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Australians Take Strategic Village In Push On Beirut PUBLIC AUCTION. the River Damour ten miles south of
JERUSALEM, July 7 (Reuter) Australian Infantry who crossed Beirut attacked along the ị north bank yesterday and captured the strategle village of El Boum. Beirat 1.be Lebanese The Allies have launched a big push on WE Undersigned have received capital and Vichy's key port on the Mediterranean coast,
Instructions
The patrols which were flung on Saturday across the River Dam- infantry our ten miles south of Beirut were followed by Australian
THE
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Tuesday, the 8th July, 1941. commencing at 2.30 p.m.
at their Sales Room, Nu. 2, Con- naught Roud, Central, 2nd Floor
A QUANTITY OF VALUABLE HOUSEHOLD FURNITURE
comprising:--
Teakwood & Iron Bedsteads Wardrobes, Dressing Tables Chests
who attacked along the north bank and captured the village of El Boum, which represents a sharp advance in the drive up the coast.
British bombers hammered the.
Vichy troops who are strongly
entrenched on the north bank of SINGAPORE
the river and made the initial
ble. They also bombed the bar-
crossing by the land forces poss! OBSERVANCE OF racks anc fuel Installations "DOUBLE 7TH
Beirut.
Best-Din. 11 miles southeast ANNIVERSARY
army
in
this
Bertor.
the Vichy was similiarly attacked
This new push follows a long stalemate during which the Vichy slub- forces have been resisting bornly along the Damour River for more than two weeks.
column
While the Allied troops are clos- the south. 0! Drawers, Sideboards, Dining ing in on Beirut from
is maintaining Tables, Chairs, Chesterfield Buftes. another Ice Chests, Folding screens, Cup- pressure on the elly from Damas- boards, Tables, Desks, Book Cases, cus. etc., etc.
From Mazar, Vichy troops are
! Centran CHUNGKING, July 7
and donate. The oath-taking to-China's warehest movement on Double 7th the Occasion of the Anniversary
the sponsored by Kuomintang members and Chines newspapers in Singapore, is meet ina with enthusiastle response and ÷ considerable amount donations is expected to be receiv led," according to a telegram
Wu Te-chen, I eelved by Cheneral
Carpets, Rugs, Curtains, Cushions shelling the advancing Alles and Secretary-General of the Central
of the bombard- Cutlery, Ornaments, Glasses, Por- the intensity
have increas-Party Headquarters, from Mr. Kao celain & Mela) Ware. Electric Fans ment is reported
Ling pal. Chinese Consul-General & Lamps Pictures. Mirrors. etc, ed slightly.
in Singapore. The centre
te of the front etc.
mained quiet with Vichy troup stil) holding a number of points in the vicinity of Hasbays
also
A QUANTITY OF BLACKWOOD
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and
600 Books (in lots
10 New Rubber Air Mattresses
2 New Canovas Canoes
1 Home Rowing Machine
1 Plano by "Morrison"
1 Mahogany Bed Room Sulte
2 Tientsin Carpets and 2 Rugk
1 Steel 3-Drawer Filing Cabinet
On View from Monday. the 7th July, 1941.
1771
Terms Cash on Delivery.
CENTRAL SYRIA Another Allied success is report- the ed from Centra) Syria where armoured column which raptured Palmyra has now reached a
point
The messaer
states that
In01
than 500 Chinese public bodies in all Malaya announced their deci
move.. sion to participate in the
and to donate to ment
China's war chest
OATH-TAKING CEREMONY ! According to the message, the 25 miles from Homs the vital rallath-taking ceremony will be held.
portrait of Dr Sun and before the
!Yat-sen and those participating will pledge to the absolutely faith- ful to bequeathed teachings Tis column was earlier
Leader Dr. Sun, to ported to have oreupted without of the late
unequivocally Generalis- opposition a "post" 33 miles from support
Kai-shek, to obey Palmyra on the Mosul-Tripoli oftmo Chiang
jabsolutely the orders of the NA- pipe-line.
way junction from Tripoll
Aleppo, the chief city in northern Syria.
re –
Homs
A new advance of two-thirds the tonal Government, to adhere un
waveringly to the national polity, distance from Palmyra to
Loverthrow traitors and puppet organisations, and to contribute!
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TELEVISION STAR Lease, Lend Cargoes For British In Middle East
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Announcing programes in the BBC's Overseas short-wave Service is not one of late jobs Philip Cunningham thought of when he planned his career. His twin enthusiasms WETC acting and engineering Act- Ing was a natural choice, for theatrical he
of comes family and is related to the late Sir Herbert and lady Tree, but before taking up the stage as a career he was ap- prentleed to a famous engi- neering firm as an electrical engineer. During the last war he temporarily gave up his engineering training and Jokn- ed the Royal Flying Corps in three which he spent nearly
years.
