Indian Daily Mail, 18 February 1947
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Title Section15 1947-02-18 1 Indian Daily Mail Vol. 111, No. 7. SINGAPORE, TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 18, 1947. PRICE 10 CENTS15 words
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Article293 1947-02-18 1 Central Government Crisis "Most Critical" (from Our Own Correspondent) Delhi, Feb. 17. Simultaneously with the news from via Dr. Lanka Sundaram. to the effect that the I inef is split with regard to the crisis m the Central and that Parliamentary opinion is overwhelming<>f Pandit293 words
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61 1947-02-18 1 roi 0w Own Correspondent) Feb. i; .-it h under'a the rt port submitted by '-(orruptiun Officer ap*J the Sind Government sensational reading Published. that corruption D the highest I that Minisofflcm should make their personal prothe aboliiion of oal assistants of to generally61 words
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Article28 1947-02-18 1 Royal Family R each Capetown IH.-The Vanthe British Royal 20 am GMT. s«d m white naval first where he s -muts as the Britiah monarch 1 African UPUP - 28 words
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Article86 1947-02-18 1 (From Our Own Correspondent) Patna, Feb. 17. The .possibility of a coal crisis similar to that m Britain is visualsed by Mrinal Bose, Trade Union Congress President. In a statement on the labour ciksls m the Bihar coalfields, Bose says 14.000 miners are on strike86 words
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Article96 1947-02-18 1 (From Our Own Correspondent) Bangalore, Feb. 17. Pandemonium prevailed at the meeting of the Mysore University Union m Bangalore which was to have been addressed by Mr. Krishnaswami. editor of the -Liberator." on Satur Over thousand students carrying black flags demonstrated and refused to allow Krishnaswami to96 words
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58 1947-02-18 1 (From Our Own Correspondent) Delhi. Feb. 17.— The Newspaper i Editors' Conference meeting m Delhi yesterday decided to discontinue the convention regarding the publication of riot news as it has outlasted its usefulness. The conference, however, apperiled to the papers to use restraint58 words
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86 1947-02-18 1 TUNGKU AHMAD HAS HOUSING PROBLEM IN PERTH! Perth, Australia, Feb. 17. The returned Servicemen's League protested on Sunday against the son of the Sultan of Johore being given the occupancy of an eight-roomed dwelling m Perth "when hundreds of ex-servicemen are forced to live m army huts." Tungku Ahmad, thirdAP - 86 words
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Article79 1947-02-18 1 Shanghai, Feb. 17.— The Chinese Petroleum Company, which has negotiated for 80,000 tons of petroleum Irom the American Iranian Petroleum Company, is reported to be negotiating with the same company and with the British Iranian petroleum company for further purchases. The Chinese firm has threeAP - 79 words
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Article, Illustration432 1947-02-18 1 Mr. Asai" Ali, India's first Ambassador to U.S.A. left New Delhi by air on the afternoon ()t Feb. 7 for Karachi en route to London, where on Friday last (Feb. l 0 he was feted at a reception which was attended by top-ranking officials of432 words
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348 1947-02-18 1 'Britain May Be Swept From The Seas, Warns Newsman London, Feb. 17.— American politics threaten a KrilUh shipping crisis, the Sunday Express editor John («orden charged today. In a long article, Gordon said the coal crisis May sofon be followed by another Involving shipping which may result "m Britain beingUP - 348 words
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Article46 1947-02-18 1 Batavia, Feb. 17. A large campaign m Wtoi Java to check black plague and malaria was announcri yesterday oy the Indonesian Republican authorities. The campaign will cost 2,500,000 Republican luepidns (officially equil to Dutch guilder! at 10.7 to a ound) ReuterReuter - 46 words
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175 1947-02-18 1 World Rice Conference In India In July? (From Our Own Correspondent) Karachi, Feb. 17. An international rice conference, wherein rice producing and consuming countries will both be re* presented, will be convened m .July, probably m India, according to Sir. S. V. Rainamurthi who returned to Karachi yesterday after attending175 words
