The Straits Times, 11 June 1946

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    20 1 The Straits Times MALAYA'S LEADING NEWSPAPER ESTABLISHED OVER A CENTURY LiuHT PAGES SINGAPORE, TUESDAY, JUNE 11, 1C46. PRICE 10 CENTS
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    SPLIT WITH RUSSIA
    663 1 LONDON, Monday. A DECISIVE split between Russia and the Western powers when the Foreign Ministers' Conference resumes m Paris on Saturday was predicted m wellinformed diplomatic circles today. According to these sources such a split would result m the abandonment of the Potsdam agreement, m which case
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    ITALY IS NOW A REPUBLIC
    155 1 ITALY IS NOW A REPUBLIC Rome, Men:' ay. THE Pre,s OfKce cf the Miniiiiry of the Interior said this ittorn.ng that the ceremony offic ally proc'a;ming the Republic's victory m the Italian plebiscite wou'd be held at 4 p.m. GMT to'ay. The announcement smoothed over much of the present cunfusion—agitation
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    Many Died In Second Hotel Fire
    100 1 NEW _:r.K, Mon.— Fifteen bodies have been recovered from Cr?.nneld Hotel m lowa gutted by fire yesterday, but 25 persons are still unaccounted for, according to the American Red Cross. The fire began near a cocktail lounge— six days after 57 persons had perished
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    Mr. MacDonald's Message
    105 1 Mr. Malcolm Mac Donald, Governor-General ol the Malayan Union and Singapore, has srnt the following message to the Royal Fatnilv and Government of Slam: "I have learned with profound re*ret of the death of His Majesty King Ananda •Mifiidnl and oirTbefall •«f the peoples of Malaya and
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    Prince Named As New King Of Siam
    157 1 Prince Named As New King Of Siam Bangkok, Monday. THE 18-year-cld Pii.ice Phumiphon Aduldet was named King cf Siam at an emergency se. sion cf the Siam?s3 lagis'a.ure last night m succession to his brother, Kinz Ananda Mahidcl, who was found i-hot dead m the Rcyal Pabce yesterday. Prince Phumiphon
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    MONTY FOR EGYPT
    173 1 Cairo, Mondr.y. TXPERTS believe that the t main purpose behind the Middle East visit of FieldMarshal Viscount Montgomery, who is expected m Cairo tcday or tomorrow is to study military implications of the British decision to evacuate Egypt. Some of these experts believe that Britain is Dreoared
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    Britain's New Jet Plane
    44 1 The new de Havllland ex peri m ?ntal jet plane Dff 103 mt Hatfie Id airfield Hertfordshire The wines sweep back at an ancle of 43 degrees, and the tail-fin and rudder are at the end of the jet pipe.
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    Reported Offer To Muslims
    164 1 Reported Offer To Muslims New Delhi, Monday. ACCORDING to usually re- liable sources today, Viscount Wavcll, Viceroy ol India, has offered th 2 Muslm LeagU3 five out of 12 execu tive council ssats m the interim government to be set up while the final plans of Indian independence are being
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    Dutch Navy Regain Corvette In 24 Hrs
    89 1 BATAVIA, Mon.— The Dutch j Navy m the Pacific recap'.ursd a Japanese evacuation corvette less than 24 hours alter its seizure by Indonesians. Planes spotted the "pirate" ship near Japara In Java and a Netherlands gunboat Vankins- 1 bergen, directed to the spot,
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    Russian Missions In Argentina
    58 1 BUENOS AIRES, Mon— The first fruits of the establishment of diplomatic relations between Argentina and the Soviet Union are evident here by thp increase m personnel of Russian, trade missions. Official Press reports headed by El Laborista continue to hail the establishment of relations with Russia,
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    BRITAIN ASKS HOW MUFTI LEFT FRANCE
    547 1 BRITAIN ASKS HOW MUFTI LEFT FRANCE Arab capitals and widespread pres^ conjecture over the possibility of Arab League economic warfare against Britain and America m the event of implementation o! the Anslo-Amerl-can Palestine Commission's report, but qualified sources said the leasue was at present considering no such action. Boycott Of
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    Tojo Prepares His Own Defence
