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FIRST NEWSPAPER IN THE FAR EAST. ESTABLISHED 1845.

No. 92,009

THURSDAY, NOVEMBER: 28, 1940-

Price: 10 Cta.

SECOND ED

INSIST ON

Daisy Brand

Australia's Choices

BUTTER.

ENEMY RAIDER ACTIVE

IN THE INDIAN OCEAN

JAPANESE THREAT TO N.E.I.

A new Japanese move in the Pacific was an- nounced yesterday.

Japan is to protest to the Gov- ernment of the Netherlands East Indies, says the Domei agency, against a series of anti- Japanese acts that have occurred there recently.

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ELEVEN NAZI 'PLANES SHOT DOWN

Eleven enemy air- craft were shot down by R.A.F. fighters in a series of engagements over Kent- yesterday afternoon, it was offi- cially announced in London last night.

Two British machines were lost but both the pilots are safe.-Reu-

ter.

works owners in Batayia who .................

were attacked and injured: by Dutch policemen on November

11:

The Japanese flag in Ban- doeng. was- was burned on November 23;

A Japanese consular official "was arrested on the same day outside the official residence of the Governor-General and .wrongly accused,

.adds.

agency, of photographing residence-Reuter..

the the

JUST CAN'T

TAKE IT---

LYING DOWN

Persistent Rumours "The crazy British," is There are persisten rumours the title of an article in that crucial. developments can the Nazi Party news sheet be expected in December re- garding the Netherlands East which complains that the Indies, and it is believed the Ja British are continuing the panese protest" will pave`, the way for decisive action.

war contrary to all rules

The article declares: "No sen- sible person can follow the acro- batics of British thought to-day. "That Germany cannot be conquered in the war, vilch decided has in any case been

Reuter from Tokyo says the of logic. alleged incidents, include an as- sault on a Japanese manufac turer's wife by. Dutch policemen Fon November 11, the burning of

a Japancse flag displayed by Bandoeng barber-shop on Nov. 23 and other minor assault cases against Japanese. by Dutch. sol- diers

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Negotiations Off

а

Mr.

on the battlefield, is not doubt. ed by anyone in possession of normal mental facilities.

"The directors of British - po- licy decline to recognise his prim- ary law of human logic."

First official hint, that

After speaking of British "hal- Kobayashi, special envoy to the lucinations" the article declares Netherlands East Indies, is prob the problem of finding a solution ably not returning to Batavia for to this war is no longer one of negotiations, was given by the politics "but of psychology.” Foreign Office spokesman who said nobody may go in his stead, Reuter.

Reuter:

RUMANIAN

BOMBER ROCKED BY

ARMY READY? EXPLOSION

:

Merchantman Sunk: Second Also Probably Trapped

A BRITISH MERCHANTMAN, THE PORT BRISBANE, WAS SUNK IN THE MIDDLE OF THE INDIAN OCEAN FIVE DAYS AGO BY A GERMAN RAIDER, ANNOUNCED MR. W. M. HUGHES, AUSTRALIAN NAVY MINISTER, IN CANBERRA YES TERDAY.

An Australian warship has arrived at an SERIAL STORY

Australian port with 27 survivors, Mr. Hughes ANOTHER

added. The Port Brisbane was a vessel of

8700 tons and was registered in London. THRILLING

The remainder of the ship's company, including

a woman passenger, are prisoners on board the EPISODE

raider.

succeeded in

The attack took place at night boats were taken prisoner, but The raider lit up the Port Bris- those in the third bane with searchlights and open- escaping detection. ed fire at a range of over a mile. The third salvo wrecked. the wireless room and the fourth hit

Bombs And Torpedo

NEXT WEEK

A

APRELIMINARY¿FLASH FROM THE ADMIRALTY YES- TERDAY EVENING ANNOUNC

the bridge and disabled the The raider then sent a board: ED THAT ONCE AGAIN THE

which ing party steering gear.

placed time ITALIAN FLEET. HAS AVOID The Port Brisbane was sub-bombs on board the Port Bris-ED AN ACTION ON SIGHTING sequently abandoned, the ship's | bane. A number of these were BRITISH WARSHIPS IN THE company taking to the lifebox's. heard to explode and the raider MEDITERRANEAN. The occupants of two of the later fired a torpedo into the ship | An Italian force - reported to

and made off.

be composed of two battleships During a search made by the (out of the three they have left), rescuing Australian warship, escorted by a large force of crui according to Mr. Hughes an-sers and destroyers altered. nouncement, an empty lifeboat course and retreated at high speed belonging to the British mer: towards the home-base on sight- chantman, Malmo (8,000 tons)ing British naval forces yesterday. Our ships pursued them and was sighted. Malmo are also prisoners on board engaged them at extreme range. the raider. Reuter.

Reuter.

ITALIANS SURRENDER

ON BORDER

A total of 1,300 Italians and Albanians have sur- rendered to the Yugoslav authorities on the frontier in the Débar sector dur- ing the last few days, ac- cording to unconfirmed reports received in Lon- don last night..

In Athens it was announced that Greek alrcraft successfully bombed Italian concentrations, columns of troops and batterics in action.

bombed villages in Epirus, Corfu,

The Rumanian army is A Coastal Command The Italians are stated to have being held in readiness for H idson was rocked at Cephalonia and Crete and have any eventuality, stated a 1,500 feet by heavy blasts also bombed Patras, despatch from Bucharest when it bombed a 3,000 to The Greek communique adds to the German

fhat Greek troops are continuing news 5,000 tons enemy supply successfully their action on Al- agency last night.

ship off the Frisian Is-banian soll. Reuter. ic special Cabinet meeting lands yesterday:

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tarmac of the aerodrome at Dun- kirk

Another German supply ship. was torpedoed near the Frisian island by a Constüt Command Beaufort aircraft on a roving mis- sion, The vessel was of 5,000 tons.

In Bucharest ended late last night.] Two hits are believed to have * The despatch adds that a num- been made, states the Air Ministry ber of Rumanian statesmen- and news service, and debris was seen polliicians ... who, were arrested soon after the bomb burst. during Tuesday night were re In daylight a Blenheim of the Teased yesterday, morning and Constal Command harried small were sent to the Ministry of units of merchant vessels near It listed quickly to starboard and Interior where they at present are the enemy coastlines and through remaining under a kind of volun-in cloud gap struck at the hangar tary protective arrest,Reuter, and eight German aircraft on the

the stern camo out of the water with the screw threshing the air.

British Wireless,

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