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Title Section20 1946-06-17 1 The Straits Times MALAYA'S LEADING NEWSPAPER ESTABLISHED OVER A CENTURY EIGHT PAGES. SINGAPORE, MONDAY, JUNE 17, 1946. PRICE 10 CENTS.20 words
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Article384 1946-06-17 1 Viceroy Asks Nehru Jinnah To Join NEW DELHI, Sunday THE VICEROY OF INDIA, Lord Wavell, has today announced the names of those persons suggested j for the interim government of India. The list is headed by the name of Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru. The list includes fiveAP - 384 words
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Article29 1946-06-17 1 TOKIO, Sun— The Home Ministry said the police uncovered 1.687 suspected violations of election laws. The majority of the suspected violators are believed to have bribed voters— A .P.29 words
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224 1946-06-17 1 TOKIO, Sunday. SIX leading American lawyers defending Hideki Tojo and other defendants on trial before the Internationa) Military Tribunal for the Far East have resigned, according to an unimpeachable source here. One report says the American lawyers resigned because they felt they had insufficientUP - 224 words
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Article39 1946-06-17 1 TOKIO, Sun.— A "CounHl for the study of the Romanization of Japanese letters" is to b? set up by the Japanese Ministry of Education to discuss th< possibilities of the substitution of Roman letters for Japansse characters A P39 words
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Article75 1946-06-17 1 TOKIO. Sun.— The Army pacific Air Command here has j announced the loss of a 829 off Guam on June 11. All 12 membe s of the crew are believed to have been killed instantly. Eyewitnesses leporled that the plane lost altitude shortly after leavingAP - 75 words
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156 1946-06-17 1 BRITISH HQ IN GERMANS. Sunday. IT :s learned that the British Navy plans scon to s'.rike a spectacular blow at Germany's cuter fortifications by wiping out all military installations on the tiny inland of Heligoland, m the North Sea. Informed naval sources revealedUP - 156 words
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Article249 1946-06-17 1 NEW YORK, Sunday. BRITAIN and the United States clashed sharply with Russia yesterday m a heated debate of the United Nations Economic and Social j Council, which was touched i off by the assertion of the Soviet delegate that the refugee problem had "now acquired political significance."AP - 249 words
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Article106 1946-06-17 1 COLOMBO. Sat— The strike of Indian estate labourers In Kelani Valley entered its fourth day today The strike now involves 37.000. including 5,000 Sinhalese labourers. These are said to have come out m symya'.hy with the Indian labourers, who are demanding constitutional recognition and full franchiseReuter - 106 words
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405 1946-06-17 1 PARIS, Sunday. THE Foreign Ministers of Britain, France, the United States and Russia reassembled yesterday m what was described as an atmosphere of "great cordiality," and agreed on a four-point agenda including the German question and a peace treaty for Austria. The inclusionReuter; UP - 405 words
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Article39 1946-06-17 1 WASHINGTON. Sun— Mr. La Guardia. the Head of UNRRA. has stated here that eventually there will be enough grain for export to allow a bread ration of Just over half a pound per head m the needy areas.— UP.UP - 39 words
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116 1946-06-17 1 Grand Mufti In A British Warship? PORT SAID, Sunday. IT is generally believed here that the British destroyer Virago, which yesterday sailed southward through the Suez Canal under special priority, was carrying the Grand Mufti of Jerusalem to the Seychelles Islands, one of the world's best-known places of exile. TheReuter - 116 words
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532 1946-06-17 1 U.S. MAY TRADE THE ATOM FOR THE VETO NEW YORK, Sunday. AN authoritative official suggested today that the United States was willing to trade its atomic bomb for a world government or security system that could and would keep the peace, writes Francis J. Carpenter, Associated Press correspondent. The official,532 words
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Article130 1946-06-17 1 RIO DE JANEIRO. Sun Mr. ert Hoover, the former United States President, yesterday vi^orou.^ly replied to attacks on h'> lon by the communlst nress by nying: "It is a universal communist party line* m every toantrr to break down the provision of food for hungry people anrt130 words
