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Title Section20 1946-06-04 1 The Straits Times MALAYA'S LEADING NEWSPAPER ESTABLISHED OVER A CENTURY LIGHT PAGES SINGAPORE, TUESDAY, JUNE 4, 1946. rßlt'E 10 CENTS.20 words
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Article374 1946-06-04 1 Bidault Expected To Be The New Prime Minister PARIS, Monday. Tins swing to the Right which was first shown m the French referendum on May 5 was continued yesterday m the national elections for a new Constituent Assembly. 1- Unofficial, figures issued by the Ministry forReuter; AP; UP - 374 words
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Article260 1946-06-04 1 INDIANS IN CEYLON CALL STRIKE COLOMBO, Monday. A STOPPAGE of work for three days beginning tomorrow by Indians throughout Ceylon has been call.d by the Ceylon Indian Congress as a protest against the ejection of Indian labourers irom the Knavesmire estate. The Knavsmire estate is bein^ split into small unitsReuter - 260 words
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232 1946-06-04 1 Italy Votes On Monarchy Or Republic ROME, Monday. BOTH the Royalists and Republicans predicted victory by comfortable margins as Italy completed the plebiscite which will determine whether the nation will be monarchy or a republic. The official verdict will not be announced until after June 7, but the first unofficialAP; UP - 232 words
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Article63 1946-06-04 1 ISTANBUL, Mon—Government officiate declared today that the earthquake which devastated parts of east Turkey on May 31 probably killed more than 600 persons. Fezzi Kansa/fil. deputy for Erzincan province, said village after village fell flat throughout the provinces of Mas and Erzurum. Planes were pressed intoAP - 63 words
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Article473 1946-06-04 1 Premier's Call To Pressmen London, Monday. rE British Prime Minister, Mr. Clement Attlee, today met Indian and other British Empire newspaper executives and editors and welcomed them to Britain when he opened the sixth Imperial Press Conference at Grosvenor House, London. Refci.l.ig to Indians specially, he said: 'To the IndianReuter - 473 words
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Article207 1946-06-04 1 "INFLA TION PERIL" London, Monday. SIR John Anderson, former Conservative Chancellor of the Exchequer, bel:eve3 that there is a danger of inflation m Great Britain. Sir John told the annual conference of the Building and Loan Societies that he believed a dangerous inflation could and must be avoided, "but theUP - 207 words
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Article, Illustration51 1946-06-04 1 Ihe Queen wearing a scarf over her hat to keep off the rain, and sheltering under an umbiella, when with the King and the Princesses she welcomed the delegates to the International Conference of Agricultural Producers on their visit to the Royal Farm at51 words
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132 1946-06-04 1 NEW DELHI, Monday. THE decisions of the Muslim League and Congress Party Working Committees and of the Princes' representatives on the British Cabinet Mission plan for India are expected to be before the Mission by June 10, and m the following two days theReuter - 132 words
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Article129 1946-06-04 1 WASHINGTON, Monday. The solution to the present grave situation existing between the United States and Russia depends entirely on a meeting; between President. Truman. Marshal Stalin and Mr. Attlee. said Mr. Sumner Welles, former United States under-Secretary of State, m a radio broadcast yesterday. Mr.UP - 129 words
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Article67 1946-06-04 1 CANTON. Mon.— Ninety paasengers were killed and more than 60 Injured when four coaches of the north-bound CantonHankow railway train plunged into the river at Shaochl Brid^ 1m Hunan Province, a dispatch to the Canton News reported today. The dispatch said the accident occurred onAP - 67 words
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208 1946-06-04 1 'Franco Never More Popular Says Madrid NEW YORK, Monday. RADIO Madrid, commenting on the United Nation! Security Council report v ging sanctions against Spain, said yest?rday that "if s:me delegate* of the sub-com-mittee had troubled to c'.nck their information they wou d easily have found out that the popularity ofAP; UP - 208 words
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Article269 1946-06-04 1 TOJO TRIAL' STARTS Tokio, Monday. CHIEF Counsel f,r thu- Prosecution, Mr. Joseph B. Keeran, will del.vcr tomorrow a 15,000-w:rd condemnation of Hideki Tojo, the former Prime Minister of Japan, and twenty-seven other Japanese, who are accused of starting the Pacific war. When the case oDened today. the Tribunal granted theAP - 269 words
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Article87 1946-06-04 1 LONDON. Mon— New practical proposals by Britain for the development of her present mandated territories In Africa, once they pass to United Nations trusteeship, have been officially communicated to the South. African Government. FieldMarshal Smuts, the South African Prime Minister, has himself studied them here. DetailsReuter - 87 words
