Indian Daily Mail, 24 December 1946

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  • 15 1 Indian Daily Mail Vol. 11. \o. 270. SINGAPORE. TUESDAY. DECEMBER 24. 1946. PRICE 10 CENTB
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  • 834 1 Constitutional Proposals For Malaya: No Mention Of S'pore Bj Our Stall Reporter) ihe long-awaited fr+ah itories ir i££Ln_ r„ S- UU< r,, P"^ for the "day nitiCrti!^M«!J f r,, f?S „,r MhUcation ions reasoßS the In I SJ Dif M_d Kflj??*" nd for "i" <''»• Instead the ft L; We
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  • 75 1 Lahore. Dec. 23.— Hundreds of bearded turbanned Sikhs demonstrated yesterday outside the palace In Sangrur oi Sir Ranbii Rajendra Singh Bahadur. 67-year-old Maharajah of Jind, small Indian state m Punjab. Demonstration began after prominent Sikh leader Sardar Pritam Singh had begun a "fast unto death'" as a protest
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  • 90 1 Madras, Dec. 23. Food Minister H Raghava Menon revealed here that the food position m the province had been affected by the heavy rains throughout South India early DecemDer. It has been hoped that the food position m the province was slowiy improving, the Minister said,
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  • 55 1 Pollieherry, Malabar Coast, Dec. 23. Two people were killed and live injured when the Malabar special police opend fire yesterday on a crowd of over 1,000 m a village near here. The crowd were reported to have obstructed the movements of harvested paddy. (rice) l<_ longing
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  • 57 1 Newcastle, New South Wales. Dec. 23. The two-day cricket match between the MCC and New South Wales Country XI ended m a draw with the MCC 2nd innings lit. for six. The scores were: .MCC Ist innings -395. N.S.W. Country XI Ist innings— 2o2; MCC
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  • 121 1 Hongkong, Dec. 23.— Mr. Anthony Brooke. ex-Raja Muda of Sarawak, with a passport unconditionally enorsed for Singapore and the Malayan Union, plane to sail from Hongkong aboard the "Tjibadak" on Thursday or Friday. Brooke said this afternoon here that he had sent the following telegram to
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  • 77 1 Tokyo, Dec. 23.— The toLl of dead, missing and injured m Saturday's earthquake and tidal wave rose to 2,206 on Monday as relief crews reached the previously isolated areas of Shikoku island and Wakayama peninsula. The Japanese Home Ministry officially listed 1,026 dead, 145 missing
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  • 103 1 Rangoon. Dec. 23.— -U. Aung San, deputy chairman of the Burma Governor's Executive Council, was compelled to change his programme for visiting India this month because the Indian political situation claimed Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru's time and attention, it was beamed at the headquarters of
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  • 36 1 London, Dec. 22.— Four monks of St. Bernard Hospice m Switzerland left London by air today on a journey which will tfivrentuahy bring them to Lhasa, Tib«eit, where they are to no do relief work.— Reuter
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  • 308 1 Calcutta, Dec 23 Russia s altitude towards' Tn'd.a is sel.hinL m ,l n T** b> ,ndians > »-t <• f«» *ay privately thai they L,t e S keCnly Wa,chin e South-east" Asia and «hi~ V V u a °PP (,rt "n'««"
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  • 141 1 Gent Says "Thank You" To India For Helping Evacuees New Delhi, Dee. 23.— A Press note issued here on Sunday states that Sir Edward Cent, the Governor of the Malayan Union, has conveyed the thanks of his Government to all persons who rendered service to "those unfortunate" people, mostly women
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  • 74 1 GANDHIJI DENIES PLANNING INDIA-WIDE SATYAGRAHA Sr.rampur, Eastern Bengal. Dee. 23. Mahatma Gandhi at prayer meeting here denied the "rumour that he is planning an Indiawide Satyagraha, (non-vio-lent resistance movement) to achieve Hindu-Muslim unity." He told a questioner: "My mission to Noakhali (Eastern Bengal district where communal rMits broke out m
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  • 32 1 Lady Hamarao presided over the SangU State Women's conference. Picture shows Lady Ramarao (Centre) and Ihe Rani of Sangll (second from left) with other delegates and friends.