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Article42 1946-06-17 1 MONTREAL. Sun— Mr. Fred Rose. Canadian Labour Member or Parliament, was late last night found guilty on a conspiracy charge by the jury ft> the Soviet espionage trial. Justice Lazure announced that he would sentence Rose on Thursday— Reuter.Reuter - 42 words
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Article, Illustration15 1946-06-17 1 The above caitoon, reproduced f.om the Daily Express, London, aptly represents the European situation today.15 words
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Advertisement17 1946-06-17 1 ladies' Dressmakers Cents' Outfitters I SIT «1 MION T **4^ F M Jl'^i of course BK.',. J17 words
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Article300 1946-06-17 2 Hope Of Permanent Peace Brightens SHANGHAI, Sunday. f ENERALISSIMO Chiang Kai-shek and the ComMunist General Chou En-lai last night signed a new peace ftgnOMßt for the period between the present 15-day cease fire and the future permanent settlement. The new agreement is regarded as the turningReuter - 300 words
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Article172 1946-06-17 2 Maritime Strike Settled NEW YORK, Saturday. MILLIONS of tons of vital cargo were held up m American ports today when nearly a quarter of a million seamen and dockers went on strike. Even though the dispute was officially settled m Washington where agreement was reached by leaders of the twoReuter - 172 words
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102 1946-06-17 2 U.S. Defence Plan Goes To Congress WASHINGTON. Sat.— President Truman today sent to Congress his final plan for a single department of National Delence, embracing the Army, Navy and Air force as co-equal services. The plan proposed, firstly, keeping the marine corps within the navy, secondly, a Council of NationalUP - 102 words
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Article75 1946-06-17 2 Montgomery Makes Secret Tour JERUSALEM, Sat. -Field- Marshal Viscount Montgomery, who arrived here yesterday during his tour of the Middle East, is understood to have left today for Amman, mountain capital of Transjordan, but his movements i. re being kept "top s:cret. He was expected to lunch at Amman withReuter - 75 words
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Article40 1946-06-17 2 I-ONDON, Sun.— Britain's ciitical lood situation, scheduled lor debate m the Commons this may lorce the Prime Minister, Mr. clement Attiee to choose a new Mini ter of Agriculture, reliable political sources sa^d to- < L.P.40 words
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Article49 1946-06-17 2 BATAVIA. Sun. An Allied communique today .said that seventy Chinese refugees who reached Dekassi on the new Allied perimeter, twenty miles east of Batavin. reported that Indonesians had murdered twen-ty-rive Chinese yesterday m a fresh outbreak againtt the Chinese cor munity m Java. n p49 words
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89 1946-06-17 2 Col. Denies Whereabouts Kept Secret WASHINGTON, Sunday. fOLONEL and Mrs. Jack \j Durant, whese names have been connected with the theft of the crown jewels ot I Hesse, have demanded that the United States Army either prefer a charge ■guMl them or release them. They were arrested m Chicago aUP - 89 words
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101 1946-06-17 2 Viceroy Asked To Support SA Indians NEW DELHI. Sunday—Sympathy with the Indians' stand m South Africa m the passive resistance to the Asiatic Land Tenure Bill, \vhk-h restricts purchase lof land by Indians to certain j areas, was expressed In a resolujtion passed by the Working Com;mittee of the All-IndiaReuter - 101 words
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Article46 1946-06-17 2 LONDON, Sun.— Pan-American World Airways claimed a new trans-Atlantic speed record yesterday when the clipper Bermuda came into London airport 11 hours ei;?ht minutes after leaving New York city. The previous record for the crossing, also claimed by PanAmerican, was 12 hours six minutes—Reuter.46 words
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335 1946-06-17 2 LONDON, Sunday. UNO control of the Ruhr is suggested m a report published todry by the International Committee for the study of European que.-tiens. It must be faced, states the report, that the potential danger of German Industry may remain and may compete mReuter - 335 words
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Article, Illustration48 1946-06-17 2 The first post war open regatta on the Norfolk Broads took place at Coldbam Hall, near Norwich, with a record ent-y of 102 starters m eight races. This photograph show* the jockeying for position m a race for craft over fourteen feet m length.48 words
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303 1946-06-17 2 BANGKOK, Sunday. A SIAMESE newspaper has openly challenged the official statement that King Anamla Mahidol died by accident with a banner headline saying: "We suspect our king was assassinated/ An official decree says that any person who has evidence that the king died other th?~AP - 303 words