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Article367 1947-02-18 1 UNDERSECRETARY LEAVES----- IMPRESSED WITH MALAYA'S RACIAL HARMONY -AND LOCAL OFFICIALS' DEVOTION Mr. Ivor Thomas, M.l\. Parliamentary Under-Secretarj of Stale for t lie Coloafes, left han^i earlj yesterday morning by the Lancastrian service for England. Before leaving Mr. Thomas said: "I have found my work's stay In Malaya most useful. It367 words
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Article201 1947-02-18 1 I .oiulun. Keb. 17. Dr. John 11. C. \V«». first Chinese Ambassador to In Holy See, presented his letters of -tit-mr to i he <opt* yesterdaj moraing, stated Vatican Radio v sterdaj afternoon* The Holy Father, In hid repij to '!»(> new er, said: J; isReuter - 201 words
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Article12 1947-02-18 1 DeJ 0, v *Tau arc to sadors, i ffl < here today ReuterReuter - 12 words
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95 1947-02-18 1 London, Feb. 17.— Brigadier Cariappa is expected to be first Commander -in -Chief of the Indian Army vhen its control passes into Indian hands, writes the "Evening Standard*' columnist. Brig. Cariappa recently arrlvrd m London with Brig. J. N. C'iioudhry. Tbey arr li^r© to95 words
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94 1947-02-18 1 Loncluii F>b 17. < 'aptaill !> i m Brook< Tutn Muda ol Ba wak until Ita cession to the Bn* Crown, has received a cablr fron iff- President of the Malay Ma tional Union oi Sarawak beggin him to voin< to Sarawak withReuter - 94 words
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63 1947-02-18 1 Jogjakarta, i\b. 17. -Th'.rt: thousand eople In all arc exp( to migrate from Java to 51.t... '.a m the course of this you: whore they will make settleim nt vi various part of 'he Ijland, it was announced h\ the soc:n' I MReuter - 63 words
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Advertisement21 1947-02-18 1 moDUCTs i TO THE VEOFIM TAMIL MIRASI) m Lf Tamil Daily jn tfalay o Ter 12 years n sdcfii R^a*. Sinyapore.21 words
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Advertisement22 1947-02-18 1 Subscript ion Rat«o For 44 INDIAN DAILY MAIL n Local Foreign by Pout MONTHLY ISS9 QUARTERLY 9.M HALF YEARLY 19.H ANNUALLY ll.tt22 words
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715 1947-02-18 2 India Daily Mail Singapore, Tuesday, Feb. 18, 1947. ASIANS' RIGHT TO FULL BACK PAY J^S we have already pointed out m these columns, the Back Pay >Uon is not a mere financial but it Involve* far more Important issues such as the right of the Asian for equality of treatment,715 words
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588 1947-02-18 2 Pethic-Lawrence, Cripps Back Panditji' Attlee And Alexander Still Undecided! Parliamentary Opinion Favours Congress Stand Karachi, Feb. 17. Representations made to Britain by Pandit Nehru, Vice-President of India's Interim Government, about the position of the Muslim League members of the government "seem to haveReuter - 588 words
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218 1947-02-18 2 Calcutta, Feb. 17. Every facility possible was placed at the disposal of Lt.-Col. W. J. Cumming m preparing his defence against a charge of desertion. Major G. C. de Preat Gaillard, Deputy Adjutant-Gen.-eral of the Bengal Area Headquarters, told a court martial on Saturday.AP - 218 words
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69 1947-02-18 2 London, Feb. 16. It is understood the British Cabinet is likely to consider at a meeting this week the representations made by Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru to the Secretary for India, Lord Pethick-Lawrence, on what is described as the untenable position ofReuter - 69 words
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128 1947-02-18 2 New Delhi, Feb. 17.— Vice-Adm-iral Sir Geoffrey Miles. Flas Officer Commanding, Royal Indian Navy, said here that there would be no more recruiting of Euorpeans for the Indian Navy. There are at pieaent, he added, 885 Indian and 330 European officers, and half olAP - 128 words
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334 1947-02-18 2 Calcutta, Feb. 17. Introducing Bengal's ninth g* deficit budget, Finance Minister Mohammed All told th Jative Assembly today: "It is no use shutting o Ur ev< fact that the financial position of the province Ka extr»L quieting." llc added: "A revenue deficit of 13Reuter - 334 words
