The Straits Times, 27 July 1946

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  • 20 1 The Straits Times MALAYA'S LEADING NEWSPAPER ESTABLISHED OVER A CENTURY i:i«HT PAGES SINGAPORE, SATURDAY, JULY ?,7, 1946. PRICE 10 CENTS.
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  • 642 1 Two Stales Under UNO Mandate PARIS, Friday. AX authority who read a draft of the plan disclosed today that Jewish and Arab representatives, m direct negotiations, had formulated a provisional tour-point programme for settlement of the Palestine problem, writes Rclman Morin, Associated Press ojrresDondent. He said
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  • 92 1 MR. George Hall, the Colonial Secretary, told the House of Commons that British policy in Malaya was designed to achieve a return to something more than pre-war conditions. Mr Hall said that it was the hope of the Government that the discussions now taking place
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  • 313 1 "Murderers Of Twelve Million" NUREMBERG, Friday. rLLOWING the United States Prosecutor's demand for a verdict of guilty to be returned against all 24 defendants in the War Crimes 1 Trials being held here, the British Attorney-General, Sir Hartley Shawcross, i n his closing speech today, asked i the court for
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  • 36 1 t.tpui Lean supporters swarmingn g ovrr the truck whuh took them into Pom* from an outlyi n« village to celebrate the elect'on of Siffnor Enrico de Nicola as the first President of Italy.
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  • 254 1 WASHINGTON, Friday. THE American Famine Mission to India told the United States Secretary of Agriculture, Mr. Clinton Anderson, yesterday that India most get two million tons of food grains during the second half of 1946 m order H avert widespread famine. Ths mission
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  • 264 1 LONDON, Friday. ipDER the Anglo-Canadian U wheat agreement, the signing of which wa s announced m the House of Commons yesterday Britain will buy Canadian wheat over the next four yearsi, beginning on Aug. 1, 1946. Britain wil! buy and the Canadian Government will supply 160,000,000 bushels m
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  • 120 1 No Commission Of Inquiry On Fall Of Malaya LONDON, Friday. r. ATTLEE, the Prime Minister, made it clear m the House of Commons yesterday that the Government did not intend to set up a commission of inquiry into the loss of Malaya and the fall of Singapore, and all relevant
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  • 76 1 SYDNEY, Fri. New South Wales Trades and Labour Council last night lifted the ten-month-old "black ban" on Dutch shipping im New South \Va!o» waters. The motion to lift the ban was hotly opposed by Communists. The ban on loading and servicing Dutch ships for the
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  • 77 1 SRINAGAR, Fri.— Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru, President of the Indian National Congress, who was detained m Kashmir last month when he entered the stats m defiance of a ban, arrived yesterday m Srinagar, Kashmir's capital. He will assist m the defence of Sheik Mohammed Abdullah, leader of
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  • 527 1 BATAVIA, Friday. CUT AN Sjahrir, the Indonesian "Premier," told the United Press today that he did not think the Allied reply to the Indonesian protest, received yesterday, on which the evacuation of 35,000 allied inlernees throughout the interior depends, would satisfy the Indonesians. Sutan
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  • 46 1 CINGAPORE'S $25 mil'ion re- habitation loan is expected to be fully subscribed in a fortnight's time, according to the Financial Secretary, Mr NeLscn Jones. Mr Jones said yrsterdav that alr-ady more than Sl» million had b'en subscribed. KuU r^pcrt Tag: 5.
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  • 89 1 SHANGHAI STOCK EXCHANGE SHANGHAI, Fri— The Shanghai Stock Exchange one of the biggest m ths Far East m prewar days— is being reorganised for re-opening next month. Formerly British registered, the new Exchange will be Cli:-nese-controlled, and only shares of Chinese limited companies or of partnerships that have been registered
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  • 41 2 RANGOON, Fri. Sir Henry Knight, Acting Ccvernor of Burma, had a narrow escape when the engine tender of 8 special train m which he was travelling to Mandalay, jumped the rails a few miles from Rangoon—Reuter.