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Article344 1946-06-17 2 Be veridge On Norway Communism LONDON, Sunday. SIR WILLIAM BEVERIDGE wrote of the rise of communism m Norway m today's Observer, commenting on the award of a number of honorary degrees by the University of Oslo. Sir William scad: "Five of us came (from Britain) to Oslo to receive our344 words
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Article57 1946-06-17 2 NICOSIA, Sun.— Prisoners on a 24 hour hunger strike m Nicosia Central Prison, Cyprus, poured kerosene over other prisoners who refused to take part m the strlk* The police stated that the mutineers are now under control The s.rikc was started last Saturday by r'tthtReuter - 57 words
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Article284 1946-06-17 2 U.K. To Get Manpower Budgets LONDON, Sunday. BRITAIN'S Labour Oovernment plans to present each year a manpower and economy budget which w:ll show the people of Britain .xactly how the country stands, what it has 'lone in the preceding year and what it hepes to do in the following year.Reuter - 284 words
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Article, Illustration33 1946-06-17 2 The first Lady ot Franc*. A^nie fiouin, photo?rap?>?d m l.mdon recently. Ml said that her h-tsbanrt President of the French Republic impressed upon her t'.«i her visit was to be kept "very quiet."33 words
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Article102 1946-06-17 2 BELGRADE. Sunday—General Drasomir MihailoViUb. Yugoslav Chetnik leader, ha.s m! i the Court trying him her? th'it he jjave information to Britain on German jet-Dropellcd flvin'; bombs m 1943. the yea; b?for? robot attacks rx"?an. Denying that h3 had over personally collaborated with the cnomv Gen. IflhaUoYltch102 words
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93 1946-06-17 2 WASHINGTON. Sunday. On his departure for the big Four Foreiin Ministers Paris meeting the United States Secretary of State, Mr. James B"rn?s sent a new not*> to Soviet Russia renewing the US., invifr.tion to enter negotiations for n $1,000 OCO.OOO lon.n. it wasReuter - 93 words
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Advertisement88 1946-06-17 2 J§ External ck-an.'incss is A^ "if- -^^Bf' y arises, gives you deep•A• J% ""^V Andrews docs its healthFIRST Andrews cleans and refresh** th« mouth tnijl S and tunfuc. \^lir .^r NEXT It settle* the ttonuch and corrects acidity. \>^^^ Thin .It tones up the liver and check* biliousness. '..^■'r -i88 words
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Advertisement505 1946-06-17 2 NOTICE. TRENGGANU BUS COMPANY, LTD.' ;>orated m T-<rr. NOTICE IS HESEJ3Y GIVEH that the above granted a Bus Roota I operate fiom KUALA TRENGGA'-'U TO 85.3 L T and that all ftwc pi -^'.r operators urii and busi pi/:n(j o:» this Route wi.o have DOl .1 to us to join505 words
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372 1946-06-17 3 Harbour City Police To Amalgamate Effort To Wipe Out Dock Pilferage ANE of the most important steps to be taken m the attempt to eradicate robberies and petty thefts on Singapore's wharves and m godowns is the merging of the Harbour Board Police with the regular force o l the372 words
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Article, Illustration47 1946-06-17 3 An unusual shot taken at last week's birthday parade showing units of the Royal Navy in the march past, the salute for which was taken by the Governor of Singapore, Sir Franklin Gimson. The two soldiers watching the spectacle are Indian military policemen. Army Film Unit picture.47 words
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Article395 1946-06-17 3 Str.xits Times Correspondent KUALA LUMPUR, Sun. MR. DP. MacNamara, who recelved the Colonial Police Medal m tho Birthday honours, is now serving In the Kuala Lumpur police force as Deputy Commissioner of Police The award was made In respect of conspicuous service dunng the v.nr years, m395 words
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Article191 1946-06-17 3 From Our Own Correspondent PENANG, Sat. A KMED police guards were placed around the Police Court today when ten Penang civilians were produced before Mr. W. Foulsham to face charges of collaborating with and assisting the enemy. The accused include a Chinese woman Yuen Chee191 words
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Article91 1946-06-17 3 From Our Own Correspondent KLANG, Sa'.— With a vie* to increasirg food pnduction on country laaig m Selangor, the Resident Commissioner, S;lanr or, has ordered that the proprietor of any country land m Selangor comprising an area of 100 acres or more, shall cultivate91 words
