The Straits Times, 2 April 1946
1946-04-02
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Title Section20 1946-04-02 1 The Straits Times MALAYA'S LEADING NEWSPAPER ESTABLISHED OVER A CENTURY FOUR PAGES SINGAPORE, TUESDAY, APRIL 2, 1946. PRICE 10 CENTS20 words
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Article, Illustration993 1946-04-02 1 ELECTORAL REPRESENTATION FOR NEW SINGAPORE COUNCIL NO Official Majority, But tor zs Casting Vote I time, Sin a; to have a Legislative Council in which there "cviil !;j VA cqu.1 number of o i u R t>fficia!s a:\d in which a number of membcrs will be elected. The new constitution993 words
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Article172 1946-04-02 1 Singapore Governor Arrives Mr. F. c Gimson, Singapore's 1 Governcr-deagnato, arrived by B.O.A.C. flying-boat yestrd^y. He did nqt land at Kallang. In1 stead he v.as taken aboard a 'BO.A.C. lair .1 by Mr. P.A.B. I McKerron, Officer Adrr.lnister- ing the Government, and th:n transferred to "the Admiral's barge" which proceeded172 words
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Article403 1946-04-02 1 P ATA VI A, Ar" I— The H:do-. Bfs'an 'Prime Minister," Sttan Siahiir. left loCiry f»r .!ogjak::ra Central Jay.i In the private r't'.H" of the Allied Commander, ;»t:i East nrtie,, Gen. Sir Ifen'agM Stopford. .is accompanied by Brig. S. T. Laudpr of the Netherlands itiifs Headquarters s*airReuter - 403 words
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Article, Illustration333 1946-04-02 1 A message from the King to Ihe people of Malaya was read by the fir:4 Governor of the Malayan Union, Sir Edward Gent, at hhs installation ceremony at Kuala Lumpur yesterday. The message states: "On the restoration of civil government in Malaya, the Queen and333 words
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Article127 1946-04-02 1 ATHENS. Apr. 1.-. m-mbcs of the Cabinet of Prime Minister Themlstocles Sophoulis were defeated in yes erday's Greek general elections with the exception of the Prime Minister himself, the Minister of Justice Avros. Minister of Rehabilitation. Krassathakis, and the Governor of Crete, Coulouthakis. Fifty per cent, of127 words
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Article259 1946-04-02 1 MALAY RULERS DID NOT The IMa!;:y Balera rttraiatd from altrnuipw Hip ceremony cf installation at Kuala Lumpur yesterday rf Sir Edward Gent as first Governor cf tho IVlalayen I T nior. In a letter shncd by oil tho Sultans, with thj exception of the Sultan of Joh -re. the Malay259 words
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Article120 1946-04-02 1 SOVIET COMMENT ON UNO MOSCOW. Apr. 1— In the first Soviet comment on the UNO Security Council's discussions leading to the withdrawal cf the Soviet representative Andrei Gromyko. Pravda. in an International review, declare- today: "Negotiations bctrven SovLt Russia and Persia have led to mutual understanding regarding the evacuation cfReuter - 120 words
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Article102 1946-04-02 1 HERFORD, Germany. Mar. 31 Major T.G. Irvine. 50-year-old former Provost Marshal at Hamburg and Berlin who pleaded puilty rl a recent court martial to eight charges of misconduct, has been dlsmlMfxi from the service by order of Field Marshal Lord Montgomery, It Is announced today. Major IrvineReuter - 102 words
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Article137 1946-04-02 1 LONDON. Mar. 31— Three wartime Government ministries ccasvd to exist today. The Department of Overseas Trade has been merged Into the Board of Trade, the Ministry of War Transport has been replaced by the Ministry of Transport and the Ministry of Aircraft Production has been amalgamatedReuter - 137 words
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Advertisement15 1946-04-02 1 EVERBRIGHT OPTICAL CCMPAMY 13, CliuKa St., Tpl. 4435 QUALIFIED OPTICIAN:} -> Scientific Eye Examination Modern Eyewear15 words
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Advertisement26 1946-04-02 1 =FRASER NEAVE= GIVE GENEROUSLY ra THE MALAYA WELFARE FUND DONATIONS TO:-MAJOR-GEN£(?AL NOM£, PRESIDENT. MALAYA WELFARE FUND, H.Q., B.M.A. (M). KUALA LUMPUR. SPACE DONATED BY FBASER NEAVC.26 words
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Advertisement25 1946-04-02 1 We are again at Your Srrvice Manufacturing Jewellcrt Diamond Merchants Since 1 8 7 S D." P. dc SILVA uj. (Incorporated m Singapore A I'rnan;.25 words
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762 1946-04-02 2 The Straits Times Singapore, Tues. April 2, 1946 Conditions In Sarawak It Is not surprising that the \:Ac<t developments in c:.nnc:ticn with the proposed cession of Sarawak have provoked severe criticism of Rajah Ereokc. Early this month, the historian Arthur Bryant summarised the Srrv.ak: controversy in a London weekly newspaper.762 words
