The Straits Times, 10 April 1946
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Title Section20 1946-04-10 1 The Straits Times MALAYA'S LEADING NEWSPAPER ESTABLISHED OVER A CENTURY HK'.R PAGES PRICE 10 CENTS. SINGAPORE, WEDNESDAY, APRIL 10, 1946.20 words
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Article, Illustration1040 1946-04-10 1 NEW SOVIET -PERSIAN NEGOTIATIONS Russians Believed To Be Planning Railways NEW YORK, April 9 Radio AioiCOW last night revealed that Persia and KtMfia were conducting econom ic negotiations. The disclosure was contained m a letter which the Persian Premier, Ghavam es-Sultaneh, wrote to the Soviet Foreign Minister, Mr. Molotov, andReuter - 1,040 words
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Article489 1946-04-10 1 Coup In Persia Thwarted R \N. Anr. 9: Swift action :n armed police has nipths bi:d an elaborate plan e at In several pro- leadquarters cf a subver- at, 90 miles northeast T herrn, was raided by the ht and four men arrested and brought to Teheran under armed guard.489 words
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Article68 1946-04-10 1 WASHINGTON, April B— The Polish complaint against Spain iequesling the Inited Nations to sever diplomatic relations will be filed with the VNO today and supported at least by Mexico, Russia and France. Britain and the Inited States are preparing to mobilize to prevent the Spanish issue68 words
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307 1946-04-10 1 ChW of Ihe German armed forces, told the War Crime, 1944, of Ihe shooting of 50 recaptured B.A.F. officers. Sir David Maxwell Fyfe of the British prosecution team, reminded Keitel that this date was about two weeks before the last of the prisoners hadReuter - 307 words
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Article50 1946-04-10 1 Russia To Attend Meeting WASHINGTON, April 9— Mr. James F. Byrnes. U.S. Secretary of State, yesterday told a press conference that Britain and Russia had accepted the Jnited States proposal for a meeting of •he "Big Four" Forfign Ministers la Paris en April 25. Mr. Byrnes added that If the50 words
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Article229 1946-04-10 1 GENEVA. Apr. 9—Representatives of 41 nations gathered In the palatial League of Nations building yesterday to wind up the League's affairs and transfer its work and assets to the United Nations Organisation. Opening the session that will ring down the curtain on the 28 years'Reuter - 229 words
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147 1946-04-10 1 LONDON. April B— The text of tbe British protest to the Soviet I'nion on March 9 again- 1 the removal by Soviet forces of Japanese assets from Manchuria was disclused for the first time today m response to a question m the House of Commons.Reuter - 147 words
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Article113 1946-04-10 1 ANKARA, April B— The Turkish Premier, Mr. Sukru Sarajoglu, referring today to the reported Russian demands for the northern provinces of Kars, Ardihan and Artvin. which are adjacent to northern Azerbaijan, said: "We will flfe'iit even If Britain and the United States take the sideReuter - 113 words
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Article474 1946-04-10 1 TROOPS WALK OFF LINER LONDON, Apr. 3 C .mplalning that they would havo to n'l I in a 'hell ship 700 Brit, sh .soldiI ers this morning walked of! ths 14, 293 -ton P. <fc O. liner Corfu, I due to sail from Southampt n this afternoon with 2,698 offlc<Reuter - 474 words
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Advertisement32 1946-04-10 1 =FRASER NEAVE= AT YOUR f SERVICE 8, V^ff fV\ again j %*3qL\ GIVE GENEROUSLY ti THE MALAYA WELFARE FUND DONATIONS TO: WELFARE OFFICE! VICTORIA MEMORIAL HALL, SINGAPORE. SPACE DONATED BY FRASER NEAVE32 words
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Advertisement19 1946-04-10 1 Rehabilitation <U- v.amls Perfect Constitution. Build yourself up with NUVITA FOOD TONIC for young nnd old. O.i Sale Everywhere,19 words
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Article62 1946-04-10 2 Ltaa Hock Sens (46 yr«ns) passed away peacefully at 2.40 a.m. on Tuesday the 9th instant at his residence No 28 Scotts Road, Singap^'e, leaving his widow MeKglc, two sons Cheng Chuan and Cheng Ean and 2 daughters Lucy and Jennie to mourn for the loss. Funeral Cortose leaving62 words
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1145 1946-04-10 2 &he Straits &imes Singapcrc, Wed., April 10. 1946. Assurances And Doubts Mr. Creech-Jones, Under-Sec-retary of State for the Colonies, gave an interview m London last week on the subject of the proposals to establish a common citizenship m the Malayan Union. What he had to say on that occasion will1,145 words
