The Straits Times, 10 November 1945

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  • 20 1 The Straits Times MALAY A'S LEA bISG NEWSfAPLR-LSTAH USIIED 1843 r\t.i S SINGAPORE, SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 10. 1945. PKICK 10 CENTS
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  • 173 1 Stalin, it is genelieved In Moscow, spent inniversary of the reition at Sochi, on the Slack Sea coast, where he is > ACfk-old strike I.OOC bank clerks and enl senrant», which been paralysing banking during the busiest il the month has <s tor at least 50 Indian
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  • 465 1 British Demand Unconditional Surrender At Sourabaya CHRISTISON WARNS EXTREMISTS Bataviu, Nov. i). Further details of the ultimatum issued by Major-Gen. E. C. Mansergh, Commander of the sth Indian Division, to the "Governor" of Sourabaya show that the Sourabaya leaders must be prepared to sign a document of unconditional surrender. The
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  • 47 1 LIVERPOOL, Nov. ({.—The Canadian Pacific liner Kmpress of Scotland, carrying r;, repatriated servicemen, Z'2 merchant navy repatriates and about 1,000 serviceman from the Far East, arrived at Liverpool today after breaking the record no journey trom Bombay by one Cmj. Fhe previous time ni a4
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  • 79 1 BIG THREE MEETING? The United States, Great Britain and Russia may shortly confer on the subject of atomic energy if President Truman, Mr. C r Attlee, the British P c Minister, and Mr. W. L. Mackenzie Kins:, the Canadian Prime Minister, agree on internationalisation of atomic eneriry research. Although there
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  • 118 1 IranianFears At Soviet Moves TEHERAN, Nov. B:— Dr. a deputy, said at a meeting of the Parthal 12.000 fresh ssian troops had landed at. Schuh dm the Caspian -vi) ~nd 80.000 m Astara (m rovlnce of Azerbaijan-. '"I regret to ascertain," Dr. tebar added, 'that the Red \rmy still occupies
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  • 93 1 London, Nov. 8— Lieut fc»n. Sir Alan Cunningham )aa been appointed Palestine Hgh Commissioner m succes~'i to Field-Marshal Lord ■«,rt 3 .tut -Gen Cunningham, rho is 53. was first eommisicred m 1906 He served r ough the first world war In 1940 he commanded tlie inious 51st
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  • 154 1 222 MISSING SAIGON, Nov. 9— lt is officially stated here that nationalists have killed 17 ot the 290 French nationals 1 v. horn they abducted since Sept. 24. British and French forces j have liberated 51. wnile the remaining 222 French national? are still missing Of Asiatics
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  • 107 1 OVER 100 KILLED IN RIOTS Tripolitania Trouble CAIRO, Nov ?>:— A lurther anti- Jewish outbreak m Tri- politania— at Zansura, west of Tripoli, where Arab mobs attacked Jewish settlements land burned down houseshas raised the deathroll m the riots to ov r a hundrsd. Arabs attacking the Jewish ouprters burn°d
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  • 106 1 ..ASHINGTON. Nov. 8:— The United States answer to the British counter-proposal, received irom London 4b hours ago. m the AngloAmerican financial negotiations, is expected at a meeting tonight between Lord Halifax. Lord Keynes and Mr. William Clayton, Assistant Secretary of State m charge of transportation and communication.-,
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  • 22 1 The Japanese Government has recalled its consulate representatives In Dublin. They will return to Japan soon and fhe consulate will be closed.
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  • Page 1 Advertisements

  • 522 2 The Straits Times S'pore, Sat, Nov. 10, 1945. The Almighty Dollar (II) r> owed by B to other countries in the < nweaith. to which reference esterdaT, can host be explained Mf c 'he case of India. n. th war India owed to Britain an amount running millions "i pounds.