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317 1946-06-04 2 U.S. MARITIME STRIKE THREAT DEADLOCK Foreign Dockers 9 Aid Sought By Union WASHINGTON, Monday. I EADERS of the Congress of Industrial Organization't Maritime Union today appealed to dock workers of Britain, France, Russia and other countries to support their shipping strike, which is scheduled to begin on June 15. InUP - 317 words
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Article, Illustration60 1946-06-04 2 'ilie first anniversary «f the sur cuter of (he He-man Annies m Italy and the liberation of Trieste was marked by a combined Ancto-Americaa display hi the rity. There were detachments from the Royal Navy, the €th British Armoured Division, the 56th London Division, the RAF and the U.S. 88'.h60 words
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Article68 1946-06-04 2 New Government In Iraq BAGHDAD, Suu. Premier Tewflk ele Suweidi resigned today and Arshad ele Umans, who led the Iraqi delegation to the San Francisco conference, formed a new Government Suweidi's resignation resulted from opposition by members of both Houses of Parliament, who boycotted the sessions during the last two68 words
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Article54 1946-06-04 2 TOKIO, Mon.— The Yomiuri fihimbun tod^v foresaw an Intensive campaign to overthrow the Yoshlda Cabinet some time In June, because of the rapidly worsening food situation The paper warned that thc food crisis would reach a climax In mid-June unless the Cabinet took stron" well-timed counter-54 words
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Article90 1946-06-04 2 TOKIO, Sun. -Passing half the mark towards the worst Inflation peak, the Bank of Japan note issue at the end of May was officially disclosed at Yen 36.313,000,000, while the cost of living continued to rise This latest figure compares with Yen 61.824,000,000 on February 18,90 words
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Article49 1946-06-04 2 LEAMINGTON. Sat— Mr. Antony Eden, former Foreign Secretary, said here today that nationalisation of the British Iron and 6t?el Indus" ry "may email national disaster." He C: :ribed the Labour Government's plan as an "ill consid- i orcd and costly gesture of politirr.l prejudice."— UP.UP - 49 words
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Article56 1946-06-04 2 WASHINGTON, Sun —The J.S. Department of Agriculture today reported that "rice prospects nre t bright' m Brazil's principal riceoxportin? stat of Rio Grande Do Sul. and said that conditions were favourable for larger shipments abroad from Brazil. The rice crop m Chile would be be- low56 words
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Article198 1946-06-04 2 Berlin Mob Wanted 'Free State' BERLIN, Monday. AMASS meeting m Berlin of "victims of Fascism", banned by the Allied Kommandatura, "for technical reasons" turned into an antiAllied demonstration. A huge crowd gathered m the courtyard of the Berlin theatre, where the meeting was to have been held, and numerous speakersReuter - 198 words
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Article185 1946-06-04 2 10,000 Children Found HEKFORD, Westphalia, Monday. TEN thcu and children, kidnapped by the Germans from occupied countries, have been found by UNRRA child search teams ranging ovei Germany during th 2 past five months, it was announced there today. Six teams are m the field operating In the American, BritishReuter - 185 words
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Article49 1946-06-04 2 COLOMBO, Mon.— A Buddhist goodwill mission of three wellknown scholars from Ceylo.i is on Its way to Chang-An College of the International Buddhis. Institute, Nanking. This Is a return visit for that made by Abbot Tai Hsu. Head ol the International Buddhist Institute, some years back Reuter.Reuter - 49 words
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Article422 1946-06-04 2 MOSCOW, Monday. (JOVIET RUSSIA'S official newspaper, Izvestia, has shirply criticised Mr. James F. Byrnes, United States Secretary of State, for the recent statement m which he denied that Britain and America had formed a "Woe" against the Soviet Union at the Paris "Big Four" conference. IzvestiaReuter - 422 words
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Article62 1946-06-04 2 BOMBAY, Mon —India's crack express. 'The Frontier Mail" Is travell'nc at speed. A sorter goes along a platform to rhre the line clear signal. There Is a tfarer on the line. The express sUps The station /con;, beats. The train whistle shrieks. The tiger remains unperturbed.Reuter - 62 words
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Article86 1946-06-04 2 U. S. Denounces Rumania BUCHAREST, Men.— The Unltec .States Government has proteslec against "the outrageous conduct' of the Rumanian Government ir arresting three Rumanian employees of the Un<ted Statea Military Mission. The protest note demanded thai :he Rumanian Government release the employees at once and, m future, when such actionAP - 86 words
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Article220 1946-06-04 2 TEHERAN, JVionciay. piGIITiNG has started again, m Kurdistan between Kurdish forces and Government troops. A Persian Government official said that "Democrat" forces ar»d Kurds are attacking Government units who are doferdiiitf themselves. The local newspaper, Ette- laat, has reportrd that the joint Teheran-Tabriz mission to investigateReuter - 220 words