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Article196 1946-04-10 2 America B >' entering the And Britain op"ion f with clean hands and bold hearts, America and Britain may wotk together for the world's welfare. Such collaboration should not and canno' provide the key to every question which may arise, while the world is in a flux r.nd196 words
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Article1543 1946-04-10 2 E.R. THOMPSON - E.R. THOMPSON By How Parliamentary Proceedings Am Reported The reporting of Parliament is a big thing. There are In all about two hundred people who hold Press Gallery tickets. But that includes a number whose attendance is only occasional, and there are never as many journalists as1,543 words
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Letter173 1946-04-10 2 On Feb. 11 last I sent In ?n liraticn to t^e Vehicles Priori- 1 ties Board, Municipal Offices, for a car. A week later I sent a reminder. Yet another week passed before I received a letter from an official at the Registrar of Vehicles Office, Middle Road,173 words
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Letter100 1946-04-10 2 am surprised to find that even in 1946 we have people like Uncle Baloney of Penang. He says that the amount of Justice accorded to th? labourers in Malaya is selfevident from the fact that if the labourers (and others) could do better for themselves in their own100 words
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Letter94 1946-04-10 2 The Malay rulers. I must presume, signed away anything they were asked to sign at a time when they were Jubilant over the liberation from Japanese atrocities. The utmost devotion of the Malay rulers and the Malay people to the British must also have been one of the94 words
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Letter37 1946-04-10 2 Can't the authorities do something about these pickpockets 0 Working m groups of at least three they can be found everywhere, especially In the S.T.C. buses, making the public uneasy to move about. —A Victim, Singapore.37 words
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Article841 1946-04-10 2 Though Hong Kcng with the rest of the world is suffering from an abnormally high cost of living, there are signs of a downward tendency m prices. In this we describe the actual state oi a Hairs m the Crown Colony. An analysis ofReuter - 841 words
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Advertisement754 1946-04-10 2 The engagement took plscc on 3rd April between Mr. Chan Joon Piak, rider son of Mr and Mrs. Chan Joo Chua. and Miss Lily Heng Slang Boon, eldest daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Heng Yong Khlang MOFFATT— CORNELIUS. At Madras on Mar. 28 '46 Capt. Graham Moffatt. Royal Marines and754 words
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Advertisement82 1946-04-10 2 CO7 PLETE OPJERAS, Complete recording- of Gilbert and Snlli.an Operas on His Master's Voice Records. The following are available from stock:— 7520 31 Gondoliers 11 Records 7511 19 H.M.S Pinafore 9 Records 7708 19 lolanthe 11 Records 8105 15 Mikado 11 Records 8744/53 Patience 10 Records *****0 Pirates of Penzance82 words
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Article523 1946-04-10 3 Japs Removed 7,000 Instruments, Dispersed Stores Three thousand telephones have been ordered, and when they arrive deliveries are expected before the end oi" this month it will be possible to instal telephones m nmst of the offices m Singapore town. In the meantime, the Telephone523 words
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Article540 1946-04-10 3 INDIAN ON EXTORTION CHARGE Aii rllfcgsUlcn tha shortly a er the Japanese occupation of Singapore, an Indian, Ghulam Mohamcd. v/ho described himself as a < ctlve, extorted money from him. was mad: by Tay Teng Pin, n pharmacis' of Dr. Chen Sn i dispensary, before Mr. K. M. Byrne, In540 words
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Article175 1946-04-10 3 As l~.:i or a pro; a.nme of informal visits to the ciiy's esab- j lishments, which he will pay during the next few days, Singapore's new governor, Mr F. C. Qimson, yes erday toured j <? civilian hcspitall, accompanied by Dr. W. ar. Vickers. Hi prcgnunme yrstrrdsy175 words
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309 1946-04-10 3 A young K-'-.- iish-speakiny; Malay. Wahid b!h Jumaat. who said he .served in the Malay Regiment before the full of Singapore, was sentenced to 10 years' iiu Imprisonment and six i's of the rattan In the i ir Court yesterda'309 words
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309 1946-04-10 3 As a general rule, m fulure collaborators who have also c: rr.r.ittcd war crimes will be tried before Military Courts as v. r criminals under precisely the same emergency rcgulatif..:; as the Japanese accu: cci whem they assisted m their brutal and murderous rets, says r.n309 words
