The Straits Times, 5 April 1946

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  • 20 1 The Straits Times MALAYA'S LEADING NEWSPAPER ESTABLISHED OVER A CENTURY FOUR PAGES SINGAPORE, FRIDAY, APRIL 5, 1946. PRICE 10 CENTS.
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  • 451 1 Moscow Negotiations Continue In Teheran TEHEIf AN, Apr. 4. The Russo-Per^ian negotiations now going on include the question of Persia and Russia sharin g fifty-fifty in the proposed oil corporation instead of 51 per cent, for Russia, an d the proposal that a minimum of 50
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  • 589 1 NEW VORK, Apr. 4.— A compromise settlement is expected on the Russo-Iranian crisis at today's session of the L!\O Security Council. The council met yesterday in a two-hour informal session where they considered both the replies of Russia and Iran which the council had requested
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  • 440 1 Clark Kerr, Van Mook Leave BAT AVIA, Apr. 4.— Sir Archibald Clark-Kerr, British Special Envoy, Dr. Hubertus van Mock, Deputy Gov.-Gen-eral of the Netherlands IJast Indies, their assistants and an Indonesian delegation 1 e 1 1 Batavia in a Skymaster pl rt ne today for The Hague where talks on
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  • 55 1 NEW YORK, Apr. 3.— ln a five-point spurt Chrysler Motors within a few minutes today enabled all sections on the stock market to recover and brought a millard dollar rise in the valuation of listed shares. Sales were 1,560,400. Dow Jones Averages: industrial*. 2G3.12; rails, 65.15; utilif.es,
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  • 69 1 Langton Abbot, trained by E. Lambton, won the Lincolnshire Handicap run over a mile on the Carholme Course, Lincoln, yesterday, reports Keutei. The betting was 7 to 1 l.angton Abbot, who was favourite, 50 to 1 Rivoke and 33 to 1 Poolfix. The race was \\\>n by
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  • 262 1 Report Of Moscow Confab TEHEKAN, Apr. 1. (Delayed): Viacheslav Molotov, Soviet Foreign Minister, slapped Ghavam es-Sultaneh, Persian Prime Minister, on Ihr back at a cocktail party Curri* the Premier's visit to Moscow for talks with GeneralJii :no Stalin and the Soviet Government, a member of Glia ';;«n's mis-ion disclosed in
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  • 138 1 HAIFA, Apr. 4:— Guarded railway repair gangs worked all night to clear the line for CairoJerusalem trains after explosions last night had blown up two railway bridges and cut the main l.ne in six places. The main line linking the port of Haifa with Beirut, capital
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  • 245 1 LONDON, Apr. 4. Eighteen nations were represented at the emergency conference on European cereal supplies opened in London today by British Foreign Minister Ernest Bavin. Soviet Russia did not attend, and Bevin in an opening address said "The conference has come together to discuss a
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  • 692 1 "TUNKU MUSA UDDIN ON COCOS ISLAND, COMMONS TOLD Strsiits Times Corr: LONDON, Mar. 22.— "Where is (he ex-Sultan of Selangor was one of nany Malayan questions asked in the House of Commons this week. Others concerned the rate of cargo discharge at Singapore docks, tire allocation of Siamese rice and
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  • 152 1 NEW DELHI, Apr. 4— Mahatma Gandhi, looking cheerful after conversations with the British Cabinet Mission, told a great t crowd that "The Mission has ccme in good faith." Congress President Maulana Abul Kalam Azad also talked with the Mission. He expected a further meeting and had
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  • 714 2 The Straits Times Singapore, Friday, April 5, 1946. Accommodation Before a European civilian can obtain permission for his wife to return to Singapore, he has to give an undertaking that he will not subsequently apply to Government for McommcdaUca or rations for his wife. That precaution on tho part of
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  • 171 2 In a message of welcome to the new Governor, read by Mr J. C. Cobbett on behnlf of al 1 communities, there was a refreshing departure from custom. It is u^ual on such occasions to confine an address to appropriate compliments, to generalise in regard to the
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  • Other Opinions
    • 92 2 Mr. Hu;d late.y cited in the House ot Commons what he called the tat1 ting ftvcngfS of delay, ranging from the Colonial Office at the top with eight days to the Air Ministry at the bottom with fi;iy There are letters which demand promptitude and nothing but promptitude
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    • 198 2 It is for India 10 decide how the obstacles presented by the congeries of races, leligions, and languages are to be overcome; the first duty of Britain is to get the machinery of decision set up, and however mindful the British pe:ple might be of the rights
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    • 126 2 UNO Crisis The withdrawal of Russia from the Council meeting is a dramatic demonstration of the difficulty of combining democratic and totalitarian ideas in *he realm of practical politics. That a totalitarian country whose rulers impose their will by force should bow to any majority of its fellows is a
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  • 1631 2 THE PLOT AGAINST HITLER Sudden Resistance After Ten Years Of Hesitation If the Pntrch of July 20 had succeeded the Allies wou<c! have teen a&ked ior a negotiated peace by a government composed of General-Oberst Beck, Head of State; Dr. Goerdeler (cx-mayor of Leipzig), Chancellor, Leuschner (Socialist), ViceChancellor; Leber (former