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    • 168 2 The B.M A. has lixed the srilaplea i>f all Government and eea ar on Docem- ',t. 1941 Why is this? Are these men. who stuck to their posts to I el the three-and-half Which they have I?-, some cases they have even been deprived of the allo*which they
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    • 108 2 In view of the enthusiasm for fire-crackers recently displayed by certain members of the Forces, it has been proposed to direct such manifestations of juvenile exuberance alonp properly organised tines. It is hoped m the near future 'to form a Fire-crackers' Club which will run competitions on the
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    • 108 2 When the Japs misruled this country, the Black Market rulfi the people. It is common knowledge thp.t the Black Market 1: inces were bribinp the Jap officials for this piivilege. Now the British are back, bu: the Black Market still ruies the people. Wa:k down RochuTO Road,
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    • 98 2 At a time when the Allied authorities m Tok.\o are taking lauaable steps to re-educate tne people of Japi'.n. why should not similar system to re-educate and de-Japanize the people t>c introduced In territories previously overrun by the Japanese? A system of re-education based or. moral reforms and "thcugnt
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    • 145 2 Hundreds cf lnuts loft liehind by the Japanese art now lying abandoned on the beachr* or under water m thr harbour. Maay ChtaCM merchants are eager to salvage and repair these bo.its. They will not touch them, however, because they ran only secure a charter on thc>e
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    • 139 2 I am writing to thank you for the very unusual service you have rendered thf- entire enterprise of peace and reconstruction m this portion cf the Empire through the establishment of your very up-to-date paper. You have not only ofTertd your readers suggestions and io»as of very unusual
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    • 157 2 I am m complete agreement with your leader "Too Much Talk" I am beginning to wonder whether all that we have read abvut the colossal tonnage of suppli:s which are reported to have reached Singapore, is not just propaganda. One would naturally be led to believe it
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    • 59 2 Cannot the B.M.A. do something immediately to help ease the problems of the average government employee and wage earner? Ii is impossible to make ends meet (without eon tant'y borrowii.g money) on our present "pre-war" tblarles minun pre-war cast of living allowance, when prices of even bare necessities
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    • 90 2 I feel some comment is needed on Col. Victor Purcell's article m the Straits Times of Nov. 7. It certainly is not true that "Bristol was a waste of desolation, most of it had been flattened by air raids." I was a resident of the city and lived there
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    • 29 2 In order t<> eradJcaU corruption it is that the AntiCorruption Department may xluced at an date and i omplainti ■•>- Mild then be passed to that "Modus OptruutU"'. j
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    • 170 2 The E ma. b turning a deaf iai- vo the p\v.-.. and luggestlons in* forwrrd m you* cor»cspondti.ee column, 'ih to i nly me way of alleviating conditions pn vailing snd that Is by unporUuf; foodstuffs anil goods. We read of shipment') that \wi be arrtvLis with
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    • 135 2 Because economic problems i must of necessity arise m the i change-over of administration, there are some people who try to j place the worst possible construction on her present-day conditions m Malaya. Malaya has been, and is. free from political trouble of any serious kind. Criminals there are
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    • 126 2 I was a Government employe- 1. And I've deliberately stayed aw y Even the three months' pay ccuid rot tempt me back. I went over to the B M.A.. where I am dnv.v:nt> double the amount the eld S S was prepared to offer me. I
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    • 132 2 I give you details of a friend of mine drawing $130 today (tlie j same as he did m IM2) who has five people, inciudmg himself, to j support. This works out at 84 cents per head per day. Keeping I costs down to a bare minimum, food
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    • 87 2 All Malayans, I am sure, still remember what the Japanese told us m the Jap-sponsored Eyonan Shimbun They publ'.ci.rri that they had planned co build j>. railway from Singapore U> J^pan. With the surrender Df Ji<pan. the problem of repatriating the Japanese L> exercising the zclnda of officials
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  • 435 2 One of the few the credit of the T. during their occupal Malaya was the man which they seemed b preserved the Raffles I and Library. Thiiv being sorted out now I Japanese brought in several libraries from private houses and offices and stored these in the Rallies
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  • 264 3 DKTRBUTION OF AUSTRALIAN GIFT Msulirablc quantity rf the medical supplu ormH part of the cargo of the Australian Rod' p, Admiral Chase, Which arrived in Singapore Jn>t week of Oclober, Ls -already reaching v > siik and needy though hospitals and chariP
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  • 120 3 Members nf the Sin?anore Swimming Club are determined to resist the requisitioning of the club by the army for a long period, and any requisitioning that would deny civilian members the use of the club. A resolution to this effect was passed at an extraordinary
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  • 33 3 No charge was made for electricity u-el In the Iffatajr I-t.insula during September, It mm mcially stated m Kuala Lumpur. In all region*, except Perak. hewever. charges are being made from Oct. 1.
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  • 137 3 Five L.B.T type craft h:»ve broupht b.OOO tons of rice to Singapore from Bangkok but the unloading of tins much-needed stock is j being delayed due to rice coolies refusing to work beI cause exorbitant wage demands have not been met by the
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  • 88 3 Ex-Servicemen In Tomorrow's Service On behalf of all ex-Service-men m Singapore, Brigadier P A. B. McKerron, Deputy Chief Civil Affairs Officer. Singapore, will lay a wreath at the Cenotaph tomorrow. It is hoped that aa many civilians as possible, who served with the British Armed Forces m World War I
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  • 61 3 Organised gambling raids conducted by a party of I Police officers, headed by Lieut. Goodrich, m the Rochore District on Thursday resulted m a number of prosecutions before Major D. P. Rees m the First District Court on Friday. Taking a serious view oi the case. Major
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  • 103 3 WAR LECTURES AT V ICTORIA MEMORIAL HALL Lieut. Col. G. G. Thomson of the Publicity end Printing Department, B.M.A. speke to a very large audience m the Victoria Memorial Hall 'ast n^ght on "The Background of the War." m the first of a series of lectures on the history of
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  • 188 3 The future of the Selangor Turf Club and revival of racing m Selangor were discussed at a meeting of ordinary members held m Kuala Lumpur last week Col. H. B. Langworihy, who was elected President. m outlining the position of the
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  • 164 3 CLEANING UP BLACK MARKET Lightning raids, nndc vestigation Drar.ch of the P< up" the black maijket r; brought immediate result covcry of S 100.000 worth of and the arrest of 100 pei Raids have been carried out all over the city. At the
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  • 38 3 it is hoped do re-open the I Trade School m Singapore as soon as the civil government is restored, the Straits Times understands. As present, the premises of the Trade School are occupied by the military.
