The Straits Times, 30 December 1945

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  • 18 1 THE SUNDAY TIMES THE LEADING SUNDAY NEWSPAPER IN MALAYA No. 15. SINGAPORE, SUNDAY, DECEMBER 30, 1945 PRICE CENTS.
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  • 639 1 Original Proposals To Be Modi fie d Va n Mook Proposals which were made to the Indonesians by the Lieutenant GovernorGeneral of the Dutch East Indies, Dr. Hubertus Van Mook, in November, have been modified. **As a result of this and or" his talks at
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  • 249 1 Attire Urged To Meet Indonesians LONDON. Deo. 2D:— Nowhere the Atlan.ic Charter and i lour freedoms been taken so t iiily as n Asia, says the New sman and Nation, in a leadIng article in its current issue. I here is. says the New States- "no coherent conception of and
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  • 65 1 CHUNGKING, Dec. 29: Nationalist delegates to the Nationalist-Communist parleys today said that the general atmosphere of the resumption of the tMks ye t?rday was 'not so bad.' The Chinese communists have submitted a proposal that Mr. Tan Kah Kee, Singapore Chinese community leader, should
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  • 59 1 TOKYO. Dec 29— After the personal doctor of 'he Supreme Allied Commander In Japan. Gen. MacArthur, had administered penicillin the condition of the Prime Minister of Japan. Baron Kriro Shldehara, was reported today to be decidedly improved. Baron Shldehara. who had been In bed for
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  • 32 1 HOLLYWOOD. Dec. 29.— The American author. Theodore Dreiser, whose works included "Sister Carrie" and "The American Tragedy, died from a heart attack last n.ght at the age of 74 Reuter
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  • 243 1 surprising turn to events In Jay. took place yesterday when, under the orders of the Allied Commander, Indonesian civil police were disarmed and confined to their barracks. After undesirables among them have been weeded out a new police force will be formed, it was stated. British troops
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  • 337 1 JERUSALEM. Dec. 29.— Troops with tommy-guns are patrolling the streets of Tel Aviv, where M-sterday, on the eve of Sabbath, thry carried out mass searches and made a large number of detentions and arrests. The Itritish military commander had apparently rejected the Mavnr'« appeal for the
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  • 93 1 Lieut. -Gen. Sir Miles Dempsey, Cominander-in-Chief, ALFSEA, is seen on extreme left as he was leaving the plane on arrival in Batavia recently. Others in the picture i from left to right) are Lieut. Gen. Sir Philip Christison, Air Commodore C. A. Stevens, AOC Air HQ.,
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  • 319 1 LONDON, Dec. 29. The British Cabinet on Monday Is expected to receive a full account of the three-power conference in Moscow from the Foreign Secretary, Mr. Ernest Bevin, who arrived buck in England today. It is possible that Mr. Bevin will visit Mr. Attlee this week-end
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  • 371 1 First shipments in quantity of consumer goods have arrived in Singapore. Eggs, canned meat, milk and the first non-black market cigarettes imported from Europe will soon be made available to the public, the Sunday Times understands. Simultaneous with this news comes a report from the
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  • 123 1 MANILA. Dec. 29:— The death of Mr. C. Kuancson, young Chinese Consul-General nt Manila at the time of the Jannnese occupation, was narrated by wi es this mornint Rt th" continuation of the trial of I.i-ut. CW.. Secchi Ohta. former nonunander of the JaDanese
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  • 52 1 TEHERAN. Dec. 29 Th» remaining United States tro-»ps In Persia will be moved this woek to Ba.«ra in Iraq where the Irani Government has agreed to the establishment of a transit camp in accordance with the United Spates Ooverment's decision to withdraw troops from Persia by Jan.
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  • 43 1 LONDON. Dec. 29 —Paris radio reported that the French Cabinet has decided to decree an amnesty for sentences parsed for offenres committed during the May 1945 dl tmii Algeria. Offences against the srruri'y of the state are not affected. Rrutpr.
