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WOMEN IN AUSTRALIA
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I have Just come back from looking over munition factories, farms, camps, where thousands of girls are employed in the job of providing equipment for Australia's fighting forces, and of Bghting for them in some cases, writes a special correspondent in Picture Book,"
Ex
"The
the
I met many new Australian ly pes evolved by the war munitioncer. the Mililor, the dispatch-rider, signaller. soldier-clerk
I saw these girls, drawn from something tangible towards help- ypewriter fron shop-counter me to win the war ram factory or leisured home life. 1 happy
thinght that their New employment tributing to Australia's war effort. MISS MUNITIONEER First MISS MUNITIONEER she is surrounded by the whirr of mali. Ler pris Jace set In intense conectóravici. her
Con
Their attitude is summed up by pretty brunette Winifred Atkinson, a checker of percussion fuses at the factory of Amalgamated Wire Jess of Australasia, who gave up an equally good job m a confer tonery factory for this
"I could go back there, and 1 hair liked it.” she told me.
al complexto just 5 and her a brother verseas deft Angers capably, ceaselessly, how I'm helping him."
engaged on some small part of the enormous are! complex ph ні
nitions- making
At one factory I saw the gul employed in the manufacture of
11:50s. these
mochanism
and mines
intricate pieces
of
But I have
teel some-
JUST SO!!
During recent army manoeuvres | the United States, & bridge was
a hich explode shells deemed by the umpires to have|
been destroyed.
Emplovers have found that the A young lady drove up in her aller Ongers of girls are better automobile, wishing to cross the adopted to many of the more de-bridge. The sentry stopped Beate operations
and checking
her
: assembllag und loformed her that the bridge had been blown up.
SOMETHING TANGIBLE
Dumbfounded at this statement, another soldter
I forme that most of these girls she turned don't regard muctions-making nearby and asked if he could PE merely as il Job which provides plain why she could to cross the them with the wherewithai to live bridge
and
really
clotte
themselves
They Te soldier repited: * JA] K],
terl that they are doing I've been dead for three days"
EASTERN
GLAMOUR
GIRL
Perched in the
fiat,
window of her
taking in the Australian
sunshine, is TAI SING
you remember her?
Thi
Puter
slie 1s
clever danØYT
Perhaps
hay
come
A1 uy now
the moment enjoying the Australian
Sumtres She likes beaches,
And
she has found plenty to explote
She likes the sun
"Out here it seems to give n 24-hour performance." she told And
the reporters down under
in a decorous way,
she has cal.
tivated a taste for Australian beer "It's the best I've tasted--much
Futter than our American beer." IS the opinion of this American born Chinese dancer.
il
TOURING AUSTRALIA
Tai Sing and ner partner also
Chinese
are touring Australia at the mument "A Chinese ball- roum dancing team is novel-per- haps that's why people like
she suggesta The fact that it is
NEWSETTES
ROYAL STRAW
HAT
Wals
The Duchess of Kent wears a
She sammer straw hat. Inspecting a Y. W. C. A. hoste! al Stough,
WAR WORK IN MALAYA
FLOWER MAKING
PARTY
Among the ellants belig made.
Kuala Lumpur F.M.S. 50 swell the Malaya Patriotic Fund is The work of a party of ladies. jed by Mrs. J. Sanders of No
2 Maxwell Road.
make all who kinds of trinkets for sale.
Known as the "MONDAY FRI... DAY FLOWER MAKING PARTY" they are putting 4!! view articles they have made at No 2. Maxwell Road, every Monday and Friday from 8 a.m. till noon.
the
The party is now taking in or ders for Christmas presents and Mrs Sanders is making a speriat appeal for more helpers to cope with the rush of work
Among the articles being made by the party are artificial fl wers! in leather, felt and wool fibre. fancy belts, collars. cuffs and por-
News was received from Lisbon, 'kets, evening and day bags, kall- Portugal, to the effect that Missing bags. brooches and necklets,
Friday
¦ Maria Adelaide Trigo da Rosa, of children's frocks and toys.
12ngkong, ridest daughter of the The "Monday tate Mr. C. A
Flower
GENERAL
CHINESE GIRL (LORRY DRIVER) MAKES HISTORY
MISS JESSE YONG Js the only Ucensed Chinese gir) lorry driver Malaya bas known, and Bas recently added to her achievement by passing out as
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teacher Bchool.
THE
a driver for any van,
Miss Yong is a schoo) CEZM attached to the Singapore, and has been teaching there for the last ten years.
