able to beautiful
boast of a really fine building.
Another "site that will Instili pride in the hearts of Penang's
more
building activities are going on.
citizens will be the new maternity DRAWBACK ON
hospital work on which has been
going on apace.
- Situated in cool, quiet surround- ings, with open vistas of green turi and deep-blue hills, this building is likely to rival Singa- million-dollar maternity
pore's hospital
For
GOVERNMENT QUARTERS.
Government servants. "a block of one-storey quarters is nearing completion in Kampong Bahru, along a bus route.
aree
on
TOBACCO
The following is published in the Government Gazette
Notice is hereby given that, in exercise of the powers conferred ton me by-section-20-of the Duti
able Commodities Ordinance, 1931, in relation to the assessment of duty" and
drawback on
DRAWBACK
FINANCE & GENERAL
U.S. URGED TO OBTAIN BRITISH
BASES FOR USE IN WAR AGAINST JAPAN
Claim That Three Men Can Wreck Alaska
VULNERABLE TO SURPRISE ATTACK
SAN FRANCISCO, "Sept. 9-The entire Alaskan detence machine
What may be called the naval base frontier of United States" sea power in the Pacific today extends roughly from Dutch Har- bour, Unalaska Island. Alaska, to Oahu Island in the Hawaiian group and thence to Pago Pago on the island of Tutuila in Samoaa distance of approximately 1,260 miles, willes Fates Stirling. Jnr, in the Manila Bulletin.
The fleet base at Dutch Harbour is under Construction. The base at Pearl Harbour, Oahu, Hawaii, is completed and is being used by the fleet. There is no base for the fleet in Pago Pago, Samoa. That harbour is too small for anything but sub- marines and seaplanes
route,
passes
Should it be necessary to send The
roughly. the above mentioned could be paralysed by three men our fleet to the Orient, a number, through
Islands. the New Hebrides Islands, In a fishing boat within an hour, of routes would be availabla' Donald McDonald, Alaska high
the Solomon islands, also British, FLEET'S ADVANCE commission engineer, sald today.
through Torres Straits at the The fleet might advance by the north end of Austraila, across the The 700 United States Army men northern route from Seattle. via Araforen Sea, up through Bandu charged with defending the Dutch Harbour and Attu islanda' Straits west of the island population of 80,000 Indians and to Manila. From Seattle via Ceram, owned by Holland, thence whites scattered OVCI 580,000 Dutch Harbour to Manila would through the Molukka passage into square miles, have exactly one be 6,690 miles. Stopping at Attu the. Philippine archipelago
Island. the distance would be Manila, a total distance of 6,730 slightly longer.
piece of artillery.
A FLOWER POT!
It was left in Seward, where
of
MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 30, 1940. -PAGE 9
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NO COLOURING MATTER
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NO INJURIOUS INGREDIENTS
The
Such an advance would carry the fleet close to Japan's basea in her main islands and through the miles longer than that vis Guam, Japanese island groups, Nanpo but would be practically immune
and Nansel. Shoto and to Japanese interference.
fleet, on this route would pass Formosa where Japan has
through or near, islands owned by numerous advance bases for her
friendly nations. and could be warships.
Shoto
cessities anywhere en route. fleet would require 18 steaming
units.
Kedlak and Attu, to attack Jap-
impossible. From Attu, our farth.
RICE SITUATION
IN HONGKONG Shipment of rice from French
It is
now stands in a park, by the Ras stans when they left after Alaska's purchase in 1872. The muzzle serves as a flower pot. ---McDonald returning from Wash.
ington where he conferred with military leaders, had an answer to
This would not be a health supplied with fuel and other ne lanese bases is yet difficult, if rot tobacco the defence of America's far north the scale for payment of draw-outpost. He declares a $25,000,000 voyage, if we were at war, for our back on
non-Empire tobacco at highway from Hazelton, British feet would be encumbered" with n The site was formerly a vast
overgrown with weeds, the end of Government Notifica- Columbia, to Fairbanks, Alaska, large train of supply and repair days outside of the days required est western air base, it is 2400
Japan. In time of war it would kong has been interrupted; owing tion No. 354 published in the would bring Fairbanks within two ships. During a large part of the for refueling or repairing of fleeting miles to the Inland sea in Indo-China and Thailand to Hong- which cows grazed. Already all
be most unsafe to use the Midway, to the Japanese invasion of Indo- of them have been booked and Gazette of July 28, 1940, is amend days of a steady source of supply. voyage it would be subject to at-
MOST IMPORTANI
Wake. Guam, Manila route used China and the strained Franco- the compared to the present seven or tack by Japanese submarines and will soon be ready for occupation, ed by the substitution for
This vast area of islands. at by Pacific airways, a total of 3.130 Thal relations. Shop-houses, at the same time. Word and figures in the last column eight days required by ships to air forces. It might even be at-
make the voyage from Seattle to tacked by Japan's main fleet and most all of them owned by Great miles,
According to local rice dealers, are springing up like mushrooms thereof the the following-
Seward, from where the Alaskan air forces at a time and location Britain, and Holland, is most tm- If we can obtain air bases from ships which arrived in Hongkong - in town. Usually finished in grey.