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  • 1265 2 'No Return To The Past For Malaya 9 LONDON, Thursday. AI'ENING the debate on Malaya m the House of Com- mons today, Mr. George Hall, Colonial Secretary, said British policy m Malaya was to bring about a political adjustment which would, through broadly based institutions m
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  • 227 2 'Poor Rewards For Loyal Asiatics' LONDON, Tr.ur.-day. |\UR1NG the dSOatc OB Malaya, Capf L. D. Gammans told the Hou.-e of Commons that he thought the honours list provided a meagre reward for men and women of the Asatic communities who siood by Bnti.-h civilian internees and prison ers ot war
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  • 146 2 PARIS. Thurs.— It is authoritatively learned that the French Government has agreed in piiaciple to the suggestion of Mr. Byrnes, United States Secretary of State, for an early publication of the texts of the draft treaties concerning the five Axis satellites. A Foreign Office spokesman explained that
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  • 102 2 NANKING, Friday. NANKING, which at one time looked like being a haven for purists, has some 3,000 dancing girts, sing-son? girls, "girl guides," and others haunting the Fotsemiao (Confucius Temple) area alone, according to the Nanking Jen Pao. The closing of dance hafli has resulted
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  • 144 2 SAN FRANCISCO, Thurs. 1 RADIO blackout perhaps an aftermath of the atomic bomb test had delayed all transmissions from the Bikini atom bomb test fleet for more than five hours at 0700 hours (Malayan timet. The U.S. Naval Radio station said it was unable to say
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  • 77 2 The Br.tish Army of the Rhine is busy with preparations to receive the first wives and families of officers and men to go jiit to the British zone at the end of this month Houses ami flats have oeen taken over, sometimes whole streets of
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  • 219 2 LONDON, Thursday. FE British and American occupation zones of Germany arc to be merged from the economic standpoint. The proposal came originally from the United States Government and was agreed to by the British Government today. The decision is not to be put
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  • 32 2 ROME, Thurs. -Vatican sour; lej said today that an estimate that more tr.an 200 pr'ests had been executed m Yugoslavia since the end of war "was not exaggerated.'— Reuter.
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  • 151 2 If 18d Rubber Price Drops Ceylon Ruined CEYLON, which produced 70 per cent of the world", available war-time rubber, before American synthetic production overtook shortages, gloomily contemplates ruin of its rubber industry .f pric2s drop. Cey'on's present price is Is. 6d; id. more than is paid for Malayan rubber. Ceylon':,
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  • 67 2 ROME, Thurs— On the third anniversary of the fall ot fascism, the properties of Benito Mussolini have been confiscated on behalf of the Italian people. Overruling the pleas of the Duce's widow and children that they would be left without moans of support, the Supreme Court decided
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  • 42 2 TOKIO, Fri. Fifty of the 9,000 pilotless traruPaciflc bombing balloons launched from Honstf, Japan, during the war, were known to have reached the America continent, MaJ. Gen. H, J. Ca*ey, U.S; Army said yesterday .-~U. P.
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  • Page 2 Advertisements
    • 359 2 MALAYAN RAILWAY. Two Temporary Technical Assistant Appointments Applications are invited for the p.).<ts of two temporary Technical Assistants in the Drawing Office of the Cht*f Mechanical Engineer, Sentul Works Malayan Railway. Candidates should b; experienced Mechanical Engineering Draftsmen preferably experienced in Railway Rolling Stock design. Candidates should have a «o
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    • 203 2 JOHORE MEDICAL DEPARTMENT A.i examination for Etate dr^S-Cis Tin be held from feeptcmb.r 3. a— 5th I 1046 inc u ive at Kuaia Lumpur. Ipon Prnang and Jofaoc Bih.u. 2. Candidates trcm the S:._te o! Joaore sh.tid lo.warj thiir app.ica- tioos to the Oflice of the Principal I Medical Officer
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    • 395 2 GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION. Tenders will be received at the Office of the Director of Public Works, Singapore up to noon ot the 29th July. 1946 for the following work: Supply, delivery of furniture and fitments to the Raffles College. Hostel and Quarters. Singapore: —i.e. to supply by 'sayi 16th September. 1946.