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Article175 1946-06-17 3 Medical Students Start Work AFTER an absence 01 more than, four years, 20 senior medical students, who had qualified durins the occupation, return this morning to the King Edward VII College of Medicine, Singapore, to undergo a six-months' course prior to sitting ;or the qualifying professional examination. They are the175 words
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248 1946-06-17 3 Rice Problems In Producing Districts From Our Own Correspondent PARIT BUN TAR, Sat. THE announcement o: the Perak Food Control Department regarding the lilting of control m respect of the movement of rice ar'd padi m Krian came at a most opoortune moment. Rice had been removed from the ration248 words
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Article71 1946-06-17 3 Investigations into allegations of a /wave of bribery, graft and cor- ruption m the New York City j police have bee n ordered. Mr. Arthur Wallander, Police Commissioner, ordered all 20J detectives on the ''Broadway o:at" to be put bark inlo uniform. The order follows a newMiaper71 words
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515 1946-06-17 3 ALL sections of the market were exceedingly firm I during the week and there is every sign of this strength continuing rendering applicable to Malayan Markets a pertinent remark m a recent London market i report that M Investors seem to want to hold anything515 words
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Article816 1946-06-17 3 Latest share auotations published by Fraser Co., Singapore, are as follows: INDUSTRIALS Boy r Seller Alexandra Brickworks Ords $1 50 $2.10 Alexandra Brickworks Prefs. 2.40 2.60 British Msjaya Trustee Sc Executor Co. 7.00 8.00 Consolidated Tin Smelters 23 9 25/Eastein United Assurance $35.00 $37.00 rraser Neave 18816 words
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240 1946-06-17 3 Adviser On Relief For Indians Here rl INAYAT HASSAN, adviser to the Indian Relief Committee of Malaya, ha-i arrived m Singapore and expects plans for a comprehensive relief programme to take concrete shape m the near future. Mr. Hassan came to Malaya under special directions irom Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru, who240 words
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Article211 1946-06-17 3 COMPULSORY third party insu- ranee for motor vehicles will be introduced into the Ma'ayrm Union on July 1. the Straits Tim?j understands In Singapore however, the matter is sill under consideration Insurance corrranies. l.owev^r, have not been idle Anticl;>atir:3 an early announcement ->v rbe authorities. Singapore insurance211 words
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Article68 1946-06-17 3 After lui'.y-.six years of marriage, and twenty-three of knowing that her husband and his typist were too friendly, Mrs. Eleanor Grace Dobson, i ton Hook. Staines. Middlesex, got a decree nisi m London. Mr. Edwin Frost, of Lawrencestreet. Gillingham Kent, rot hu decree because the wife68 words
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Advertisement63 1946-06-17 3 STRAITS TIMES PRINTING DEPT. has received stocks of coloured lightweight manifold paper. We arc now abk' to qu"'i reasonable rates for cnlcr books, requisition books, sales books and all printed matter requiring the use of coloured c »py sheets of lightweight paper. Following colours are ava.iaoic: Green Mauva Apple Green63 words
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1164 1946-06-17 4 The Straits Times Singapore, Mon. June 17. 1946. Impressions In The North In the Straits Times of Wednesday last there appeared an article reprinted from The Times, London, recording impressions received during a lour of the MalayPeninsula by the British Parliamentary Delegation and Sir Theodore Adams. The writer, whose identity1,164 words
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Article50 1946-06-17 4 "YDNEY, S«.t. Mr. J. B. Chifley Australia's Prime Minister, has sent a message to Admiral Lord Fraser on relinquishing his command of the British Pacific Fleet, expressing the Government's and peoples' appreciation for his successful leadership and ior the part played by the Fleet In defeating Japan.— Reuter.Reuter - 50 words
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Article, Illustration719 1946-06-17 4 A Singapore Chinese On China Today I FEEL that the "Open Lette To Mr. Tan Kah Im" deserves an answer. It is pleasing to see our youth take such a keen interest m the affairs of our country, but the wriUrs were muled by hotheadedness. I sympathise entirely with them719 words
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219 1946-06-17 4 YOUR editorial, "Cry Hun-| dred Millions'", gives pub-] licity to a question about; which many must already j have private misgivings. It is t very desirable and should be j po./ ibie to draft and publish a provisional budget for the Colony. A219 words