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  • Man-in-the-Street
    • 390 2 Some correspondents have been good enough to reply to my suggestion that Malaya's educati nal needs are more at the bottom than at the top. I do not wish it to be thought that I am opposed to such a university: I have merely sought to
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    • 101 2 Spealiing with a few educated Malay friends the other day. I was surprised to hear them say that <1) the division of Malaya into several separate states with a ruler over each has kept tne Malays as separate units to the great disadvantage of the Malay race
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    • 65 2 Now that the civil government has come back, may I know why (1) children of interned enemy subjects occupy bungalows in Singapore, where they live with their mothers, the legal wives of the internees '2) these people who enjoyed privileged rations during the Jap regime, will now be
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    • 44 2 Civilian employees of the Air Ministry Works Directorate were promised re-instatement and monetary considerations as soon, as the Japs capitulated. Now it is close to seven months and nothing has been done. Many anxiously await. Will the authorities do something ?—E::employee, Kluang.
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    • 39 2 One should be thankful to the Railway authorities for reIntroducing the ticket system. It will be of much more service to the public if the authorities will start issuing platform tickets also.— Talib bin Hassan. Johorc Bnhru.
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    • 36 2 Now that the civil administration has returned to Singapore, will the authorities arrange with the Board of Education to have the results of the L.C.C. examination published as soon as possible.— S. Krishnasamy, Singapore.
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    • 62 2 Regarding back-pay for interned government servants and municipal empioyees. I should like to know if gavernment servants who had settled in Bahau are entitled to back-pay or not. Many like me, in government and mvrjcipal «crv' >= v/crc voluntarily interred \u Bahau and have undergone as much sufferings
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    • 59 2 The S.T. C. bus serv.ee between Katong and Finlayson Green is not only inadequate but m*shandled. At both ermini it is common sight to see people lined up waiting for buses for a considerable f ime thr uj;hout the day. Will the S.T.C. please increase the number
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    • 42 2 I should like to know why commercial firms, cinema halls and privite houses are released, wh.le schools are still retained by the military. Is it possible that the education of the future generation is only of minor importance?—Alma Mater. Singapore.
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  • 207 2 SYDNEY, April I:— The li",ht sentences imposed on three Japanese war criminals at their Darwin trials has caused Servicemen's associations and other organisations to be flooded with protests by mail, wire and telephone It is certain that repercussions will be heard in Canberra aiid
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  • 20 3 SINGAPORE WEDDING i.ic-ji. t ota. i« j. l-i itbjr sad Da;>hne Spillcr after their ».dUni; at St. And-: -*-'s Ca'.lirdral.
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  • 106 3 Sentenced To Death For Treachery Strait* T.me s Coir: IPOH, Api. 4:— Lt. Col. J. G. Adams, pretidin orer the British c!t:c?r Court, today sentenced to death an elderly Malay, L.bai M b.:. Haji Aw.:: was found gulity of having assisted the when the accused had led a party of
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  • 355 3 The "Lc.Jo'.c Tenth" trial in Singapore's Second War Crimes Court made a spurt towards completion jresterrday when four o. th 20 Japanese prisoners faciiv; atrocity allegation stood th-ir turns in the witness box to m?.k<: either partial or complete denials oi all charges levelled against them. Staff
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  • 68 3 Pound (uiiltj of riotinj? in Short Street on Feb. 15 when be was stated td have thrown a bottle at Capt. K. H. Cantrell. Liant; Hu Tin was sent ed t;> a month and t\u> weeks' simple iinprisoninoiit by Mi-. L.C. Goh In t'.ie Second Court yesterday. W(
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  • 271 3 Giant Sydney-London Planes To Call Here Changi airfield, largest in the Far East, v.ilh a noway 2,000 yards long and 50 yards wide capable of taking with safety the heaviest four engincd aircraft yet built, will be officially opened next
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  • 195 3 Commander Marries Wren Officer Thp weeding to!: place at St. Andrews Cathedral Singapore on Wednesday c. Lieut. -Com. Gcolirey John Kiwcby. triple D.S.C., U.N., and D»phn3 Spiiler, 2nd Ofiicer in tne W.R.N.S. The groom is the son cf the late ReT. P. J. Kirkby, M.A., D.Sc, and Mrs. Kirkby 01
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  • 74 3 Straits Times, IPOH, Apr. 4 In th3 District Court, Che Samsudin sentenced a young Chinese to two years' rigorous imprisonment on a charge under the Arms Enactment. In the early hours of Mar. 13, the police surprised Kong Cheng, who was holding up a Chinesi) woman. A
