Indian Daily Mail, 7 March 1947

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  • 15 1 Indian Daily Mail Vol. 111, No. 22. SINGAPORE, FRIDAY, MARCH 7, 1947. PRICE 10 CENTS
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  • 509 1 ihurcfiill Reopens DeDole I m crowded Commons 6.— Mr. Winston Churchill, leader of the m "-reeled with a roar of Opposition cheers when be >tn the debate on Indj a today m the House of M t Wtin crowded m every part. iea m this
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  • 37 1 Paris, Mar. s.— The French C ibinet on Wednesday ousted Adr iral Georges Thierry D'Argenlieu as High Commissioner for wa. orn Indo-China. Emile Bollaert, former Premier of the Rhone Regime, was ns ned to replace him, AP
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  • 79 1 (From Our Own Correspondent) Delhi, Mur. G. A documentary film of Nciaji s life prod need by Bardar Fatel was screened m Delhi yesterday before Pandit Nehru and other invitees. Beginning with the Tripura Congress over which NetaJl presided, the j»lia shows iii» activities m
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  • 55 1 (From Our Own Correspondent) Delhi, Mar. 6. It is understood that the Congress Working Committee which meets m Delhi today has decided to accept Jaiprakash Narain's resignation. It will be recalled a decision on this was kept pending since January and Gandhiji was consulted. Jaiprakash was recently
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  • 205 1 The following letter Sunn Mr. R. K. Samy, President of the S.T.C. Employees Union, with regard to the Investigative Committee (Enquiries Committee), was received last night: "The present deadlock of the Singapore Traction Company is at its 35th day. The primary reason for the deadlock
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  • 52 1 On Board The Royal Train, Mar. 6. —It was announced today that the driver of the Royal baggage train, which was derailed last night, died In hospital early today from injuries sustained m the wreck. The baggage "ghost" train was following about one hour behind the train carrying the Royal
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  • 46 1 (From Our Own Correspondent) Madras, Mar. 6.—Prices of meals m Madras hotels have been fixed by the Government. Hotels are classified into three categories and the maximum rates for meals are fixed at twelve, eight and six annas respectively.—Copyright.
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  • 143 1 (From Our Own Correspondent) New Delhi Mar. 6. Sharp differences sfill exist among the Stales regarding their attitude to the Constituent Assembly. Gwalior, Baroda, Patiala, Cochin and most of the Rajputana states hove decided *ojoin the Assembly's deliberations immediately, but s ncth< r set
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  • 299 1 (From Our Own Correspondent) Lahore. Mar. 6.— Communal clashes continue m Lahore where the situation quickly deteriorated yesterday, clarming a further toll of 17 killed and 90 injured. Fallowing the Caretaker Cabinet's resignation, the Governor took over administration and for the first time
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  • 550 1 Wednesday's India Debate In Commons In Brief London, Mar. 5. Sir John Anderson, former Governor of iiengal, today accused the British Government of making two "cardinal blunders" when he opened the Opposition attack on India policy. The first blunder, he said, wu m handing over for practical purposes executive powers
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  • 1185 1 Ex-Bengal Governor on 2 Cardinal Blunders" The chief Opposition speaker (Wednesday) Sir John Anderson, former Governor of Bengal, began by saying that deeply as he disagreed with many aspects of the present Government's policy, he took no pleasure m attacking them unnecessarily. In particularly he had no desire to attack
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  • 736 2 Indian Daily Mail Singapore, Friday, March 7, 1947. A NATIONAL GOVT.'S NATIONAL BUDGET INDIA'S political prophet and national saint has incessantly advocated the abolition of the salt tax m India. Mahatma Gandhi, the greatest friend of the poor, the lowly and the down-trodden, has long been of the opinion that
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  • 4338 2 Comprehensive Review Of Events Leading To Britain's Recent Decision London, Mar. 6,— Sir Stafford Cripps, a member of the 1946 Cabinet Mission to India, on Wednesday said the only alternative to Britain's decision to quit India would be strengthening British controls m India and "considerably
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  • 426 3 oor Pronouncement or n s. Economic Policy .Mar. 6.— President Truman m a speech at where he received the Honorary Doctorate rday that the freedom of enterprise was the basis for international trade. ntion Kuss.a by ar that he was I rials
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  • 99 3 Paris, Mar. G. The future of French possessions m India have nothing to do with Britain's decision to grant independence to India next year, a high official of the French Colonial Ministry stated yesterday. He did not expect any move by French Indians
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  • 73 3 Washington, Mar. 6. U.S. Secretary of States George C. Marshall left by plane on Wednesday for Moscow expressing the hope that the Big Four Foreign Ministers could write the peace treaty for Austria; but he said it is "extremely doubtful" the German treaty could be completed.
