Indian Daily Mail, 16 January 1947

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  • 14 1 Indian Daily Mail Vol. 11. No. 289. SINGAPORE, THURSDAY,JANUARY 16, 1947. PRICE 10 CENTS
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  • 365 1 Allege 350 serious Truce Violations m Two Months mm,^ 13 3 3 *2' I T.he. he NEJ Gowwenl n Wednesday formally charged Indonesian armed forces with 350 serious truce violations m the past two months and released what U n'T h d ..T Ci l>lur
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  • 231 1 -Conversations between the British ister, Mr. Clement Attlee, Cabinet members and Burmese leaders yesterday were \er\ brief. expected mat the lid spend considerable Lsaing the ten-page and demands" draft memo•ed by the Burmese ondon for nesotiaivernment for Burli appears that the •ho delegates
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  • 23 1 Srin irma, well-known ten :d businessman, through Singapore on Australia about three °v I to reach here m Friday afternoon.
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  • 311 1 Rangoon, Jan. 15.— Rangoon breathed more easily last night after a day of acute tension. The "workers day" of Burmese "independence week" organised by U Aung Ban's anti-Fascist Peoples Freedom League passed off more quietly than was generally expected. Barring a few minor clashes and some
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  • 175 1 (By Our Staff Reporter) His Excellency the GovernorGeneral Mr. Malcolm Mac Donald and his beautiful bride reached Changi Airport yesterday at 5.30 p.m. and were immediately greeted by His Excellency the Governor of Singapore, Sir Franklin Gimson, and Lady Gimson. Lord and Lady
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  • 65 1 Calcutta. Jan. 15.- The Government of B°n»al has proposed to set apart over 10.000.000 rupees for the developemnt and expansion of the Lslamia College m 'he city with a view to its eventual conversion into a residential university. The college which is now
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  • 92 1 ICS Compensation Reduced From 15 To 8 Crores (From Our Own Correspondent) Delhi, Jan. 15. It is understood that as a result of negotiations now progressing m Delhi regarding payment of compensation to ICS officers when control is transferred, Mr. Henderson, Under-Secre-tary, has made a partial climbdown and the total
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  • 82 1 (From Our Own Correspondent) Delhi, Jan. 15.— The standing committee of the Home Department which met m Delhi, Sardar Patel presiding, considered the question of liberalising the working of the Arms Act. General opinion favoured more freedom to the public m the matter of possessing
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  • 64 1 (From Our Own Correspondent) New Delhi, Jan. 15.— A notification issued by the Reserve Bank says that ''malicious rumours are bring circulated by interested parties" to the effect that the India Government are soins to demonetize hundredrupee notes. These rumours are entirely without founds ion and
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  • 325 1 It is officially announced that as a result of unavoidable delay, 11.R.11. The Duke of Gloucester will now arrive on Friday, January 17th. The programme already announced for January. 16th have neither been cancelled nor changed, but merely postponed to January, 17 th. The
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  • 210 1 (From Our Own Correspondent) Calcutta, Jan. 15 The AICC have gone the utmost limit m order to declare its friendly attitude for the Muslim League, declared Mahatma Gandhi Monday commenting on the recent Delhi decision. Gandhiji. who was talking with a Serviceman, added that he
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  • 191 1 (From Our Own Correspondent) Delhi, Jan. 15. The dissolution of the Indian Political Service was discussed by Pandit Nehru with the Frontier Governor during the latter's visit to Delhi last week. The service is now the close preserve of diehard Englishmen and now consists
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  • 60 1 Washington, Jan. 15.— India has been authorised by the International Emergency Food Council to purchase from various sources a total off 950,000 tons of grain m the first six months of 1947, Indian officials disclosed here yesterday. This is an increase of 300.000 tons
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  • 74 1 Rai Bahadur Gokaldas, mana f v Ing partner of Messrs. KhLmji Ramdus, firm of hundred years' reputation m Maskat, Arabia, is or a visit to Singapore. He haa been m the business of j importing products from Malaya and Java to Gulf ports for over 30 years.
