The Straits Times, 16 October 1945

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  • 15 1 The Straits Times *4LAT*> LEAUISI, SEWSPAPER-ESTABLISHED m SINGAPORE. TUESDAY. OCTOBER 16. 1945 E V CENT*
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  • 386 1 hon Of War Not T i Seriously London Cet. 11.— Holland is preparing for i agaiiui (he Indonesians and plans pushed forward for the immediate N.E.I, oi a number of battalions of ops m Britain. Eight Dutch minesweepers for Indies' waters. All men
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  • 78 1 VIENNA, Oct. 14- Tht Mktrian Provisional internment has made an argent apiNU] to the Allies jo gave the conniry from a "locust .1 )M.j of refugees, numbering about one ""'ion. There ire :>0r..000 tn 400.000 C-. rmans from »'<"• Balkans, and an ither half million ;re
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  • 324 1 LONDON, Oct. 14— "There is known to be considerable dissatisfaction m Australia over the policy which the US. is pursuing towards Japan," writes the political correspondent of the Sunday Observer. 'Ay "rattans dislike the American decision to keep T ie Japanese Emperor on his
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  • 52 1 Oct. 11 i^o i m London illy but Clydeside iecid.-d ro remain thousand nuve the c: >■:. < are "?ey' they -heck laiuec for aiul it X exa'l :leil>- now or uk v. r borough, (YorKrtrtlw oi I.OOC day sent ent 'o ajr l r tec I ktter m
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  • 117 1 ATOM BOMB PARIS. Oct. 14.— The secret of the atom bomb will be m the possession of Russia within the next six months, leading French scientist. Paul Rivet, declared here tonight. Rivet stated that the Russians had taken off to Russia a group of German
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  • 84 1 LONDON, Oct. [4. Complaints are coming froir British business-men anxious to return to China that the Olimese authorities still r-^use i'isas to ■passports for re-admi^or In refusing visas the Chinese argue that most places are still military areas but. s ;v.< the Far tern correspondent
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  • 123 1 CHUNGKING, Oct. 14.— The Japanese Government is iodng interest m its idea for an "apology mission" to China. When the first batch of 1.700 Chinese labourers, who had been kidnapped and forced to work m Japanese mines and pits, were returned to China on the same vessels
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  • 165 1 LONDON Oct. 14.—H^avy abling broke out m .Saigon u^aung uiun.c c yesterday when Bntith artillery went into action, supnortlng the French forces, wn- occupied the Northeast sector cf the Mty. *ays Michael llacHmagh. Reuter's special Mfrespondent, j The nationalist forces lost. 100 illod
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  • 110 1 BERLIN. Oct. 13,— 0 "> 000 persons, including some 100 Russian officers and soldiers, were arrested by the British military nolice and German civ.l poi.ee n a secretly-prepared raid on a busy black-market centre m the British zone of Berlin. No British or American soldiers
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  • 571 2 The Straits Times SINGAPORE, TUES Oct 16, 1945 Malayan Union What do&s this new Malayan Union mean? It surely must mean, to begin with, that the old Federation is to be scrapped and a new federation put m its place embracing all nine Malay States of the Peninsula (if we
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  • 770 2 By OUR SPECIAL CORRESPONDENT Kuala Lumpur, Oct. 14.— Within two to three weeks of British occupation of the Malay Peninsula, law and order have been restored, road and railway communications are open, postal and telegraphic services are operating and electrical and water supplies are
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    • 235 2 On Oct. 10 you published an article headed "Appalling treatment of F.M.S. Labourers." In cutting out this article and sending it home, I wrote over the top of it, "The half has not been told." I am one who knows. For 20 months I was stationed on the
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    • 175 2 There is a serious shortage of housing accommodation m Singapore. Some landlords have refused to allow their previous tenants to re-occupy the houses which they had to vacate during the Japanese occupation because they (the landlords) want to let to their friends or on payment of "tea money."
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    • 45 2 It is sincerely mped that Sir Harold Mac Michael will have. more success m reconciling <he 1 conflicting interests of Malays,. Chinese, Indians, Eurasians, 1 Europeans, etc., m Malaya, j than he has apparently had with the Jews and Arabs m Palestine—"S"
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    • 93 2 Mr. Oehler's letter is amusing. Persons of the following categories should be wise enough to know whither the path J of glory will lead them:—il) i Recipients of letters of thanKs' from Tojo; (2) ambitious parents whose offspring have been selected to study m Tokyo to qualify as future
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    • 101 2 The account of the mass murder of Chinese at Changi j Point as given by Mr. Vaz m your issue of Oct. 8 was of interest to me, having been one 1 of the party of personnel drawn from units of the R.A.A. to com- I plete this
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    • 20 2 "The god 3 are just, and of our pheasant vices Make instruments to plague us." —S J A Malacca.