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Article89 1947-02-18 2 London, Feb. 17.— Anthony Eden, leader of the Opposition, m a statement last night took Prime Minister Attlee to task for the allout price meeting Saturday night m the midst of the fuel erffil that the government ira* going ahead With its full Socialist programme. "NationalUP - 89 words
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149 1947-02-18 2 Morally India Must Not Claim Reparations" Bombay, Feb. 17.— An article objecting "on moral grounds" to India sharing m reparations from Germany appeared yesterday m the "Harijan Weekly" organ of the Harijan Party founded by Mahatma Gandhi. Written by Mr. J. C. Kumarappa, General Secretary of the AilInaia Village IndustriesReuter - 149 words
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Article199 1947-02-18 2 Ceylon's "New Deal" To WorKers Colombo (Air Mail). A "new deal" to factory workers and affliculttural workers m Government employ has been sanctioned by the State Council when it passed a supplementary vote of R7,337,500. Under this new deal, the minimum wage to an unskilled worker |S R2.80 a dayReuter - 199 words
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194 1947-02-18 2 Ceylon's Scheme To Become Self-Supporting In Textiles Colombo, (Air Mail). The establishment of a textile mill m Ceylon at an estimated tost of nearly 75 million rupees which m five years will be able to clothe a half of the Island's population is envisaged m a scheme formulated by aReuter - 194 words
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Article326 1947-02-18 2 Glasgow, Feb. It— Ife has become so small and th» JS* of the nations so inZ Cf that a change m on* affects all. said Sir John BiSft Director-General of the FnlJi Agricultural Or R a,,isa ,J f J United Nations m his V/J addressReuter - 326 words
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58 1947-02-18 2 Karachi, Feb. 17-Mrv Arun Asaf Ali, wife of the Indian bassador m the Itaim S3 said here that the present I tion m India called for not words. Referring to her n»i panying her husband United States, Aruna said t her place is mAP - 58 words
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65 1947-02-18 2 MILLION DOLLARS TO REMOVE HARBOU R WAR WRECKS Hongkong, Feb. I dollar project U new clear the commercKong o! the wan: tered around the harbour. Both the Hong X ment and the Br. rities are now b;; tlu< salvaging this "morbid from World War II The Hone Kon ported thaiAP - 65 words
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Article52 1947-02-18 2 Lahore, F-b. 17 -The P ernment bM banned League newspaper Da Punjab for a lurthor days, it li reported The Government >rd the newspaper, whlc m New Delhi and wa from the Punjab OH tinue.s to publish ma with Muslim Lcukuthe Punjab "prejudic; safety and malntenanReuter - 52 words
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232 1947-02-18 3 Modern Communications System (Like U .S.) For India Ne w York. Feb. 17.— India is to have a modern conununiii§m .ystem equal to that of the United States, according Nurm ohamed M. Chmoy, Indian Government representative the Transport and Communications Commission of the Nations Economic, Social and Cultural Organisation. ,ldReuter - 232 words
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Article39 1947-02-18 3 Jogjakarta (Air Mail). The police here arrested two Chinese and one Indonesian on charges of having forged Republican five rupiah bills, Antara reports. During the preliminary investigation, the men admitted having counterfeited Japanese military scrips m the past.- ReuterReuter - 39 words
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108 1947-02-18 3 RETURNING JAP "DEAD" GIVE POLICE A HEADACHE Niigata, Feb. 16.— The police are puzzling over a situation which has been the plot of many novels and which is reappearing with increasing frequency m Japan. What to do about a "dead" man who returns home alive? Hatsuo Inukai, ex-soldier who hadAP - 108 words
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Article41 1947-02-18 3 Jogjakarta (Air Mail).— The headquarters of the Indonesian Peasants Union here announced that the Indonesian Government has undertaken to grant credits to farmers m kind and cash, which are much needed by the peasant community at present, Antara re- ports ReuterReuter - 41 words