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Article239 1946-06-04 2 NANKING, Monday. pEN. GEORGE C. MAR. SHALL, President Trumana special envoy m China, has wcr:cd out a peace propo-al and hopes to solve the civil war m Manchuria, but details are being kept secret, reliable sources say today. It is anticipated that Gen. Marshall mayAP; UP - 239 words
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Article111 1946-06-04 2 AHMEDABAD, Sun— "ln an independent India of the nonviolent type there will be crime but no criminals," says Mahatrr.a Gandhi m his weekly paper "Harijan" m reply to a question put to him: "What would be thc treatment meted out to criminals m free India111 words
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Article276 1946-06-04 2 w.n-id be m erecting t > how many contracts are lost 11^ West, dealer Neither 5ic -> v;' vrrable North 8 VKQ j 9 k A T v>» A J 7 **M* E»«t j♦AQ 10 9 1 6 4 S 2 1 V A 163 •QJ***** 10276 words
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Advertisement136 1946-06-04 2 KIDNEY WIAKMBSB do i >t r. a.i c what kidney weakness is. but to thc 6ufTerer it means lntol«rrable pain and suffering Eackache. Bonc»che. I.umbnqn and Rheumatism all deprive people of fr.-~dom and comfort. De Witt's Kidney and Bladder Pills are unrivalled, and arc a special remedy for all kinds136 words
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Page 2 Miscellaneous
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Miscellaneous848 1946-06-04 2 RADIO PROGRAMMES SINGAPORE i«m GSF 19 83 metrrs 1650 3 pjn. Those were U* Days. 3.30 p.m 25>Jg NcW s. 3 40 pm Bandoiand. 4 p.m. If RED Ml WORK from noon to mrtrM Muslc 4 30 p m Over 2 p.m. and 6.30 to 11 pm on 223 i848 words
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Miscellaneous80 1946-06-04 2 CROSSWORD RF T^ I I T^H^ ceited folk. 15 —I—lI—I 11™ 1 UoSSet^B CLUES DOWN. 1. Top looms, 2. Sudden. 3. EBQ££Ji(L»J^ Approximate, 4. Precious stone. 5. Retrousse. VJSIIL Ml 6 Be mistaken, 7. Metal iplkes, 8. Rim. 9. TIT E Irascible. 13. Comparlaom, 17. Clamorous. 20 1<?BS I .L.CJnVBW80 words
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Article413 1946-06-04 3 Malayan Government To Make Films $150,000 Paid For Entire Film Unit DKIflNi) the announcement that the Government of w .«lt?!ay;i has bought the entire filming outfit from the Services film unit for about $150,000 lies a plan to create a new and important film producing section. The emphasis will be413 words
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Article135 1946-06-04 3 Took Lorry 'Just For A Spin WHILE driving a motor-lorry out of the Naval Base dockyard recently, seventeen-y?ai-old Fong Ah Hong, knocked down an Indian, fracturing the man's ankle. Inquiries revealed that Fong had no driving licence, also that he had no authority to use the lorry. Appearing m the135 words
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Article107 1946-06-04 3 An order will be published m Singapore soon which will make it illegal for any person to hold stocks of rice and wheat flour, purchased or acquired otherwise than with the authorization of the Food Control Department, and m respect of which a declaration has107 words
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Article149 1946-06-04 3 NEW ZEALAND TO GET 2 CRUISERS AUCKLAND. New Zealand.— The British cruiser Black Prince, which is now visiting Auckland, has been transferred to the Royal New Zealand Navy and is remaining here. With the Diadem, she was due to reach New Zealand at the end ol the year. They are149 words
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Article92 1946-06-04 3 CARVILLE (Louisinia), Mon.— Major Hans Hornbostel, 65-year-old survivor of the "Bataan Death March," gave up his fight to live m the leper colony here with his wife who is suffering from the dread disease. Alter arriving from San Francisco, the major said he wouid abide by92 words
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Article81 1946-06-04 3 Prison Revolt In Germany PRAGUE, Sun.— One prison warden was killed when German S.S. men imprisoned at Aussie, 45 miles north-west of Prague, last night staged a prison revolt. Alter an all-night shooting duel with armed police forces surrounding the prison, the S.S. men this morning occupied the entire buildingReuter - 81 words
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292 1946-06-04 3 P.O.W. Labour On 'Death Railway' Triaro Mizutani, the Jap major lacing war crimes charges m connection with P.O.W. camps on the Siam-Burma "Death railway," whose trial was held up a week ago, was returned to the Singapore War Crimes court yesterday by military medical authorities292 words
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Article42 1946-06-04 3 Nearly 900 Japanese tyres, new and second-hand seized by Australian troops m Borneo, were sold m Sydney last week. They included only 44 of the size most In demand 000x16. They were .Sold at 80 per cent of ordinary retail tyre price.42 words