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Letter153 1946-06-17 4 THE Straits Times sees, as so !ew others do, the writing on the wall, that the local lad and lass must be given the promotion and salary that merit demands. One of the greatest causes of general discontent today is the feeling, based on actualities, that the153 words
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Letter193 1946-06-17 4 WHAT your correspondent "Aries" and other dogs-in-the-manger shouh! realise is that Government cannot be expected to pay the public m general, Just as "Aries" cannot be expected *o pay his neighbour's salary urJcas be employs him. What they ihnttld worry about is not how Asii;:: government servants could r>c193 words
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Letter119 1946-06-17 4 IS tnere no way to put a stop to the reprehensible habit ot sjitting m public, especially m tre cinemas I suggest that a notice m Chinese. Malay. and English be thrown across tbi screen before each performance, appealing to the good sense of the audience not119 words
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Letter258 1946-06-17 4 THE Straits Times recently published an article under the heading; "Textiles Begin To Arrive In Malaya." The article set forth very well the position of Government regarding the distribution of the small quantities which have already arrived, and also exnlains very idequately the supply position on a woridwMa258 words
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Letter69 1946-06-17 4 UAY I ieque.-t that the Vehicles Priority Bocrd publish, for the informi'ticn of the public, a list cf the persons to who-.n cars have been allotted dur'-- the past few months, together with the rea-ons for the allocation. THs won'd r>rov<-'e in ■->->- 'Im reading for people69 words
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Letter93 1946-06-17 4 PTANDING «,n the verandah of my house between 7 ar.d 8 m the rr.orninp. I se? Chan^i road converted Into Broo!:lar.ds race track. Military heavy tru'ks and lorries driven by Indian and ?ur >- nean soldiers arc running at break-neck speed, each trying to overtake the other. If93 words
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Advertisement11 1946-06-17 4 WINCHESTER HOISE 16. Collyer Quay IV'eek Dayx 10 to 13 a.m.11 words
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Advertisement146 1946-06-17 4 a FLYING MODEL PLAME EVERY AIR-MM2EI BOY WANTS Roadj -Made, Rrady-to-fly Model, l^~~\ "THE AVENGER" A Brltisl' Mad? I rple scat I fighter, this modrl Is unusually JB 'S~ NWN W strong with its tubulai- fusela JRjF sy J ijP spring undoTarriaye o\.A b:il 1 *n j, JUM. I I146 words
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282 1946-06-17 5 Mr. Tan Kah Kee Attacks China Govt. $50 Million Loan To Malaya "A Bluff -fr.m From Our Own Correspondent KUALA LUMPUR, Sunday. MX. TAN KAH KEE, the Malayan Chinese leader, expressed lack of faith m the National Government of China m fulfilling her promise of a $50,000,000 (U.S.) loan to282 words
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Article, Illustration27 1946-06-17 5 Mr. and Mrs. Ulric Deans after their wedding at the Church of St. Joseph, Sincanoie on Saturday. On the b:ideßroom's rijht is Miss June Rodrigues, the bridesmaid.27 words
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168 1946-06-17 5 No Further Hindu-Muslim Disturbances POLICE of the Tanjong Pagar A Division yesterday stood by the whole day to deal with any further attempts of rioting between Indian Hindu labourers and Muslim shopkeepers. Up to late last nijh^. there were no siens of any disturbances. Prompt action by the Tanionc; Pa168 words
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Article78 1946-06-17 5 Our Own Correspondent KUALA LUMPUR, Sun.— The post office announces that mail, containing airmail correspondence despatched from Singapore to Swatov on Feb. 22 was lost when the motor vessel conveying the mail from Hong Kong to the destination was wrecked at Hakshawan, near Macco. Ordinary and registered78 words
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438 1946-06-17 5 From Our Own Correspondents, MALACCA, Sun. AN assurance that when the negotiations now going on for the purchase of the plant of the Malacca Electric Lighting Company by the Electricity Department, Malayan Union, have been satisfactorily completed, it is the desire of the Department438 words
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Article277 1946-06-17 5 From Our Own Correspondent KUALA LUMPUR, Sunday. CTATING that the law as it now d stands regarding the possession of military articles Is most unsatisfactory, Ma.'or H. L. I Wrieglesworth m the District Court here, yesterday, acquitted i and discharged Ho Soon Kit. and i277 words
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Article31 1946-06-17 5 KUAL/ LUMPUR. Sun.- -The! next meeting of the Malayan Union Advisory Council will be held In the council chamber, R.A.F. Headquarters, Kuala Lumpur, on June 29 at 10 a.m.31 words