    130 1 Tojo Prepares His Own Defence TOKIO. Mon.— The radio transcription of the first Japanese broadcast announcing the sneak attack on Pearl Harbour has been dircovercd by the International prosecution section. It will be used In the trial of Hideki Tojo, the former Japanese prcmiPr, and other war criminal suspects. It
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    LASKI MAKES APPEAL TO RUSSIA
    449 2 BUUKJNttMUIJTH, .Monday. DltOFKSSOR HAROLD LASKI, chairman of the British Labour Party Executive, in his address to the opening session of the Party's annual conference here today, asked the rulers of the Soviet Union, "having experimented with distrust, to experiment with friendship." 4 They cannct imagine
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    U.S. Polar Defence Planning
    63 2 WASHINGTON. Mon.—Seek- ing to strtng hen defences against a transnolar attack the U.S. Army has ordered three task forces oi men into the Arctic fo- seven months next 1 wint:r to test the effec's of the ext-eme cold on equipment The test will be a pa.allel
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    FRANCO MAY APPOINT PREMIER
    137 2 FRANCO MAY APPOINT PREMIER MADRID, Monday. GENERAL FRANCO is tenll ously contemplating re- organsation of his GovernI ment. Changes are believed j to be imminent. It is said that he plans to remain us Chief-of-Gtafl and Generalissimo of the Armed j Forces, but a premier for the Spanish Government would
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    Communists Attack Four China Towns
    449 2 NANKING, Monday. A CHINESE Gove:nmer.t i spokesman today chained 1 j the Communists w th v.o'.at1 ing the Manchunan true i three hour; af.er it b:carr.e effective last Friday. He added that the Communi.ts j wer P massing troops for a<- i sauits m njrth
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    Immigration To Canada Committee Radio, Bridge And Crossword
    332 2 Immigration To Canada Committee Radio, Bridge And Crossword OTTAWA. Monday. A SPECIAL Comrr;tte e cl the Canadian Senate is cons dering the future unmi1 gration puLcy for th 3 couni try. Thi-r Is widr difference o! opinioi. across t'-.e country as to how izr Canada should go inmaking i. eas,
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    British Legion Criticises Rehabilitation
    262 2 British Legion Criticises Rehabilitation LONDON, Monday. A NATIONAL Executive ie- solution calling for improvement m rehab ltation schemes was supported by 17 branches at the British Legion conference at th c Central Hall, Westminster, today. Mr. W. Scott Evans, Chairman of the Employment Commi.tee, moving the resolution said: "The council
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    Royal Gala Banquet
    68 2 Princess Juliana and Prince Bernhard of the Netherlands were the guests of honour at a gala banquet given by Kin< Gustav of Sweden during their recent visit to Stockholm. Picture shows: (Left to right, seated), Princess Juliana, King Gustav, Princess Louise of Sweden: (standing), Prince Wilhelm of
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    U.S. Japs Legal Battle Starts
    209 2 SAN FRANCISCO, Monday. COUR HUNDRED Japanese, who were to have been expelled from the United States this week, have been grantee! a last-minute stay of deportation, by the United States Immigration Authorities. It has been decided thab| the Japanese, all of whom have family ties,
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    Dr. Goebbels's Family Say Not Nazis
    126 2 Dr. Goebbels's Family Say Not Nazis FRANKFURT. Monday. THE fanrly of the forme* Nr.zi Propaganda Mil Dr. Gotbbda say they have dfecloaed their Identity voluntai\ly to th> Arr.c l.a i M htary Gov»rnmnnt officials, and had b en absolved cf any Nazi taint. The family includes Gocbb?ls\i seventy-nine \rar old
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    Trade Unions To Meet In Moscow
    124 2 MOSCOW, Mon— The steering committee of the World Fedao.jUon of Trade I'nioru will convene here on June 17-19 to prepare the ground for an executive committee meeting lor June 22-2o This wil. be the first meeting since the Paris congress. According to the Soviet
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    Vatican Radio Says Preachers Killed