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  • 108 1 Madras. Dec. 2'.i. The Government of Madras ha ppointed a cabinet sub-commit tc- to work out details and submit proposals for nationalising motor tra in the province. The committee recently d ed various questions 'which will need investigation to prepare the final report
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  • 116 1 Cairo. Dec 23. The Egyptian tional Liberal Pai ty leader •In HeikaJ Pasha yesterday Muslim World to respond to the Muslim i eague lead< i x d AU Jinnah's reg a unified support oi th< i itue-sponsored Pakistan plan Indi In an interview given to the
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  • 625 1 AICC EMERGENCY MEETING JAN. 5 (From Our Own Correspondent) New Delhi. Dec. 2.5. The Congress Working Committee m the course of r long statement last light, consider the British Government's statement of Dec. i\ and subsequent pronounce ments m Parliament have created
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  • 82 1 (From Our Own Correspondents Ira Dec. _>5. The Madi a id a lucky i icapi Delhi yesterday morning when m b .swoon In room ■<. his residence overiin fumes eman irom a boi Fortunately he had not d he dooi irom the li and ho
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  • 48 1 (From Our own Correspondent) a Delhi, Dec 23. Labour un m Madura took i eri ty when striking In rioting and ►n. clashes betw< en ri\ d occurred In all towns and m >i) threw .e.s. rhe P »lli P< ned er hundred Copyright
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  • 37 1 ALIGARH RIOTS RS. 21 LAKHS COMPENSATION From Our Own Correspondent) De< 23 m Ince < paym< ni ol compe tie foi a m Aligai h i aim k I Iverslty m t the march ed In arson. Copyright.
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  • 693 2 Indian Daily Mail Singapore, Tuesday, Dec. 21, 1946. Duty Of The Rich Indians \]G nation has advanced soleiy througn the efforts of Its Government Advancement Is pamt tilarly difficult vi the case of a nation composed ol diacrent races. 1 or, eacn and every component part of the nation must
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  • 617 2 (From Noel Buckley, Reuler's Correspondent.) Rangoon, Dec. 23. Many officials here will breathe easier because of Prime Minister Attlee's statement m the House of Commons. Senior British officials to whom 1 spoke a few hours before the statement was published
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  • 147 2 Rangoon, Dec. 23. The Burmese Press on Sunday morning offered a lukewarm welcome to the British Government's invitation to Burmese Ministers to visit London and discuss the Burma situation. Newspapers, as a whole, expressed the opinion that whatever resulted from the discussions would not be
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  • 333 2 London. Dec. 22— The rapid development of communications m the Far East and the Pacific areas has made possible a development whereby co-operative newspaper-owned news agencies m Australia and New Zealand are taking up a partnership m Reuters world news service and
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  • 80 2 New York. Dec. 23. Mr. Kent Cooper, General Manager and Executive Director of Associated Press. the great American cooperativelyowned non-profit making press association, issued the following statement last night: "The announcement by the Board of Reuters to the effect that the Australian Associated Press has
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  • 57 2 U SAW UNDERGOES SUCCESSFUL EYE OPERATION Calcutta, Dec. 22.— V Saw, a member of the Burma Government, had a small glass splinter removed from his eye m Calcutta yesterday. Glass splinters hit him m the face when he was shot at two months ago while travelling m a car m
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  • 81 2 London. Dee. 22.— When Lady Cripps, President of the British United Aid to China Fund, arrived by air Friday she was met by the Chinese Ambassador Dr. Chen Cheng who presented her with a poem written by himself "on her safe return from her goodwill
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  • 72 2 ARTHUR HENDERSON GOING TO INDIA London, Dec. Henderson I Under-Secretarj foi fly to Delhi abou of next year tb Governmeni <>. h of eempensation whose services h;i atcd for constitutj it was officially lerday. Mr. Henderson panied l>\ Mr Assistant Ind. State for India Services Depart, Oilice. and .1. s
