The Straits Times, 11 March 1946
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Title Section18 1946-03-11 1 The Straits Times MALAYA'S LEADING NEWSPAPER— ESTABLISHED 1845 FOUR PAGES SINGAPORE, MONDAY, MARCH 11, 1946 PRICE It CENTS18 words
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409 1946-03-11 1 Chifley And Mac Arthur Deny Responsibility CANBERRA, Mar. 9.— Mr. J.B.Chi fley, Australian Prime Minister, denied today that Australia was entirely responsible m the case of the so-called "hell ship," former Japanese destroyer Yoizuki now on her way to Formosa with 1,000 Japanese prisonersReuter - 409 words
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Article133 1946-03-11 1 A Reuter message received fr in Bafavia says that all British and Indian troops are to leave Java and will be replaced by Dutch fortes, but does not quote any authority for the statement. The report says: The first st-*p in carrying out this decision was133 words
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159 1946-03-11 1 33 Killed In Home Soccer Disaster BOLTON, (Lancashire), Mar 9. —Thirty-three people were killed when the stand collapsed this afternoon during a cup-tie match between Bolton and Stoke. In addition to the town's fleet of ambulances, it was necessary to use flre brigade and police vehicles to take the injuredReuter - 159 words
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Article181 1946-03-11 1 CHUNGKING, Mar 9. -Ten thousand French troops landed at Haiphong last night to take over garrison duty in north IndoChina after Mar. 16, according to a Central News Agency report from Hanoi. "A preliminary agreement was ooncluded between the French and Indo-Chinese authorities r*:- which theReuter - 181 words
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144 1946-03-11 1 CAIRO. Mar. 9.— Lord KUlearn, who leaves Cairo tonight to take up hi* new post as Food Commissioner for 6.E. Asia, said today he was optimistic about the outcome of the negotiations for a revision of the Anglo-Efeyptian Treaty. "If you ge; down to theReuter - 144 words
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55 1946-03-11 1 LONDON. Mar. 10.— Civil estimates Issued by the British Government for education and broadcasting yesterday .■how that broadcasting will cost the country £1,500,000 less during the next 12 months the total requirement being £7 500,000. Educancn. however, will require nearly £105,000,000 being an increase of55 words
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Article83 1946-03-11 1 Mac Arthur's HQ Fire TOKIO, Mar. 10. A fire of undetermined origin swept through the electric nlrlng and insulation between the walls on the seventh and eighth floors of Gen. Mac Arthur's headquarters m the big Dai Ichi Insurance Building between 8 p.m. and 11 p.m. yesterday. Japanese and American83 words
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Article44 1946-03-11 1 ANKARA, Mar. 9.— Premier Sarajoglu of Turkey yesterday reaffirmed Anjjlo-Turkif.h friendship and said that he wished publicly to thank the British Foreign Minister on behalf ri tl:e Turkish nation for his rccorst speech In which Turkey's viewpoint was. vehemently expressed. UP.UP - 44 words
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Article333 1946-03-11 1 PEIPING, Mar. 10.— Details of the arrest of Allied newspaper correspondents m Manchuria by agents of the Russian army were received today m a delayed dispatch from Changchun by United Press correspondent Reynolds Packard. Describing the adventurer of the American and British newspaper correspondents who arrivedUP - 333 words
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Article119 1946-03-11 1 PARIS Mar. 9— British troops will be withdrawn from Lebanon by the end of June this year and French troops and material by the end of March next year at the latest, the French Foreign Office spokesman announced in Paris this afternoon. This i« the resultReuter - 119 words
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482 1946-03-11 1 ANTI- SABOTAGE GUARDS ON OCEAN GIANTS SOUTH AMPTON, Mar. 9.— Anti-sab otage patrols are watching aboard the world's biggest liner, the Cunard White S tar's Queen Elizabeth, and five other big troopships m the docks here as a result o f the fire which broke out yesterday aboard the QueenReuter; UP - 482 words
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306 1946-03-11 1 LONDON, Mar. 10— Britain has aligned herself firmly behind United States policy in Bulgaria. A Foreign Office spokesman said neither Britain nor *.he United States had infringed the Moscow conference decision concerning Bulgaria as charged in the Soviet note replying to the Washington demandUP - 306 words
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30 1946-03-11 1 CHUNGKING, Mar. 9 Thourh few detai's are available in Chungking, unconfirmed reports here indicate that the Soviet forces are finally puling out of Manchuria.— Renter.Reuter - 30 words
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Article48 1946-03-11 1 NEW YORK. Mar. Prices on the New York Stock Exchange were slightly higher at the close of trading In the two-hour Saturday session ending at noon today. Steel shares were rip fractions. Dow Jones averages:— lndus' rials 194.45; rail*. 62.57; utllitlrx. 40.28; and bonds. 109.45— U.PUP - 48 words