After the war he re- turned to engineering, but only for a time. for the call of the stage was tou strong and soon he became a professiona! actor.
YUNNAN LAUNCHES CAMPAIGN
WASHINGTON, July 7 (Reu- ter)-Between 20 and 25 ships are now leaving monthly with munitions for the British Mid- die East forces, according to officials familiar with the Lease and Lend activities. The cargoes, which travel via
Pacific, the Atlantic or the
in clude bombers, fighters, guns, mu- nition and a new type of 18-ton tanks some of which have already been in action, American mecha- nics have also arrived in Egypt supervise the assembling of planes
the
Officials estimate that 100 day jare required from the landing at the American port to delivery in the Red Sex but acceleration of shipments after a slow tended to relleve the
start has pessimism
of some American military experts ebances ot regarding Britain's holding the Mediterranean.
U.S. COTTON FOR BRITAIN
WASHINGTON, July 1 Reuter) Britain is to take 20.000 bales of United cotton monthly from the States until 600.000 bales have been delivered, says a Washington dispatch to the NEW YORK TIMES yesterday.
Bri-
The newspaper adds that tain has notified the United States Government,
be that ships will made available Hametastry.
The cotton will be taken from stock and Government-owned
shipped under the Lease and Lend Act
No purchases
the open market.
will be made
JE
It is reported that there will be announcements of increasing Bri.
United States agricultura! moditles which
curn-
to
The campaign soliciting sub-tish demand for other surplus of scription to wartime bonda in Yun-
are expected nan is now under way. is now covered.
Initiating the campaign, Mr Lu reduce materially the stocks The whole of Northern Syria, In- cluding Aleppo, is thus threatened their utmost to the war effort in Keng-chuan, proprietor of the Lu Government warehouses.
Keng Kee Contractors' by the pincer movements of three money and services
has subscribed $200.000 worth the bonds.
LAMMERT BROS. Alted columns driving along the
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R.A.F. LEAVE 300-MILE TRAIL OF DESTRUCTION IN NAZI-OCCUPIED TERRITORY
LONDON, Juy 7 (Router)-Aircraft which went further into Germany on Saturday night were sign-posted on their return by huge beacons blazing in half a dozen towns, the Air declared
Ministry
For 300 miles from Rotterdam to Magdeburg, which is only 70 miles from Berlin. Bomber Command aircraft eft a trail of destruction. At many vital points, supplies and communications of Germany's western army were wrecked.
KING GEORGE OF GREECE TO VISIT S.A.
GUEST OF FIELD MARSHAL SMUTS LONDON, July 7 (Reuter}
GENERALISSIMO TRIBUTED
the
Workshop.
Dr of
Ista Chin-lin, formerly Counsellor of the Chinese Embassy
of wartime bonds in with the will of his father
lately away
Sino Seamen Send th
Loyal Address
CHUNGKING, July 7 (Central- A dispatch from Shanghai states that on the occasion of the 4th anniversary of the opening of the Sho-Japanese hostilities. General Yang Hu, special representative of the Chinese Seamen's Union, on behalf of the entire body of Chi-
nese
has seamer
addressed of tribute to Generalis-
At Rotterdam, oli blazed furious. message
a
Mr. Yen Hsueh-cheng, Chairman in London, has been appointed of the Kunming Chamber at Com- adviser to the Ministry of Foreign
Dr. Fista of his Affairs.
Lo returned merce. is donating part family fortune for
purchase China recently in the company of accordance Dr. Quo Tal-chi, the new minister The Ministry who jor Foreign Affairs.
appointment Central (also announced the
lof Mr. Shen Tsung-han as Direc- tor of its General Affairs Depart- ¡ment succeeding Mr Hsu Kung- shu who has been promoted advi- ser to the Ministry
News)
Manufacture Of Spanish Banknotes
MADRID, July 7
(Reuter)
Spain is to print more of her own banknotes iristead of getting them done for her by the Axis.
A
decree issued
ly. Osnabrueck and Bielefeld were, simo Chiang Kai-shek extolling his deeply scarred by a concentrated leadership and pledging unreserv
by General attack on their Industries, power-ed loyalty to the cause of the war
of resistance and national salva- Franco resterday says that the plants and railways.
Bank of Spain must give pre- Magdeburg and Rheine were 11ton.