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  • 116 2 Edinburgh, Dei Wilkins. a British says m a letter lo Ho that "little thought lo the saielx of Brit India." "I do not i military personne officials who happen merely because i.lies are employee Maj. Wilkins says. rity of such have relatives
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  • 91 2 Athens. Dec. 23.— The National Bank of Greece Saturday tried airborne delivery of currency to its branch at Kozani m northern Thessaly to avoid capture by bandits, but succeeded only m rainin» drachmas from heaven. Press reports said that a small observation plane dropped bags containing
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  • 38 2 SPAIN'S BRITISH AMBASSADOR RETURNS TODAY J Madrid Dee. 22.— The British Ambassador to Spain, Sir Victor Mallet. Is leaving Madrid for London by air on Dec. 24. it was announced by the British Embassy spokesman here today. Reuter
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  • 100 2 Srirampur, Dec. 23. After nearly a month of comparative quiet and few disturbances from the outside world, Gandhiji's remote cottage here today was once again becoming the scene of intense activity. During the last three weeks. Gandhiji has concentrated solely on the communal disharmony
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  • 79 2 Bombay, Dec. 20.— India is the principal producer of kyanite, the most important oi the minerals used m the refractory and ceramic industries. The main deposits of kyanite m India occur m Singhbhum, Kharsawan and Seriakala along the northern side of the copper belt. Before 1938,
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  • 74 2 MADRAS CONSIDERING Rs. 280-MILLION HOUSING SCHEME Madras Dec. 20.- The corporation of Madras is considering a house -building scheme costing 280,000.000 rupees. The scheme which is to be spread over 10 years will provide 50,000 new houses to accommodate about 300,000 city dwellers. Under the proposed scheme, 30,000 houses are
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  • 97 2 COMMITTEE TO BUCK UP BOMBAY A DMIN ISTR ATION Bombay. Dec. 20. The Government of Bombay has appointed a committee to inquire into the means of providing efficient and economical administrative machinery for the province of Bombay. The committee consists of Dr. J. N. Mehta, M.L.A. (Chairman*, Principal D. G.
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  • 79 2 Calcutta, Dee. 20. It has been decided by the Government of India to allow export of 30.000 bales of white and yellow wool to all permissible destinations. A government press note said that this decision was taken following representations made to the country for
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  • 150 2 London, Dec. 22. Lt.-Col. C. P. Boas (retired) continuing discussion In the correspondence columns In today's issue of the independent Sunday newspaper, "The Observer." on Britain and India refers m a letter to the editor to a previous letter from Sir Geoffrey Bracken who he
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  • 77 2 New York, Dec. 22.— V. K. Krishna Menon, Indian delegate to the United Nations, left by air Friday for London. He told Reuter his plans after arrival there depended upon his instructions from the Indian Government. In a brief interview he said:
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    • 252 2 New York. Dec 20. Justice M. C. Chagla of the Indian delegation to the United Nations General Assent hlv told Keuter before leaving foi London m a British Airways plane with P. N. Sapru. another delegate: ifter seeing the United Nations
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    • 157 2 "Very Dark Prospect" For Indian Unity, Says Welles Washington. Dec. 10. The former Under-Secretary of State, Mr. Sumner Welles, foresees a "very dark prospect" ahead for Indian unity. Writing m the "Washington Post" column, he says: "Muslims and Hindus are still unable to settle their differences. The ponsibility for the
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    • 156 2 Britain's Role In IndiaSeen Through Soviet Eyes Moscow. Dei 19. Ih< mi British efforts In India ire simplj a continuation of the traditional policy ef creating antagonist, tween Hindus end Muslims the "New Times." influential Ira* union paper. The New Tlm< fatal design all thes< variably l< sharpening ol the