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  • 289 3 $12, 000, 000 Advanced By Crown Agents THE Crown Agents m London have advanced $12,000,000 to the Singapore Municipality through the local Government, and out of this sum all arrears of interest on Municipal loans for the period of the occupation have been paid, said Mr.
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  • 105 3 AN application by a representative of a trade union to rent a part of the ground floor •>i Victoria Memorial Hall as offices, because i' mt staged that the building was most convenient for holding meetings of labourers was discussed at the meeting of
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  • 186 3 Acute Labour Shortage In Malaya? Vnm Our Own Correspondent KUALA LUMPUR. ThUR. f ILAYA is go.ns to an acute labour shoitr.ge i 'i may soon upset ail the [ana for rehabilitation, sad Mr. V.M.N. Menon. the newly elected member of the Malayan Union Advisory Council at a luncheon party sivan
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  • 61 3 O:\ the ground that Jamil bin Haii Ismail, an R.AJS.C driver. had been an absentee frun his UO«t for about a month, bail was tup-jsed when he appeared before Mr. Paul Storr m the District Court yesterday and had a charge of d^alins m firearms
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  • 149 3 ACTION will be taken to abolish petrol rationing as soon as possible, and in the meantime the Registrar of Vehicles Department will undertake the work of rationing for a limited period of three months to the end of September, subject to conditions. At their meeting yesterday,
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  • 273 3 Revival Of S. S. (S.) Association THE Straits Settlements (Singa- pore) Association may be renamed the Sinjjapore Association. At the first general meeting jt the Association held recently it was also propose-d by Mr. Roland Braddell, who presided, that membership to the association oe open to non-British subjects. Mr. Braddell
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  • 118 3 MEMBERS of the Indian Congress Medical Mission who have completed their work in Malaya and Singapore and will shortly be returning home, were guests at a tea-party on Thursday given by local helpers who were attached to the unit during its stay here. Dr. Cholkar, head of
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  • 24 3 A Straits Times picture taken at yesterday's meeting of the Municipal Commissioners shows the President. Mr. W. Hartley, making his opening address.
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  • 164 3 MIKIZAWA Koshiro, senior Japanese officer at thz Oulrara Road Prison during the occupation, giving evidence at the Singapore Assies yesterday at the trial of Manikam Tanapathy and Ciopal on hurt charges, stated that for the first year <f the occupation British regulations wcic followed. Later,
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  • 168 3 PRELIMINARY reports on thp properties of Fajam Limited show that the mature area of th" Home division has been reduce: by some 106 acres and the immature area by about 100 acres cut out by the Japanese for food cultivation. Except for the manager's bungalow,
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  • 62 3 A general meeting of members oi the Malacca Clerical Union will be held at 3 p.m. today at the Meng Seng Ci. irttable Association, for the purpose of adopting the rul?s and bye-iaws of the union and election of office bearers and council members. Mr. J. A. Brazier, M.8.E., Trade
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  • 363 3 Padi Lands In Malaya For Javanese JAVANESE and Malays will De J treated alike in the allocation of padi land in Sungei Manila in Lower Perak and Tanjon^ Karang in Kuala Selangor for the flxst time in a colonization scheme adopted by the Government of the Malayan Union. Government assistance
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  • 154 3 Chain Of Public Restaurants In Malaya THE Malayan Union Go*emment has approved of an initial expenditure of $150,000 to construct buildings for housing public restaurants m Penang. Talping, Ipoh, Kuala Lumpur. Seremban, Malacca and Johore Bahru.. The plan provides for the simplest from of building—attai.roofed and mounted on Jungle rollers,
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  • 299 3 A Chinese nun told the magistrate m the Third Court yesterday how three Chinese armed with pistols came into her house on the mornfhg of May 18 and locked her and her grandmother m the lavatory and got away with $2,300 m cash and jewels.