    83 2 Vatican Radio Says Preachers Killed ROME, Mon.— The Vatican State Radio said today that two hem- 1 dict.ne missionaries have been murdered by SovLt troors m Korea. "The abbey and church of the missionaries have been occupied by Korean troops who are even more terrible than the Soviets." the radio
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    U.S. Maritime Strike Appears Certain
    144 2 U .S. Maritime Strike Appears Certain WASHINGTON. Men Th Congress of Industrial Oiganisations Maritime Union m a statement on Sunday sali that ankM the seamen get p shorter workirt; wcfk. the strike div- to start on Jure 15 is Inevitable The Union statement r I la advance any possible Government
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    jap Murderer To Be Put To Death
    75 2 SHANGHAI. Mon. -A Chines military court has pas.-cd BBtence of death on S-t. Jiro Shimoda. formerly of the JaDaBCai Kempeitai. He was sentenced for the massacre of twelve members of the Chinese underground movement near Shanghai at midnight on August 15, 1915. Accordinz
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      109 2 ENDLESS WATER for RUBBER and other ESTATES THE PRINCIPAL of raising water by means of an ondl h chain is not new, but a method by which 20,000 gals, p.r hour are raised with a singl e chain is a distinct advance upon anything yet introduced m pumping methods and
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    Gen. Stopford Had 'Special Reason'
    273 3 Gen. Stopford Had 'Special Reason' V-EXHIBITION LIEUT.-GEN. Sir Munlagu Stopford, Acting Allied Supreme Commander, South East Asia, opening the Victory Exhibition at the Happy World la-t night, said that he had a special rca on for welcoming the exhibition. During all the fighting m which he had taken part m
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    KLANG HOLDS VICTORY DINNER
    43 3 From Our Own Correspondent i KL^NG, Sat < A Victory Dinner, attended by I Military officers and community < leaders was held at the Selangor Coast Club, Klang. Mr Goh Tian Chin, president of the Selangor Coast Club, pre- I sided. '<
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    New Rubber Price Urged In Cable
    100 3 The Malayan Estate Owners' Association, m a cable to the Colonial Office m London, states that the Association, rerrcsen'ipg rubber producers of all races, and aggregating half a rril'.ion acres, was following anxiously the present negotiations for a new rubber agreement. The table adds:
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    CONFIDENCE OVER RICE FROM SIAM
    211 3 CONFIDENCE tl at the ex\j port of rice from Siam to tho famine area* of As.a under the Combined Fi od Board allocations w.ll go lorward "as it is m the m of ail parties that it should do," is exprcszei m a communique issued
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    Charteredßank Figures
    230 3 Charteredßank Figures PR the first time for three years the Chartered Bank of India, Australia, and China is able to publish a balance-sheet which reflects the actual position at moil of the bank's offices which i were overrun by the Japanc. c c The overall effect is small— the balance-sheet
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    Mr. J.C. Wells Dies In London
    83 3 rnp death occurred m the French ItnsDital. BhrfteVwnr Avenue, London, on May 26 of Mr. John Carveth Wells. Aged 34, he was the son of Mr. Grant Carveth Wells, who had much to do with the survey for the railway system m Malaya, and
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    Singapore Cemetery For Allied War Dead
    446 3 Singapore Cemetery For Allied W ar Dead A SMALL stretch of gently rising ground near Kranji, is to be the last resting place for the remains of ail Allied troops and PoWs who died during the war m and around Singapore Island. The name of this graveyard is the Singapore
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    A Japanese 'Who Was Different'
    228 3 A Japanese 'Who Was Different' ATHIBIiTE to a Japanese "who was different" M paid by K. T. Alexander writing m the May is, lip cf the Cathedral Courier, Singapore. He says: "During the dark days of Japanese occupation m Malaya, there was a man named Tokuji Cgawa v.ho, m soite
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    24 3 Miss Dorothy Chubbuck, a former stalf member of the American Embassy at the Hague las arrived m Singapore to join the American Consulate here.