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    • 78 2 (arch. I>ec. 19 m India was spproxt alogous to one v he In Wales if the dominion status »>< political Issue, >>:i^ Welsh daily the > an editorial to*t The Western y. \orth would be In i minority to the -mil.prefer a par ition demanded by the F inrllsh
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  • 332 3 Batavia, Dec. 23. The Mill*— show, a turn for .he bitter s lnd V" ,ndonesia has October I I and the mit aHin^r tu* d^ ,aration the truce cement on November 15 g° f the Ind «™*i*n-Duteh basis Since December 3,
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  • 70 3 Dallas, Dec. 22.— T0 the strains of the Mendelssohn's Wedding March, the world's wrestler man mountain," Martin Levy, 640 pounds was married to Charlotte Arlene Jones 19, of Denver, 110 pounds, m the ring of Dallas Sportatorium, where Levy a few minutes before wrestled a draw m
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  • 45 3 Moscow, Dec. 22.— Elliott Roosevelt and his wife, interviewed Marshal Stalin m the Kremlin today and reported that they found him on his 67th birthday looking "very well." Roosevelt didn't reveal the length of the interview or the subjects discussed. UP
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  • 173 3 "One Kind Of Democracy In East And Another In West" London, Dec. 23.— The Moscow commentator "Analyser" m a broadcast criticising the Western democracy said: "There exist gentlemen outside the Soviet Union th!£ ma K e H a P ract *e of raising their eyebrows and sneering whenever Soviet democracy
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  • 276 3 London, Dec. ZZ.— A year ago Lieut. Thomas Wilkinson, R.N.K., was mentioned m .despatches for valour at Singapore where he was drowned Tuesday night that award was cancelled.. In its place was substituted the Victoria Cross. Lieut Wilkinson, a Lancashire man is tjie 24th
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  • 96 3 London, Dec. 22. The appointment of Mr. A. V. Alexander, Minister without Portfolio, as Minister of Defence, has been approved by King George VI, it was announced Friday night. In view of this appointment Prime Minister Clement Attlee will no longer be described as "Prime
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  • 47 3 Hongkong, Dec. 22.— The police have instituted an intensive man hunt for the 12 Chinese long-term prisoners who escaped from Stanley prison, and officials refused to disclose the method of escape which was believed to have involved bribery of the Chinese guard.*. UP
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  • 99 3 Honolulu. Dec ii— The skill ol a veteran I.S. Navy pilot m landing the huge flying boat Marshall Mars, after her outboard motor "froze and dropped off." was credited with saving the lives of the 11 crew members. The big plane, enroute to California
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  • 396 3 11l the following dispatch veteran Japanese journalist Motosaburo Takata, New York correspondent of the Mamie hi Newspapers, compares the present Japanese earthquake disaster with the great earthquake which destroyed Tokyo and Yokohama m 1923. Takata assisted Ununited Press coverage of the 1923 disaster.
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  • 97 3 U .S. ACCUSED OF "DOWNRIGHT INTERFERENCE" IN CHINA London, Dee. 23. Moscow Radio commentator K. Hoffmann yesterday accused the United States of "downright interference" m China's internal affairs on the side of "Kuomintang reactionaries." Describing the Chinese National Assembly at present meeting m Nanking as a "sham" the commentator said
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  • 98 3 Pari- Dec. 22— The forging of cultural link between Prance and India is the hope of the Indian author, Girja Mukherja who yesterday told Renter thai he I formed a French-Indian Association In Paris. Mukherja who ws i Subha B Azad Hind Government Amba do: to
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  • 367 3 Vatican City. Dec 23.— Several hundred thousands of Romans or the biggesi crowd since the Tope coronation m .W39, gathered m St. Peters Square yeVerday for a special open air low mass and to pa\ homage to the Pope. The Low Mass began at 1130 a.m.