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  • 123 1 Paris, Jan. 15. Dispatches from Saigon on Wednesday reported Vietnam forces, which tried to cross the Laos-Annam border had been thrown back into Annamese territory by French troops at Quang Tri. 85 miles southwest of Hanoi. Meanwhile, new reinforcements were dispatched to Indo-China on the French liner
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  • 30 1 Honolulu, .lan. 15. The bodies of 500 of the American soldiers killed on the Gilbert Islands during the war arrived by ship en route to the US. on Wednesday. AP
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  • 232 1 One of the coastal vessels of Chinese ownership which had been seized by the Dutch m their search for ruobor and other -.-ale products, which they claimed as belonging to them and which had been taken to Karimon and subsequently released. arrived m Singapore on
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  • 188 1 London, Jan. 15. Those members of General Anders' Polish Army who are taking courses m Malay at the School of Oriental and African Studies m London are doing so entirely on their own initiative. Colonel Kwiatkowski of the Polish Corps, told Reuter yesterday. The
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  • 43 1 LAHORE STUDENTS TO GO "DRY" (From Our Own Coirespondrnt) Lahore, Jan. 15. No liquor »l any kind will be served to students m Lahore restaurants henceforth* This is m pur>r.anre of the Punjab Govern r.unt\ policy to discourage the Use of liquors. Copyright.
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  • 695 2 Indian Daily Mail Singapore, Thursday, Jan. 16, 1947. M.N.P.'s DUTY IN a last but most desperate attempt to win over the Malay masses, the U.M.N.O. is reported to have resorted to tactics which cannot but be looked upon with suspicion. It is understood that it offered the M.N.P., the party
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  • 1754 2 EXCLUSIVE TO THE INDIAN DAILY MAIL From Our Political Correspondent In India— By Air Mail "Watch the dateline we haye set up.— Jan. 31." This was the remark that was uppermost m the lips of everyone of the six-man delegation that left Londonwarcl at the invitation of
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  • 132 2 GOVT. CONSIDERING SCHEME TO PROMOTE "CO-OPERATIVES" Madras, Jan. 15.— A scheme for the promotion of co-operative institutions for providing efficient milk supply, adequate rural credit and banking facilities and proper means of marketing agricultural produce, is under the consideration of the Madras Government. V. V. Giri, Minister for Industries and
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  • 97 2 Madras, Jan. 15. A correspondent at Karaikal wired the Madras Bureau of the Associated Press that Lambert Sarvane, French India representative m the French National Assembly at Paris, told the French India representative assembly that French India can be m a French Union only as
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  • 84 2 Madras, Jan. 15.— X. R. Karanth, Revenue Minister of the Madras Government, declared at a meeting at Kumbakonam measure.* to ameliorate the conditions of the Ryots m Zamindaris would be brought up soon. The Revenue Minister said an enquiry into the Ryotwari land tenure
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  • 70 2 Madras. Jan. 15. The trustees of the Sri Parthasarathy Temple in the city at a meeting decided to refer the question of permiuing Harijans (Untouchables) into the temple to the provincial Hindu conference meeting at the end of the month. The matter will be placed
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  • 39 2 (From Our Own Correspondent) New Delhi. Jan. 15. It is understood that the India Government is shortly sending a goodwill mission to Mauritius, Trinidad, and Fiji to study the condition of the Indian settlers there. Copyrigh 1
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  • 1207 2 London, Jan. IS. Fearless, scathing criticism of the llri- J tish, especially after their return to Burma following Japn'il surrender, chir-ffcterised the speech of Thakin Ha Sein m rtph to Premier Attlee's welcome speech to the Burmese delegation m Monday. THAKIN Ba Sein
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  • 584 3 India is the second producer of coal m the h commonwealth, with an ,Ut of over 30.000,000 estimated that the mdustrial development progressed beyond oneher capacity, while so far barely touched the of numerous indusmay be based on coal ..ducts. institute,
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  • 312 3 London, Jan. 14. British automobile dealers report fantastic offers are being made for immediate delivery of English automobiles as a result of the inability of manufacturers to supply requirements of motorists within 18 months to two years. British automobile manufacturers export 50 per
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  • 275 3 London, Jan. 14.— The Privy Council, the highest legal authority m the British Commonwealth and Empire, ruled yesterday thai the Dominions have the right to abolish appeals to the Council. It gave this judgment on an appeal from Canada where for
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  • 911 3 Indians from Java, Sumatra, Borneo and Hong~I?fli: now passing through Singapore O n their way to India report vast improvement m the condition of their compatriots there most of whom were m a very bad way only a year ago
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  • 913 4 "To sum up my own view of the situation on the food front: we have a lon^ way ahead of us yet to set out of the wood," said Lord Killearn, Special Commissioner m SouthEast Asia,
