Indian Daily Mail, 9 March 1946

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  • 15 1 Indian Daily Mail »OL!i. No- 24. J SINGAPORE, SATURDAY, MARCH 9, 1946. PRICE 10 CENTS.
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  • 541 1 Local Opinion To Be Consulted For Policy Details X 'NOT ANNEXATION, NOR IMPERIALISM' London, March 8. The British Government will not be deflected from its policy for a Malayan Union "to which they have given such careful consideration, and of whose essential rights they
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  • 322 1 1^,1,,, Mar. 7.— An Anglo-Soviet-nitt'd S atea statement tonight said ithird the German merchant •rint is to be allocated to Britain |d [hat the transfer is now taking act ether two shares go to J goviet Union and the United XV merchant shipping so divided ta
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  • 46 1 Those who wish to join the voluntas: corps for the reception of Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru are requested to Agister their names at the Town office of the NDU, No. 47, the Arcade, lt I loor, between 10 a.m. and 5 p.m.
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  • 151 1 SPEEDY HELP FOR STARVING PEOPLES URGED New York, Mar. B— Speedy help for starving peoples from the United States was urged m two broadcasts last night. Senator Claude Pepper of Florida said the desperate grain shortage m India due to drought meant more than 7,000,000 Hindus and Moslems were quite
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  • 73 1 Batavia, Mar. 7.— Dr. Sutan Sjahrir, Indonesian "Premier," said today he expected that the Indonesians would propose a troce m Java within a fortnight, the Netherlands news agency reports. The proposal would be made to the British for them to arrange a general cease fire and complete
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  • 89 1 Paris, Mar. 8. French casualties have increased to 20 dead and 40 wounded m the clash at Haiphong, principal port of Northern IndoChina, when French warships arrived to land troops and were fired on by Chinese shore batteries, the French Ministry of Armies stated.
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  • 36 1 Arrangements for the external examinations of various institutions occupied much attention dunnjr the week. 289 subject entries for the City and Guilds Institute of Technology have been cabled to London on behalf of Malay Peninsula candidates.
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  • 119 1 Chicago, Mar. 8. Re (dying to Mr. Winston Churchill's plea for an Anglo-American alliance m hit recent speech at Fulton, Missouri, t/je Chicago Tribune wrote: Mr. CJmrchill proposes an alliance half slave and half free, with the British Em Jure representing slaiery. Americans
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  • 287 2 Will India 'Buy British After Independence Loudon, March 7. One thing that Britain ii gradually paying for now ii our failure lo make clear to the British opk that their prosperity lependl partly on factor, outside Britain, Mjn Orwell m an irciclc m tins weefe'i left wing Tribune. Orwell, who
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  • 107 2 (Front Our Correspondent) Madras Mar. 7. Abbas Ali, retired Chief Presidency Magistrate, died today. V. S. Srinivasa Sastri, who has been m hospital for two months, is satisfactorily recovering. A new political party, called the French India Communist Party, has been formed m Pondichcrry, which witnessed riots I
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  • 236 2 DELHI REMINISCENT OF BOMBAY TWO WEEKS AGO Police Open Fire: Troops Called Out (From Our Correspondent) Delhi, March 7. Arrangements made here today by the Government for celebrating Allied victory was marred by mob outrages, arson and hooliganism, making Delhi reminiscent of Bombay two weeks ago. The mob attacked and
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  • 91 2 (From Our Correspondent) Jhansi, March 7. Shah Nawaz, of the 1.N. A., addressing a public meeting here, said if Britain does not settle the Indian problem according to the Congress demand of "Quit India,' an armed revolt is inevitable. He asked Indians,
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  • 91 2 (From Our Correspondent) Karachi, Mar. 7. The possibility of the League Ministry to be defeated on the opening day of the Budget session on Mar. 12, is indicated by prominent Leaguer and President of the Sind Muslim League, M. H. Gazdar, writing to G. M.
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  • 125 2 (From Our Correspondent) Delhi, Mar. 7.— The Court Martial here called for the record of Jemadar Puran Singh, of the I.N. A., whose trial for cruelty and brutality has concluded. This indicates the accused is being found guilty. Counsel submitted the accused asked
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  • 68 2 "CONSPIRACY" ALLEGES MUSLIM LEAGUE SECRETARY (From Our Correspondent) Lahore, March. 7. The Muslim League is critical of the Governor's decision m asking the Congress-Sikh-Unionist Coalition to form a Ministry. Nawabzada Liaquat Ali, Muslim League Secretary, who stayed here a week attempting League Ministry prospects, says: rr This conspiracy, between nonMuslim
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  • 41 2 (From Our Correspondent) Calcutta, Mar. 7. Muslim students of the Calcutta University are boycotting the convocation which Pandit Nehru is addressing on Saturday. They are also picketing the convoca-tion-hall. The Muslim students protest that Nehru is against Pakistan.