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  • 264 3 Straits Times Corr: ALOK STAR, Apr. 3.— Kedah, which produces nearly half the total amount of padi for the whole of Malaya, has launched a vigorous campaign to bring every available acre of land under cult ival ion. Last padi season only GO per cent,
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  • 76 3 BRITISH TROOPS GIVE UP RICE TO CIVILIANS In view of the BO c shortage of rice, British troops la Mal.iya will no longer receive rice as part of their ration. Orders t» this effect have already been issued. The consequent small saving will be diverted to civil a» consumption. British
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  • 269 3 Si ma-Lee Fight Ends In Draw Fi-'hting throughout in heavy rain. Battli.-'.L; Sima. Malayan welterweight charr.picn. drow with Tedri ten rounds at the New World arcra en W( :ne dr.y night. The fight. iia'u:«ii:y, fell below ex ;crtat:ons. TlimI pools of water in the ring, and any attempt to 'and
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  • 262 3 Vico-Admiral Teizo Hara, commander of the Japanese j naval forces at Andaman* and principal accused in the War Crimes trial of nine Japanese charged with ill-treatment and transpo' ition of 23G Indian residents of Andaman Island to Havelock Island where all but 13 died,
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  • 131 3 $5,000 Taken In Da ylight Robbery ■tatltl Times Jorr: KUALA LUMPUR, Apr. 3.— Ii: a daring J daylight theft yesterday, the European manager of the Pacilic Tin Dredging Company, Sentul, v;as rebbed of over $5,000 cash. Enquiries revealed that the I manager v as proceeding In a car :o th*
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  • 150 3 Two amusemen' parks In Singapore-— New World and Happy World— were among the places without electric supply last night as a result of a feeder in 1 he pcwer station going out of order. Also affected were areas in Crawford Street, Beach Road. Jalan Besar, Upper Serangoon
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  • 149 3 Teams for tl.c chari.v rugby match on Saturday at Jnlan Besar Stadium, in aid of the Malaya Relief Fund, between the R.A.F. and the Army are as follows: ROYAL AIR FORCE (Blue): E. Twissel (1): D. J. Nulty (2), F. Marshall (3). W. M. Ednie (4). T. Clapham
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  • 80 3 m. Straits Times Corr: SEGAMAT, Apr. 3.— A fine of $100, or, in default, two weeks' rigorous imprisonment, was imposed by Magistrate Haroun bin Ahmad on Suleiman bin Haji Mohamcd Shah who was convicted of harbouring a Japanese PW. The fine was raid. Lecture On Sunday Dr.
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  • 68 3 DEATHS ON ACTIVE SERVICE have d!rd attDUt 17th F*> 1942. as the result of the sinki in of the "Tanj'/iif: Ptauof" by enrmv artlon i:i the Dankn Straits off Sumatra. Isabella Clarkson, MA.. n: Auxiliary Srrvicos (Nurr,it>;,> I rnire. dearly belov«>d wife of .1 B Mprc.iniil" Bunk cf tndl i
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  • 267 3 Kempei Tried To Settle Dispute Between Chinese Brought to the Third Court under esc-ort yesterday. Makizono Masuo of the "Syonan" Kempeital related tiio part he plcycd in bringing atnut a settlement between two well-known Chinese families In November 1943. B8 i:: case In which T.U-. Chi r.p Obtw and his
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  • 86 3 1 Convicted on a charge of attempted armed robbery, t-.o former IN. A. members, Gurdial Singh and Abdul Gani, were sentenced to five years' and three years' rigorous imprisonment respectively by Lt.-Col. G. C. H. Culley in the second Superior Court yesterday. The accused
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  • 73 3 Mr. H.A. Forrcr. first magistrate, yesterday, imposed fines totalling $185 on Tan Kok Kuan who was found guilty of behaving In a disorderly manner by breaking Into a queue In I front of the booking office of the Capitol Theatre and causing liurt and abetting in
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  • 137 3 The funeral of Mr. P.M. Carrier of the Editorial Department of the Straits Times took place at the Bidadari Cerie'-cry yesterday afternoon. Father Bonamls officiated at the service at the Cathedral of the Good Shepherd. Wreaths were sent by the following: Mother and Jeanne; Majone,
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  • 68 3 Straits Times Corr: MUAK, Apr. 3— Despite heavy rain immediately before the opening, thr Grand Gymkhana In aid of Relief Fund, organ is?d by Mrs. C. E. Milne, Headmistress of the Government Eng'Lsh Preparatory Srhool, Muar. held at the school's c< mpottnd on Mar. 31 was a
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  • 123 4 Colour Bar In Army Discussed LONDON, Apr. 4.— A suggestion tnat coloured colonial people in the U.K and within the Empire should be allowed to join for permanent service in the peace-time British Army if they w'shed was made in the House of Commons today by Labour member MaJ. VVi'kes
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  • 160 4 LONDON, Apr. 4.— In reply to a question in tne House 01 Commens Capt. Frederick Bellenger, Financial Secretary to the War Office, said some Japanese remaining in Indonesia had been allowed to retain their arms because there were not enough .'-l-ird troops to guard them,
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  • 49 4 TOKIO. Apr. Z --The Allied authorities in Japan h.pe to complete the scrappincr of the Japanese na\T and merchant fleet within one year, it was reliably learned here today. This would n>ean i the destruction of more than 100 ships UP.
