The Straits Times, 20 June 1946

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  • 20 1 The straits Times MALAYA'S LEADING NEWSPAPER ESTABLISHED OVER A CENTURY I.KJIIT PAGES. SINGAPORE, THURSDAY, JUNE 20, 1946. PRICE il) CENTS
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  • 243 1 Governor-General Chairman Of Singapore Body 7i NEW South-East Asia Defence Council has been set up m Singapore, it was announced yesterday from Headqu arters Supreme Allied Command, SouthEast Asia. The Council will keep under constant review the defence problems of the area, and direct combined
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  • 260 1 Soviet Veto On Spain Proposal NEW YORK. Wednesday. SOVIET Russia yesterday invoked the veto on a resolution backed by the majorib' of members of the United Nations Security Council which would have sent the question of Franco Spain to the General Assembly for action. The Council had voted nine to
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  • 72 1 LONDON, Wed.— Mr. G:orse Ha!l. Sec-.etary for the Colonies, told the House of Commons yesterday that it was proposed io introduce income (ax m Malaya, but detailei clans must await tlie arrival of a Commissioner of Income Tax He said he was endeavouring with
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  • 170 1 DISCUSSIONS en matter* of importance to Malaya began in Singapore yesterday between the Governor-Gen-eral, Mr. Malcolm MacDonald, the Governor of Singapore, Sir Franklin Gimson and the Governor of the Malayan Union, Sir Edward Gent. It is expected that a communli que will be issued today
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  • 295 1 BURMA, the world's bigg:st exportsr of rice before the war, is again shipping thousands of tons to needy areas m South-East Asia \vho.--e agricultural, economy has been shattered by the ravages of war, according to a statcmtnt issued yesterday by HQ AlMed Land Forces, South-East Asia
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  • 123 1 PEARL HARBOUR, Wed— A spectacular floating oil fire which sent dense pall of smoke billow- ins to the sky, making a scene reminiscent of the Pearl Harbour j disaster, was brought under control by Navy flre fighters after damaging several naval docks and threatening to
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  • 209 1 PARIS, Wednesday. THE British Foreign Secretary, Mr. Eevin, told the "Big Four" Foreign Ministers' Conference yesterday that Britain was ready to give up all claims to reparations from Italy, providing the other countries did the same. A similar offer was made on Monday by the United States Secretary
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  • 33 1 <;en. Eisenhower. United States Chi f of S »<T, congratulates Marshal of the Ro al Air Force Sir Arthur Harr s after prcsentln t him with the Distinguished Service Medal.
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  • 117 1 Malayan Tin Production Figures WASHINGTON. Wed. TT l HE Combined T.n Committee announced here today that the production ai tin concentrates m Malaya during the first quarter o.' this year totalled HO2 tons, according to British records. Last February the British Mission estimat:d that 'he total 1946 production of Malaya
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  • 81 1 LONDON, Wed— An official o! the British Board of Trade said yesterda> that it was hoped tt publish details 'by the end of the week' of a ns-.v agreement to fix the price of Malayan-grown i übfcer. Negotiations between the Board of Trade, the Colonial Office
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  • 114 1 TEHERAN. Wed.— The two gieat twin rivers, the Euphrates and the Tigris, overflowing their banks, have flooded over 1,000 acres of agricultural land, including Basra, the Persian Gulf port. Between 40 to 70 people have perished and thousands are homeless. Many houses have been destroyed and
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  • 473 1 PALESTINE IN GRIP OF TERRORISM JERUSALEM, Wednesday. PALESTINE seethed today with armed Jews partici- pating m a continuing wave of violence, which already has cost a two-day toH of 18 dead and scores of injured. Two British majors were .shot and seriously v. r ound< d on a busy Jerusalem
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  • 174 1 NEW DELHI, Wed. A reliable informant told the United Press today that the Congress party working committee had decidtu to accept the British inter m government plan on an experimentr.l basis, despite Mahatma Gandhi's «>ppo. ition. Informed circles suggested that as a result of the
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  • 104 1 0 LONDON. Wed.— Mr. Oliver Stanley, the former Conservative Colonial Secretary, asked the Prime Minister m the House of Commons yesterday if he would not agree that, m view of the "very grave events m Palestine during the last 24 hours" it was becoming very urgent
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  • 540 2 International Board Urged By Premier WELLINGTON, (N.Z.), Wednesday. MR. HUGH FRASER, the Prime Minister of New Zealand, m an exclusive interview with United Press, has said that New Zealand favours continued control by the United States of the Japanese mandated islands m
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  • 89 2 AMSTERDAM, Tues T h c Catholic newspaper, De Volkskrant. reported today that a I C&tholie-Labour coalition had i teen formed to lead the NefcherI lands Government for the next lour years. The two parties control 61 of the 100 seats in the lower branch Of Parliament.