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  • 55 2 New York, Mar. 8. The American authoress Miss Pearl Buck m an interview denied that there was not sufficient food m the world for all. Pleading particularly for India she declared that India could not get UNRRA help although that country had contributed "her
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  • 88 2 India's Independence Necessary For World Peace Washington, Mar. 7. -M is utterly inconceivable ifj there can be a successful Moslem movement" KinanuijH Celler, Democratic repnvntaM tive of New York, declaredjfl I letter sent to Pandit Nchr* yal Mr. Celler added: "The econti^B and political problems involved \\< )U jJ be
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  • 63 2 JINNAH'S POINT OF VI EWS Calcutta: "We s/mII aclwvtK Pakistan and live m it. If MatsfcaH maintain complete discipline tfyat^m is no power <<'/ earth which cnl deny us our right of TokistmjWt said M. A. linnah, addressing <l mammoth meeting of Muslims of I Calcutta m the afternoon of
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  • 181 2 your party will receive overwhelmin^T popular mandate as the chosen straH ment to deliver India from i. ''M misrule. We are as disturbed as \(*fl the Moslem's desire ot .\n indepnuknlß Pakistan. H "Naturally the British Government takes advantage of this division i l :H ranks of the Indians And
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  • 75 2 London, Mar. 8. Mr. Ernest VIfl H told employers of Britain gatheud U> K day at Westminster for the first oWtRj contact with leading members iM^m Government since Labour took owfl that if India was given self g' l m H, ment
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  • 722 3 U.S. Demands Immediate Russian Withdrawal From Persia London, Mar. B.— The United States Charge D'Affaires m Moscow has delivered a note to the Soviet Government demanding the immediate withdrawal of Russian forces from Persia. If the Soviet troops are not withdrawn m the near future, and if no satisfactory explanation
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  • 191 3 London, Mar. 7. The British Cabinet mission to India may be the subject of I debate m the House of Commons on I riday week, March i 5. When discussing next week's business m the Commons today Mr. Herbert Morrison, leader of the House,
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  • 501 3 London. Mar. 7.— Rising tenion was reported from Teheran, tosiafl capital, today as Gha- m Sullaneh, Persian Premier, jtn home from Moscow after |jsi talks with Soviet leaders on uiurc Persian-Russian relai<»n>. Simtillaiuiui^ly a communique on h e premier's \isit issued m Moscow, latul thai conversations
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  • 100 3 London, Mar. 8. Miss Margaret Bourke White, famous American photographer, is now m London and will fly to India at the end of the week. She told Reuter today: "We feel we do not know enough about India and it is my job to
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  • 62 3 SELF-GOVERNMENT FOR ANNAM Paris, Mar. 7. Self-government was accorded to the State of Annam (northern Indo-('hina) as the result of negotiations between the French Government and representatives of the Annamite nationalist movement (Viet Nam) at Hanoi which culminated m an agreement signed yesterday it was announced today. The State of
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  • 131 3 Moscow, Mar. 7. The trade union organ, Trud, m an article on the condition of workers m India stated: "The Colonial dependence of India has special effect on the methods of exploiting the working class and has brought about the generally recognised fact
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    • 62 3 Have you taken part m the STRAW BALLOT on the Malayan Union White Paper m the Vol. I. No- 4- In this issue Our Sydney Correspondent tells how Sydney commemorated Feb. If« Barrister-at-law discuss the law of Sedition. "Malaya Upside Down" is reviewed by Chen. John Eber asks for more
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  • 79 4 Two Naval officers are missing, believed killed, and a third is wounded following an ambush hy Indonesian terrorists m Palcmbang. The officers were returning from a visit to Dr. (jam, Indonesian 'Government' Resident m Palcmbang, wdien the Naval car was stopped by a lorry drawn across
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  • 521 4 London. Mar. 7. Chinese Government source! stated Uttsj thai Ike Soviet authorities at Harbin. Manchuria, had suppressed freedom of assembly and publication and distribution of v illicit printing matter, states a Reuter dispatch from ChWagirtag, The drastic action, it was Mated, had followed the
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  • 134 4 It is officially announced m Kuala Lumpur that ample supplies to meet Malayan cigarette wants m the mainland are entering as fast as shipping permits. 250 million have arrived m the centre, south and east, and 250 million are on their way to the north and
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  • 141 4 At a largely attended public meeting of the Indians of Pontian District, Johore, it was unanimously decided to re-start the activities of the Indian Association, Pontian. The following gentlemen were elected office-bearers for current year:- Dr. M.XX. Nair, President; J. K. Murugiah, Vice President; Messrs. R.
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  • 56 4 London, Mar. 7. Tonight*! grimmest food news comes from China where a Chungking cable states 1,000,000 people are starving m the "rice howl" province of Hunan. The province is stated to be "littered with dead through drought, famine and pestilence." Crops are said to be yielding only one-tenth of the
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  • 261 4 Any person m Singapore uno v s Ks to cultivate a Small plot Of i"nl I gron rcfetabta for h family will be given every assistance lv ihc lands ami Agricultural l> partmenfs. An omccf i>f the Land Office, Mr. M. George, has been
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  • 219 4 It is announced, for the information of contributors to the Tin Buffer Stock Scheme 1938/39, that the scheme was wound up m 1942 and that a final remittance of £950.400—9—1 has been issued by the executive, m respect of the 5,800,338 tons of tin
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  • 39 4 An announcement from the Food Controller, Singapore, last night, says that the new controlled price for large Australian Onions is reduced from 40 cents to 35 cents a katty. The same applies to Egyptian Onions.
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  • 334 4 The excellent work iilr^,! done by the Malaya Welfare" B Council since September. andtLß work it plans to do when fundJß are available, is perhaps n(J JB widely realized. The Council was Innui I Lady Louis liountbatten inn I the British returned to
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  • 61 4 New York, Mar. 7. It was m nounced m Washington today thifl Italy has been negotiating for foafl weeks with the United States ExpOffl and Import Bank for a loan of aboetiu $250,000,000, 1 New York radio nM port stated last night, adding th« the
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