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Article177 1946-03-11 1 Mrs. Brammalls Knockarlcv wot the Australian Cup at Fl«nln b 'ton at Melbourne on Saturday. Mr. C. R. Hannans Silurian was second with Messrs B. and R. Oreysmith's Oatcake favourite, third. The race was worth £2,275 to the winner.— Renter The Chungshan district (Sun Yat Sens birthplace)177 words
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Advertisement41 1946-03-11 1 =FRASER NEAVE= AT YOUR W* AE SERVICE I \JBSf C\ HI AGAIN I v «fc^ ii GIVE GENEROUSLY to THE MALAYA WELFARE FUND DONATIONS TO.--MAJOR-GENERAL HONE. PRESIDENT, MALAYA WELFARE FUND, H.Q., B.M.A. (M), KUALA LUMPUR. SPACe DONATED BY FRASER A HEAVE.41 words
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Article41 1946-03-11 2 A CKNOWLEDGMENT Mr. Mrs. T. J. Cherlyan thank all friends and relations for their kind attendance, valuable presents and all good wishes sent on the occasion of their marriage which took place on Thursday the 28th February, 194 C, at Labis.41 words
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679 1946-03-11 2 The Straits Times Singapore, Mon, March 11, 1946. A Single Armed Force Mr. Attleee's statement m the House of Commons that there is a possibility of Britain abandoning the principle of separate Commands of the three branches of the armed forces and establishing "a single armed foree a Combined Operations679 words
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Article794 1946-03-11 2 Eric Downton - Eric Down ton -iiy- Optimism is the keynote of Soviet life as the U.S.S.R. emerges from the first grey winter of peace, still scarred but consciously stronger than ever before. The people of the Soviet Union are still suffering from the aftermath of the struggle that devastatedReuter - 794 words
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Article272 1946-03-11 2 The first British attempt to drill for oil under the sea is about to start m the Gulf of Paria between Trinidad and the mainland of i South America. Three of the biggest British oil companies are financing the attempt, and all the scientific instruments for272 words
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Article710 1946-03-11 2 Japan' s Most Sinister Crime Japan's systematic attempt to narcotise the people was a more sinister and subtle social atrocity than Hitler's persecution of the Jews, writes an agency correspondent in Chung'-cin? Hitler robbed society. Jaoan left it a lerrr.cy more than CO.000.000 opium abdicto Hitler used propaganda, bombs and710 words
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Letter99 1946-03-11 2 By Dubllshing your article on Red Cross help to PoWs during Jap occupation you are touching a tender and sore spot m the hearts of ex-PoWs. I never saw the face of any Red Cross official nor heard that there was any about when I was a99 words
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Letter64 1946-03-11 2 I have be3n reading all relevant matter m your paper regard ng back-pay and have always come to the word "internee" m every r( "?r;nro to this subject. Are we tc urderstand that, as usual, a loop-hole is being found for preferential treatment tn European Government servants? If64 words
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Letter54 1946-03-11 2 I have read your leader "City of Smells" and am m agreement the methods prorx>s°n Tuberculosis is a highly infect:ous disease and the fact that nearly one-seventh of the t~tal T.oy)i2lation nf Singapore i ffected fcj it should be a matter ol Rrave concern to the authorities.—54 words
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Letter229 1946-03-11 2 Publicity has been given m your paper to a notice that Chett.ar partners and principals resident m India are petitioning to the Secretary of State fcr the Colonies for legislation whereby they '•an repudiate transactions rariied out by. or with. th««r agents or partners during th-« T 'panese229 words
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Letter71 1946-03-11 2 The exuberanc? enj unimpeachable loyalty of 'British Eurasian' "S.raits Times, Mar 2) to the British Crown is nvi n to be admired snd emulated by his kith and kin. This is all very creditable. but Bnfortun itely mention is made of-other cfimmunities taking shelter under the cover of71 words
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Letter32 1946-03-11 2 I read about "Mala/as Iron Needs Customer" m orr Sunday Times. Why does not thr- G v?mment build factories to manufacture iron goods? This will relievo unemployment also.—X. Krishnasamy, Seremban32 words
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Letter64 1946-03-11 2 The British authorities are doing good work m the trials of the Japanese M.P.s and in.'orraers iv Singapore. May arrangements be made to show to th;% public ;r.; r. Malacca the photos o* the Jap M.Ps and informers so that the v'ctims can identify thr culprits I64 words
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404 1946-03-11 3 Red cross conference to discuss convention changes Delegates Meeting Here On Wednesday Recommendations that may result m changes or modifications to the Geneva Convention may be deci'W upon at the Singapore conference of delegates of the International Red Cross m the Far East scheduled for Wednesday. The first of its404 words