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  • 341 3 'Ra ids On Ha wkers Show Results FE action taken against unlicensed hawkers was welcomed by the Municipal president, Mr. VV. Bartley, speaking at a meeting of the Commissioners yesterday. "It is difficult to judge what the effect of the action has been but I think have noticed a definite
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  • 204 3 Issue Of Rations For Immigrants CPECIAL arrangements for ration cards f"ave been made lor nersons cominc into Singapore vho are not entitled to Army or Government rations. A ration card must be obtained before a person is entitled ro draw rations of sugar, rice and flour, and to obtain this
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  • 143 3 Sunday's Church Services Church of England' St. Andrews: 7, 8. 10.30. 5.30; St. Peters: 7.30, 10.30. 7.30; Garrlsj:: (Tangl.n*: 7.15, 9, 9.45, 6.30; Christ Church: 3, 10.30, 5, 6.30; St. Hilda's: 8, 5.30; St. Paul's (Serangoon): 8. Salvation Army: 10, 3. 4. Christian Science Society: 630. Methodists: Wesley 10.30. f>:
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  • Page 3 Advertisements
    • 89 3 The Newest European Residential Hotel In Singapore "THE TAVERN" Everything Up-To- Date. Our New Cock-Tall Bar with Us Electrically Operated Shaker is the linvy of All rat ron* Opon from 16 a.m. to 12 Mmntgnt Rooms Luxuriously Furnished Every Room has Its Own Separate Bith-Room 1 Kitrhrn Under Direct Supervision
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    • 104 3 Universal Grinding Wheel Co., Ltd. STAFFORO, ENGLAND. DELIVERY EX STOCK Plain grinding wheels 6" to 16" dia. also Oil stor.^.;,' Scythe Stones, Gouge stones, and Rubbing Bricks m. assorted sizes- Upcountry Distributors required. Apply SINO-BRITISH ENGINEERING CORPORATION (MALAYA) LIMITED 36/37 Chartered Bank Chambers Singapore 7 el 3. 83. VICTORIA (GARRISON)
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  • 76 4 At Kopay. Ceylon, on Tl.ursday, July r.i, the beloved mother jl V. Ponniah, ciovernment Treasury, Singapore. ON M/7/M m Puthukurichy, Trava:ic.re, Mr. Joseph Pereira beloved father of Berty of Percira and Mrs. M I. Pereira of 47 Hooper Road.Spore. Mr. J. B. ICLEINMAN (Jack) passed rv.ay after a short
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  • 1026 4 The Straits Times Singapore, Saturday, July 27, 1946. Oversea Chinese Ask Why? News from China is dishearten in* both to the Chinese in Malaya and their friends. During the war years China presented a united front and after eight years of heroic struggle had her reward in an event which
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  • 133 4 BRUSSELS, Thurs. THE inter-allied reparations agency today announced the first allocation of German capital equipment as reparations. The United Kingdom has been awarded certain tools required in the manufacture of brickmaking and equipment and other machine tools needed for the rehabilitation of the iron and stsel
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  • 617 4  - Singapore should take warning from its own history H. R. LEGGE By IN the fifties of the last century, lawlessness reached its peak m Singapore. The interior of the island was then jungle, the sanctuary of tigers and panthers, and the haunt of the lawless class of Chinese. Although Singapore
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    • 255 4 THE imminent whole-scale civil war m China is the most talked-of subject among the Chinese m Malaya. In coffee shops, m the open and jin guilds we hear heated arsu- merits on this subject. The Nationalists advocate that the Communists be once and for
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    • 135 4 I READ with contempt an article published m the Straits Times a few days back asking the street hawkers to report to the Labour Exchange for work at one dollar and ten cents per day. 'The majority of the hawkers are) mainly unsk lied labour). Do you think
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    • 38 4 ISN'T it nice to see our three reopened Raffles Place stores for which we have waited so long, full of Service personnel. Why not reciprocate with the Officers' Shop? Just a suggestion—that's all. Singapore PELANLOK.