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  • 88 2 BUCHAREST. Tues. -The Rumanian Qorerili&cil* was investigating toda.v the reported disanpearance of Gen. Wicolao Radescu, who *tJ j iiir>" Minister of Ru.nara up to March 6. 1945. Radescu has been r ;>;nv: from his home in Bucharest lot two days. He was living there on official
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  • 90 2 Quisling's Widow For Trial OSLO, Tues.— The Oslo pre Imlnary court, reversing its previous decision, has decided that Mrs. Maria Quisling, the 45-year-old widow of the Norweg'an traitor, should be held m prison •:rndine her trial on charges of '.elonging to her husband's Nazi narty and Ming state funds for
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  • 38 2 Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru, Indian Congress Party leader, and M*. M. A. Jinnah, Itader of the Muslim League, are here seen together. The Viceroy has asked them both to Join the Interim Government of India.
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  • 372 2 TOKIO, Wednesday. A SMILING Japanese professor whom the Japanese military banned nine years ago as an opponent of martial arts today told the International Military Tribunal that Japanese students were taught it was tlu-r duty to die for the Emperor. Dr. Hoye Ouichi testified directly
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  • 111 2 BATAVIA, Wed.-A group of Indian merchants is sending a quantity of cloth as a gift to In donesia, Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru, tht All-India Congress leader, has told Dr. Sutan Sjahrir, the Indonesian "Prune Minister," by cable. It is not known here whether the cloth will be
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  • 129 2 1 PROTEST is being made by the British Militaiy Authorities to the Indonesian leaders, on the subject of a truck captured in the occupation of Bekasi on June 11. This truck, one of those loaned to the Indonesians for the transport of rice to Batavia.
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  • 109 2 LONDON, Wed. A British goodwill trade mission is to visit in the autumn, it was announced by Sir Ralph Stevenson, the new British Ambassador *o China, at a dinner at the Ans'nChina Chamber of Commerce 'n London "The Government have decideu in principle to send a
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  • 124 2 COLOMBO, Tues Sentences ranging from six to 12 weeks' imprisonment with hard labour i were imposed today on ten of ths I crew of the 7,130-ton Canadian ship Lafontaine Park by a Coi lombo mag'strate for "neglrct of their lawful duties" whi'e at sei. The
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  • 81 2 £1,000,000 Java Art Arrests LONDON, Tues— A British officer and a sergeant are among a number of persons arrested in connection with the theft of art treasures stored by the Japanese in Batavia, reports the Daily Mail correspondent in Batavia. The paper says that the value of the art treasures
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  • 355 2 LONDON, Tuesday. ANEW reduction of oneseventh in the British soap ration was ar.r.cur.cec today by Dr. Edith Summer skell, Parliamentary Secretary to the Ministry of Food. The reduction will apply lo all except children vi.dor live; it will allow three snu.ll bars of soap or its
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  • 205 2 W DETROIT, Tuesday. HOLE families are believed to have been wiped out under the wreckage of hundreds of houses flattened to the ground by a tornado which last night swept up Detroit River separating Detroit on the United States side from Windsor on the Canadian
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  • 146 2 U.K. Pays For Italy Troops LONDON, Tuesday. BRITAIN has agreed to credit Italy for expends 1 of quartering and moving British troops by writing off equivalent amounts for the debt owed by Italy, it was learned today. The agreement, is contained m a supplement to the revised' armistice terms initialled