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Article82 1946-06-04 3 Food Officials Resign LONDON. Mon.— Two r^n-r Btajh officials of the British Ministry ftf Food, Sir Jack Drummond, the Ministry's scientific adviser, and I Dr. Moran, deputy adviser and director of research, have re- signed to take up Commercial posts. Pending new appointmens, Dr. J. Pyke, who has returned toReuter - 82 words
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Article99 1946-06-04 3 JERUSALEM. Mon. The leaders of five Palestine Arab political parties and their independent adherents, who set up the Arab Higher Front recently m opposition to the Arab Higher Committee led by Jamal Husseini, met for more than five hours yesterday to draft their I politicalReuter - 99 words
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392 1946-06-04 3 A description of the Japanese water treatment and its effect on those who suffered under it, was given before Mr. H. A. Forrer m the Seventh Police Court yesterday at a preliminary inquiry into tentative charges of causing hurt, alleged egainst Hussein b.n Ibrahim, and392 words
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Article, Illustration39 1946-06-04 3 i h Pine Band of the Bth Punjab Regiment playing on the deck of th 3 Mauretania as she arrives m Liverpool with a contingent of Indian troops for the Victory Parade on June 8.39 words
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Article179 1946-06-04 3 From Our Own Correspondent LONDON. Sun. THE Raja Muda of Sarawak, Mr. Anthony Brooke, told me today that a writ for libel had been served on him on behalf of Mr. G. T. M. Macßryan, who v as formerly the Rajah of Sarawak's private179 words
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Article152 1946-06-04 3 From Our Own Correspondent TAIPING. FINDING a lew metal tubes m his compound, an 8-year-old Sikh boy, Banta Singh, played with them, not knowing they were detonators. An explosion took place, and the boy was badly injured and died of his injuries. At the inquest hrld152 words
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Article128 1946-06-04 3 LONDON, Mon— The Daily Express said today that tlie atomic bomb dropped on Hiroshima "weighed four tons and was so long that only v Superfortress could have carried it." It gave the source of this information only as "from Washington.'* The reports that the atomicbomb wasAP - 128 words
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Article71 1946-06-04 3 (From Our Own Correspondent' PENANG, Mon.— The control of crude rubber m Penang has been lifted from June 1 It is o*ncially stated. Under the Crude Rubber (Prohibition of Sales* Penans Order, all rubber producers and dealers were asked to declare their ■tocka of crude71 words
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Article242 1946-06-04 3 ARMED ROBBERY ATTEMPTS Dutchman Wounded THKRE were two shooting incidents m Singapore during the week-end. At the Great World Park, a British soldier is alleged to have shot a Sikh taxi driver on Saturday night; the other incident was m Ccv'anj Road, where one242 words
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Article107 1946-06-04 3 The U.S. Commerce d^partm r nt announces that the Allied Southeast Asia Command lias char.- r>c and eased slightly, regv.l m governing the issue of civilian permits into the Nell East Indies. Malaya Briti T»eo. II -.vtt Kong, and French Indo-China. The department said permits mayUP - 107 words
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Article128 1946-06-04 3 Snatched Basket, Gets 3 Months A 42- YEAR-OLD Chimse who claimed to b> suffer* ing from shell shock, wti sentenced to three months 1 rigorous imprisonmrnt m tie First DSstnet Court vest riuy. The accused, En« Tang KfaUL grabbed a basket containing $180 from a woman In Tro:, Street on128 words
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Article84 1946-06-04 3 Rubber Pepper Being Revived BATAVIA, Mon.— Ellorts are brIng made to revive the pepper and rubber indu.,trie.s on Banska, Island, off the cast of Sumatra. Bftngka'a famous white Muntolc oepper was all but ruined during I the Japanese occuuaUoo. Ninety I five per :ent of the plants wen 1 destroyedAP - 84 words
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Article80 1946-06-04 3 Edward Mazerall Gets Four Years OTTAWA, Mon.- Edward Mazerafl, 30-year-old National Rein Council engineer, was sentenced to four years' imprisonm?nt on a char cons ■•'V with Ru.sjia to brcaic thfl offfcial Secrets Act. rail was the third of th« 14 Canadians detained m connecti 111 with the activities of th»80 words
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Article68 1946-06-04 3 WASHINGTON, Mon— The toll for th» four-day Memorial Day holiday mounted as pre-war cars jammed the na" ion's h hways. At least 161 persons wero killed ii the first two days of the holiday; 66 died m traffic ?>ccid o nts, 54 we" drownrri Nnd 41 died ofUP - 68 words
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Advertisement104 1946-06-04 3 teHORLICKS 1 i s now available at moup usua «tockistj m limited supply. A^^^"S\ Customers art asked to assist b\ (vsg--52jV) purchastnq only th«ir imtnediat V^H^»y requirements. Further supplies ar on the way and rtqular shipmen tt o"!£**»£*00o 00 will be orrivinq. in.tmwt'**" Jk.o maximum retail trie* Is: VJ" W*i"u'?n104 words