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  • LETTER TO THE EDITOR
    • 476 4 Sir, It was announced a fortnight ago that Cost of Living Allowances had been sanctioned for Government pensioners resident m Malaya. It was a commendable act of justice and fair- play, as Government employees m service, European and Asiatic had been sanctioned liberal allowances
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  • 275 4 London, Jan. 14. Increasing keenness of Indian to help their country through social welfare work was/ sised by Miss Jean Begg, director of the YWCA Services m India and the Far East at a Press confertj London yesterday. Miss Bcgg
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  • 132 4 Sydney (Air Mail).— Because of the shortage of typists, some Government Departments m Canberra are sending memoranda m longhand to their Melbourne offices to be typed. The memoranda are flown back to Canberra to be checked and signed, and then they are officially sent back
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  • 38 4 Washington, Jan. 14. President Truman talked by telephone with General George Marshall on Monday, but they made no decision as to when General Marshall will take office as the Secretary of State. Marshall is vacationing m Hawaii. AP
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  • 227 4 Washington. Jan. 14. The Agriculture Department's Office of Foreign Agricultural Relations said the restoration of pre-war level of rice production 7,400,000.000 bushels depends largely on the recovery of production m Asia. It said the supplies necessary to bring the
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  • 163 4 Calcutta. Jan. 15. A Government spokesman of the Bengal Relief and Rehabilitation Department said here that there are "now definite and encouraging signs of substantial movements of persons from refugee camps within the districts of Tipperah and Noakhali back to their village homes." He added
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  • 76 4 PHILIPPINES -U.S. COPRA TRANSACTIONS New York, Jan. 14. Transactions m copra from the Philippines at US$l9O to $195 per ton, landed m rw York, have been reported since the United States Government permitted free trading m copra. The Government had been paying U*****.20 per ton landed m New York, and
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  • 225 4 Conditions Of Indian Students In Britain Deplorable London, Jan. 14. India House officials yesterday expressed sympathy with the resolution reached by the London Majlis of Indian Students on Saturday, alleging: incompetent administration of the students housing and admission into British universities and other educational institutions. Officials said India House was
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  • 112 4 SOARING PRICES WILL LOSE FOREIGN MARKETS FOR U.S. Seattle, Jan. 14.— The increase m prices of American products must be stopped or producers of other nations will win markets away lrom the United States, m the opinion of William H. Allen, President of the Boeing Aircraft Company. Discussing the outlook
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  • 83 4 London, Jan. 15. A goodwill party of Indian Army officers and men to visit Britain arrived m London yesterday afternoon from the Middle East. It consisted of six officers, five Viceroy's Commissioned Officers and 17 Indian other ranks. The party will spend 12 days
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  • 145 4 Seven Chinese Hakkas, Cantonese and Teochews were rounded up on Tuesday by the C.I.D. branch of the Singapore Police. It is reliably learnt that the men belong to a gang of extortioners known as the "Mvi Fah Tong," gang of extortioners operating not only m
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  • 59 4 Cash and valuables to the value of $743 was the loss incurred by a Chinese family m River Valley Road when they were robbed by a pang of six robbers on Tuesday night shortly after 10 p.m. the robbers it was stated wer^ all masked
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  • 43 4 The inmates of a Chinese house m Lorong Limau, Singapore were the victim.* of a robbery which took place at about 8 p.m. on Tuesday. The robbers, three armed Chinese, got away after taking $18 cash and valuables worth $928.
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  • 292 4 In the Assize Court yesterday before Mr. G. L. Jobhling and a common jury, Ahamecl bin Denis, who was represented by Mr. Y. Tsan, was acquitted of a charge of carrying arms by the judge when the jury returned a majority verdict of not guilty. The
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  • 59 4 CONFERENCE OF SINGAPORE ASSOCIATIONS ON CONSTITUTIONAL PROPOSALS A meeting of delegates from the various Associations m Singapore will be held at the MDl T Hall (331, North Bridge Road) on 19.1.47 at 12.30 p.m. More than 100 communal and professional Associations and Trade Fnions have been invited to attend the
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  • 57 4 Washington, Jan. 14.— Dr. Syngman Rhee, 72-year-old Korean independence leader, said here today that he would shortly issue a statement answering United Slates allegations said to have been made In Seoul, Korea.,, that he was implicated m a plot to start a walkout by two million of his followers m
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  • 165 4 Ex-Volunteer Gets 5 Years For Carrying Arms Koo Wan, an ex-Volunteer << S.S.V.F., was yesterday J Assizes Court, sentenced t 0 years' r.i. by Mr. Justin i Jobbling when he v.is u n on a charge of carrying arm* The case w#s thi arrest made by a Police road shortly
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