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488 1947-02-18 3 <4 But No Foreign Interference/ They Warn Madrid, Feb. 17. An important group of Spanish Monarchists, composed mainly of people who have been loyal to this form of regime since the fall of the late King .Alfonso, have issued a manifesto urging the reasons forReuter - 488 words
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Article149 1947-02-18 3 Sydney: (Mr Mail)— TTnderground forces were trying to break op the British Empire, but it would survive all challenges, said Lord Bledisloe, a former GovernorGeneral of New Zealand, at a Royal Empire Society luncheon m Sydney. Lord Bledisloe is visiting Australia on a goodwill mission fromReuter - 149 words
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Article94 1947-02-18 3 Dallas, Texas. Feb. 17. A new sei of false teeth, recently made for Japan's ex-Premier Hideki Toio m Sugamo Prison had engraved m it. a morse code "Remember Pearl Harbour," a letter from Dr. Jeff B Bruton, a United States Naval reserve officer m Japan told hisAP - 94 words
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209 1947-02-18 3 r "°|;f Kon f> Feb. U— Describing conditions In China today somewhat like those j n Europe m the M.ddle Ages when people 'there had to reserve their political c,,n ITT\ to tn ™sclves," a comSl Hrofe Cn ha!" thC China MWPAP - 209 words
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Article138 1947-02-18 3 CEYLON COIR Y ARN INDUSTRY BOOMS Colombo. (Air Mail):— With th« recent British announcement on the cessation of the purchase of con- yarn and hn.r on public account, the Island's coir yarn industry is experiencing an unprecedented boom following the heavy demand from gunny-starved South African i n f OrReuter - 138 words
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77 1947-02-18 3 INDIA'S CADET REPRESENTATIVES IN LONDON London. Feb. 16.— Members uf Lh€ National Cadet Committee oi India were landed at London airport yesterday by the British Oversea* Airways Corporation from India. They were Li. -Colonel Haider Sen Qadir and Dr. Mahauan who are spending six weeks m England studying the trainingReuter - 77 words
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Article145 1947-02-18 3 BRITAIN NOT DOWN AND OUT" Derby, England, Feb. 17.—Britain's Air Secretary, Mr. P. NoelBaker, speaking here yesterday. said: "Some people are saying that the coal crisis is a smashing blow to the Labour Government and a smashing blow to the economic reconstruction of the United Kingdom. "Foreign journalists are suggestingReuter - 145 words
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Article86 1947-02-18 3 Jogjakarta, (Air Maii».--A purchasing agency na* been set up tn Djakarta (Batavia) which will henceforth conduct all commada] transaction! In Djakarta m M trest o! all Ministries oi a joint announcement oy the Indonesian Prance and Weifare Ministries gays, according to An tarn. Irie^ nave aLsoReuter - 86 words
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Article115 1947-02-18 3 Hung Kong, Feb. 16.— An incident involving a marriage proposal, doped coffee and larceny led to two months' hard labour for Wu Ying, 31, a married woman, on larceny charge. Tsang Ming, 55-year-old painter, said he was *Uroauced to Wu Ying by an acquaintance. Alter a few meetings,AP - 115 words
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Advertisement90 1947-02-18 3 GOOD NEWS TO HOUSEWIVES limited slocks or Crown Aluminium uan«s h;tvc arrivecJ rh« qintity hetter than the pre-wmr Standard S P. MEHTA, N»»rth Bridge Ro.ml SINGAPORE. SECRET r now revealed vn iinv lto fed i lrcd« i prttin < Ur.nJiuvi; m gland tf dried up. Feed these glan i r:^)-"'90 words
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308 1947-02-18 4 Political Unrest In Burma And Siam Blamed Ministry Of Food Expert Interviewed (B> Our Staff Reporter) 'This year will be a very difficult and, perhaps, even a dangerous year as regards rice/ warned Sir Harold Sanderson, Director of Rice for the British Ministry308 words
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Article44 1947-02-18 4 The Air Mini »trj Local Staff I nion will hold its first general meeting at the Queen's Cinema.. Oeylang, on Sunday. February J3rd, 1947 at 10 a.m. Mr. S. F. Uarrctt, Trade Union Adviser, will ilso address th^ meeting44 words