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Obituary56 1946-06-04 4 NATHAN— Mrs. Louisa Earnestlne Lourdonathan. aged 27, »;fe of Mr. X. A. L. Natr. an of Messrs. Brlzay i I td. on Monday 3rd at 2.10 pm. She lesvrs behind her husband r.Jul two children. Funenl this evening at 4.30 pm. from 41, Short Street to Our Lady of56 words
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Article53 1946-06-04 4 MiiS. TAN uSNO KIAT and family v.' h to thank members of the Br.udciist Unicn for t!ie:r nightly rb*n(Xn| cf SuUa.s. HettlM Clerical Staff, fnerc'.!f .:d lo'.atives who srnt wre.\ths, sen«;1 t li 1 n of condolence, proviUec" transport and atLendeJ the funeral of her be'ovnd husband on Sunday,53 words
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834 1946-06-04 4 The Straits Times Singapore, Tuesday, June 4, 1946. "Sick In Body And Soul" In the ordinary way the Straits Times does not publish complaints from Government or Municipal employees with regard to internal departmental affairs. After all, there must be discipline i! the public services are to be efficient, and834 words
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Article363 1946-06-04 4 On a hill-top m a rubber estate near Seremban there is a little cemetery containing the j graves of six soldiers of the i Buffs who were killed m a rr.iliItary expedition into the jungles of Sungei Ujong m 1875. There was a Malay stockade on that hill-top363 words
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Letters To The Editor
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Letter195 1946-06-04 4 IF the First Coconut Lunch held m Singapore the othrr day is all that our nutritional exon's can devise, then w« air i adiy disappointed. Tlw> is nothing new m the courses. 1 dare sa> they are ax old as Raffles Neither a»e HMf »-h*ap. Practically evrry home195 words
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512 1946-06-04 4 I HAVE read a report of an interview at a Press conference with Mr. C. J. Pyke. Economic Adviser to the Malayan Union and Singapore Governments. The report states that, m the opinion of Mr. Pyke, "there will be m the cour.e512 words
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Letter324 1946-06-04 4 I have been following with deep interest the correspondence between the solditrs and the exinternees, and I wish to add my little bit if what you find I write of any interest. During the last war < 1914-18 1 I served m England an.i overseas. I found324 words
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Letter446 1946-06-04 4 Fis not o'ten MMt 1 air my views m the Press, but I have read with great concern tht letter of "AEI." i Anothe; Ex-ln-ternee") and the criticism it hus evoked, and perhaps 1 may be forgiven for putting m mv little say. I too am446 words
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Letter82 1946-06-04 4 Pit not tlrre that the 0 t put a urb on the act vitics ol some of the pol.t i> ul societies now existing tn Bin*upore. which rr rontrolie.-i tvorti outride this colon y' 1 It cannot b? said tht.t the.w political boc'ies controlled from Hmw are82 words
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Letter137 1946-06-04 4 ONE hears so much about er.ed milk iv to th" public m Singapore by tho Singapore Cold t What is uooi lor Singapore is equally pc-d f< Union, end it is surprising that nothirs? h: b:n con." m that direction. Let us hope ttaa steps will137 words
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Article664 1946-06-04 4 WE, the members of the staff of the consolidated accounts division, Treasurer'^ Department, Singapore Municipality, sympathise with yc^r correspondent, "Fed Up,." who wrote m to complain about the supposedly shabby treat mint he received at the hands of some of our colleagues at the counter. We are664 words
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Advertisement701 1946-06-04 4 WEI-CHAN. The engagement Js announced b-twren Mr. Wei Hong Hln end M.ss Chan Sect Kheng. PERSONAL MJ\ A. N. larqulinrson Is passing thro ipn Blnfapora on his way to Kuala Lumpur m 0.-uer to re-establish thr of Messrs. Ilallirt Cx S'xck S'inre Broker.-. SITUATIONS VACANT COOL) ALL ROUND COMPOSITORS 1701 words
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Advertisement33 1946-06-04 4 1 oomc wmvGMM mat way! Tins o lei u<:i. terrifying m 1U Implications, proves that good vision Is priceless. Take care of your eyes. Have them examined periodically. C 8 CHONQ. 0.D.. F.F.O.C.33 words
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Advertisement74 1946-06-04 4 JtlUn£i MrliTKj (FAR EAST) LIMITED Singapore Electrical Department Government, Military and Civil Contractors Sole Agents m Malaya For the fo 11 S.-hp; A. Reyrolle Co.. Ltd W.T. Henley's Telegraph Work* Cc ..J, Lancashire Dynamo Crypto Lt Foster Transformers Switchgear Ltd. Nevelin Electric Co., Ltd. Tannoy Radio Products. Stock Available Quotations74 words
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Article, Illustration430 1946-06-04 5 SINGAPORE TO HAVE 60 NEW BUSES NEW BUS IS FIRST OF MANY TIIL pr«NMt services of tlie Singapore Truciion C*o, arc to be increased by 100 per teut by the riddle of August this year, stated Mr. A. A. Ewing, GeneralllMßgcr of the company, yesterday, when the first two new430 words