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  • 476 2 Singapore Diary A little function which i perhaps unique m the hii ;of the British Empire wa« m Singapore the other 5 It wsis a dinner to celeb i"the restoration of the fret of the Press." The authot 'this happy idea w^ j Sarangapani, editor of the T; Murasu, and
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  • 677 3 Big Delay In Unloading Precious Supplies SHORTAGE OF LABOUR BECOMES A SERIOUS PROBLEM By a Special Correspondent The Singapore wharves are working at only 30 per cent, of their capacity. This is the considered opinion of a former Malayan resident with o*er 25 years
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  • 115 3 M. P. Mohamed Ibrahim And Co.'s Address Wrongly Used (To the Editor, Straits Time Sir, We were surprised to notice that the letter headed "Singapore ILL." published in the Straits Times on Oct. 15 was signed "B Mohamed Hussain, 5 Rochore Road. Singapore." We have no one of
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  • 57 3 A reward of $1,000 is being offered for information leading to the discovery of a Chinese detective and the persons responsible for his kidnapping rom his house in Geylang Road on Friday night. Six armed Chinese were reported to have called on. i and kidnapped him
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  • 51 3 All members of the SS.V.F. and F.MS.V.F. and also ioorlly enlisted personnel of the regular army v^ho are at the present moment unemployed, are asked u, report t> the Volunteer Headquarters in Bench Koad on :u:y morning when they will be •nployment the Straits Times W8i officially
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  • 51 3 There has been an alteration in the dates of "Music For AH" concerts at the Victoria Memorial Hall. The opening date will be tomorrow, but the next two concerts will be on Oct. 20 and Oct. 23, and not on Thursday and Friday this week, as previously
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  • 134 3 Under the sponsorship of the Singapore Chinese Chamber of Commerce a mass rally will be held at. he Happy World Stadium on Sunday the 21st. of October at 2 p.m. In honour of Air. Tan Kah Kee. All Chinese Public bod es
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  • 98 3 MIMI was stabbed Marseling Road bei t wai alleged, he had, Japanese occupation Mtpore, assisted the Jap- obtaining food supplier fcscl been instrumental in 1 man beaten up. y. Hiew Meo was char-1 tbe Buperiot Court before 0"a j.'Bostock Hill with of Wang Kang Heng.
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  • 27 3 s rr.cnthly tem:ion of Crown he res. and rents nent buildings let are due at the Municipal Building. from Oct. 1. 1945. and ved between 10 ajn.
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  • 126 3 SINGAPORE AERIAL LINK TO BE RESUMED The ground cr'ranization for the speedy aerial connection of Singapore with the United Kingdom and Australia is being *et up m Singapore today by ground staff of Qantas Empire Airways, who are a»st» looking after the interests of 11. «> British Overseas Airways Corporation.
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  • 198 3 (From Our Own Correspondent) Kuala Lumpur Oct. 13. —A Malay prince Major Tuncku Abu Bakar of Johore, son of Sultan Ibrahim -is "major" of Kuala Lumpur, presiding as chairman of the Sanitary Board, which is responsible for urban affairs. An officer m the civli affairs service
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  • 24 3 A meeting of council members of the All-Malayan Estate Asiatic Staffs' Association will be held at 27, Java Street, Kuala Lumpur, on Oct. 21
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  • 29 3 i -On Feb. 21. 1942 of CoDsgi of M^xiiA n of Jan massacre at I •t >s behind his lovln<r an aged mother. Ju: 4 listen and 2 broters-in-i
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  • 747 4 CITIZENSHIP SCHEME A WISE STEP By Our Special Correspondent Kuala Lumpur, Oct. 12.— The British Government's proposals for a Malayan union and tlie creation of a Malayan citizenship are generally x\« [coined by members ol the domiciled communities Ivrt. although full details of the
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  • 96 4 Preference for -mpioynuit will be given to chose formet members of the MAS. wiio *c- port to training centr°i nearest to their homes on Wednesday i (Oct. 17) at 5.30 p.m. The centres to be "tored tor training are at Pearl's Hill j School, Rangoon Roaj S:hool,
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  • 302 4 Lieut-General w. D. Morgan i has been appointed Supreme I Alliri Commander m the erranean theatre, m suen to F'>>'(\ Mai Harold Al sxander. who is to be tho new Governor-General of Canada. Twelve Liberty shim will take 20 COO Japanese prisoners nterneea back home from the
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