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    • 64 4 Planters Union IS a l'uth Arl of 20 years planting and a member of the 1.5.P., the heading boldly featured on page 5 of the Straits Times for 19th July, "Malayan Planters To Form Trade Union*' prompts me to ask: Who is this man railed Hughes Who figures m the
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    • 196 4 THOUGH most Singapore trirls seem to be crazy over them, I personally hav^ no time for the Service men these days. Army, Air Force, or Navy, I have found them all alike. Maybe, I am one of the unlucky ones who have besn introduced to the uncivil^ j type
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    • 161 4 I HAVE been in the Roy a) Navy for seven months as a Chinese rating, and my pay is still $35 a month. I have to support a family nt four, and how can I do it on thai pay in Singapore v;hen the cost or
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    • 74 4 PRACTICALLY all members I of the Passive Defences have been instructed to report to their respective officers for payment of arrears. But nothing r-as bsen mentioned with regard to the Body Disposal Squad hch operated In Singapore. For a wage of $3 per day we performed rib^y
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    • 113 4 WE have read m your paper; that '•Dhall has arrived at Singapore m large quantities and that the wholesale price fixed is 15 cents per kati. while the retail price Is fixed at 20 rents per katl. Dhall io our staple food, and at pre.-ent we
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    • 845 4 THE ENGAGEMENT Is announced between Miss Catherine Tan, daughter of the late Mr. Tan Pong Gtian Si lAt. Lee Chlm Quan. SITUATIONS VACANT WANTED lady telephone operator iz typist. Apply Box No. 593 S. T. Wiun"l£D a Chinese doctor tor a d^p.Msary In 8.N.8. terms reasonable, bpp.y Box No. 579.
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    • 46 4 TIRED BYES! Whether or not you t»o« wear Glasses, if your pye* are tred or uncomfortable, HAVE AN EXAMINATION Propet classes can be ot tremendous help to four efficiency, your physical and mental comfort as well as to your appearance (insult: C. S CHONG. O.D F.P.OC.
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  • 695 5 Over $15 Millions Subscribed THE people of Singapore have to chose between lend- ing money to the Government for the rehabilitation of Singapore or be -taxed, said the Financial Secretary, Singapore, Mr. Nelson Jones, m a broadcast talk over Radio Malaya last night. "If you
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  • 225 5 SIX sentences of death by hanging and two of life Imprisonment were pronounced at th? War Crimes Court yesterday wlen all thirteen accused m the Ambon case were convicted. Of I the res- one was sentenced to If years' imprisonment, three to 10' yean>' anc
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  • 36 5 It has been decided to pay arrears of salary to March 31, 1942, to all those Asiatic Government officers who were not paid an advance of two months' salary m February, 194^ I
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  • 358 5 nECAUSE pre-war importers of all communities have been D unable to come to an agreement regarding their respective allocations, Government has decided to make its own arrangements for distribution of the large quantities of relief supplies now kept m Singapore godowns. Explanations for government's decision
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  • 41 5 Buck at worn arai.i ai'i'r their ten-day strike, Singapore lightermen are unloading precious cargoes of food on the waterfront. A Struts Times photographer took tH* nature yesterday of a group of lightermen unloading cases of potatoes for Singapore.