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  • 66 2 NANKING, Wednesday. nROSPECTS of early peace m the Chinese stnfj grow dim today with the negotiations deadlocked over the Government demand for Communist evacuation of provinces and coastal cities m north China. From well informed quarters it was learned that peace talks were hampered
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  • 55 2 CAIRO. Wed— New British proposals for the revised AngloEgyptian treaty were discussed last nigh* by the Egyptian delegation. One of the members, Heykal pasha, jcrlared himself pleased The Egyptian Premier, Sidky Pasha, said there was no room for pessimism. The delegation is meeti a?ain this evening
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  • Page 2 Advertisements
    • 97 2 i 4 keAe *:tli nl» irreproaciiaoit art m cutting wp'l-styletl and finished clothing. You are adWsed to wait toi the new reasonably priced ma: en. is which are expected shortly. Customers' own MtttCftelP made up Keep tn touch with All a Man Could Want Young. Beautiful. all a man could
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    • 572 2 AUCTION SALE OF VALUABLE FREEHOLD U BEHOLD SINGAPORE fUOPERTIKg lo be held at The saleroom of MESSRS CHEONO KOON SENG CO.. No. IP Chulla Strert. Singapore. ON WEDNESDAY. 26th JUNE 1918. AT 231 P.M. Lot I Fret-hold land and house No. 40 Barker Road. Singapore, area 24.161 •q. ft. Monthl>
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  • 555 3 Arbitrator Named To Assess Price From Our Own Correspondent LONDON, Wed. ORITISH North Borneo becomes a Crown Colony on July 15 under an agreement arrived at between the British Government and the British North Borneo ('bartered Company. The agreement provides for an
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  • 129 3 ORIC-S of aeratea waters in Singapore will be controlled from June 22. Here are the maximum prices for consumption on the premises. Soda water. 30 cents per bottle; sweet aerated water. 40 cents per bottle while fruit crushes will cost 50 cents per bottle. For consumption oft*
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  • 96 3 Charge Of Paying in U.S. Dollars Lee Chens Kiat. well-known Singapore businessman, appeared before Mr. L. C. Goh, the Second Magistrate yesterday, »o auswer charges of having made payment in American dollars lor purchase;. made in Singapore, without first getting the permission of the Controller of Fo:ogn Exchange. It is
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  • 306 3 MAJOR OFFERED MONEY 2'r.ieut. Says THE view that the peis.-nal property of a Japanese civilian was considered to bs his own property and that h* would never have interfered if the owner gave his personal property away to anybojy, was expresssd by Capt. L. J. J. Lowen, formerly attached to
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  • 367 3 IN the Jirst smallpox epidemic in Singapore for many years, four children have died from the disease and 13 other cases have been reported to the health authorities. The majority of these cases have come from the Rangoon Road district, although outbreaks have also
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  • 190 3 Soldiers On Arms Charge nRESSED in jungle green and displaying; his campaign ribbons, Abdul Samad bin Jaffar, who is believed to be a private attached to the Malay Regiment at Port DL'kson, yesterday stood 'rial before Mr. JusUce Moor and a common jury in th 2 Assize Court en charges
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  • 40 3 Sorre mrmbe~s of the Malayan contingent to the Victory Pa ade rwently visited a radio factory m G'hiswick, England. The j-a-alers, affr a week's tour o f Kn-land. will be retu'ninK to Mala-a by the Mauretania.