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66 1947-02-18 4 Bangkok, Feb. 17- It was estimated that 10,000 tons of rice iraq destroyed by flre tonight, rasing the second largest Bangkok rice mill and five adjacent godowns. The mill, which is Chinese and Siamese owned, has been closed for a month for repair. TheUP - 66 words
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188 1947-02-18 4 The Local Congress oi Naval Base Seletar Area went to the polls on Feb. 16, 1947 at Hind Theatre. Messrs A. N. Mitra, V. P. Abdullah, P. M. Ramakrishnan and John Jacob conducted the elections as Returning Officers representing the Regional Congres^ of Singapore. The188 words
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Article42 1947-02-18 4 Dr V. T. Chelliah will addre.Sis a public meeting at thr V.M.C.A., Stamford Road on Thursday the 20th F«b. at *8.3U pjn. under the auspices of the East and West Society. His subject will be 'Reflections on India".42 words
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Article401 1947-02-18 4 The Chinese occupants of a house m Changi Road were the victims of a robbery which took place at about 8 p.m. on Saturday. Three Chinese, two of whom were armed, got away with $235 m cash and jewellery worth $65. A police jeep patrol arrived at401 words
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Article78 1947-02-18 4 Well-known Australian feminist. Mrs. Jessie Street, was appointed by the United Nations Organisation as the Australian representative at the lirsf meeting of the Commission on the Status of Women m New York on the 10th February. Mrs. Street left Australia by air for the StatesAIS - 78 words
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73 1947-02-18 4 London. Feb. 17. -Pridi Panomyong, chief of the Siamese resistance movement during the war, and five other members of the underground movement left Britain by air for Siam yesterday after a month's visit to England during which they lunched with the King andReuter - 73 words
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Article32 1947-02-18 4 N. BORNEO GOVERNOR ASSUMES DUTY Edward Francis Twining, CMC, MBE., took the oath of office and assumed duty as Governor and Commander-in-Chief of the Colony of North Borneo on Saturday, 15th February.32 words
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Article34 1947-02-18 4 There will be a public lecture on 'The Culture of the Mind' by Mr. C. Padmanabhan, at the Singapore Lodge, Theosophicul Society 8, Cairnhill Road, on Thursday, 20th F«*b.. at 6.30 p.m.34 words
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307 1947-02-18 4 The 8.1. Company hopes to re-commence its pre-war fortnightly service between the Stratis, Negapatam and Madras next month. The Company is having re-delivered from Government the S.S. "Rajulji" and has chartered the S.S. "Khosrou" m order to implement this service. The service will be307 words
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221 1947-02-18 4 He Broadcast 1,500 Miles Away From Studio Perhaps tfic first man to make a broadcast more then 1,500 miles away from the broadcasting station is Sqdn Ldr. R. IV Blakemore, RAF. Chief Engineer of Radio SEAC network m Ceylon. How strange it must have .seemed to listeners m Singapore to221 words
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LETTERS TO THE EDITOR
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Letter158 1947-02-18 4 Sir, I shall be grateful if you would kinaiy publisn the following In your esteemed journal. It is gratifying to note that my appeal In "The Kerala Banclhu was reauiiy responded to by the Indian employees of the Ib 2 U.R.E., Std D.CK.h., and that I158 words
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82 1947-02-18 4 A regular Australia-Malaya fresh flower .service may soon be m opertion. Large consignments of Australian flowers were flown recently from Melbourne to Singapore by Qantas Empire Airways. Th»* blooms were packaged m moistened bamboo boxes. These shipments follow experimental consignments io Singapore of someAIS - 82 words
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114 1947-02-18 4 Jogjakarta (Air Mail,.., tish Communist Party's m London has SSP Ilt' lt r greetings to the Indo ne ,i m "n |st Party, according ?M The letter stated- A of all the growing d O m< m Britain we pledco part m the continuingReuter - 114 words
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