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  • 165 1 WELLINGTON, Dec. 29.— About 800 Japanese prisoners of war will leave Wellington tomorrow for Japan on board two American tank-landing craft. United States officers describe them as the fattest and sleekest Japi'.n'v they have encountered in the Pacific. This was largely the result of th> new Zealand's strict
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  • 73 2 DEA TH Mm Teo Ouan Mac o» Martam Mm Kit Neo aged M. passed away j» a. fully at 38 Uuxton HiU on December 39th. leaving behind her a son-in-law Wee Soon Chuan. 4 grandsons Wee Wl Ur. Bee Le«, Thlan Lee, Swee I*e. adopted grandson Tan Kye Ouan. gnu
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  • 33 2 ACKNOWLE DGEMENT. 'f-nl'y of the late Madam Ooh Ah Yee. *uf > of the late Mr \eo Teck Kuay. Seg to tender li thanks to all friends their nlgr.t visits. *nd atu-ndtnee at luncral
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  • 759 2 "Watch Your Step" American views on the future of the synthetic rubber industry are being circulated with a freedom and an emphasis for which there Is no apparent reason. Moreover. It is difficult to reconcile some of those views with the known facts. To people closely connected with the
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  • 1382 2 By A Chinese Student Of Economics Measures To Prevent Further Price In fla tion ▼n current discussions of the price inflation in Malaya, ther* Is a tendency to emphasise only < one aspect of the problem. The diminishing purchasing power of the Malayan Dollar Is attributed to
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  • 735 2 Singapore's transport problem is one of the greatest obstacles In I the return of the country to I normalcy This has been stated repeatedly by Brigadier P. A. B. MacKerron, the DCCAO, Singapore. To Singapore's little man the transport problem is a daily headache. Yet Singapore's
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  • Page 2 Advertisements
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    • 183 2 SCREEN EVENT OF THE NEW YEAH! j SINGAPORE PUBLIC'S FAVOURITE! The Air-conditioned mid The M^t Centrally- CAPITOI (The 'Gem' o! Movies) RE-OPENING SHORTLY WATCH OUT POM THE BIG DATE! THE BIG OPENING FEATURE!! THE OTHER BIG NEWS ALL SURE WANT TO KNOW Capitol Shows Capital Service! THE TAVEEM 7-17. Tanglin
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  • 624 3 Official "Goodwill Gesture About 1,000 attendants employed by five Singapore hospitals, another 1,000 workers of the United Engineers and a further 9,000 labourers of the gas, roads, soverage, town cleansing, abattoirs and certain sections of the Electrical i rt merit of the H.M.A. (Singapore
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  • 38 3 "FORW ARD" h Weekly Magazine. lj«oh. Ni T.i BpJfleld Streft. Ipoh. Shortly to r Kum'jer. 1946 A m. th* 1 man in the Mteot am the projrresslve Intellectual. "siavan v Ugim v::< and humour Agir.ts and ad^ 'cd.
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  • 42 3 The ■ft all the men;- Will a I >se who >n kindly ask KW»r of the old boys whom they know to pay in their subtcription to tlie r at 325 River Valley Road or Phone to 23«9.
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  • 103 3 At a Pre*s conference In Sinjapoic jeslrrday. Brigadier P. A. B. McKerron. Drputv Chief (nil AIMSr* Singapore division, stated that he prop-wed takii up with the vi\nfs thr ijurstii.n of misdreds *l '■•n.nUtrd hv tlirir mrmlwn. and tn aA m hnt action was brine t.ikrn tn hrck
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  • 297 3 What will probably be the cheapest three-course lunch among Singapore civilians will be available within the next few days to approximately 1,000 employees of the B.M.A. working in the Municipal building when the canteen system comes into operation. Comprising meat or fish, vegetables,
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  • 84 3 Increased supplies of fresh fish will soon be made available to the general public as a resul of special efforts being made by the Br.tish Military Administration. A sub-committee, under the Director of Agriculture, Mr. F. Burnett. Is taking action to obtain increased supplies of
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  • 50 3 First member of the WAAF to be married in Singapore was Cpl. Enid Chapman, who arrived here with the first drafts of air- women from Ceylon. She married Lieut. William Mateer, R.N.V.R, at St Andrew's Cathedral on Dec. 19. Pictnre •hers the couple after the wedding ceremony.