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Article327 1946-06-04 5 Colonial Troops Are Ready ▼•PARADE ALL 18 detachments of the Colonial Contingent for the June 8 Victory Parade m London, have arrived In Britain. The contingent is over 1400 strong and includes the band of King's African R:fl Largest d?tachments are those from East Africa (314) and West Africa (317).327 words
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Article130 1946-06-04 5 Since May 27, ten cases of BTnallpox have been notified m Fit upore, nine of which were m Children under the ase of live. As most of the children had vaccinated during the Japanese regime, lt is apparent :ie vaccination during the j:rriod cannot be regarded as130 words
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Article56 1946-06-04 5 From Our Own Correspondent PENANG, Mon.—A gang of Chinese and Indians shortly after 12 o'clock last night raided ihe Municipal Stores and incinerator at Patani Road and removed several drums of asand loaded them into a lorry after holding up and threatening two watchmen on duty at56 words
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Article63 1946-06-04 5 From Our Own Correspondent PENANG. Mon.—A former i police constable under the .Tnt I anerp regime was arrested at Clinch Street pier today with a pistol m his possession. A detective on duty at the pier, noticing the man's suspicious behaviour, sopped him nnd m the63 words
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Article461 1946-06-04 5 Cost Of Living Grant Is Possible GOVT. EMPLOYEES WOULD BENEFIT A COST oi living allowance may be granted 10 Sin- gapore Government employees following an inquiry conducted m Singapore last week before Mr. C J. Pyke, Economic Adviser to the Governments of the Malayan Union and Singapore, and other senior461 words
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Article48 1946-06-04 5 LISBON. Mon—ln fulfilment of the war-time pledge the British and United States bases In the Azores were formally handed back to Portugal today. The handing over does not affect the negotiations for the retention of British md American rases on the islands for peace time uses.—Reuter.Reuter - 48 words
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Article64 1946-06-04 5 An English-speaking Chinese. Tan Kee Juay, is alleged to have robbed a compatriot of $540 m cash, some jewellery, American gold coins and German marks m Ane: Slang Hill last Sunday. Tan, who is alleged to have been armed with a pistol at the time, appeared64 words
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Article68 1946-06-04 5 Caught ln the act of moving 130 bags of rice ln a tongkang m Singapore River without a permit, the Taikong of the vessel. Low Ec Chin, was fined $1,000 m the Second District Court. Four members of the crew were flnei $100 each The owner" of68 words
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Article93 1946-06-04 5 Muslims Demand End Of Treaty Treaty CAIRO, Mon —Leaders of the Muslim Brotherhood, which claims a membership of over 1,000,000 ln Egypt, at a meeting last ni»ht demanded the imn-;*-diate breaking off of treaty nefotiptions with the British: the starting of British evacuation i within 15 days and termination atReuter - 93 words
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Article102 1946-06-04 5 A case ln which a number of suspected pick-pockets will appear m Singapore on a charce of loitering may. if convit are obtained, prove the Im ninff of a big drive against plr*- pockets m general and Juvenile pickpockets m particular. Lt. Col. J. R. C.102 words
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Article346 1946-06-04 5 —Mac Donald (From Our Own Correspondent) PENANG, Monday. THE Gov.-Gcnera!, Mr. Malcolm Mac Donald and his retinue returned to Pcnang shortly after twelve noon today, after meeting the Sultans at Kuala Lumpur and fulfilling other engagements m the Union fi'pital and Singapore. It is expected that346 words
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69 1946-06-04 5 Ceylon Buddhist Goodwill Mission to China was givei. a warm reception by the.Chinese Buddhist Community ol Stngapore at the Teloic Ayer Buddfiist Temple, on Sunday arternoon prior to their departure to clllP a There was a representative gathering of monks, nuns, members of the Singapore69 words
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Article133 1946-06-04 5 CINGAPORE is one of tht »3 porls of call of a pr.vately purchased old Halifax bonder which shortly will fly FIMH Britain to Sydney. The ku\cr and pi ot cf thic Hilii: X t Capt. Otoffroy Wikn r, A s-trali?n-b:rn arc afi d sgn r133 words
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Article68 1946-06-04 5 Moun tbatten In Paris PARIS, c :un. Adm. Lcr.! Loui Mount'oattcn arrived tr.ray i:i Parir when hr v,; 1 < by French and Br:!r;h En^ 1 aflkteb. He will be d?corr.ted tomoriww by the Frrncli Chi-f-of-St.-iIT. Gen. Juin. with the Grr.rd Cos o! tb" Leglcn of Hr L^rd Louis willUP - 68 words
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Article57 1946-06-04 5 Jamna Dm, 21-y.ar-011 lOR attached to fh? Base Ordna L lii Moiirmed Sultan v.v. i appear: I m the Court yesterday o-i ihe aQefation that, armed v. d a Chinese of 5240 m rrs end rme jewellery m C!en c«au Avenup sho-tly befcrr ni»ht last Saurday. Jamna Das57 words