On her vacations, she assists her father in buying and rearing local pigs for the Singapore Pig Farin jar Changt.
FAMILY OF PLANTERS
she came from a family of planters. Her father, Yong Sin Stone was an arly plonger in Bri tish North Borneo where he stil mwns about 100 acres of land
She says that driving a lorry Infinitely easier than driving a car "I got the licener in May of this year."
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"Do you ever drive the lorry to school?" I asked
"No" she said, "but do take The school children to picnics o
casionally."
OTHER ACTIVITIES
Questioned about her other ac vities, Miss Yong sald that she was a qualified nurse, according Lo St. John Ambulance standard
truns- "I wanted to get into the puri section but I was told they needed nurses more.'
Miss Young said that she ceased to be a wonder for users of Chang Road among whom she Icreated quite a sensation when she made her debut at the wheel
her three-ton lorry
that
has
Along this stretch of road, she has transported hundreds of little piggies and big fat ones.
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And incidentally. Miss Yong quite a connoisseur when it comes
selecting "babl"
SUCCESSFUL
MANNING EXERCISES
MANOEUVRES TO
END TODAY
On the night of Sept. 7-8, un successful attempts were made by the enemy" te Jand During da Rosa is engaged Making Party" has been in exis
Lence for about eight months and Sept. 8, certain roads were assum- har already collected about $1,500 ed to be cratered for the purposes of the exercise. Detours were 37- ranged at once and repairs put in hand by the Royal Engineers and P.W.D
to be married to the grand-son vi he late Dr Atense Costa Portu giuse statesima
·
arcrdance with a resolution
a first class act, and that Taladusted at the 8th Plenary Session: Sing has the glamour of the East, the Central Executive
upled with American are other good reasons for popularity of a fast performance
Com- pertness.mittee emphasising 511 Woman's
theedunation. the Ministry of Educa streamlined tion has decided to establish a National Woman's Normal College and appointed Miss Kiang Hsueh- chu to be President. Preparations for the establishment of the in- stitution are being rushed to com- pletion.
Two Weddings At Registry
The
following
marriages Look
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of
or the Malaya Patriotle Fund.
Private orders are also received by the party.
AUCTION OF ARK ROYAL REPLICA NETS $10,000
IN SHANGHAI
During the day mock seditious si humorous type
DISTINCTION.
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We hear that a new publication by Douglas Miller is becoming best seller in the United States
is entitled "You Can't Do Busi-
ness With Hitler."
pamphlets likely to be found by the troops, crooked
The author was for some years in Berlin and saw the rise to were left in areas where they were power of the Nazi Party and their
methods. One. of their All pamphlets so distributed were schemes was to sell goods to found and reported to Fortress foreign countries at the highest Headquarters. Several
persons, prke and buying at the lowest. boti British and Chinese. who
particularly to the South Ameri- had been employed by Headquarcan states, where there are a large
Heavy losses were
urma-
A patriotic note of the opening ters in distributing these pamph-number of Nazi Germanis, night of "XCDN Moonlight Pol-lets were either caught in the act The Rational Government
The Nazis did not mind even leg" in Shanghai was the en-or traced and were arrested, be- Monday Issued a mandate com-thusiasm with which members of ing released as soon as they had assist in expanding their
selling war material and thus piace at the Registry. Supreme mending the meritorious services various organisations seated at established their identity. Court, yesterday with Mr. J. Rey of Mr. Kung Hsiang-yung. late groap tables bid for the replica of nolds, Deputy Registrar, officlat-Chairman
ment industry. For instance, a During the early morning of great deal of the guns and am- ing:-
the Yellow River | Ark Royal, which was auctioned. Sept. 9. Conservancy Commission,
enemy landing Mr. Maarten Gerardus Roukens, died in Stan some weeks ago
parties munition Who reports the North China Dally
used by the Greeks gained a footing on the Island. against the ship's radio officer, and Miss Jap mandate also ordered the appro-
The News.
Germans had been Miauw-khiem, of No. 176 Prince priation of a liberal sum of sola-
Three of the dominating bodies, the enemy and those troops which does not mind some of his own sustained by bought from the Nazis, but Hitler Edward Road:
out of an estimated attendance of had succeeded in landing tium to his family.