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  • Page 3 Advertisements
    • 254 3 agement is announreu V. Part-id?e to S Cir CYl'lns. I A.O.C. (,F.M S. lease ccpy). REQUIEM MASS. EQffb Mass for the soul Mary Adsha Dclilkan will be the Cathedral of the Shepherd on 13-11-45, at rhinese Cccks or stewards ve prev.ou.siy served ftttll ■d N'av> in ships or shore •nents
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    • 313 3 RAFFLES HOTEL ARMISTIC-E EVE DANCE TO -WIGHT 9.00 p.m. to 1.00 a.m. Admission: SL.OO to Non -Residents ANXC UNCEMEXT The Far Eastern Music School have pleasure m announcing that classes m B:indergarten, Practical and Theoretical subjects will be again conducted as m pre-war times. IC R. ANCIANO, F.T.C.L. Principal. NOTICE.
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    • 261 3 1 BEWARE OF IMITATION Insist on Bair OU The Oldest Brand In The Market LIANG BROS., CO. 9, Chulia Street, Singapore. ENVELOPES of any description made to order. I Charges moderate. Enquiries solicited. SINGAPORE STATIONERY MART 28. Chulia Street Stationers. Paper Merchants, Printers, Book Binders <te Rubber Stamp Makers. SPOT
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  • 304 4 6,500 PICULS OF RICE IMPORTED LAST WEEK During the first week of Ihis month iG4 junks, or a daily average of 65, returned to Singapore with cargoes of foodstuffs and various other products trom Malajan ports, neighbouring islands and, m some cases,
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  • 65 4 Our Owa < nrrovpundcnt I p..h Nov 8. Following a suspected outbreak of cholera at NlbofiR Icli.ii last wfik and the eMMtfmrt placing of the area under quarantine, i similar outbreak has occurred in Ipoh. The State Medical and Health Officer, Perak. in public
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  • 112 4 Malay Peninsula has been ited into nine recions for purposes of facilitating ad-:'->rr?.tion. With the exception I Kedah, Perliv \><n-i Sembilan *nd Malacca, each administrative region comprise* >; A separate Vihiy State. ihe following are the regions! and their States they comprise:— 1 Region l.
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  • 36 4 Formor members of the Friendly Cc:npanion Association (Pheri? Yew Sia^ are invited to attend a genrral meeting, which vill he Odd ftt tho first floor of No 58. New Market U..ad. r>n Sunday, at 3 pan.
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  • 89 4 Chinese Offer Evidence Against Jap Criminals Five Ctiinese have come lurward and made sta**.;:ients against Japanese photographs are exhibited at the "pictorial dentification parade" at Bata Building Members of the public are -.minded that il they can ricntify any criminals it is heir duty to give evidence. This is the
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  • 43 4 Found guilty m the Superior Court on Tuesday on a chany." cf abducting Li?w Tw Heng 'n September at Boat Quay. Kwtst Ab Yam was convicted and sentenced to two yean 1 rigorwis imprisonment by Wing Commander P. A. Briggs
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  • 175 4 Church Services tomorrow are as foUows: St. Andrew's Cathedral 1 ftjn., 8 a.m., 10 a.m.. and 43G p.m.. Cathedral of the Good Shepherd 6.30 a.m 8 a.m., lc a.m. and 5 p.m Garrison Church 8 am. and 6.30 pjn.; St. Hilda's Church (Katong) 8 am, and 530 pjn.;
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  • 135 4 The work of cleaning up and maintaining the rubber i estates m Johore until the estate managements return, L< going on very .;peedilv under the direction ol Major G. VV. L. Clark. B MA. officer m charge of Labour. Industry and Trade m Johore Sixty
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  • 113 4 Distribution of foodstuffs to Servicemen's families registered for relief with the DeWate for the International Red Cross Committee at Diethelm Buildin#. 139, 149A. Market Strec will take place as follows: First weok: NOB. 751 to 150 on Nov. 12, Nos. 151 to 300 on Nov.
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  • 105 4 Registered And Parcel Post Services Inland and foreign registered port and an inland parcels service have been restored m Singapore and Malaya The 1941 rules relating: to the acceptance of registered articles ar.o parcels apply to both services In the case of registered articlts. the usual fee of 15 cents
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  • 25 4 Beys who have registered lor the ACS. secondary classes are asked to report at the school premises m Cairnhill Road today.
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  • 12 4 Banks m Singapore arc opening ftK sterling (-AchanEf basin. Monday.
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  • 34 4 At a nn'otiii- O f cejrloncaa la Kuala Lumpur town nali on Nov 4. it was NMhred to form < of Malaya. A temporary commnur was formed Membership will be cpen to all
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