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  • 51 3 (From Our Own Correspondent) KUALA LUMPUR. Wed.- The first battalion of the Malay reriment commanded by Major G.E.C. Ash has moved to Kuala Lumpur. Within the next week it wnl fake over nuard dut es at the Governor's House and other military commitments m Kuala
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  • 547 3 Man Killed In S 'pore Gun Fight TWO gun battles between police and armed robbers took place m Singapore c ty on Tuesday niglit, resulting m two bystanders being ht. one dying from his wounds and the arrest of three Chinese m one of the affrays. The mPn who was
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  • 1069 3 THE Empress of Autsralia docks m Singapore this morning with more than 400 civilian passengers aboard from England. She is among three ships which have arrived or are due to arrive from (he United Kingdom bringing more than 700 men, women and children but
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  • Page 3 Advertisements
    • 81 3 AN IDEAL RENDEZVOUS FOUND FOR YOU! GRAND OPENING TO-MORROW OF THE VENUS GARDEN (On Site Of The Former GARDEN CABARET) GREAT WORLD PARK at son p.m. KRING YOIR FRIENDS ALONG To Parts';" Refreshments To Hear Alluring Music To Fnjoy Fresh Garden Air And You May Dance la The Special Enclosure
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    • 456 3 BOOKS of TO-DAY PENGUIN PELICAN SERIES at 6O cts each Cafe Biids by 11. E Harvey A bu..cf m the kM by C. Brahmei S. J. btmoa. Hawk Amonx The Siarr«ws lUe mg,^ ui_n..e by Des.nond Ha*kJ« Ly B. ilugnes The Forest Livers Trent's Own Case by Miurlce Hew.e'.t by
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  • 28 4 Mr. Mrs. Qu k Ken* Ho.k thji:ik •ill ii hitivfs oj lneiiOi Mr th .if •b c v.e..dhg Btftß, loan ol cart and iiie.,*^ sol lou^'at liMtl:.n
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  • 1116 4 The Straits Times Singapore, Thurs, June 20, 1946. City Of Smells Mr. W. Bartley, president of the Municipal Commissioners, has told the Singapore Ratepayers' Association that lack of heavy transport for handling refuse is one of the chief reasons for the continuance of filthy conditions in many of the city's
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  • 45 4 Socialist Premier For France PARIS, Tue3— As a result of the Communist Party's flat refusal to participate m a government headed by the MRP, an increasingly large number cf deputies m chambers tonight expressed the opinion that France's nex'. premier would be a socialist.— U.P.
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  • MAN IN THE STREET
    • 143 4 i THE R.A.F. at Kallang had a I I field day today, when •they set fire to a number ot theu- own aircraft en Uw aerodrome, including a Liberator, some Spl Ores, and a 'Hurricane, all complete with enigines, for no other apparent rev- son than
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    • 113 4 I WANT to query a matter through your columns which has puzzled me during my time in Singapore. Why is it that films shown by Singapore cinemas are pre-Me-thusaleh in their age. In India due, no doubt, to more competition, the films are usually up to date r.nd
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    • 62 4 WITH the great increase of private motor-cars m Singapore may one suggest to the power.s-that-be that all drivers of miitr j lorries who habitually park their vehicles m Raffles Place and Battery Road should park instead m the open space near Clifford Pier. Raffles Place of a
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    • 176 4 ONE paper m Singapore says that the best value for money is education at the present time, because school fees have not increased as prices of other things have Increased, and the present rate imposed by the Government Is the same rate that existed m 1939. But
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    • 160 4 JN reply lo the letter by "Ora Pro Nobis" m wh eh he renamed Kok Chuan Avtnue 'the Katong Zoo." I am v?ry sorry for him but I think he Is a tool. \7ha. Is there for him to rcinplain about m the rearing of animals by
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    • 81 4 WHAT portion of the hundred millions def.cit m the MalayM Union is the share of the Internment Bounty paid to Furopean officers by the Colonial Pureaucracy? If the public has to foot the bill, I don't see why thi> information is being hush-hushed. 1 \'«nder if
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    • 127 4 IS the Government as bad as all that to take away my back pay. which for 44 months amounts to about $1,500. and use it for public distribution, as suggested by a correspondent In your paper: I was robbed of my wife's lewellery after the Japs entered