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Article313 1946-04-02 2 There has boen much speculation regarding the extent of differences between London and Washington on the subject of the Treaty negotiated m Singapore between Britain and Siam. Although there have teen no official disclosures, some United Statns newspapers and unofficial spokesmen havo made it quite clear313 words
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Other Opinions
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Article97 1946-04-02 2 Mr. Bevln'd policy in the Persian 4£isis has been extremely discreet. He has done and is still doing his best to keep the line of honourable retreat ad t &v id any dramatic move which could be interpreted as 'putting Russia in the dock.' Only if Russia by97 words
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Article93 1946-04-02 2 I wish I could re- I port that the American eflort to ameliorate the impending or actual famine in Europe and Asia was likely to be adequate even with our means, which are themselves inadequate. I do r.ct relieve that the American people are indifferent. On :he contrary93 words
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Article109 1946-04-02 2 It is easy to speculate on the measures a progressive Indian government would adopt if India had a government. What she has is a council of caretakers who possess neither moral authority nor pres'iRe. They face twice or thrice in a week a vote of censure in the109 words
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Article89 1946-04-02 2 How lasting the "conversion" of the Japanese people may prove depends upon allied policy. To cut away dead wood is necessary; for while it remains, It kills healthy sh/ots. But unless the purging of the Japanese body politic is accompanied by sustained and positive plans for encouraging theThe Times - 89 words
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Article, Illustration1131 1946-04-02 2 By A Special Correspondent The new Singapore Colony and the Malayan Union carry the promise of a new citizenship which present trends indicate will be an active function and not a passive status. The administrative machine will be adapted to the1,131 words
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Article543 1946-04-02 2 The unpeopled spaces of the British Empire are likely to re- I main just spaces for some more time unless the Dominions act to put forward their post-war immigration schemes. Thousands of Britons from all walks of life are ready to leave i their homeland forReuter - 543 words
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Man-in-the-Street
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Letter89 1946-04-02 2 One r?ad« nov.ar I flowtiK into Singapore. B", what are the e geed > for anybody and and canned food for the ppiofc But are these th? necessities! the moment? I *cfi> Jb* marker cf a groc i; wrr »y did ".ot impvit fund rr.ill ftc Sinpmrc.89 words
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Letter109 1946-04-02 2 a Mr. John Eber w to 'dissent that a 111 unversity is a sound step a sta?e" he incidentally r.v pont overlooked by otnrr p Jut has Mr Ebcr pau> thnk where En -land woi' tolry if the founders of C atti Cambridge universiti wilted for the109 words
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Letter256 1946-04-02 2 r tO I i aduc- 1 thi Government to ri >v mere I as:; to what Co s the Government ",i\^ this aiv t The mark t i ninded. They K i their families If d t the ovns'al r, it certtini is oin? to all o>! rs256 words
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Letter24 1946-04-02 2 Will you please publish the name r.nd nationality <>t the comp^cr ot "Warsaw Concerto."— Tup Wilson R.N. iiard Addend I, British— T24 words
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Letter30 1946-04-02 2 The last Incoming sra m talned letters posted m i on Jan. 18. It aruved here on Mar 17. Can r.nv on say done?-C W. S. Gardner, Kerling.30 words
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Advertisement47 1946-04-02 2 THE MANUFACTURERS LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY (Incorporated In Canada) Poiicyholdets who nave not conU< ted the Company are invited to do so. Please quote policy mirr.her, nnd In notifying death claims, give date, place and clrrumstanres of death if posslbe. i 68, CECIL ST.. JSING APORE...P.O. BOX 57747 words
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Article643 1946-04-02 3 Sir Edward Gent Installed As Governor And C.-in-C. By a Special Correspondent KUALA LUMPUR, Apr. 1. In a short 20-minutc ceremony in the Council Chamber here, British Military Administration was officially terminated, and the Malayan Union inaugurated, with thy installation of Sir Edward Gent, K.C.M.G., O.B.E., D.&O.,643 words
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187 1946-04-02 3 Two Arrests After Big Taipiug Fire Strait* Times Corr: Taiping, Mar. 30.— The Taipir.g police made two arrests, following thej fire yesterday which devastated! n B.M.A. Rubber Buying Unit Godown near Blmpang. The fire Involved a total loss of about $250,000 worth of rubber. The two arrested men were bn'h187 words