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    GAMMANS SPEAKS OF 'SECOND PALESTINE'
    423 3 (From Our Own Correspondent) LONDON. Sun. UNLESS a settlement is reached quickly, two things are almost certain m Malaya: firstly, a Malay campaign of non-co-operation from non-payment of 'and rent to resignation from the police force, and secondly, the destruction forever of the racial harmony
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    PRICE CONTROLS FOR PENANG
    69 3 From Our Own Correspondent PENANG. Sun— Price control of some half-a-dozen goods will shortly be enforced m Penang according to an announcement made to local wholesalers and retailers at a meeting with the local Assistant Price Controller. It was stressed that this control is aimed at
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    V.C. GETS C.B.E.
    48 3 Brigadier A. S. Blackburn, an Australian C. of the 1911 war, has been awarded the C.B.E. lor gallantry m loadtr." Blackforee a hastily or7.lr.ised force, m fr.va.' The War Office says that Bl.vktaftt included mm who "leifc Singapore m rtvhtow clnrm.'<tinces'—and it frtwl t splendidly.
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    Planter Alleged To Have Shot Chinese
    477 3 Sequel To Coconut Stealing Incident From Our Own Correspondent KRIAN, Sun. ARISING from an incident m which a Chinese was shot while, it was alleged, he and a party of Chinese were stealing coconuts, Major I. A. McDonald, an estate manager, and a former
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    'AUSSIES1 PASS H.M.S. VICTORY
    28 3 'AUSSIES 1 PASS H.M.S. VICTORY Troops of the Australian contingent for last Saturday's Victory Parade, in London, marth rast H.M.S. Victory at Portsmouth, after disembarking from H.M..VS. Snropshi.e.
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      23 3 Announcement. THE NATIONAL CITY BANK OF NEW YORM: will Remove its Offices to the UNION BUILDING Collyer Quay at from June 11, 1946.
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    The Straits Times Singapore, Tuesday. June 11, 1946. The Internment Bounty
    1248 4 The Straits Times Singapore, Tuesday. June 11, 1946. The Internment Bounty Judging by the feeling existing m the local ranks of the government and municipal services, the Governments of the Malayan Union and Singapore and the Singapore Municipal Board will have to face up to the delicate question of the
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    38 4 "WELL. THATS OUR DECORATIONS UP FOR V-DAY." (The Straits Times reproduces this i niton n from the Sunday I>is"*»ch of Jun? 2 as a rrminJer to harassed Malayans that the man-in-the-street m Great Britain has his troubles too)
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    ACKNOWLEDGMENT
    23 4 The family of the lat« Mr Llm Yang Chua thanks all those who sent vieaths. lent ears, attended nightvisits and ihe funeral.
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    IN MEMORIAM
    29 4 In memory of Dr. G. 5 Woodhull ct tin Joriorp Medical Service who Mas killed at Benut, Johore on 11-6-45. diiMitid by his loving wife end children).
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      Pilfering At Singapore Docks: Shipboard Note
      214 4 CTANDING on th? deck of my ship at the Empire Dock today, I saw ccolies pilfering a box lying on thf» wharf. On going to satisfy my curiosity, I found that the tox contained packets of cgaret!es sant by friends of the Overseas League
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      Girl Pickpockets
      129 4 DERHAPS it will surprise some of your readers to hear that there are also female pickpockets operating m trolley-buses and omnibuses. Taking advantage of the fact that suspicion U unlikely to fall on ri r ls, pickpocV-ets have recently enlisted female members into th»-ir gongs. The female p!ckpocke
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      What About The Public?
