NEW JOB
FOR BRITISH BATTLESHIP MEN OPERATING PENANG FERRY, UNDER JAPANESE BOMBING. (Received This Day, 9.15 a.m.) SINGAPORE, December 16. A new job already has been found for the ratings from the warships Repulse and Prince of Wales, some of whom are now operating' the ferry between Penang Island and the mainland. During Japanese raids on Penang planes not only bombed the island but machine-gunned the waterfront and then turned their attention to the ferries, when a number of passengers and members of the crews were injured. The authorities decided to despatch, sailors from Singapore, who now have taken over the service, which is maintaining its normal schedule, despite threats of further attacks.
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Wairarapa Times-Age, 17 December 1941, Page 5
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