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    • 60 4 WE patronise the cinema with the sole object of tctgetting our worries for a oaapia of hours— not to see the siLy slide advertisements that flash one by one before our eyes. I? takes approximately twelve minutes to show those advertisements In K.L. cinemas, and you can .sine
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  • 1941 4  - Newcomers In The House That Raffles Built RENE ONRAET By Late Inspectw-General, Straits Settlements Police, and Police Adviser, British Military Administration, Malaya. [This aiUcle is an analysis of the trade union movement m Malaya, before and after the second World War, with an explanation of how this movement differs m
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    • 48 4 TIRED EYES! Whether or uot you Imm war (Mam*, if ycur r\e- are t ret 0.uncomfortable, HAVE AN EXAMINATION. Proper fcl-ssrs can be of trem*»dou< help to your effi-lenry, your phy.-ical and ment\l «rn f ort as well as to your appearance, ron-ult: C. S. CHONG. 0.D.. VT.OC
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  • 603 5 S'pore Traction Co Order 220 New Vehicles £20,000 Profit From Oct. To Feb. riFTY new trolley buses and 100 new diesel-engine chassis as well as 70 Bedford chassis (60 of which are already m Singapore) have been ordered m England for the Singapore Traction Company. While deliveries of the former
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  • 36 5 Two women membe-s of the Ser\icts examine an evening dress at the NAAFI EFI Services Shop m Raffles Pla-e. Singapore, where all service needs are suprled to service personnel at reasonable prices.
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  • 476 5 ABOI'T 200 young men and women from all parts of the Malayan Union and Singapore, who were doinn: varous temporary jobs during the last four years, meet asain m Singapore this morning to take up the threads of a life which had been broken by
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  • 99 5 Last Day For Views On New Municipality ONLY one day remains for members of the public to send m views and *ug*estinns they w nld li';e considcr?d by the Committee recently appointed n> the Governor to draft a new cons itution for the Singapore Municipality. The committee has been receiving
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  • 159 5 Gurkhas Hunt K.L. Japs From Our Own Correspondent KUALA LUMPUR, Wed. THREE European police officers with an escort of detectives and 20 Gurkha soldiers have eflected the arrest of two Chinese in the Sungei Besi area on a charge o'. harbouring Japanese. It is believed that this arrest and others
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  • 179 5 GOV. GEN. MEETS CHINESE CPEAKING at a cocktaii v party at the ConMi'ate to introduce the Govcrr.orGeneral, Mr. Malco.m MacDonald, to leaders of tho Chine.-c community in Singapore, the Chine .c ConsulGeneial, Dr. Wu Faac-shing, said he was convinced that re.ations between Great Britain and China would become increasingly clo
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  • 139 5 .From Our Own Correspondent. KUALA LUMPUK. Wed. THE extra costs involved by the goods consigned to importers i in the Malayan Union which are now being landed in S'%gapore. owing to lack of facilities at Port Swettenham, which is almost entirely reserved at present
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  • 34 5 Owing to a senior member of the court being indisposed, the field general court-martial, In Singapore, of Major F. T. Metherell, RE. ME., scheduled to resume yesterday, was postponed till Saturday morning.
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  • 313 5 Normandy Veteran Gaoled On Arms Charge A BRITISH soldier, who was wounded m action m Normandy, was sent to gaol for 18 months by Mr. Paul Storr m the First Court, yesterday for selling a Japanese revolver. The soldier. Pte. Alexander A. Mcßobbie, of the 7th Bn. Parachute Regiment, stood
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  • 465 5 More Evidence On Ex-D et s.'Conduct THE third and final phase of the prosecul-on evidence at an inquiry before Mr. H. A. Forrer in the Seventh Police Court into charges of casing hurt against Syid Hussein AH A'sagoff, Oliver Ignatius Carvalho and P. Suppiah. started yesterday when witnesses described how
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  • Article, Illustration
    27 5 Mr. and Mrs. William AldriJge «fter Ihei- weddin; m Singapore. •n Tuesday. The briieftoom is wi h Itaiio Malaya. The bride was formerly Miss Ann Muriel Purki-s.
