"Buys British" singapore, July 23, 'Authoush tt cost more' than lee 06ftnaetha sh cement was "Bree Hered to Spann cement by" thee Commission i bought the seeaneet brands saving) of more apanese esta syeer would have een effected, motion io buy British cement India o Sapence! moved and Sipe fatal by Chlnwse mentors. of the Becamtudon: wes opposed by" only fires embers aff" of therm Brash Europeans "Money: mentality, whereby Anane cial condidortions arg. permited 10 Sountts and overeat cluer cemratans: ie'a hing biter Ex"deplored trid' sucha rental hot wort of this Bord said Mr Yap Pheng Geek, moving the motion tin supporting. Me: Phon Geek, sid' cileoe of Sings Porena srcnghold of the Brith Empire, should not be called upon to "help and pay for ushering in of the New Order in Bast Asia" because some of us lack the courage to tell the citizens of this city to buy British."
"Reuter, Magistrate Praises Farmer-Soldiers Macao, July 23.
The grim resistance of the farmers of the Chungshan district, in Kwangtung Province, against the superior might of the Japinese was praised by the district magistrate, General Chang Wai-chung, in an interview with Reuter.
General Chang, who was trained at the American Curtiss Aviation School and was the founder of the old Canton Air Force, said he was proud of his people for. their gallant stand, farmed as they were with rifles and machine-guns, a5 compared with the aeroplanes and artillery used by the Sapanes ug for their homes and he said, "they have suf fered privations and hardships, but they are heroically determined 10 resist to the utmost and make the Japanese pay dearly for every foot of Chungshan soll."—Reuter, H.M.S. Duncan in
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