General Yong has also issued a ference to the Fabrica Nacional de by fires
Munster was and
message to Chinese seamen urging Moneda for orders of manufacture: vastated
them to redouble their efforts to or banknotes. (The Fabrica Nacional Within a few minutes of the be ginning of the attack on Munster, overthrow Japanese Imperialism, de Moneda was authorised In Apr!1 signs of devastation were evident, to support Generalissimo
to print Bank of Spain notes and
de-
Chiang
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Oll dumps blazed and amoke rose Kai-shek and the Kuomintang, and the decree saya that the Intention | 8,068 feet above the railway station to suppress all traitors and puppet was "to assure maximum guaran- and goodsyards. Sepurate fires seaman organisations. The mess.. It is reported in London that King began to spread and merged until age was distributed in large num-tees of every kind in the national for all gold and silver articles. George of Greece is likely to visit the city appeared to be well alight|bers along the various wharis on manufacture of notes for the issu-
each The Bund in Shanghai today. of and the bombers could see South Africa at the invitation Field Marshal Jan Smuts.
writes
a diplomatic correspondent.
He will be accompanied by
Princess, Crown Prince, the Prime Minister of Greece several members of Government.
other shining red as they circled above the furnace.
ONE BIG BLAZE the
One crew reported that Rheine the and was "one huge blaze." the Greek
At Bielefeld, an important power-station received many hits:
"Smoke Less" Appeal
LONDON, July 7 (Reuter)
It is likely that the Crown Prince and the adjoining gas works blew Lord Dulverton. Chairman of the and Princess will remain in South up. Many fires were started elsc- Imperial Tobacco Company, broad-
Africa for the present,
where in the town and a huge casting yesterday as representative of the principal British tobacco It is not known how long the industrial building was seen to col-
manufacturers and with the ap- King and Prime Minister will stay
At Osnaburg, a railway yard was proval of the Board of Trade, ap- heavily bombed And elsewhere
pealed to smokers voluntarily to
lapse.
In South Africa, but probably they
British
and
industrial buildings.
ing institutions."
Jade, diamonds, jewels, watches,
The bulk of the banknotes at fountain pens. Apply Far East present in circulation in Spain Diamond and Gold Refining Co., were printed in Germany and Room 621, China Building, 6th Italy.
floor. Sundays and Holidays
In case of special need, the Board
of the Bank may still order notes open.
to be printed abroad.
PLAN TO FIGHT
THE CIGARETTE Students to form a class Guaran
PROFITEER
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WANTED KNOWN
Experienced Book-keeper Wants
tee students to keep a whole set of books after completion of a course or 6 months. For Term and Par- will visit England on some future large fires were started among the reduce their consumption with the
Apply While the local cigarette and ticulars. Please date to consult the Allled Governments.
The glow was vialble as the re-object of making possible a reserve tobacco racket continues unabat- No. 463 c/o HK.D.P.
of stocks.
ed, with prices soaring whenever a Naturally the King will make it turning aircraft crossed the Dutch
attend to the const..
"If from tomorrow onwards for shortage is experienced, ceaini hia prime task to
two months, every smoker would local Chinese clubs, associations training, equipment and expansion
SERIES OF EXPLOSIONS
reduce consumption by 20 per and firms have formulated a plan of the Greek armed forces, Ag is
A very substantial load of bomts
cent., shops would be able to build to counter the profiteer in Singa- already known, at least half the
was dropped on Magdeburg. AR
up a reasonable, small reserve of pore. and important industrial Royal Hellenic Navy survived the
iron stocks, obviating queues, overbuy- comercial Battle of Greece and is operating with the Mediterranean foundries and engineering works,ng and hoarding.
"I am not suggesting that you rest approaches to the agents of fleet.
A series of explosions after the
now
city with many
com-
AIR FORCE PERSONNEL bombe hit the railway looked as if should
Based on co-operative Hines, these institutions are making di-
go without your after these non-essential commodities
A considerable number of air explosives in trucks had been hit. breakfast or after work cigarette, and obtaining them wholesale to force personnel also escaped and according to one rear-gutiner,
of
gome size is being constituted from
an omclent Greek land torce
the evacuated troops and
units
of the Greek colony in Egypt.
ern-
The ones you can reduce on are supply their members and those you amoke at odd times ployees. during the day. I suggest that In this way, the cigarette geta may be expected from all parts of you keep a dally tally to see for to the individual at much cheaper the world.
your own
satisfaction how sue- rates, with much less trouble, and Meanwhile the Greek Minister cessful you are in cutting down in more satisfactory" quantities than a million overeens Grecks, for War and Minister for Marine smokes. There are enough eiga than would otherwise obtain all anxious to help to liberate their remain in the Middle East with reites and tobacco for all if we are they were to be obtained from
imoderate." country, large numbers of recruits the Greek forces
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