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Article108 1946-06-04 5 we Want Treaty Of Equals' SJ^SiR SAYS: djccjacarta, lion. rE Indo.u'san "PremVr" Sutan Sjahrir .ad today that his Cabinet had supported him fully m object'ng to the "ton.' it the Dutch offer" of independence. He iid that the must be a treaty between equals net a protocol handed down by108 words
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95 1946-06-04 5 Remuneration For War-time Services Frcm Our Own Correspond -n". pe>:ang. Ken. Popei of early rrmmrra ion for v:r-t:. vi"t have ben r?\iv- s A^P warce:\s as m 11 a.i memoes Of t'i<* Local D:f'nce Corr.s nrH I i nc: Ccr- < official renuc. t ',< r r.v ;r".:>:.; oi s95 words
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Article96 1946-06-04 5 Poles Duty "Not Rom: M Wladvs-:--.v Ar.ccio, la his CrdT oi th> P Corp.-, thi It at ham*. their duty i nov yet Our Ker:h to a hco and Indep:nd?nt 1 on I fcittrr roc or co!inrunl«T! ?v<? tarrret o! many ucn Moscow, raid he ]-".>! r;f! d^-olv before ;:■<•96 words
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Advertisement185 1946-06-04 5 BBBRSEISSESs $4,752 FJKB ASIRPRISE visit to a shop m Tras Street by a party of revenue officers headed by Mr. M. C. Trousdell resulted m the seizure of 50 crates of berr containing 100 dozen quart bottles. The duty, assessed at $475.20, had not been paid. Thp proprietor of the185 words
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Article238 1946-06-04 6 RECS' hockey players had a vigorous work-out on the Police ground yesterday m preparation for their Whitsuntide fixture against the Railway Institute, Kuala Lumpur. A match, which was played between two sides representing Colours ar.d Whites was m no way productive of good hockey. For238 words
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Article, Illustration579 1946-06-04 6 Two Strong Sides Selected LONDON, Mon. TWO strong sides, captained by Walter Hammond and B. H. Valentine, have been selected for the "England versus The Rest" Test cricket trial to be phyed at Lords on June 12, 13 and 14. It will be on the performancesReuter - 579 words
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Article95 1946-06-04 6 From Our Own Correspondent) PENANG, Mon.— ln a State crk-lcet trial played on the Victoria Green yesterday. Squadron Leader Dawson's eleven beat Major Kitbon's team by nine wickets. Koay Khoon Leong, the Free School c iptain, was highest scorer with 46 runs for the winners. It95 words
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Article70 1946-06-04 6 LONDON Moil. IKE Indian Tourists' captain, the Nawab of Pataudi. who entered a nursins home with fever late on Friday evening is practically fit again now and may return to hh hotel today. His temperature is normal and tnere are no s!3ns of malaria. According to Mushtaq Ali,Reuter - 70 words
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Article96 1946-06-04 6 NEW YORK. Sat. -Assault, winner of the Kentucky Derby and Preakness stakes, scored a three-length victory m the Belmont Stakes today to become the first horse m American racing history to win all three major American racing events. The horse showed up even more brilliantly than96 words
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Article66 1946-06-04 6 At the Spitfire Badminton Party's championships which will be held this month, there will :je an invitation singles event which will be open to all players m Singapore. A challenge cup will be awarded to the winner. Entrance fee for the event Is $1, and entries should be66 words
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Article386 1946-06-04 6 Wimbledon LONDON, Mon. CEARS that the first Wimbledon Championships since the war, starting June 24, would lack an international character have been dispelled by the entries already received at the All-England Club. They Include leading players cf the United States, Australia, France, Egypt, New Zealand,Reuter - 386 words
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Article55 1946-06-04 6 BRUSSELS, Sun. A big international rally of workers' sports organisations will be held m Paris next year, and will serve as rehearsal for the International Workers 1950 Olympic Games to De held m London m 1950. This was agreed unanimously at the closing session here of the CongressReuter - 55 words
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Article33 1946-06-04 6 CHICAGO, Mon —The Liverpool Soccer team scored the seventh victory of Its current United States tour when it defeated the North American League Champions, 9 to 3, before 7,000 shivering spectators.33 words
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Article, Illustration26 1946-06-04 6 'icanu of the RAF. (Self tar) -Mid 2nd Div. (^rwaHeya) tvhfoh met a' Soccer at jaian uesar Stadi um on Saturday. The Ci'O»key» won 5—3.5 3.26 words
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Advertisement453 1946-06-04 6 MUNICIPAL NOTICE. I r ißfm—HlWl of Medical Practitioners P c-ise note that cases of SMALL POX I'T.e bren notified m resldenU of Lorons Slat. Albert Street and Rangoon 1 1 By Order H. R. MORRISON. Aj. M miclral Health Olcer. SINGAPORE IMPROVEMENT TRUST. invited for tin supply and delivery of453 words
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Advertisement640 1946-06-04 6 Rimless Glasses by DAH SIN OPTICAL MOUSE 325 North Bridge Road. Spore. Proprietor— P. a DZINQ, OJ3. THE SINGAPORE TRACTION COMPANY, LIMITED. (Incorporated In England) ADDITIONAL OMNIBUS SERVICE:— Commencing on Thursday 6th June, 1946, an Omnibus service will operate between Raffles Quay and Delta Road Yla:— Croas Street, Upper Cross640 words