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  • 168 3 Dutch Commission General Returning To Sign Agreement ihe Haffve, Dee. T..-lhe Dntch Commission-Genera] i- leave for Hatavia soon posftlyKforeNeu Year, to sign the I her.bon agreement negotiated with th< Indonesians for a United states Indonesia and to star, work on its Implementation. The date of their dep <* nends on
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  • 64 3 INDONESIANS WANT TO TAKE PART IN PACIFIC DEFENCE TALKS Th- Hag ie Dec 22 The sixd Bali, conf( (i: ftt Ba area ol Dutch Es nch opened on Wcdnk for the ln( m men m the D*\ •.tic d( talk m Australia next mo: I ■nl. The Australia confl i
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  • 1044 4 Slogan L of New "Moral-Social Uplift" Union In Paris Paris, Dec. 2*,.— Oa.stened by the war. ihe traditionallx morally carefree French are al present subjecting themselves to a still dose of I'uritan austerity. On the heels of the closing >f
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  • 73 4 A woman gave birth to seven children In one hour at a village In Sierra Leone, British West Africa, it is reliably reported. There were three males and four females and all are reported to have died on the same night. The woman was Madam
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  • 216 4 "Caesar And Cleopatra" At Cathay is Grand Entertainment Hollywood has attempted many times to portray the splendour of Egypt and the grandeur that was Rome, but perhaps it was the ultra- la vishness invariably introduced into the settings that tended to give such pictures an artificiality that was hard to
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  • 144 4 A farewell party was given by the Committee Members of the Indian Relief Committee m Malaya. Selctar Sub-Branch. Singapore. to Janab A. Mohammed, one of the Committee Members, on the eve ol his departure to India. The function was presided over by Brahmachari Kailasam. the Hon.
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  • 116 4 The committee members of the Singapore Motor Vessel Traders Federation met again Sunday night to discuss the detention of vessels on the high seas by Dutch gunboats. A report of a similar case from Penang appearing m a local Chinese newspaper was read to
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  • 68 4 Under the auspices of the Ramakrishna Mission Cultural Section there will be a public symposium today, 24th December, 1946. at 6.30 p.m. at No. 9, Norris Road, under the title "Lord Jesus Christ." Mrs. Hilda Moorhead, Mr. D. W. Devaraja and Mr. V. Raja Gopal will take part
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  • 258 4 Increased C-of-L Allowances For Government Servants The following Cost of Living Allowances have been granted to all Government servants from the Ist December, 1946, according to an official statement issued yesterday morning: 1. To all male employees In receipt of a salary of $50 per mensem (or $2 per day>
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  • 265 4 An Indian, who was on guard duty at a military camp m Bukit Panjang, Singapore, was found shot dead early on Sunday morning. Two Chinese and a Malay, all of whom were armed, entered a house m North Bridge Road on Sunday shortly past mid-day and got
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  • 156 4 Chun Keng Long, a member of a party of robbers who robbed the inmates of a house m Eng Hoon Street at about 7.30 p.m. on Nov. 6. was yesterday committed to stand trial at the next Assizes on two charges, armed robborv and carrying
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  • 160 4 Singapore, Dec. 23. For the first time m the history of Indian Musi mis Ln Malaya, a Pan -Malayan Conference of Muslim League adherents m Malaya will be held m the latter part of January m Penang to discuss ways and means ot bringing about a
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  • 42 4 It was officially announced y<nterday morning that Mr. Anthonj Brooke will have unconditional entry into Singapore and the Malayan Union. This does not affect m any way the decision to exclude him from Sarawak," the statement added.
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  • 106 4 BOAT FOR MADRAS ON DEC. 27 The Representative of the Government of India m Malaya Is glad to anounce that a further 850 deck, 20 first class and 12 second class passages are available for the repatriation of Indians on S.S. "Vasna'' which is expected to sail for Madras on
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  • 101 4 KILLEARN'S OFFICE DOES NOT KNOW ANYTHING ABOUT JAVA INCIDENTS Singapore, Dec 23. An Indonesian news agency report dated Batavia December 21 and issued through Renter (Item 17 of Dec. 22 > stated: "The attention of Lord Killearn, British Special Commissioner In the Far East had been called to incidents at
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  • 92 4 CALCUTTA RIOTS INQUIRY COMMISSION MEETS JAN. 8 Calcutta (Air Mail).— The Calcutta disturbances inquiry commission meeting here under thr chairmanship of Sir Patrick Spens Chief Justice of the Federal Court has postponed further inquiry until Jan. 8. The commission was appointed by the Bengal Government, to inquire into the Calcutta
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  • 15 4 5 DEAD IN BOMBAY RIGHTIN Bombay, died and eig] the rea City ment announ Reuter
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