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  • 205 5 Important Meeting Of U.M.N.O. From Our Own Correspondent PENANG, Fri. economic ana reiii gious questions pertaining to Malays throughout the country will be among a compreaensive list oi subjects to be taken up at a two-day U.M.N.O. confe- rence which opens in Penang tomorrow morning. Three other matters to be
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  • 550 5 Welfare C ouncil Inaugurated CINGAPORE'S Social Welfare Council is Intended to provide Government with a means of utilising the local knowlpd^e and experience of the various communities by giving the representatives of these communities opportunities for expressing opinions, and making suggestions m connection with th? welfare of the Colony, declared
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  • 327 5 (From Our Own Correspondent) KUALA LUMPUR, Fri. THE Malayan Union Government has issued a warning U members of the public m a gazette notification published yesterday which lifts the moratorium restrict ton on certain dealings m land. Members of the public who claim registered interests
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  • 61 5 Bail of $5,000 was offered to 33-year-old Kwok Ying I.v.en when he claimed trial before Mr. Paul Storr m the First Police Court yesterday, to a charge .that between January and June this year, whilst employed as a cashier by Lee Hing Yong he committed criminal
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  • 53 5 Alleged to have committed gang robbery ii.vo'.ving two cases of handkerchiefs worth $1,440 belonging to the For^ps at the Naafl/Efi warehci m Read Street at 4.30 am on July ib. 22-year-old Tan Soo Cho had the charge explained to him before Mr. Paul Storr m the First
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  • 87 5 SINGAPORE Naval Base labourers who have been on strike since Monday this week are holding a mass meeting at the Sultan Theatre at I o'clock this afternoon. Representatives of the strikers have invited Naval Rase officials, the Controller of Labour, Singapore, and the Trade
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  • 223 5 THE steamer Bc-rv/yn Victory, carrying a shipload of 8,500 tons of flour for Malaya, which was scheduled to arrive in Singapore yesterday, has been delayed end ?s now expected to arrive at th>port from Shanghai on about July 30. A signal which was received by the ships
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  • 73 6 The 1, 300-year-om ban against women ascending the sacred Buddhist mountain, Ominj. m south central Japan, still stands. The Press reported twat 20 Osaka girl hikers scaled lii; forbidden peak, but the Kyodo Nawj Agency announced later that, Buddhist priests halted them ivile and a half from
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  • 515 6  -  DENZIL PEIRIS By pOLOMBO, Thursday— A complicated background of political and economic controversy between Indians m Ceylon and the Government of Ceylon underlies the strike of Indian labourers on estates m this country. Basically, the hartal was called by the Ceylon Indian Congress m protest against
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  • 167 6 CHICAGO, Thurs.— The average American man is no prize, bat the average American woman is a mess, Dr Walton M. Grogman said today. He said that, judged by Hollywood standards Miss Average-America stacked up more like a haystack than a beauty queen. She Is fat,
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  • 157 6 CLEARED OF ALL JAPANESE Thursday.— 0 Except for a handful of technicians, China south of the Great Wall has been cleared of all Japanese, military and civilian, with the repatriation of the last batch from North China. Since the middle of December, when the stupendous task began, mor c than
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  • 118 6 Jap Catholic Minister First Catholic to become a minister m Japanese history. Prof. Kataro Tanaka, has been appointed Minister of Education states Vatican Radio. Several members of the family of the Prime Minister, Shi^eru Yoshida, are Catholics. Prof. Tanaka recently spent an hour and a half m the Imperial Palace
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  • 107 6 SHANGHAI, Friday Ma W?n-lin, alleged underwoild chieftain now m custody as a j suspected collaborationist, had a, disappointment the otner day Ma, who has a following of j thousands, was scheduled for release on bail. Learning of this his family and "disciples' gathered at th 3
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  • 82 6 PARIS, Friday— Twu small single-masted sailing boats left Bayonne yesterday for a threeyear voyage in search cf lobster and Indian cod. The boats are not equipped with ngines and carry a crew o* only six men each. The plan is to circle the Cape of Good Hope
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  • 49 6 CHINKIANO (CHINA) Tuesday —More than 250,000,000 locusts have been killed m central Kiangsu Province since May 12. Ten thousand men were mobilized to fight the insects which were threatening agricultural crops. It was estimated that 50,000 pounds of locust eggs have been unearthed and destroyed.— A. P.