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  • 358 4 MEMBER'S CRITICISM OF M.R.E.O.C. Alleged Delay In Supplies To Malayan Estates Straits Times Corr: LONDON, Mar. 21.—Allegations that some Malayan rubber estates now in lull production "had received nothing from the Malayan Rubber Estate Owners' Company, Ltd., so far except request for subscriptions and reams of pap<*r" were made in
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  • 50 4 SHANGHAI, Apr. 4— Three news agencies United Press, Reuter ani Associated Press today *ere forcjd to suspend distribution of news in Shanghai as the result of a strike of Chinese messengers demanding a 230 per cent. Increase in their Mar: 1 salary over February. U P
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  • 40 4 LONDON, Apr. 3. The House of Commons last night after 20 hours' dispute passed by 349 votes to 132 the Bill repealing the Trade Dispute. Act of 1927 that made a general strike illegal. Reuter.
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  • 143 4 LONDON, Apr. 4.— The British Government's White Paper on the world food shortace issued today stated that the situation is likely to grow worse before it Rets better. The White Paper said »hat the world faces a wheat shortage of F..000.000 tons, and only a combination
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  • 59 4 Burmese Puppets Sent Back TOKIO, Apr. 4.— The Allied Supreme C :.d WCi.y an::ju::ced that Th.en M.aun;;. the poppet Burmess Ambassador, and two other war-time emissaries, MMng Kaia and Oyl Muung, werj transpcrud to Burma for trial. Lieut. -Col. Yoshitada Nagatomo, wh» allegedly commanded the No. 3 PoW camp In
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  • 110 4 CAPETOWN, Apr. 4. Gen. Smuts, South African Union Prime Minister, told the House of Assembly today that, In the opinion of the Union Government, it would not be competent for the League of Nations at its meeting In Geneva next week to dispose of its mandates to
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  • 81 4 BATAVIA, Apr. 3— R. A. P. Mosquitos protecting an Allied convoy from Batavia to the hill station of Bandoenp:, 120 miles to the south-east, went into ac'ion today when the convoy was attacked by snipers. The planes made two runs to silence the opposition. An RAF. rescue
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  • 63 4 NEW YORK. Apr. 4.— Tl»e Tea Bureau Incorporated said today that the termination of the U.S. Government's wartime tea buying contract with the British Ministry of Food should result in an increased supply of tea for the United Stai-s. It said that U.S. importers will buy
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  • 99 4 PARIS. Apr. 4.— Unconfirmed ieports her: state that the <M? five Foreic:i Ministers' conference may be called in Paris (luring the next few weeks to discuss a number of major problems involving both Russia and the Western Powers. Some of the disrates whieli, it is believed,
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  • 243 4 Commons Discuss Java LONDON, Apr. 4.— It is not possible at this stage to iorcca.st \.hen the British and Indi?n troops will be evacuated from Indonesia, said Capt. Frederick BeUengsr, Financial Secretary to the War Office, in a reply to a question in the House of Commons today by C:>mmuni~t
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  • 70 4 SAN FRANCTSCO. Apill 4.— Capt. G. F. Maxwell, pilot of the Pan-Amercan World Airways c'.ipper yesterday completed the ilrst commercial light from Tokio to the United States over the great circle route, describing the Journey as "routine." He thought 'he route was "quite feasible for
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  • 298 4 BERLIN, Apr. 4.— Thousands of British and American troops, supported by armoured units, are still smashing vestiges of the secret German youth organisation, ferreting out and arresting its members. Last night the British headquarters in Germany announced that, after months of patient tracking, Britis u
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