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  • 97 5 Bench Orders Restaurant To Be Closed LOH Ilee San;, prop, ielor of the Southern Hotel F.ii Ton* Sen Road, had his rrstau a~t cli-sed ioin for one month m addition to imiosiiion of a I ne of S5OO or two months riso.ous imn r isonimiit, by M-. Tan Ihoon lift
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  • 112 5 S. H. B. Strike THE 1,600 ait.sans oi the Singapore Harbour Board dockyards who went on strike yesterday morning demanding 150 per cent, mcivasi- in wages, have been liven a m-w ofTtr by the S.H.B. aulhtr riiies. The men had rejected the counter olFrr of 540 coU
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  • 154 5 Crowd Attacks Hind u Shop THERE was another attack oB an catins sliop in Singapore on Tuesday night, but this time it was a Hindu shop. A gang of hooligans entered ;i Brahmin tating shoo in Market St.eet. wrecked th? marbletopped tables and glass rases, and stole about $150 from
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  • 30 5 i 'From Our Own Correspondent) I TFLUX ANSON. T. Saburo. former Tclu'.: Anson 'Ccmpc tai mvi. v.a-, Kntenced t-> death by hanging on atrocity I charges tofay.
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  • Page 5 Advertisements
    • 96 5 SINGAPORE COLD STORAGE CO., LTD. PtfME AUSTRALIAN BEEF FRESH FROZEN Tin' touomng cuts ot Prime Australian Beef are now on salt at our Orchard Ro.id Depot and some of the markets m Slnjopore: Riin-.p Fi'lrt (whole filletf only) $1 50 pel lb. Rump Steiik 1.10 Sirloin \vi;h Bone 1.00 BUvenitfc
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    • 88 5 You get White, Sparkling TEETH when you use SPAN A TOOTH PASTE Sold by oil loading distributor) and manufactured by triitol-Mycrt Co. Pt». Ltd 22J Tocific Highway. No.th $,dn«y. N.S.W., Au«tral.a. THE INDIAN MARKET For your requirements of Indian raw produce such as seeds, spices, oils, oilcakes, nuts, gums, crude
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  • 680 6  - Sjahrir Govt Talks With Two Voices NOEL BUCKLEY, ■y Reuter's correspondent Allies Ignore Explanations BATAVIA, Tues. One of the most confusing: aspects of the situation m the Netherlands East-Indies is that the Indonesian 'Government' is compelled to talk with two voices. This has long been recognised and overlooked by the
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  • 116 6 Hong Kong's Latest Pastime HONG KONG, Wed.— One of Hong Kong's newest pastimes is scrutiniz.ng banknotes to fee whether or not they are legitimate. Chier cause of all the difficulty ;s that the Japs, daring 44 months of occupation, forced officials of the Hong Kong and Shanghai Banking Corporation to
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  • 86 6 WASHINGTON, Mon— Bctwwn 5.000 and 6.000 reporters, radio commentators and magazine writers have asked to "cover" the atomc bomb tests on ships, navy officers disclosed. A joint army-navy board has been created to select correspondents to report the experiment. Present indications are that only
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  • 50 6 WASHINGTON, Tues— The m:pnzine. Aviation News, predic s tii3t four or five years must rass bclore any United States airline reaches Leningrad, and that it may be 10 to 15 years before any United States airline is permitted to ocerate across Russia to China, -A.P.
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  • 45 6 NEW YORK, Mon— A soya-bea n compound has been fashioned into gay-coloured soles for shoes. The soya-bean soles cannot bs distinguished from leather, says their inventor, Mr. Elliot E. Simpson, adding; that th?y outwear tbe l?ath»r variety three to one.— A.P.
