The Straits Times, 11 April 1946

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    20 1 The Straits Times MALAYA'S LEADING NEWSPAPER ESTABLISHED OVER A CENTURY FOUR PAGES SINGAPORE, THURSDAY, APRIL 11, 1946. PRICE 10 CENTS.
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    BRITAIN "NOT FAR OFF A BALANCED BUDGET THIS YEAR"
    2727 1 Dr Dalton .Announces Income 'A ax iJonc&ssions LONDON, April 9. Presenting Ltriiain's first full post-war Budget to the House of Common! this ai'icrnaon, Dr. Hugh Dalton, Chancellor ot the Exchequer, announced that the total estimated expenditure for 1915-47 -*v:'s £'',887,000,000 and
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    Off To Java
    44 1 Mr Chief Marshal Sir John Sle xsar, Air Member for Personnel (Left), with the Allied Air -m -C, South-East Asia. Air ('hirf Marshal Sir Keith Park, at Kail ang Airrort. where Sir John took off for his vis it to Batavia.
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    Nelson Annuity To Cease
    108 1 LONDON, Apr. 9.— AfUr more than 140 yr.us, the annuity paid to the heirs of Lord Nelson since be Ml killed at th? battle cf Trafalgar m 1805 is to be terminated en the death of the present Earl, who will be 89 m December. This
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    Troops To State Their Case
    457 1 Troops To State Their Case LONDON, Apr 9— Mr. J. J. Lawson. Secretary for War, has ordered an inquiry into the complaints of 347 men who refused to sail from Southampton yesterday m the 14.29L'-ton liner Coriu and spent the night at a transit camp, where it is understood they
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    THREE CRISES FOR UNO
    407 1 New York, April 10. UNO Security Council members today resorted to another secret meeting to plot how and when to tackle their three new crises, including Persia's objections to the Soviet demand for immediate removal of the Persian case from the council agenda. Tne meeting was
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    'Good Plan' For N.E.I Problem
    270 1 LONDON, Apr. 9.— Lord Inverchapel, formerly Sir Archibald Clark-Kerr, Britain's special envoy to Java .tatcd to Jay that the new plan for settling the Dutch-Indonc*<»n problem was a "very goo plan," says a message from The Hague. He added that it was no.; being discussed
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    Last Of "Big Four" Accepts
    71 1 Last Of "Big Four" Accepts PAK1S, .".pr. P The French Cabinet today agreed to the I'ni ed States propo-al far a meeting of "Rrg Fou." Foreign Minis', crs. Mr. James Byrnes, Inited States Secretary of Siale, su:Kfsted that a ineetin'; of Foreign Ministers of the I'nied States. Britain i i
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    Mission On Way To Manchuria
    432 1 CHUNGKING, April 10. An oflicial communique i&sued lute kst night announced that the uinml.trc ot lores are Ica/mg for Manchuria today. They wi;l proce to Manchuria 'y way cf Peking. Lt.-Gen. Ah In 0. GUI m will represent Gen. Oeorge C. Marshall. Pres;cUr.t Truman I
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    The Straits Times Singapore, Thurs, April 11, 1916.
    1116 2 Rrtial of the rubber Industry has prodaesd a .sur^risxv.z number of ciiuicuiiies end its iv i there I no pro pact of any marked improvement m the overall siiuat(cn. On the contrary, new ccmcHcaticna are still aris'.r.;:. As we po::;tea c;U a
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    Other Opinions
    262 2 UNO And lhe Uruted Matt m i>, C.ganiza icn rat i\a**id conceived on the ba^i; of a world patterned t n Atlantic Charter, consis:ing oi Ire. and independent nations g vcrned according to the wi:l ol I their 'people and pledged not j only to avoid the threat
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    U.S. INTEREST IN FAR EAST Export Markets And Strategic Aims
    1290 2  - U.S. INTEREST IN FAR EAST Export Markets And Strategic Aims A U.S. Correspondent By Strategical questions between the Soviet Union and Uftft United States are nowhere embodied more concretely than m Far Eastern territories and m no other part of the world has the U.S. quite so clearly outlined its
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    Future indo-U.S. Relations
    625 2 With her natural weallh, cheap labour, and large markets, India should be able to play an important role m world trade m years to come but 15MG is considered a crucial "year of derision" fer her. This United Press despatch from Washington shows the I'nited States attitude
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      Radio Singapore
      197 2 S/Ldr. Odmsm woold to pay a visit to the t of bror.d?asl:nc» m Sln".:pore to see for himself wn k being d ne at al ho r of t nay by a handful rf men snd wiio volunteered f r ser.i c oat here, m n:o:t crs~s. lon<;
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      Haressed
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      Remittances To China
      152 2 Re2;ardin^ remittances to China, the banks here hnvo made Mrofit of about 300 por ccs.l en every $10,000 (Chinese). Before the t'overmrent the ban on remittances to the exchange rate was $53.80 Straits) for $10,000 (Cl. and recently it dropped to $r> RO (Straits) for $10,000 iChi:
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      Food Control
      49 2 Food control i For instance, the con 1 prices of onions (lai".e> and potatoes arc 30 and S3 r katty. 'I he prices el' n hawken about to re. i $1.20 respectively. Thess kcrs can fuunrl i v yards away froan Kandan? Kerbau police station.—A. Vadivelo©. Singapore.