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Article191 1946-03-11 3 Shortly The Indonesian Red Cross, created four months ago by the Indonesian Government, has not yet been recognized by the International Red Cross at Geneva. TM^ by Mr. Ch HelbMn?, rßUrnMlonaJ Rei Crow delegate from Bstavla, who said that the reason for this Is that Geneva, on191 words
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Article77 1946-03-11 3 Straits Times Corr: PENANG, Mar. 10. Penang's trade received a further check as result of the latest government order prohibiting the export of certain products and restricting others to a barter system. It is understood that when the Penang Chamber of Commerce is revived shortly. It will support77 words
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Article18 1946-03-11 3 The tentative date of the first hanging of Japanese war criminals m Singapore is Thursday.18 words
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126 1946-03-11 3 Mountbatten Visiting Siam And Indochina Admiral Mountbaiten will visit Siam and French Indochina on (us return from Delhi. He is due n Bangkok on Mar. 12 to pay a 'isit to the King of Siam and for Llscussions. He will fly to Saigon li Mar. 14 for discussions with Te126 words
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Article127 1946-03-11 3 A further shipment of 3.000 sheep h£ks arrived from Australia and is being distributed In centres on ths peninsula under the supervision of the Veterinary Department which has also been Instrumental m re-starting the importation, into meat-starved centres m Malaya, of cattle from Siam. Kelantan and Kedah.127 words
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Article177 1946-03-11 3 Two companies of Army engineers have just completed m southern Siam a project that proved too much for the cream of the Jap engineering battalions. Across a 200-yard wide, fastflowing river at Surat Than! m Siam, the Sappers have built a pontoon ferry that can carry railway177 words
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Article57 1946-03-11 3 Asked If any steps were being taken by the local medical authorities to prevent the typhoid epidemic at Penang from spreading to Singapore, Col. W. J. Vkrkers, chief of the Singapore medical department, stated that for some time past people had been advised to inoculate against typhoid. Free-57 words
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126 1946-03-11 3 Net profit for 1945 of the Eastern Bank, Ltd., amounted to £102,041-15-7 making a total, with the amount brought forward, of £174,917-17-8. The annual meeting will be held on Mar. 22, at which the Directors will recommend the payment of a final dividend at the126 words
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Article104 1946-03-11 3 To encourage food growing, the Land and Agricultural Departments will give every assistance to those wishing to cultivate small plots of land and Mr. M. George, officer of the Land Office on the ground floor of the old Secretariat Building, will deal with applications for104 words
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Article, Illustration110 1946-03-11 3 An unexpected discovery made during lidring-up operations at Pulan Brani has become a mo«iim bit* trry centering round the authorship and ownership of a fmr-wor^cj bronze bast. The Singapore Binseum authorities who received ti.r bust from Mr. Earle of Pnlau B~»ni have already succeeded, with the assistance of110 words
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108 1946-03-11 3 The Singapore Ratepayer? Association at a committee meeting unanimously resolved to express disapproval of, and opposition to, the proposed increase of the rates for electricity to all consumers. The Association strongly urges that the average householder consuming 200 unite or less per month be exempted. The108 words
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Article70 1946-03-11 3 An Intensive campaign to clear the town of Singapore of rubbish, which bad been stagnating for some time m certain areas, has begun, and the general cleanliness of the city has "improved enormously," according to an official statement. Ninety vehicles are now on the Job of town cleansing.70 words
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630 1946-03-11 3 Rubber Estate Conditions Make 'A Sorry Tale' Some of the bright spots of the week were the arrival of more food ships. Cost of living index m Singapore already shows a sharp fall. The prolonged strike at the Eastern Smelting works m Penang ended. The British Government has announced the630 words
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Advertisement314 1946-03-11 3 Eurasians seeking employment may now register their names and addresses with the Hon. Secretar.7, Eurasian Association, at his office, Tnlrd Floor, French Bank Building. Seventh Standard boys urgently required. NOTICE. PENANG FAMILY BENEFIT SOCIETY. The following resolutions were passed at the Special General Meeting of the Society beld at Westland314 words