      269 4 I NOTICE discussion m your newspaper on back pay for Asiatic Government servants, but I do not exactly understand what is back pay. Tho government awarded three months' salary as a rehabilitation grant, and In addition Government has made payment of arrears for January and February,
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      Outside The Camps
      306 4 AUITE a lot has been vnr.tten about the plight of exr.O.W's and ex-in..ernees, but not sufficient about the free civilian during the Japanese occupation of Malaya. I am an ex-P.0.W., having worked on the Siam Burma railway. We suttered hell, but I am positive after very careful
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      What They Lost
      88 4 THE few "anti-back-pay* enthusiasts who say that those who were, out-side the fences of Changi and Sime Road during the occupation were well ofT should realise that to have our stomachs satiated for one day is not oui aim m life. During the Jap era, not only
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      M.Pa. In Jeeps
      129 4 Fis regretted that some Military Policemen drive about recklessly m Jeeps. With the present heavy toll of living m road accidents, it is high time they set a better example. DISGUSTED. Singapore, June 8. Indo- Malayan Citizens IT is gratifying to note that the Indo-Malaya Associaton is
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      Job Offered
      115 4 I SEE "Fed-Up And Unemployed Next Wee'<" ha« been writing m your colurrn< again. Well, the Municipal counter rolls on as usual. Vacancies are occurring faster than 'Fed-up" could Imagine m the consolidated division of the Munrinal Treasurer's Department «o "FedUd" is advised 'if poortnatured and willing to
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    U.S. FOOD NATIONAL DISGRACE
    393 4 AUTSPOKEN condemnav tion of the attitude of the U.S. Government to the world food crisis is expressed m the current issue of the influential American magazine Fortune, a companion publication of Time and Life. "W P believe," sta'e* Fortune, "that the faeta <f the United Statef
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    FORGING OF SIGNATURES ALLEGED
    101 5 FORGING OF SIGNATURES ALLEGED From Our Own Correspondent I PENANG, Mon. rVIDENCE that certain! L siynalv.res on ba^kp'v rolls were r.ot their own w£s| given by several Volunteers m the Pol cc Court today when a preliminary inqury Wtt' held into a charge of fcrgery j against Ooi Khye T-tt.
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    24 5 Mr. V. K. Nair, Pitman's Cer.i- flcated Teacher, of 92, Sophia Poad. Singapore, has been elected a Fellow of The Incorporated j Phonographic Society.
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    Major Faces Fraud Charges In Singapore
    912 5 Major Faces Fraud Charges In Singapore ALLEGATIONS OVER CARS AND SPARES k FIELD general court martial which began in Sin- gapore yesterday heard how the officer commanding an It.E.M.E. base workshop in Singapore was alleged to have allowed a civilian contractor, V. C. B. Mcnon, to remove captured Japanese war
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    Bomber Pilot Is New Perak Judge
    113 5 From Our (>.-. n Co respondent TAIPING, Sun. Thi.ty-five-y:ar-oU Mr. C. I*. Newton. who distinguished himself as a bomber pilot over (lermany, gamine the D.F.C.. has he v appointed District Judge. Perak Nor h .Vr. Newton arrived last w?ek f>o:n England to take up
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    PENANG ARRESTS
    59 5 From Our Own Correspondent PENANG. Mon—Two Chinese occupants of a motor car were arrested by the police at Bukit Mertajam shortly after dusk last night after they were aliened to have opened fire on the police following the hrltina of their vehicle for a road check. Nobody was
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    Tungku Uddin Not To Make Home In Ceylon
    278 5 Tungku Uddin Not To Make Home In Ceylon TUNGKU Musa Uddin, eldest son of the lat c Sultan Suleiman of Sclangor, who il m Singapore, denied yesterday the leport from Colombo that he intends to ma^e Ceylon his permanent home. He sa'.d that it had not even occurred to him
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    ARMED HOLD-UPS IN SINGAPORE
    99 5 Alliwal Street scene of two recent robberies *as th? venue for another during the weekend when three Chinese, two of whom were armed with pistols, robbed two compatriots of $175, a gold ring and a wrirt watch. At 10 n.m. on Sunday ni?ht, five ChrSe«se. speaxlnp