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Article, Illustration51 1946-04-10 3 Javanese fiisoners cleared the debris ;n the Kuala Lumpur railway station goeds yards x\he:c B-2!)'s played havoc during (he Japanese occupation. The wjrk was under the supervision of S;t. P. A. Daly, S. E. A. Guides, and marked the initial m Mio recon ii r uction of Malayan51 words
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Article381 1946-04-10 3 An organization to deal with the disposal of surplus Service stores will be set up shortly m Singapore with the arrival yesterday cf Brigadier C. C. Clark, Director of Disposals, Far Eas: Brit sh Service Stores. Brigadier Clark, who wiil be busily engaged m conference during381 words
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Article420 1946-04-10 3 A VMtO was shot dead and a man scrious'y injured when s?v£n men, one oi whom vras armed vith a pistol, robbed a hOOH m Fas* Coast Read. The iItUBM v.-ere Chinese and the crime tin! pace at 5.30 a.m. on Tue Ciher p^ntaal activities b<420 words
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Advertisement723 1946-04-10 3 SALE BY TENDER 1. The Custodian of Property. Singapore, Invites tend;.-* for the purchase of a quantity of Iron Bars Pipes. Ropes. Zinc Sheets etc. lying at Tanjong Pagar Police Station Singapore. 2. Inspection ran be made daily between the hours of 10 am. 12 noon and 2 p.m 4723 words
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Advertisement404 1946-04-10 3 GARRICK GEYLANG Todtv: 3.1.%. C.30 A. MS p.m. .lyworth. the Screen's Pin-up" Girl In a story that thrilled millions •THE LAlif IN QVCBTIOM" with Glenn Foid D'ian Abemit Make an Appotati picture of pic! i "Bombay Clipper" Arriiin; SaMMI QUEENS GEYLANG Today: 3.M. 6.45 fj Mi pm Leon Eno) Lap404 words
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Article216 1946-04-10 4 'An Astonishing Confession Straits Times Corr: LONDON, Apr. 8.-In a letter to the Sunday Times. Mr. F. F. Boult, former chief secretary of Sarawak, replying to Mr. MacBryan's letter of last week, recai's the late Rajah"s political will, setting down the circumstances for hauling down the Sarawak flag. Tnc rir.unvtancr-.216 words
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581 1946-04-10 4 Government Troops Near Changchun CHUNGKING, Apr. 9. Chinese Communist forces are only two kilometres from the Government buildings m Harbin and thousands of Communists are m the suburbs, 'according to Nationalist sources. These sources said that Major Yang Che An had pledged himself to581 words
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Article563 1946-04-10 4 Following Jap defence lawyers' r.:itigation plea on the grounds that the accused were ordinarily "kindly" men who had 'icated the civilians well and, at Urn time of the oilence, were not quite thrmselve.s owing io the nervous strain caused by the war situation at Andamans Islands563 words
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Article122 1946-04-10 4 Straits Time:; Corr: PENANG. Apr. 8. Chcah Kee Benjj, police officer une'er the Japanese regime, who made a sign of cioss on entering the witness b(.x today, was convicted on ten put of the 13 charges ngainst him and tenteneed to a tot?i of 14122 words
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Article98 1946-04-10 4 LONDON. Apr. 9.— When the Cricket 80-.\r.l of Control meets tomorrow the likely outcome will be increased pay fc» proi :;s:o:ials m Test matches against India this ruxmer, Th I will b-> m keeping with ihe Rcneral rise m wages und cost of living *ir.ceReuter - 98 words
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128 1946-04-10 4 Al l *Ma lay an Detachment For Victory Parade It has been decided to send a combined Malayan detachment representing the Malayan Union and Singapore to tak? part m the Victory Parade to be held m London m June. It m understood that the Malayan detachment will include representatives of128 words
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Article455 1946-04-10 4 Rafs Beat Crosskeys At Soccer Scoring once in the firsi half and four timps after the Interval, the RAP. beat 2 Div. (Crosses) by five goals to one at soccer at Jalan Besar stadium yesterday. The score reflects the RAP. superiority. The Airmen showed more combination and speed In attack,,455 words
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Article612 1946-04-10 4 Memorial To Colonial Secretary Straits Times, Corr: KUALA LUI.:?UR, Apr. B.— That the maxmum sum of $250 given Lo them by the Government as a temporary measure of relief vt.s totally inadequate considering the soaring prices and that the B.M.A. did not stir a flngsr 'o investigate the appalling state612 words
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Article63 1946-04-10 4 Straits Times Corr: PENANG Apr. B.— The Malayan Union Governor, Sir Edward Gent, arrived m Penang this mcrning on his first visit to the island. He left for Prai about noon and returned here for lunch and informal interviews with several prominent leaders. The visit was63 words
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