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Article322 1946-04-02 3 Fighting with superb .skii: and JudKimm and punching hard ami accurately, Jack Beech, Malayan cruiser and heavyweight Champloi beat Dick Johni,:n at the Happy World stadium on Sunday night, referee Bob Tanner stopping the fiRht in the ttghth round after Johnson had lake i :i322 words
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Article239 1946-04-02 3 Warrant OfTicrr Monai Tadammi, second of the 20 Japanese Kcmpcitai men arraigned on atrocity charges in th P "Double Ten h" case in Singapore's Second War Crimes Court, said in evidence from the witness box yesterday that he was very careful net to use any torture239 words
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Article41 1946-04-02 3 Ra tes In crease Deferred The proposed increase In rates fcr electricity has be.n iio-liKiiip.l fir Hie time being. th«» Straits Times learns from official sources. .Recently. the Singapore Rate-payers* Association and tlu- Clerical Union protest <1 against the proposed increase.41 words
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Article107 1946-04-02 3 Cigarette Supplier Fined $1,078 A larga quantltly of dutiable cl«areitr; were discovered when C 1 raided a house In Pckin Street on March 21. As a consequence of the raid. Soh Thlnm Chye. who was described as a supplier to cigarette hawkers In China Etrcei. was charccj and con- I107 words
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Article33 1946-04-02 3 I,ONDON. Apr 1. Air Chief Marshal Sir John Slesser left Northolt today In a Lancastrian for a month's tour of MaJaya. Ceylon. Burma. India and the Middle East— RenterReuter - 33 words
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81 1946-04-02 3 Before Mr. HA. Forrer. magistrate m the First Court yr-s'errl.i.-. TanKok Kuan, who v.as alleci'd to have bebavad m a disorderly manner by breaking into a queue m front of the booking office of Capitol Theatre on Mar. 29. claimed trial to the charge81 words
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Article90 1946-04-02 3 I The funeral of Mr. FH Grummitt, i chief accountant of the Supply Distributing Unit. Singapore, and proprietor of the Northern Malayan Newspapers L'd v.ho was found d?ad in his room on Sunday morning, took place at Bidndari cemetery yesterday. The Rev. Father (Capt.)90 words
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Article44 1946-04-02 3 In the Second Court yesterday, Mr. L.C. Goh passed a sentence of nlrv weeks' risorous Imprisonment on Shoki Mohammad, a v.atrhman of the Goverr.mcnt Printing Office, who was convicted on a charge of stealing paper valued at $T)0 on Jan. i.44 words
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Article, Illustration602 1946-04-02 3 As fifteen guns boomed a salute m Singapore yesterday, the military administration of the island came to an end to be replaced by the civil administration headed by Mr. P. A. 11. McKciTon. who took oath as Colonial Secretary and Officer Administering the Government. It602 words
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613 1946-04-02 3 American Airmen Executed After Kempeitai Banquet Tomono Shundo, Japanese Kcmpcitni warrant officer from SrKon and allf^rd killer of one of American airman who rnrarhutcd from a crashing B-24 west of Bftlcon m Juno last year, spoke with foeiin^' of an admonition from his father and related a story of a613 words
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Advertisement243 1946-04-02 3 s Announcement to Our Students m Malaya from the Hemingway Robertson Institute <npi;i UAi; II. I! I. atudeati m Siafapata and thronplr.it Malaya are request d t" coaunnaieata with o», by direct to HEMINGWAI ■OBBamOM IWtTIHJIE Hank ll. .use. Bast Placo, McaVaawae, \'i«-t«»ri:i, Au»iralin. The H.R I. i- still bolding243 words
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Advertisement748 1946-04-02 3 PAWNSHOP TENDERS 1. Tenders are Invited fcr the sole rfeht to open pan nshops m various speciflcd areas tn Singapore for a period up to and lncludi:^ the 31st December, 1946. i. A separate tender must be mttted for each locality buc any number of localities may be teinkrcd fat748 words
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Advertisement254 1946-04-02 3 Rimless Gttttn hv DAH SIM OPTICAL MOUSE US V>rlh Hildtr i(ml S p«rr Pr.-,p'iri,,r- p s DZIWfJ O D RADIOS KEE HUAT RADIO CO. 122 ill Ordatrd ■*«i ■tMOAPOMI Fashionnhle C Ml it I) .M pi \.'t $1 TO ra<!i. Oents Spnrl Sh:r« 00 and up. Ail b >-n TELLY254 words
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Article227 1946-04-02 4 Alleged to have thrashed a young Andamanese u-cchanic till his back was a pulpy mass of bleeding flesh and he died within a few days when sepsis set m, three Jans are on trial at the Singapore War Crimes Court. Salim Din, l»i2 mechanic, died227 words