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Article85 1946-06-17 5 "F. 5.0.," Singapore writes: "I have read wi h inUrfst the article headed "Ex-Ktmpeitai woman found handed, m your edition of June 8. I should like (o roint out, however, that Lim Hian Tee was lo:at;d vithmit any information or photograoh from Field Security Section85 words
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Article224 1946-06-17 5 Mentakab Rubber Report From Oar Own Correspondent KUALA LUMPUR. Sunday. THE Japanese cut out 20 acres on Mentakab division for food [cultivation and the 68 acres 1941 J replanting on this division can be considered a "write off," states a summary report of the Mentakab Rubber Co.. Ltd. Twenty acres224 words
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Article77 1946-06-17 5 From Our Own Correspondent 1 KUALA LUMPUR. Saturday. THE recently elected provision1 al committee of the War Prisoners (Malayan Union) Association has called a meeting at the Town Hall, Kuala Lumpur, on July 3, to adopt the objects and rules of the Association and to elect officials.77 words
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Article249 1946-06-17 5 A mass meeting of Indians is to be held m Singapore m the near future for the purpose of forming a united Indian organisation which will be representative of all Indian groups and as'sociatlons. A preliminary meeting at which this resolution was passed was held recently249 words
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Article, Illustration40 1946-06-17 5 The cross surmoun ing the ('om* of St. Paul's CatheJial I ontlon. coned by searchlights as night il umination* were rehfa T sej for Victory Day, June 8. St. Paul's was one of the prominent buildings floodlit for the occasion.40 words
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Article459 1946-06-17 5 PAYMENTS totalling £8,090, approximately $69,000 T (Straits), have been made by Gammon (Malaya) Ltd., to its liberated staff up to January 31, this year, it was disclosed at the annual general meeting of the company at Winchester House, London, on June 7. Mr. J. C. Gammon,459 words
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Article277 1946-06-17 5 Ceylonese Reaction To I.N.A. UR. V. Coomaraswamy. Government of Oyion Representative who visitec Malaya to study the Condi don of the Ceylonese here m his report to the Govern. HMBt of Ceylon says the interest of the CtejrloMN m the Indian Independence League movement was lukewarm and the Indian National277 words
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Advertisement137 1946-06-17 5 LIBERTY CABARET (North Bridge Road) FOR CIVILIANS ONLY ?poi Dances on Wednesday, 19th June, 194 i'> FUZES FCR BOIH I ADIES 6c GENTLEMEN. En joy Your Dancing m a Pre War Atrnc? phf re Charming Ho»te»ref Finest Dance Banu Gaod (Vliiy Liquors. 1V Rnbinson Road. Sinj:ipote TH. Branch Oflirr: Klutne.137 words
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Article736 1946-06-17 6 TOLOMBO. (By Air Mail)— There is considerable apprehension among 25,000 Ceylonese in Malaya and Singapore as to what their position will be in Ihe Malayan Union, observes Mr. V. Coomaraswamy, who visited Malaya as the Government of Ceylon Representative to study the conditions of Ceylonese resident736 words
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Article230 1946-06-17 6 HITLER HATED HORSES ASPERG. GEiiMANY, Satur:_ Hitler hated three things— horses, hunting and professional diplomats. These less publicized hatreds of the Fuehrer, who also diiliked both Jews and Communists, "were revealed by the six-foot-three SS Standartenfuehrer and Nazi diplomat. Gustav Adolf yen Halem, who was once Vice-Marshal of the Berlin230 words
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Article47 1946-06-17 6 A Brit'sh tntrtr Mnln»nat oi years' foreign service will |be Brian's liaison officer in Jaoan. He i 3 F'ederirk Gascoisne, whose duties ar? described by Prime Minister Clement AtHee as bein? t> nitruord British interests and to maintain the closest possible collaborat^n v.ith Gen M^r^rchbr.47 words
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Article36 1946-06-17 6 Three of Russia's leading newspapermen have been invited b" the British Government to visit Britain. They are Ilva Ehrenberg. editor of Izv^stia: Konstantin Simoniv, chief rorresnondent of Red Star; and Mikhail Galak|tionov, military editor of Pravda36 words
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78 1946-06-17 6 LONDON, Sat —Air Vice-Mar- shal D. C. T. Bennett, famous navigator and pathfinder lead- cr, is fl>injf 2,500 cases of fresh fruit every day from Paris to Covcnt Garden in a I.anraster which he hired from the R.A.F. One result of this traffic is78 words
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228 1946-06-17 6 I ONDON, Fix— America wants to import as many British L cars a s the British motor industry is able to produce, according to leading U.S. distributors. One of them said that he could immediately sell 50,000 Austin "Seven" and another firm reportedUP - 228 words