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Advertisement144 1946-06-04 6 A V O TESTING METERS RECEIVED Sole Agents Malaya KEE HUAT RADIO CO. 123-124 Orchard Road. Phone 4566. Singapore. WHYNOTLEARN CHINESE NATIONAL LANCUACE NOW? YOU'LL FIND IT VERY USEFUL IN FUTUREI I ■gjQnPJgl Ivpl Millions l^l^^B,/^ In Let us recommend you a book of practical usage ENABLES YOU TO HEAR144 words
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Article316 1946-06-04 7 Eric Bennett - GERMAN SECRETS YIELD MILLIONS Eric Bennett Experts Examine Laboratories By lON DON, (By Air Mail) Germany has already p-iid the United Nations millions of pounds of war reparations wrung from her by teams of British, American, French and Russian technical experts. They have been going through German industrial plants and316 words
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Article, Illustration29 1946-06-04 7 r/e'.ahrif«ition m Belfium: A semi-permanent type of house, one of many designs exhibited m the Pare da Ctnqaantenaire at Brussels and reminiscent of the Nissen type of Army hat.29 words
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Article194 1946-06-04 7 LONDON, (By Air Mail).— I** First signs of coming reI sistance to British occupation j are already apparent m Ger- many, says a correspondent m Hambu: g. "Swastikas and Heil Hitler signs are being painted on walls at night," the correspondent adds. "Another significant pointer is th.it194 words
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Article338 1946-06-04 7 LONDON (Air Mail):— The first British Labour Party conference ever to be held with a Labour Government m power is expected to create several r~ords when it meets at Bournemouth m Whitsun *eeL There will be more delegates about 1,500 more resolutions and more amendments338 words
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Article145 1946-06-04 7 SALZBURG, (Air Mail).— The people of Berihtesgaden Hitler's one-time mountain retreat and the surrounding district of Bavaria do not view favourably suggestions, made by Austrian politicians,— that their part of the world should be ceded by Germany to Austria The area concerned, a narrow nerk ofReuter - 145 words
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604 1946-06-04 7 Geoffrey Fraser - Geoffrey Fraser By BRUSSELS, (By Air Mail>.— D Pas?" has burst a bomb by of a "White Book" King Lei about to publish m reply to t van Acker's charges that hi? open to grave reproach. A gr2at point m Leopold's defence is the story,604 words
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Article115 1946-06-04 7 HOLLYWOOD (By Air Mail). —A marked increase In the i number of scripts received by Hollywood film studios from foreign lands has been noted m j recent months. Film spokesI men point out more emphatij cally than ever that this Is still a veryAP - 115 words
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Article72 1946-06-04 7 WASHINGTON, Frl.— L o r d Inverchapel (former Sir Archibald Clark-Kerr), the new British Ambassador, spent his first day yesterday m Washington getting settled m his new quarters, m contrast to the extraordinary welcome given his Predecessor, Lord Hal', tx. Only a small group of British rmd American72 words
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Article216 1946-06-04 7 De Gaulle Awaits Disaster DARIS (By Air Mall) .—General de Gaulle will hold himself aloof from politics, according to close friends, till some time of national emergency caused either by internal economic catastrophe or international war. De Gaulle anticipates both. Ill; friends categorically deny persistent rumours that the 55-year-old French216 words
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Article88 1946-06-04 7 TOKIO. Sun. The British Public Relations Office today announced that the new Comman-der-in-Chief of the British Com.monwealth Occupation Force m Uapan. Lt.-Gen. H. C. H. Robertson, is expected to arrive at Atsugi airfield on June 8. where he will be met by the retiring jCommander-in-Chief, Lt.-Gen. JohnUP - 88 words
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Article35 1946-06-04 7 H.M.I.S Cauvery (Commander G. T. Moger, 0.8.E.. RJ.N.). Is 'expected to arrive at Bombay 'from Hong Kong via Singapore lon 11 June after service for seven I months m the British Pacific Fleet.35 words
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Advertisement278 1946-06-04 7 Mansfield Co., Ltd. (Incorporated In Singapore BLUE FINNEL LINE Sailings to and from United Kingdom Dates not guaranteed Glenapp Sail* far IK. 12 June Adi&slas sail* far IK ti luna WESTERN AUSTRALIA The thortrst «ra route at the chrapnd Mi Sinxle Fare: 5245.03 (A £30) Gorgon due from Krrntantlc 1«278 words
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Article, Illustration128 1946-06-04 8 The Pope, borne aloft on his throne by papal attendants and between the ranks of the 1/1 1 I and Noble Guards, blesses a great congregaticn m St. Peter's at the Christian You'h Daj I ceremonies. Left and Above: An interesting feature of the town of128 words
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