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    New Plans For Colonial Service To Meet Post-War Conditions
    390 5 New Plans For Colonial Service To Meet Post- War Conditions 'UNDERLYING the reforms U is a new concopt on of thp <strurtnrp anri furirtinnc «f thP rolon^S^ir c ?t, elf Ld the Colonial ssi vice itself and of the polcies Of Which it is thc instrument." says Theee Times commenting
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    REQUEST TO BE PROTECTED
    349 5 Chinese Nationals In Java NANKING, Mon. THE Chinese Ministry of Foreign- Affairs has in- structed Mr. Chiang Chia Tun^, Chinese Consulgeneral m Hatavia to ask Allied and Netherlands troops stationed m Indonesia to take effective steps to protect Chinese nationals there. Dr. Liuchieh, Vice-Minister of Foreign
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    Gun Duel
    68 5 Sequel From Our Own Correspondent) PENANG. Mon—Alleged to have been a memberoor. r a r:i»;s •llK.li rn?at:p'l pollcfl ;r ■> rim duel lr.st week, a youn* Chinese, Tan Ah Fen» apneaied m the Police Court toc'av on two count* of rr.rn'in« firearms a:>'t br.nt: me of six persons
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    DIPLOMATIC REFORMS DEMANDED
    154 6 DIPLOMATIC REFORMS DEMANDED I ONDON. (By Air Mail).— A L drastic reform of the Foreign Offic c diplomatic service involving the transfeir or d'smissal of many British repreeentathwa m Eastern Europe and the Middle East, is recommended by a draft report of the External Affairs Group of the Parliamentary Labour
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    Ex- Officers Ha ring A Hard Time To Find Jobs
    141 6 LONDON, (By Air Mail).—Thoujands of ex-efficers who are living jn their war savings and gratuities face financial disaster when their money runs out. They cannot find suitable employment because industrial training schemes are not always absorbing demobilised men r as
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    Inter-Asian Meeting In New Delhi
    84 6 Inter Asian Meeting In New Delhi NEW DELHI.-The presidentelect of the National Congress. Pandit Nehru, has agreed to be associated with an "InterArian Relations Conference." which is to be held m New Delhi early next year under the auspices of the Indian Council for World Affairs. Prominent figures m Syria.
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    Philippines Now A Shambles
    772 6 WASHINGTON. (By Air Mail).— "We face the great adventure of independence with a destroyed and broken economy," Manuel Roxas. President-elect of the Philippines, told the Press when he arrived for a brief visit as a guest of the United States last month. Although the United S'.ate?
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    "Get-Rich-Quick"
    57 6 MADRAS.-A "get-rich-quick" scheme that took the lives of five persons has been unearthed by the police here. Investigating the deaths m a fire here, the police found an elaborate organization for extracting silver from used picture film by a chemical process. The film contains a small quantity of -ilver
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    WARSHIP ORDER CANCELLED
    126 6 LONDON, (By Air Mail).— The Admiralty has cancelled or suspended orders for three 42,000 ton aircraft carriers and has ordered work to be stooped on two light fleet carriers, Hercules and Leviathan. An improved type of light fleet carier is still being built. A 'Daily Express" correspondent
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    44 6 I* incess Elizabeth was present at the Navy League Ball m aid of the Sea Cadet Corps Appeal, m the Dorch«st?r Hotel. London. The ric'.ure shows the Princess on the dane: door m the Dorchester Hotel: her paitner is (ant. Humphreys, a Guards officer.
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    52 6 CALUTTA— U.S. Army InuiaBurma Theatre Headquarters, before officially closing m May, presented the University of Calcutta library with 8.000 volumes used by American troons while m India. Some of the books are m duplicate and triplicate. The ex- j tra copies vill be distributed to I other
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      59 8 Be'ore a f-iirly la*-ge crowd on Sunday, the Chinese Swimming Club defeated the Ho pltal Assistant!* A Drawn* Asso latlcn m a friend y game of tabb ter.nls by six gamss to tiirre. Clubs and Asrorlntlons tieslrin? tabla tennis matches wlih the Chinese Swimming Club should communicate with
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