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Advertisement305 1946-03-11 3 NOTICE. NORTH WEST JOHOKr. BUS SERVICE LIMITED (In coarse of Formation) As instructed by the Commissioner for Road Transport, Malay Peninsula, at a Meeting held at Malacca on the 22nd February, 1946, we the undersigned pre-war operators and convenors have formed ourselves into a Company to be kricwn as "NORTH305 words
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Advertisement665 1946-03-11 3 NOTICE. The Chartered Bank of India, Australia St China, announce that It will be necessary this year to convene the annual general meeting rather later than usual The difficulties surrounding the reopening of the branches which were In Japanese occupation and the condition In which the records were found have665 words
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Advertisement255 1946-03-11 3 (mmmetetij f/ I. Seton Close. Tangltu. Weekday I— s pm. Ladler Dressmakers GenU' Outfitter* VMt NO. 41-41. HIGH STREET. SINGAPORE. N I ll iMk c H N ',¥B Up-to-date Tailor and Outfiti t t c r 34, Colerr.an Street. Singapore. Telephone 4813. REWARD. Offered for inlormat'on leu recovery of Luggage255 words
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Article311 1946-03-11 4 Right To Interfere Denied Foreigners MADRID, Mar. 9. The Spanish Government today replied to the United States, British and French appeal last week to the Spanish people to overthrow Franco with the assertion that it still denied foreigners the right to mix m SDanish affairs. TheUP - 311 words
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Article54 1946-03-11 4 Straits Times Corr, KUALA LUMPUR. Mar. 10—Statistics available to the Police Department provj that during February 55 armed gaii* robberies taaft (..ace m uala Lumpur. A vigorous drive by the Criminal Investigation Br.nrh and "D" Force, with the co-operation of the public, resulted m 49 arrests and54 words
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Article157 1946-03-11 4 The I.S.P. resumed Its activities on behalf of Its members and planters m Malaya generally on Nov. 13, 1945 when, at an extraordinary meeting la London. a working committee w».< formed. Investigation on matters of vital Interest and concern *m planters m Malay* took nearly three months157 words
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Article106 1946-03-11 4 Straits Times Corr: TAIPING. Mar. B—ln dismissing a charge of collaboration against Mohamed Yaman m the Special Court held here, the magistrate. Major Pitkeathley, warned the complainants who signed the petition against MeMmed Yaman that they had rendered themselves liable to prosecution The magistrate said: 'When106 words
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110 1946-03-11 4 Teachers Preparing Salaries Petition At a meeting of representatives of the Singapore and Selangar TeachersAssociations, at Kuala Lumpur, recently, certain basic principles of a memorandum on salaries were adopted. The Selangor Teachers' Association committee members were to meet Mr. A. W. Frlsby. acting president of the Malayan Teachers' Federation, for110 words
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Article71 1946-03-11 4 The Great World arena was packed to capacity on Saturday night when thrilling wrestling matches were witnessed. Jeff Conda, popular British light heavyweight, v.on the all SEAC gold belt in an exciting contest with Roughouse Peters, who put up a courageous display. Peters pinned Conda71 words
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Article106 1946-03-11 4 The few remaining ticket* for the charity performance of Henry V. which is being held at th-; Capitol Cinema at 915 p.m. on Mar 18 In aid of the Malaya Welfare Pund, can be obtained from Col. I/jrd, at the Victoria Memorial Hall (ground floor), or from the106 words
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Article76 1946-03-11 4 LONDON, Mar. 9.—lan Mackay. News Chronicle d'plomatic repctei said today: "The colour bar has b*en raisd against the indian cricket team by some Br'f'h establishments. Just to make things easy for Sir Stafford C.iprs and hi coM-a&tirs when Itaer cet to India, some of our fashionab'e hotelUP - 76 words
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Article312 1946-03-11 4 Fair Chance Promised To Everyone Straits Times Corr: TAIPIN3, March B.— ln a message to the people of North Malaya, MajorGeneral O. de T. Lovett, Commander of ths 7th Indian Division, said: "My Division is not here to regiment your lives and for:e you to an uncongenial existence. On the312 words
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Article610 1946-03-11 4 Home Soccer Rugger Results LONDON, Mar. 9— The following are todays f.otball results: Irish Regional League: Clientonville 1, Distillery 1; Glentoran L Belfast Celtic 5; Llnneld 4. Derry City 3. League North: Chesterfield 3. Burnley 0: Everton 2. Sheffield 2; Huddersfleld Town 2, Barnsley 1; Leeds United 2, Grlmsby TownReuter - 610 words
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Miscellaneous239 1946-03-11 4 SINGAPORE RADIO RED NETWORK from noon to 2 p.m. and 6.30 to 11 p.m. on 223 metres from noon to 2 p.m. on 4.825 met/sec, in (1 metre band and from 7.4S to 9.30 p.m. on 4 78 msc/src Ir 61 metre band Chines* noon to 1.15 p.m. (news in239 words
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