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  • 243 6 COLOMBO, (By Aiimal).— 1/ The future of European < m Ceylon was touched on by Mr. H. J. D. Stokes, Pres dent of the European Asscciafon of Ceylon m his addre. s to the Association's annual meeting. Mr. Stokes said it was time that attention was given
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  • 59 6 EXMOUTH. Sun Wh'n a nan fell over the llMrißfl whe of bis car his wife grabbed the wheel and put on Ihe brakes. Thr fan was Mr. W Rowe, Barn^rdo P.oa*J, Fjs*t"r manaitrr of Lloyd Rank, who, accompanied by his wlc and 15-year-old
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  • Page 6 Advertisements
    • 956 6 BRITISH MEDICAL ASSOCIATION MALAYA BRANCH. To rMiew their membership, members are requested to fciward th«;lr nam?s and addresses with a crossed cheque or money ordrr for $9. (July to December 1946 subscription) to Dr. Lee Ciioo Nco, Honorary Trcau:er. No. 74-4 Bra-> Basah Road, Singapore. New members plcise communi ate
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    • 569 6 NOTICE. Tenders will be received at the office of the Director, Medical Service?, Singapore, second Floor. Municipal Buildings, up to the 24th of June, 1946, for the supply of the following: A— Hospitals. (a) Poodstuffs to Government Hosp'tals: (b) Firewood and Charcoal to Government Hospitals; (Note each pl'ce of freviood
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    • 794 6 TENDERS INVITED. GOVERNMENT HOSPITALS, JOHOBE Separate tenders, m duplicate, are Invited for supplies of (a) Ration; (b) Firewood and charcral (c) Burlau (non-Moh." 1 dan paupers) to the undermentioned H(«pltals: 1. General Hospitrl. J. Bahru including 3rd Mile Hospital, J. Bahru k the L p..-r Camp J. Bahru 2. Muar
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    • 375 6 Famous A. V. M. Product FAMOL'S KLAVOUn— smooth. full. rich, delicious, gives extra fragrance A bouquet. CHARACTER from choice tea leaves. ECONOMICAL— you use IMB "Durbar" per cup— it's so rich In flavour A. V. M. Abul Kasim Bro«. 79. Chonn Goan St fore. Phone U76 SlwkHts: rHii>\ itftfTTl CO..
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  • Page 6 Miscellaneous
    • 290 6 SINGAPORE KrD SfcIHOKK Iroin noon M 2 p.m. and 30 to 11 on on 225 metres from noon to 2 p m on 1 .825 me* sec in hi metre banti and from 7.45 to a3O p.m on 4.7* vise, see in 61 metre band CHINESE noun to 115 ..in
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    • 249 6 Dm. 12 22 am (ISN i*» 3» nifllc* JUNE 7 30 p m Ge: aldo. 8 1 > p.m. L^lle •Bridcewater quiruet. 8.30 p.m. The news. 8.33 p m. Piano purade, 8.45 p.m. Homeward bound, i p.m. Le Jazz. 9.30 p.m. Scotdsli vari?tj orches;tra. 10 p.m. Jack of all tiades,
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    • 285 6 to build a band. 5.30 p.re Light orchestral oonctrt, 6 p.m Programme fcr West African Forces or Guest Star. 6.30 p.m. Ntws. d.45 p m. Keyboard club, 7.15 p.m. India and Ceylon halfhour, 7.45 p.m. Sporting world, 8 p.m. News. 8 Cl p.m. H^ard m?lodics are sweet. 8 45 p.m.
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  • 163 7 Blow To Black Market BERLIN, Tues— A blow has been struck at Berlin's black market by the announcement that the B A. OR. is to issue a special currency m the form of vouchers for all transactions m NAAFI clubs, shops and canteens. ENSA theatres and other official institutions. The
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  • 80 7 NEWCASTLE <ENGLAND>, Tues. Thicughor.t England, the Newcastle Corpora' ion is advert i m? lor s stone cutter who will carve a new head and forearm for the .statue of Earl Grey, of Refoim Bill lame. The statue was struck by lightning nearly five years ago. Fragments
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