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  • 183 3 "Japan Will Be Ready To Attack U.S. In 50 Years" With the Communist Forces m Shantung, Mar. s.— Here's how a Japanese Lieutenant, now a prisoner of the Communists, sees the future through his hornrimmed spectacles: Japan will be ready to attack the United States jvithin 50 years; China should
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  • 128 3 4 MILLION CHINESE DIE EVERY YEAR, 16 MILLION SICK EVERY DAY San Francisco, Mar. 6. Dr. Leo Eloesser noted San Francisco physician recently returned from two yean In China today advocated the complete removal of American troops from China but said that American relief supplies and money must continue to
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  • 57 3 CANADA SPENDING MILLIONS ON ATOMIC ENERGY DEVELOPMENT Ottawa, Mar. 6. Canada is undertaking atomic energy development on a multi-million dollar basis, estimates tabled m the Canadian House of Commons indicated to-day. They show that 55,5? >,000 (£1,393,250) will be directly allocated to the Chalk River, Ontario, plant where peacetime applications
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  • 111 3 New York, Mar. 6.— Bhaskar Adarkar, Deputy Economic Adviser to the Indian Government and Vice-Chairman of the International Trade Organisation Drafting Committee on Trade and Employment, left for London by air on Tuesday on his way to Genera for the second session of the Preparatory
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  • 239 3 Hongkong, Mar. 6.— The already hard-pressed salaried class is now facing the prospects of a higher living index than South China. In a fortnight the price of rice jumped almost 100 per cent., principally due to stock shortage locally. An authority informed Reuter that the
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  • 188 3 New York, Mar. 6. Mr. Hector McNeil, British Minister of State, who is leading the British delegation to the United Nations Social and Economic Council, said that Britain, believing her influence to be good, hoped India and Burma as they
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  • 84 3 Canberra, Mar. 5. Mr Joseph Chifley, Australian Prime Minister, announced yesterday that the Australian Parliamentary Labour Party had approved the Cabinet's recommendation that Australia should make a gift of £25,000,000 Australian currency to Britain as a contribution towards war costs to Britain m and around
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  • 32 3 Brussels, Mar. s.— At least three quarters of Belgium's next wheat crop has been destroyed by this winter's frost. In some areas as much as 90 per cent, has been killed. Reuter
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  • 259 3 Manchester, Mar. 6. Letters on controversy over the Karens m Burma were given prominence m the "Manchester Guardian" yesterday. The first from a young Burma n. Maung Ohn, criticised the estimates of their numbers ranging from 1,500,000 to 7,000,000. "It is helpful to be factual," he
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  • 150 3 London, Mar. s.— Malayan soldiers of the Royal Artillery and Royal Engineers have been given similar treatment m the matter of pay and gratuity to that given by the civil government to native volunteer troops for whom they are responsible, said Mr. John Bellenger. War
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  • 80 3 Kibworth (Leicestershire), Mar. s.— The first famous Fermie fox hunt m 94 years to be run afoot, ended m dismal flop, for over 600 hunters on Saturday scrambled about the broken countryside for four hours and came home with a single fox a long dead one found
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  • 66 3 Prague, Mar. 4. Krishna Menon, personal representative m Europe of Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru, Vice-President of the Indian Interim Government, yesterday conferred with members of the Czechoslovak Cabinet with a view to ascertaining the possibility of establishing diplomatic relations between India and Czechoslovakia. Mr. Menon will visit
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  • 57 3 BURMESE LEND -LEASE ACCOUNT London, Mar. 6.— U. Kynin, Secretary of Burma Government Finance and Revenue Department, left London yesterday for Rangoon after preliminary consultations with British Government departments about the settlement of Burmese wartime lend-lease materials. No statement about the talks will be made until Kynin has discussed the
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  • 257 3 New York, Mar. 6.— Talk of future wars and of the need for strong standing armies overshadowed the mention of the role of the United Nations World's Peace Organisation m the discuss.on of international affairs by lour public figures. Addressing the Sixth Annual Dinner
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  • 90 3 Melbourne, Mar. s.— Two Chinese iiuisps from Singapore have arrived m Melbourne for two years' specialised training m child and -nfant welfare. The nurses, Alice Chia and Ooi Hoh, are the first holders of the A.I.F. Malayan Nursing Scholarships. They began graduate studies at Melbourne's Children
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  • 26 3 New York, Mar. s.— At least 16 deaths were attributed to one of the worst storms of winter which struck north-eastern United States on Tuesday. AP
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  • 146 4 INDIANS' TREATMENT IN SOUTH AFRICA UNDER FIRE AGAIN New York, Mar. 6.— The treatment of Indians m South Africa wa s discussed at a special executive committee of the India League of America m New York yesterday, following the receipt of a cable by the League from Natal, declaring that
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  • 150 4 PRESS TELEPHONE CALLS: INDIA GOVT. FIX REDUCED RATES The Government of India have decided to introduce with effect from April 1, 1947, a special concessional one-third rate for presscalls between midnight and 2 a.m., subject to a minimum charge as for six minutes, says a Press Note. Only press-calls which
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  • 94 4 The allocation for Malaya of chocolate and sugar confectionery, cocoa powder and drink chocolate from the United Kingdom for the period January to June, 1947, has been divided amongst the various manufacturers m the United Kingdom. Import licences will now be Issued to agents m
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  • 81 4 The Prohibition of Export of Textiles No. 2 Order, 1946. will be revoked with effect from 7th March, 1947 (on which date it will appear m the supplement to the Gazette). The lifting of this order means that export of textiles other than to the Malayan Union
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  • 37 4 Mr. R. Home, of the Singapore Social Welfare Department, broadcast on "The Protection of Women and Girls" at 10.15 p.m. on 19, 25, and 44 metre bands of the British Far Eastern Broadcasting Service.
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  • 34 4 The mail lost on the Dakota which left Changi Airport on thfc morning of February 26th includes mail addressed to China as well as mail addressed to Hongkong and F.I.C.
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  • 515 4 The first annual general meetting of the Bungsar Road and Brickfields Local Indian Congress was held on 26th February. 1947 at 7.30 p.m. m the Vivekanantha Ashram under the convenorship of Sardav Budh Singh with 80 members present. After the National Anthem the convernor spok
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