most disadvantageous to our fleet, railroad runs to Fairbanks,
air bases to enable Great Britain, let consider yesterday carried na rice. portant for and modern in design, they havel
MIDDLE ROTTE HYPOTHETICAL ATTACK
squadrons of our seaplanes, either another air route to Manila, which not certain whether the Thai Gov- The grizzled Alaska veteran There is a middle route into the to accompany the fleet or to fly will not pass through air control-ernment has banned the export of sketched a hypothetical attack on Orient, from the Hawaiian istanas from the United States to the led by Japan. The first air base rice.
dis-Orient to take part in a naval on this route from Oahu would be
However, the price of rice in SHAREBROKERS' ASSOCIATION | Seward, only all-weather entrance via Guam to Manila. "This
to the territory.
tance is about 5,000 miles and war in that area with the fleet. at Canton Island. 1.880 miles, ther Hongkong is steady and there is Great Britain has offered the Pago Pago, 720 miles, then to anno fear of a shortage as there is Bascr Sellers Sales Wowinal Bayer Bellar Sales Fontent SATUR AY
On a dark, rainy night the town would carry the fleet "through the
2 large stock of over 1,000,000 of 4.000 would be awakened by ex Marshall, Caroline and Marianas United States British islands for Island in the New Hebrides, 1,230
sacks. plosions of all
base in the Atlantic to defend our miles. tanks-Alaska's, islands owned by Japan. 81305 entire gas and oil reserve-some These islands are a formidable hemisphere from European dicta-
TOTAL DISTANCE * 500 feet from Seward's only wharf. barrier. We know that some of tors. We might also consider ob- The dock would be blown up next, these island's such as
The route to Manila from the Jaluit,taining island bases from Great
the Pacific ocean to New Hebrides then will lead to to Pa7 As the population gave chase to Ponape and Salpan are prepared Britain in
the invading coat, it would and naval. positions for submarines, give-mobility to our air forces. New Guinea, 1,200 miles, to the_time_ channel markers had been arid seaplanes. This route won should the United States be drawn island of Ceram, 1,200 miles, to
des
Mantis, 1,200 miles... The total troyed, and the whole harbour be safe if Guam werela, first class, into war in the Far East. mined.
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A few fishing boats, removing markers. would make the entire Alaskan coastline so dangerous no1, vessel. even naval craft, would dare enter the inlets and passages unt the route had been resurvey- ed.
ALASKAN WATERS
("If you don't think Alaskan waters are hazardous in which to operate, marine underwriters" do," said McDonald parenthetically.
"They charge 15 per cent a year on vessels operating over the route because of the reefs, bad weather
and poor visibility.")
Even if the navy did get word
us
one-twentieth of a
warship'
VITAL INTERESIS The area of the south Pacific distance by this route would be It requires a fleet more than distance of SOUTHERN ROUTE
from the 140th meridian of 7.230 miles, or 2,370 miles farther three days to go a longitude to Australia and Asla than the direct route through 1,200 miles, which can be covered. There is a proposed southern
by a seaplane in four hours, some day will be useful for the Guam. route much longer. but beyona
The United States is in a better the striking power of the Japan enormous speed of airplanes and
It seems plain that the Pacifie the destruction they can accom-
eastern rese navy except by submarines
position than any other nation in ocean, especially in its plish. makes the airplane a most and long range airplanes. This
the world to have a superior air part will be happy hunting grounds route leads from Cahu via the necessary weapon in a war in the force. The Pacific is a wide ocean for these vast weapons of destruc- Phoenix and Ellice groups of 1- vast area of the Far East."
our vital interests and difficult to control by even tion, and as lands owned by Great Britain.
the fastest surface warships. Air-ever will be in the Pachle, A northern route for airplanes planes cnt down the time of cannot allow the grass to to 'reach the Orient via Bitka, passage between locations almost under our feet.
"ROOSEVELT
WILL STAY FOR
THIRD TERM”
4 of the attack on Alaska, McDonald continued, there isn't much they
can do. Alaska would have to be
that "My personal feeling is
should be a quick
supplied with essentials by air, A unless there
of the current war
be required to supply Alaska with in Europe, Mr. Roosevelt will re- food, alone.
main In White House for a third "How would they blast the m-term," declared Dr. R. L. Archer vader off
course of his talk shores without In the transporting artillery?" he asked. "Further Impressions of
the
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That "WE" have an outstand- for a flank attack on Japan In untried in the fire of expedience."ing assortment of latest American dresses for all occasions and price Returning to Singapore some case of trouble.
"The only answer I see, two months ago after a consider to salt all purses. Call at "Vanity
and¡
Shop" (Lazarus) Pedder Street. the one I have tried to sell the able stay in the States, Dr. Archer government, is completion of the gave Rotarians an extensive sur- Experienced Book-keeper Wants 1300-mile road from the railhead vey of New York, of the "good students to form a class. Guaran~ at Hazelton to Fairbanks, through Samaritan" qualities of the man tee students to keep a whole set of the Yukon territory.
$25,000,000 COST
in the street there, giving exam-books after completion of a course ples of a number of such incidents of 6 months. For Term and Par- and the lack of class-conscious- ticulars.
$25-ness of the peoples,
"The cost of such a road. 000,000, would be less than 2 minor naval craft. It would put Fairbanks within two days of a
NEW YORK HAS FEELING This Dr. Archer lustrated by
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Already such a programme has the the other fellow." said Dr. Archer, endorsement of a congressional who also referred to the Rotary committee and territorial govern Convention at the city of Cleve- ors for many years back Canada, and last year, which he attended. too, is receptive to such pro as the representative of Singapore
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