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186 1946-04-02 4 10Rs Will Raise Standard Of Living In India Dernoabe.l Indian otr.er ranks, bee:;u c c of tr-.cir higher standard <tf living end their widened outlook, will considerably help to raise the stanap.rd of living cf civilian masses In Ind:n. according to Mr. J. O. N. Bfaufcla. A mer'ber of an186 words
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Article83 1946-04-02 4 A c:rcu:ar. iirv.e to shirehoklcr.-. by ti Sccretarii 1 c; Lonai Rubber Clr.t?-, Lt! Kivc: the itate of affairs cf th? coarjpany r.; at Oct. 31. 19*3. C..;. -;3 acre] cf mature rubber were cut town by the Japar.e:e for the p'rr.Lin": of foodstuffs. All b\ machinery vere83 words
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Article118 1946-04-02 4 Straitl Tim;s Corr: -LONDON, Msr. 19. (By Air Mail).— More than IUO S ots plrr.ters frcrn Mjlajra a:.d Borneo met m Edinburgh recently to formulate a claim for early Goverr.m.nt rompenra'ion for individual war The mec'.i::^ «M called b> :.Ir. E. art. \.:-.j stated tl:ut it had118 words
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Article104 1946-04-02 4 S:-r.: Timps. Corv: PZTN* MTO. Ma' 30 RA.F. poiice and British servicemen Intervened and jTevented ugly derelopmenti ct the New World boxing last night when infuriated Indian sup- .y..ul'A. after throwing chairs and other missies, invaded the ring and threat»cd the re.'erte ■.vith vio'enco v.;-.e:i104 words
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Article62 1946-04-02 4 The s.s. Kieuw Holland Is due to arrive here today. and is expei-tei alongside bcr^h 27 of the SUB. main wharf at nbout 1 p.m. After the immigration formalities have brcn comp'.etcd. passengers will disembark and their ba:ga?e discharged. Passengers and baggage will be conveyed to the62 words
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Article, Illustration29 1946-04-02 4 lAC J. 1. V. Newman of the RAF. and Us bride, LAttW) J. Manseil of t:ie V. T A.A.F., aft or Ihir wedding at St. Andrew's Cathedral last Wednesday.29 words
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135 1946-04-02 4 Jap General's Acquittal May Set Precedent IONDON, Apr. 1.— Melboane ra .io said t:>ni?ht that the groun's on whi h th? Japanese Genera! Kar.kuh> was acquit Ltl ycsts.day by the Australian m inary court at Kabaul, New Britain, of via-l-iting the lnv.\j and usages of war wtf have ai importantReuter - 135 words
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Article148 1946-04-02 4 A wids range of is covered at the United States Information Service Reference Library, an informal preview of which vrzs held last Saturday. Sponsored t$ Utt United Stages Informcticn S'- rl ice. the libraiv is situated at No. S Pe-.ar_? Rc?d (Amber Mansions BuiMin?) rnd v.lll148 words
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Article42 1946-04-02 4 Straits Times Corr, ALOR STAR. T.lar. 30. A frtal dteMM urnon-i hor>cr i.s ftatel to have been detected In Kuala Nerrnc. 22 miles from Alcr Star. Consequently thrcs ponies ."-uspcctsd ol having contracted the disease were destroyed by veterinary officials.42 words
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386 1946-04-02 4 "It is premature to visualise the future of the co-cperative movement In Malaya. It now -lands at the cress-roads. As Tar os we are concerned, the salaries we now receive have a bearing en the future success of co-operation. If we do not receive enough to386 words
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Article296 1946-04-02 4 Death of Lord Gort LONDON, Sun— Field Marshal Lcrd G^rt, V.C. who commanded the British Expeditionary Force in France in the early part of World War II and superin'ended the evacuation c f rr.csf cf the British troops after th? debacle of 1940, has died in Londo.i th? age of296 words
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Article48 1946-04-02 4 Armed with pL "s. a Chinese and a Malay rntrrtd the premises of 24-A Rosyth Road Bt the 6J mile Ylo Chu Kangßoadat lOpjn. last Friday and robboil the ii-nr.tes of $1,745 made un of cash. Jewellery, clothing and valuables. The police are 'n'-estlgatinj the case.48 words
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Advertisement420 1946-04-02 4 SINGAPORE STRAIVS STEAMSHIP CO,, LTD. H :i itttt m TiiTlar.d und.T the Defence (Companies! P-Tulations IMt) (former!;, the S'raits Steamship Co.. Ltd. The Company announces th&f its wssels are now b- ins rel^as-1 ti >.v reouL itio:: by the British G"ver.ir.'.ciU. ard that it 3 OCices are n >\v r.it420 words
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Miscellaneous307 1946-04-02 4 SINGAPORE RADIO RED NETWORK from noon «o 2 pm and 6 30 to II p m on Mi metres from noon to S p.m. on 4.82.4 mrs/tee In b] metre band and from 7 15 to 9.30 pm on 4 78 msr/src In 61 metre band Chinese nonn to 115307 words
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