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Advertisement952 1946-06-17 6 TRAINING IN WELFARE WORK The Ix)ndon School of Economics proposes to provide a course of trainIng for Colonial Social Welfare Officers. This course will commence m Lomlon m September 1946. 2. The Colonial Office has allocated three places to the Government of Singapore. Applications are therefore invited to till these952 words
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Advertisement615 1946-06-17 6 SINGAPORE MUNICIPALITY SMALL POX Owing to the occurence of Small Pox among children In Singapore the Municipal Health Officer strongly advises that all children under five years of age should be vaccinated, whether they have been vaccinated previously oi not, as much of the vaccine used during the Japanese occupation615 words
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Advertisement639 1946-06-17 6 MISCELLANEOUS BOARD-RFSIDFNCE available. Sea front. 77 Meyer Roard. Kaiong. Phone *****. WANTED Board and Residence for a Bachelor separate room with bath near Town. Terms must b; reasonable. Box No. 177 Straits Timer. WANTED small safe with approximate dimensions 22" x 22" x 30" high. Reply Box No. 183, S.T639 words
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Advertisement335 1946-06-17 6 Established in 1916. OPTOMETRISTS OPTICIANS 13, Battery Road, Singapore. COMMERCIAL TYPEWRITER COMPANY. No 20 Malacca Street. rtionr 215« SINGAPORE Dealers and Repairers In rypewritera Adding machines and Calculators. For Buildings and General Repairs. etc. Our expert wonmen from Shanghai are at your se-vlce Our Services Guaranteed TIIYE SENG CONTRACTOR No.335 words
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Miscellaneous279 1946-06-17 6 RADIO PROGRAMMES SINGAPORE RED NKMVORR from noon to 2 p.m. and 630 to 11 p m on 225 metres from noon to 2 pm. on 4.825 mrs sec. in 61 metre band and from 7.45 to 9.30 p.m. on 4.78 msc sec in 61 metre band. CHINESE noon to 1.15279 words
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Miscellaneous229 1946-06-17 6 am GSF 19 82 metres. 10 SO Dm.— 12.22 am USN 25.38 metres. JUNE 17 I 7.30 a.m. Radio Newsreel. 7.45 a.m. Man: Illusion and Realty. a.m. Report en Nuremberg. 8.30 a.m. News. 7.50 p.m. Cricket Commentary. 8 p.m. Skyrockets Dance Orchestra. 8.30 p.m. News. Piano Parade. 9 pm. Navy229 words
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Miscellaneous296 1946-06-17 6 p.m. Yours for the asking. 3 p.m. Carroll Gibbons. 3.30 p.m. News, 3.40 pm. Bandstand, 4 p.m. Globe trot, 4.30 p.m. Playhouse, 5 pm. Thr?e O'clock special, 5.30 pm. Music with a lilt, 6 p.m. Programme for West African Forces or Quest Star, 6.30 om. News, 6.45 p.m. Keyboard club.296 words
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Article878 1946-06-17 7 Lavish Meals Where Millions Starve By W. L. WHITE RSAW (By Air Mail)— One of the first things which strikes a new arrival m this fantastic and unhappy town is that it is a blending of many cities. ft is as devastated as was Por.ipeii,878 words
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Article, Illustration63 1946-06-17 7 The Commonwealth Ministers .ho were In London for hmnire conferences, m the garden of 10, Downing-strret. Left to right: Mr. 4ttlee; Lord Addison Dominions Secrelary: Mr B-vin Foreign Secretary: Mr Mackenzie King:, Prime Minister of Canada; Mr. Walter Nash, Deputy Prime Minister of New Zealand; Dr. Evslt.63 words
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298 1946-06-17 7 HOLLYWOOD Fri. However rugged their lives may be, servicemen around the world like good music and clean jokes. Two theatrical veterans, Gracie Fields and Monty Banks, delivered this report upon their return from a 12-month USO camp and hospital tour which toQk them298 words
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Article124 1946-06-17 7 4ILAHTA (Georgia), Fri. The Ku Klux X ltn Kavalier Klub is boasting of murder and fogging, American Assistant Attorney-General, Mr. Dan Duke, said today. The club, he said, recently a b- I brawn and willingness to terrc- gating the recently revived Klan ducted a 11-yewr-old124 words
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Article105 1946-06-17 7 QUEBEC, Saturday. PTORIES of bacchar.a'es at a i J rural school for girls were told by live inmates aged from 13 to 20 years, who escaped. The girls said: Alter a school dance r^centlv. continual parties and illicit romances kept the rural village of Sweetsburn buzzing.105 words
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Article57 1946-06-17 7 BANGKOK. Sun.— Whe n they say "cinema palace" id Siam, they mean it Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer has just arranged with the Privy Purse to rent th? Burabha Palace and turn it into a theatre. The palace nad been used by 1,200 students of a commercial .school and was not occupied57 words
