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NEW R.A.F.

DAILY EXPRESS

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COMPLETION

London, To-day.

stated in the address of His Excel-Important strategic additions to Great Britain's Far Eastern defence pattern are planned for Malaya by the Royal Air Force, Reuter under- stands on reliable authority.

lency the Governor to the Legisla- tive Council on October 13, His Excellency has appointed a com-

terms

of

mittee of inquiry with the follow-This is in conformity with the known plan for pro- ing personnel and reference:-

PERSONNEL

The Honourable Mr. S. Caine,

(Chairman),

Sir V. M. Grayburn, Kt.,

D. J. Sloss, Esq., C.B.E.,

M.A.,

The Honourable Mr.

Paterson,

J. J.

The Honourable Mr. M. K. Lo, J. Fleming, Esq.,

tecting the fortress of Singapore from "back door" attacks north or east.

The new preparations, Reuter understands, not only exist on paper but are within an ace completion.

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on

CHORUS

LONDON, TO-DAY. "THE BRITISH GOVERN- MENT IS REPORTED TO BE

MONEY ADVANCING

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CHINA SO THAT THE CHIN-

ESE CAN OPEN THEIR BACK DOOR TO OUR TRADE WHILE

THE JAPANESE ARE SHUT- TING THE FRONT DOOR ON

IT," SAYS THE "DAILY EX- PRESS" THIS MORNING.

"At the same time the Japan- ese insist on entering our mar- ket in the Crown Colonies by the front door.

"The proper course for us is not to open the back door into China for our goods but to shut. the front door in the colonies to Japanese goods.

The field at Tengah, on the western side of the island, is

"We have the right and the practically ready for occupation by an R.A.F. squadron, while

power to do it. If we shut that good progress is being made on door we will find the Japanese the Sembawang landing field not willing to open the front door in far from the main air base at

China to us once more." Seletar.

Iter..

Although details cannot be Work is also proceeding divulged, it can be stated that in two new military landing fields the near future, air units will be on Singapore Island.

in the stationed permanently Malay Peninsula and other places where they can most ef- fectively protect the "back door" and at the same time occupy a comparatively secure position:

As part of the Empire's new C. B. Burgess, Esq., (Secre- creed, “rearm for peace," Reuter understands that Singapore's de- tary).

fences are thus taking another jump ahead of possible attackers. NEW R.A.F. BASES Strategists, it is stated, will be the increasing impressed by

a de. strength of Singapore as fensive base.

TERMS OF REFERENCE

The terms of reference are:- "To consider, and report, what methods of taxation could best be adopted in the Colony, should it be necessary to raise addî- tional revenue, having regard to the Colony's general economic position and the importance of distributing any additional bur- den in the most equitable man- ner in relation to the incidence of existing taxation."

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London, To-day. Channel shipping yesterday was

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Prague, To-day.

accompanied by an extraordinary cold wave, swept over. England.

Heavy Beas prevented Channel steamers from putting into English ports and forced them to take their passengers back to France.

The cold wave in addition to many traffic interruptions through- out England caused one death in

Because of the prolongation of the state of emergency and censor- ship throughout Czechoslovakia for], another three months, the Prague Government decreed yesterday, in London. order not to delay the publication of news, that a representative of the every chief censor be detailed to newspaper office-Trans-Ocean.

Meteorologists predict a lengthy duration of the cold wave,—Transs Ocean.

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