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  • 111 6 There is r*u present intention of asking Congress for additional funds for loans to foreign countries, stated President Truman at a Press conference. Asked if this implied that United States loan to Russia was ruled out he said he i .nen of no immediate plans lor
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  • 69 6 Fr. John Schuler, physics student at Cincinnati University, was invited by the American Government to observe and study tht atomic tests of Operation Crossroads. He sailed with a radiological safety unit to hel'j m measuring radiations sent out by the atomic blast, on which he
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  • 61 6 Five scientific workers at the Aberdeen (Maryland), locket a.-.J big gun proving grounds have been dismissed 'm the interests of national security," the U.S. War Office announced. One is a woman. The five are described as officers of the local branch of the United Public Workers
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  • Page 6 Advertisements
    • 729 6 SALE BY TENDER. 1. The Custodian ot Enemy Property. Malayan Union, will dispose of plant and materials at Bungsar Paper Factory. Bungsar Road, Kuala Lumpur, by Public Tender. 2. Messrs. Harper Ullflllan Co., LML 15. Old Market Square. Kuala Lumpur, have been appointed as as agents to deal with this
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    • 441 6 MISCELLANEOUS WANTED: By an investor with confidence m the future, Singapore Rehabilitation 3% Loan. Apply at the Post Office or any Bank. TO LET Furnish*^ room. Bath attached. In flat In tc.n. Couple or Single. Board required preferred. Box 599 S.T. TO LET large house with big acreage of land,
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    • 312 6 FAMOUS A. V. M. PRODUCT EAGLE BRAND Rubber Coagulatloz A :ld S It Distributing Agrnts: CHIDA FRANCIS «Se CO., lI.M. Army Contractor] Shipchandlers. 11S-A, Cecil Strret. Singapore. Tel. 2933 GOODNESS PRESERVED Tims Products Ltd, the prominent Indian ror.cera market a wide range of canned goods, including fruit juices, squashes, jams,
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    • 251 6 NEW BRITISH GOODS. Shipments just to hand Sterling Silver Cigarette Cases Souvenir Spoons *Gold Signet Ring. Cuff Linki Dress Suites jiwmu jEWfnTnraiBTnTinTTT^BI i ff^ MOOI CHIN RESTAURANT No 420. North Bridge Road (Corner ot Piirviii STeeti A sfkciai rry m oinolish AND CHINESE O1SHEI? >4^r TT>e Latest Product \F yj
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  • Page 6 Miscellaneous
    • 431 6 RADIO PROGRAMMES •n n r>T/^ iur n t a v it 124b Dm) irid from iin to sis july 27 KttUlU lYliiliiiZ A om (news Malay at IM pm.i 7 30 am r^ Newsreeli 7.45 aaj BED NETWORK from mob to ENGLISH < o.m to 3 cm (news Music Parade.
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  • 642 7 LABOUR PLAN IN FULL SWING Govt Strong After One Year In Saddle By FRASER WIGHTON, Reuter's Correspondent I ON DON, Fri. A year ago tomorrow Britain's first majority Labour Government came into being after a tempestuous Victory election which swept Mr. Winston Churchill, the war-time Prime Minister, from power and
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  • 100 7 The British Cabinet is exp2.:ted to give an early decision on a proposal, which it has been considering, for the partial removal of the marriage bar for women Civil Servants. Supported by most of the heads of departments, the proposal is that women m administrative
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  • 59 7 assengers ta the C<wesSouthamp'i steamer. Duchess of Corawai:. saw a n:an suddenly strip off his ciai and shirt and dive overboard. He had Just been talking to a girl. The ship turned about and lifebelts werg thrown to him. He refused help and disappeared. He is
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