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    CONSTITUTION OF COUNCILS IN MALAYAN UNION
    1173 3 CONSTITUTION OF COUNCILS IN MALAYAN UNION Governor To Name 21 Unofficials To The Legislature Elections For State Bodies A Government Gazette Extraordmar y issued from Kuala Lumpur sets out for the first time the constitution of the Mai ayan Union as embodied m the Order m Council 1946. The constitution
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    TUAN MUDA TO ViSIT SARAWAK
    184 3 TUAN MUDA TO ViSIT SARAWAK Blraiti TimSi (<;rr: LONDON, Ap 10— At the rcrucst of His Majesty'! GoTenunent, the K. a!i of Sarawak haa agreed ti> Jie Ti!a:i "Iu:la, Mr. Keitram Brcokc, paying r«. visit to Saiawak, aecompani d h.. a party of three, ineludinx Mr. Pollard, f rnret See
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    S.E. Asia Food Conference On Monday
    157 3 S.E. Asia Food Conference On Monday A conference on the fcod crisis In South East Asia will be held I In Singapore under the chairmanahlp o; Lord Killearn, Special CommlssJ The conference, which will open on Apr. 15, will b attended by the Supreme Allied Commaadcr. S I Asia, t^.e
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    Supremo Back From Tour
    77 3 Shortly before 6 o'clock yo-.ter-doy evening, the Supremo"s giaat silver Ycrk touched down at Kallang rirfield brinpir.<r Admiral Mountbnttsn back frcm his three week'i tour of Australia and Stn Zealand. The Supremo was greeted on f];c airfield by Sir Keith Park. d been his deputy here
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    Buffalo Wandered Into Jap Hospital Grounds: Owner Beaten To Death
    650 3 Singapore'? seventh War Cr::. Coun yesterday another revol ins chapter told Ui the 1 mg story of Jap atrocities alleged to I 1 ivc been commi.tcd on the Inhabitants of the Anda- j man Islai In the doc): vrj.s Minoru
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    SULTANS' ADVISORY COUNCILS
    523 3 Each of the Malay States will have a Sultan's Advisory Counrl, consisting of the Sultan as President and such members as the Sultan shall from time to time aypo'nt. The Council.; functions are: (1) to advis.- the Sultan on all matter) affeotli g Mohammedan religion m the
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    Composition Of State And Settlement Councils
    621 3 Each Malay State is to h Settlement a Settlement Coun Union Order in Council which Those Councils are to consist of the Resident Commissioners of the State or Settlement as chairmsn and su"h ex-officio members, nominated official members, nominated unofficial members and elected members
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    KALLANG REVERTS TO CIVIL AUTHORITIES NEXT MONTH
    429 4 Extension Of Airfield A waits Decision Kalian^ aerodrome is expected to revert to iis pre-war status as Singapore's Civil Airport towards the end of May, but just how much the present area covered by Kallang aero- drorno will be retained within the coniip.es
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    5 Air Giants Use Changi In 48 Hours
    90 4 5 Air Giants Use Changi In 48 Hours v'th the arrival of a West- bound Lancastrian yesterday I rvening. no fewer than five jrlant air-lir.crs used the new Changi airfield within 48 hours of Its inauguration. These vrer? a Liberator each from Ceylon and Australia, an East-bound Lancastrian from the
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    Wanted By C.I.D.
    248 4 The man whose photograph you see abc.e is being sought by the Criminal Investigation Department, Singapore. He is Samsudin bin Ali, a 30-year-o!d Malabari, who va.s born m Illang, and who. until recen'ly, lived at Jalan Koril, Seletar. S ngapcre. Sarrr.udln escaped from custody or> Apr. C.
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    Detective Gets 18 Months' Gaol For Extortion
    345 4 Unable to get away from .Singapore, the ship he r/as m having been bombed and he- was picked up m :he Lingga Island m midFebruary 1942, Dr. Chen Su Lan, v local medical practitioner, on til return to Singapore me four months la'er,
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      305 4 SINGAPORE RADIO BED NETWORK from nnoB M Z pm and S 30 to II P on ■> metres from noon to t pm on 4.825 inci/iM in 61 metre band and from 7 45 to 9 30 ntn on 4 7S m*c **e lr 61 metre band Chinese noon to
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