Labels:text | newspaper | black and white | monochrome photography | publication | monochrome OCR: This n'eu's graphically illustrates the hive of industry that New Syonan is today. The blur in the photograph is not bad photography but is a screen of smoke and dust . . .. the smoke from the burning of the cleared jungle; the dust from the road-making that is In progress. About1,000Persons HardAt Work To Ensure Success Of New Syonan Scheme BY SYONAN SHIMBUN REPORTER THERE ARE today in New Syonan something like 1,000 persons, mostly male, who are engaged in a diversity of jobs- lumber-jacks, carpenters, road builders, policemen clerks, bankers, agriculturalists, anti-malarialogists and other experts -whose combined efforts assure the success of New Syonan and realization of the ideals trat underlic this giant land develop- ment scheme. Settlement Is As has been pointed out from time to settlers in time, prospective New Syonan can- Accessible not expect to land on & "bed of roses:" They must expect many | inconveniences that are in- By Sea evitable adjuncts of pioneering. It is up to the settlers them- selves to get down to work as early as possible and, with their BY SYONAN, SHIMBUN REPORTER own conditions. hands, create better living THOUGH New Syonan is roughly four miles from the sea It is with plans are being made to erect a the following this intention that description of living Marine Police Station and Cus- conditions in New Syonan are given. toms Office on the . extreme The first contact with New Syonan west of the settlement where that the visitor makes is the con- it touches the Labong River. struction offices of the Chinese Association. Oversea- The site of the Marine Police Station and Customs Office was shown to the recent inspection party to New Here reside the clerks, office assis- tants and representatives of the various Syonan, sponsored by the Syonan bureau, which, except for the Finance Nippo, when it was explained that the Agency and the Agricultural Experi- Labong River is a tributary the mental Station, are centred here. The Endau River which flows into the sea construction headquarters consists of half a mile away from Endau town. one fairly large main building, Both the Endau River and Labong smaller buildings that are the st tw River are navigable by tongkangs and it is visualized by those interested in and kitchen, a further building used the success of New Byonan, that settlers as living quarters by some of labourers and the will find water transportation cheaper between the main building and shed' in and more convenient than land trans- labourers' quarters. the port, at- least during the south-west monsoon season when the East Coast All these buildings are of plank and is sheltered and the China Sea com- attap construction. In the building also live some of the person- mahn peratively calm. Plans are already ahead for the AC- nel of the various bureaux, for whom quisition of a number of tongkangs by meals are prepared by a cookie. the Oversea-Chinese Association, the During the Syonan Nippo Inspection Syonan Shimbun understands. These Party's trip, all meals were caten in tongkangs could be used among other this building. The cookle distinguished things for the transport of heavy of himself not so much in the prepara- furniture or the excess baggage tion of the dishes which were always settlers who may find it impossible or vary palatable but in being able to get extremely inconvenient to take this the wherewithal to prepare them. part of their belongings by road to New Syonan. All those residing at the construc- tion office are supplied with mosquito - TOLICE BAND nets. This is a necessary precaution In view of the large-scale felling of THE SYONAN Police band. inder the jungle in progress which tends to the direction of Conductor Gande Singh create a mosquito nuisance. through will perform in public 'at the Waterloo providing breeding places in break; in Street bandsand from 7 p.m. to 8 p.m. the timber and ground caused in the on Sunday (Jan. 28). The program is felling operations. is AS follows: March. "Hipomaru Khosin Kyoku" (Arr. Military Band), Those living in Eodau village with Valse. "Donau Wellen" (Dunarl), In- a few exceptions do not require mos- termezzo, "At The Window" (Ernest), quito nets. Sc'ection, "Carmen"" .(Godfrey), Ma- "LA Tzigane" (Ganne), Bar- MASS FEEDING zurka, carolle" (Tschalkewsky). Kimigayo. The labourers living in the jungle or at the place where the first group of residential blocks are being erected also do not use mosquito nets. Here again CEKIJO there are exceptions. In all instances these groups, w ther 'in Endau town or on the felling or construction sites, feed communally. Rice, sugar and salt are supplied by The Association, while pork, mostly wild boar, Besh, fish and prawns are obtainable at Endan town or neigh- bouring villages. Fish and prawns are Toho's particularly plentiful a KYO EI and SYOWA: cheap, costing roughly about $1.20 ₴ notable, "KESSEN NO OZORA E Preceded (at KYO-EI) by 3 reels of kati. the Dal Toa Nations' Conference The inspection party's visit coin- Speeches In Tokyo. 3-6-8.30 p.m. cided with the peak of the fruit sea- USHIHO BUNKA EIGA: New Pro- son, and there were fruits, in abun- gramme includes: "AZIA KATHO" and dance. Durlans at 15 cents a kati and special Nippon News 179 (Dal Toa mangosteens at three cents a piece were Conference). 3-5.30-7.30-9 p.m. plentiful. DAISEKAI BUNKA EIGA: New Pro- There are not many vegetable gar- gramme includes: "TAIHEIYO KO- dens in or around Endau town; hence; SHIN KYOKU" (The Song of the table vegetables or greens are not ob- Pacific). 3-6.45-8-9.10-10.20 p.m. tainable in the same profusion as fruits, TEIKOKU KAN: "AIKI MINAMI E but it is Expected that this deficiency TOBU." 3-6-8.30 p.m. 3 and will soon be rectified as settlers get MALAI: "AI NO SEKAI." "PU- down to the land. 8.30 p.m. Opening to-morrow: RAN BHAGAT" (Punjabi). Keeping a protective watch over INDO: "UNEXPECTED" (Hindu- the men and the work they are en- stani). 2.30-5.30-8.30 p.m. gaged on is the Peace and Preservation YAMATO: "FARN TIEN FOOK Bureau with headquarters in the main DEI" (Cantonese). 3-6-8.30 p.m. building of the construction offices at "SUGATA SANSHIRO." 3 the fourth mile. - FUJI: and 8.30 p.m. The same system as is in practice NANYO: "SHINA NO YORU." 3 among the Auxiliary Police in Syonan and 8.30 p.m. is being adopted in New Syonan. There TAIYO (New World) : "THIRU- will be heads of teams and wards, and VALLUVAR" (Tamil). 3 and 7.30 p.m. Auxiliary Police Assistants whose job TAIRIKU (Great World): "OTOKO" besides maintaining law and order will 3-7-9 p.m. be to fight fires, carry out air-raid pre- cautionary exercises, maintain a re- gister of all labourers and settlers, and Rapidly see to all other public welfare work.
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