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  • 235 3 Malaya has been allocated i £5,000.000 of the funds available under the Colonial Welfare and Development Act. 1945. Other Far Eastern allocations are £1,000.000 for Hong Kong and '£1.500.000 for Borneo and SaraI wak. The Act Increases the amount of mo ey that may be provided by
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  • 268 3 Singapore Radio will be on the air in its Blue Network till five i minutes past 1 a.m. on New Year's Day. Opening its programme in this I network on Dec. 31 with a pro- gramme summary in English and 1 Malay at noon, Singapore Radio
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  • 663 3 P. O. Plans Express Service To Singapore Sunday Times Corr: LONDON, Dec. 13.— Readers may remember the news, cabled a week or two ago, that the Peninsular and Oriental S. N. Co. has ordered a new 23,000-ton liner for the Lon-don-Singapore-China service. The new shp, which will be the first
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  • Page 3 Advertisements
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    • 363 3 Wishing all our l\itro\ Prosperous O. S. ABDUL CAFFOOR Jewellers 54 Hl,h Street and Adelphl Hotel, Singapore. Noor Cream Noor Brilliantinc help you to be wfl'.-tToomed at little cost. Why pay more? Obtainable from RAHMANIA STORE lit North Bridge Read. Slnfapore ENSA GARRISON THEATRE MONDAY, 3 1st Dec. at 8
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    • 213 3 ns Cf Friends A Happy C* New Year. RADIOS KEE HUAT RADIO CO, 121-114. Orchard Mad Telethon* 4M4 SINGAPORE Por Superlor ervlctne and SALES in TYPEWRITERS t, OTHCR O! llf S BQt'IPMENT, Commit STEPHEN MAX TVetWKITI R SKRVKF. 38. The Arcade. ASIA TAILORING CC. The mont up-to-dnte Tailor In Town
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  • 894 4 Terror In A Java Jungle: By A Man Who Survived An Atrocity ONE OF THE GRIMMEST ESCAPE STORIES EVER TOLD One of the most grimly fantastic one-man adventures of the Java campaign has been revealed. It concerns three Englishmen Captain J. Mockler, a medical officer, Mr. Treveroe, former British internee,
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  • 188 4 "Cease-Fire" In China Proclaimed CHUNGKING, Dec. 29:— The Central Government spokesman stated today that the Communist three-point "proposal" for a conditional China-wide armistice which was submitted to Generalise imo Chiang Kai-shek is a rpM.v to an aureompnt wth the Government's cease-fire proposal of Oct. 31 An fflclal Government reply Is
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  • 261 4 Straits Times Corr.. Kuala Lumpur, Dec. 29— The first case of alleged collaboration with the Japanese was mentioned In the Kuala Lumpur District Courf when M. Kandiah, a railway employee, was produced b°fore Capt. H. L. Wrigglesworth on three charges. The first was that between
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  • 43 4 MOSCOW. Dec 28.— The British Foreign Secretary, Mr. Ernest Bevin. stated that although Persia was not mentioned in the Moscow communique It was extensively discussed without a final agreement tk'iivj reached. The ma'tor is now being ricolt with through dl'.omatic channels.—Reuter.
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  • 132 4 LONDON, Dec. 29.— A 90--miles-mn-hour gale the worst for years hit Britain's south roast today leaving behind a trail of damaged houses, uprooted trees and imperilling shipping in the English channel. While London escaped the full force of the gale the capital was swept by
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  • 113 4 6 Months' Gaol For Assaulting Policemen "I would like to point out that causing hurt to public servants is a very serious offence. It is only fair to the members of the public that the Police Force be protected," stated Major D. P. Rees, Presid.ng Officer, First District Court, yesterday,
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  • 126 4 Sunday Times Corr: IPOH, Dec. 28.— Twelve residents, under the chairmanship of the Senior Civil Affairs Officer and with the assistance of the Legal and Financial Advisers, will form the Perak Regional Advisory Council. The Council, formed with the aim <>f enlisting interest and support of the
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  • 80 4 COLOMBO. Dec. 29:— About 20 cases of small pox have been detected in Colombo and several more cases are expected to be revealed as the result of lnve_.igations now being carried out. it wu reported yesterday. Th« situation has caused official anxiety because a number of
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