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Article61 1946-06-17 7 SHANGHAI, Sun.— Four per sons were wounded, nine tailoi shops .smashed and 18 men arrested as a result of a strike staged by local tailors recently. The heaviest damages were suffered by Baromon, a Nankin? Road tailor shop where striker.; poured ink on new suits ordered j by61 words
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Article47 1946-06-17 7 KARACHI, Wed.— A bill provid- ing for the sterilisation of lepers has passed its first reading In tr Bind Legislative Assembly. Mahatma Gandhi, in a letter to one of the legislators, has advised opposition to the measure. He termed such »teps "sinful."— A. P.47 words
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Advertisement119 1946-06-17 7 JUBILEE TODAY ld 3405 1.15, 3 30, 7 9.30 p.m. A New Kind of Comedy Sensation with Music, Words and Laughs by Charlie 'H^w' J|j |r "Hi |M|) n nijrii "look~outl m^^-^,, a~ THESE MEX KILL IN juill fkf\% TM Vf cold .loop: ppl^J I have left dceuh dettruc- >Y/.V*>l119 words
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Advertisement436 1946-06-17 7 THE SINGAPORE AUCTIONEERS SALE OF SlßPl.l S STORES SCRAP METAL ITC By Order of D.A.D. Salvage lI.Q. Singapore District, S.E.AC. The following Items of V, irplus Stores Scrap Meterlalj will be sold by Auction In 106, Civil Salvage Depot. Balestier Road, on Wednesday 19th June 1946 ai 1100 hours Brass436 words
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Advertisement286 1946-06-17 7 Mansfield Co., Ltd. (Incorporated m Singapore BLI'E FUNNEL LIVE Salilnis to and from United I. n Olenapp SaiU for V.K. 19 Jjn« Clrnnnta^ Sails for I.K. 27 Juno Hi korjr n«- n On- rtom IK. 2 June T.-u<rr Sails for I.K. 12 July Glenbcg Sails for I.K. 30 .1 .ly286 words
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Miscellaneous226 1946-06-17 7 What the declarer in today's deal tried to alibi "an unlucky guess.' was in reality a bad play. East, dealer. North-South vuln?rablp. NORTH X HI !l VK» 8 4 Q ♦X 7 5 WEST EAST «Q J 106 V A 7 5 S ♦KJBS2 10 G 4 3 Q9B A226 words
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Miscellaneous235 1946-06-17 7 with the ace and Soutn railed dummy's nine would be promoted to high card in the suit If this had been the case South could have discarded a club on the heart nine, but wh-?n, after East's cover of the heart king and Souths ruff the ten failed to appear235 words
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Article, Illustration24 1946-06-17 8 A section of the Derby Day crowd at Epsom on June 5 when Airborne won the premier turf classic from Gulr Stream and Radiotherapy.24 words
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Article239 1946-06-17 8 Som Pong Wins SOM Pont:. former welter-weight champion of Malaya scored an easy fourth-r^und knock cut victory I over Charlie Gibson at the Happy I World arena last nipbt. Tht fight was scheduled for ten three-minute rounds. Som Pong weighed 1411 It and Gibsen 143 lb. Before the knock-out came239 words
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Article120 1946-06-17 8 LONDON, Sat. THE world non-stop walking record for 24 hours was beaten at White City track today when P.J. Rea^ini of Polytechnic Harriers covered 129 miles 749 yards. The previous record was 127 miles 524 yards by Tommy Payne m 1909. Harold Whitiock of the Metropolitan WalkingReuter - 120 words
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Article260 1946-06-17 8 Marathon Race To Reading AC LONI ON. Sat. E^ROM Windsor Castle to**y 99 com- petitors set out on i run to London, a distance of 26 miles In the historic marathon rase wiiich Polytechnic Harriers promoted regularly pre-war and which Is being revivea the first time since 1939. The King,Reuter - 260 words
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342 1946-06-17 8 World Sports BrieSs POMPTOH LAKES, Sat. TJEAVYWEIGKT champion Joe Louis boxed six 10-'iids today prior to his title oattle ayainst Billy Conn on Wednesday nigr. 1 Now weighing 210 lbs, Louis said he would fight eight rounds tonorrow, fouo Monday, and then rest.Reuter - 342 words
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Article477 1946-06-17 8 Naval Base Soccer Final A crowd of about 3.000 spectators turned out at the Naval Base on Saturday afternoon to w.tness the final of the first knocr-cut soccer competition played on H.M. Dockyard since the re-occupati.- n Sixteen teams took part m the tournament and on Saturday alttrnoon the H.M.477 words
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Article127 1946-06-17 8 NOTTINGHAM. Sat. 'T'HE Indian cricket tourists had a further disappointment today when It was Impassible tar the ball to be bowled m their math with Nottinghamshire. In fact the weather was so bad that even a fine Sunday will leave the pitch soft fcr Monday. Rain alsoReuter - 127 words
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