2,000 people, were the Merchant isolated and unable to penetrate own men.
were ammunition being used to kill his Service, whose table was decorated more than a few hundred yaris | Unstinted praise for the late Mr. with Chang Chi-luan. Chief Editor of RAFA's colour scheme was done
the Red Ensign: the land. the Takungpo, who died on Sept. in flowers and the Light Horse 6 in Chungking, was voiced by Dr. table was done in bunting in com- H. H. Kung, Vice-President of the pany colours. Buffy" Maitland, Executive Yuan and Minister of oC. Light Horse also led the com- Finance, in 2 message of con-munity singing of war songs. dolence to the Chang family.
Bidding for the Ark Royal' ré- plica began slowly, but soon the and
Mr. Kuan Hong, merchant, of No. 313 Des Voeux Road Central, and Miss Helen Ng. of No. Tat Ning Street, Wal Wan Ho.
ANNOUNCEMENTS
The following forthcoming mar- riages were announced yesterday: Mr. Chan Pak-ling, clerk, of No. 13 Caroline Hill Road, and Miss Chan Kwan-yue. of No. 57D Wong- nefchong Road:
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Germany, prior to the outbreak of the war, bad exported enor- A counter-attack was launched mous quantities of barbed-wire. at once and the situation com- Pletely restored, all enemy who that were Hitler to win the war, Douglas Miller is of the opinion had succeeded in landing being Europe, if not killed or captured.
the whole world, would be planged into slavery The exercises are the longest lasting (ke the old Roman Em-
most detalled yet held inpire) anything up to 500 years Under the title "Wings Uver figure had topped $4,000, where- Hongkong. They have been most China." Clare Boothe wrote aupon it again became spirited and successful and will probably end lengthy article in the September more than $10,000 was bid until it sometime on Sept. 10 (today). Mr. T50 So, wireless operator, of issue of the Luna magazine just finally was taken by the Merchant No. 4 Maple Street, and Miss Wong out on Sunday. The article is an Service table. Fuk-chun, of No. 18 King Kwong Imaginary dialogue in which the The replica had been donated, by famous playwright sets down some the RAF.A., but had been made Impressions and deductions about to scale of American ifiterials by Mr. Koh Hon-chew, merchant. China mide during her visit by Mr. R. Marcel. a Portuguese" em- of No. 25 Johnston Road, and Miss plane from Hongkong to Chunsployee of the China Printing Co., Ho Kam-ngal, of No. 11 Amoy king and the Yellow River front. Shanghai and a brother of Mr: Street;
Marcel of Hongkong.
Street:
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Mr. Chan
News of the death of Mr. Chang
PICTURE-MAKING
IN WARTIME
THE KING JOINS IN REVUE CHORUSES
The King and Queen joined Flanagan and Allen and the au- dience in singing "Underneath the
In a recent talk, ANN DVORAK Arches" and other choruses at gave a vivid account of some of performance given by Mr. George the dimculties flm people have Black's company of the revue to get over in wartime.
"Black Vanitica.”
"We are working with one-fourth
Princess Elisabeth and Princess
£lu-sari, treasurer. Cuan, Editor-in-chief of this derstands that a similar replica is The Hongkong Daily Press un Richard and Co., of No. 121 Glou-Takuhgono, were prominently dis to be donated by his brother, Mr. the normal crew of technicians Margaret were with their parents. cester Road, second floor, and Miss prayed by both Chinese and for. Marcel, to the Hongkong War Our still man has been called up The audierice wore chiedy troops Hui Yan-hing. di No. 22 Kina eign papers in Shanghal, necord Committee to boost war funds in our head Kwon Street, top floor:
the Colony.
Ing to a Shahghái dispatchi rbce!-
ed' th Chungking. A photo was Mr. Shum Won-ting: merchant, prihted in many papers.
of No, 15. Yu Chan Street, and Miss -
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Ip Puot-ngo, of No. 770 Nathan i Mr. Lan Ben Chairman of the
Road, first floor:
National Government, on Monday
wired a message of condolence. to
STREET SALE OF FLOWERS
electrician is peening from the London area. potatoes in the army. Our ward-
robe women will register on the
noxt draft, Clothes rationing wil
no doubt put a finish to the "dress had just finished first-ald courses, extra"-the man or woman who two wore znobile canteen drivers,
The Committee of the Po Leung has a amart and verled wardrobe and one was an ambulance › driveri
Mr. Ho Bling-tong merchant, President Franklin D. Roosevelt Kuk has completed all arrange- and can take part in luxury The last girl, who seemed to be residing at Room No. 236. Luk Hol over the death of the President's ments for holding a street anlo of crowd soones, Film girls do tar very quiet. was an ARP. worker
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