Malaya Tribune, 14 February 1946

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  • 29 4/1 The Malaya Tribune Telephone: 5811. The Newspaper Of The People Of Malaya FOUR PAGES SINGAPORE, THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 14, 1946 PRICE 10 CENTS The Malaya Tribune Thursday, Feb. 14, 1946.
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  • 69 4/1 Prophet Mohamed's birthday was celebrated in Singapore with processions, lecture-meetings and the feeding of the poor during the last two days. The functions, as in past years, were organised by the All-Malaya Muslim Missionary Society, Singapore. The Muslim community of Singapore is giving a tea party
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  • 48 4/1 Cijarettet will In future be ioaued against ration cards to ensure a fair distribution to everyone in Singapore: The ration per week, which starts next Monday is 30 cigarettes for each man and woman The current controlled prices will be charged for the cigarettes.
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  • 51 4/1 Ang Kay Guan. aged 39 (son-in-law of Mr. Chia Cheng Hoe), passed away peacefully at his residence, 6, Pulasan Road, on the morning of Feb. 14. 1946. leaving behind his wife, two sons, and three daughters to mourn his loss. Funeral at Bidadari on Feb. 15, 1946, at 3
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  • 249 4/1 m»i:< b\i HODY lomiii» An organization comprising eight prominent Singapore citizens, has been set up by Ihe Singapore Regional Executive Committee of the Malayan Welfare C ouncil to tackle youthful delinquency in the island. Trie members of this committee ire Col. H. A. Lord, OBE.,
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  • 227 4/1 Disregarding the time-worn in--1 unction, "don't play with fire," a Chinese Private, a former member ot the S. S. V. F., toyed with a rirearm one evening by pointing it at a fellow Private, with fatal results to his colleague. The rifle, which was
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  • 192 4/1 A new series of lectin cs under the aUipiCM of the BMA on the history of the war, From 1942 up lo the Japanese Surrender, will begin with a talk on "1942—The Black Year" tomorrow at the Town Hall at 5.15 p.m. The lectures will
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  • 219 4/1 The Navy have put up for m\r. a number of LCT's —Landing Craft Tank —and many Chinese merchants and representatives of shipping firms have called at Navy HQ, to learn the conditions of sale and enter their tenders. Thirteen Landing Craft Tank.*, now lying at Loyang,
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  • 68 4/1 An unsuccessful application for bail pending petition for review in the case of Hugh Chee Ngee, manager of Sincere Dispensary, was made by Mr. D. K. Walters before Major D. P. Rees, presiding oilicer, first district coun, on Tuesday. Chee Ngee was convicted and sentenced to six months'
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  • 235 4/1 Corporal Hase Ryosoku, one of the; five Japanese who stand charged in the second Minor War Crimes Court here with beating and torturing a number of local Chinese civilians at the Local Kempei-tai, was in the witness box the whole of yesterday when he
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  • 89 4/1 Reuter. TOKYO. Feb. 13.—A second cabinet reshuffle in 30 duys wus declared "inevitable" tonight when tchktĕ Kobayashi, Shite Minister without portfolio, tendered his resignation. As former adviser to the Imperial Rule Assistance AtSOCia tion he pronounced himself melidible to hold office as the result of
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  • 189 4/1 Reuter. CALCUTTA. Feb. 13.—Casualty figures in today's rioting are given as 4 killed and about 60 injured by firing by troops and police bringing the total since the disturbances began to 19 killed and over 230 injured. The figure for injured includes people suffering
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  • 38 4/1 Reuter. ALEXANDRIA. Feb. 12.—The withdrawal of Egyptian support for Britain on the discussion of the Indonesian question at the UNO is among the demands in a telegram whicn students here have decided to stud to King Farouk. —Reuter.
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  • 164 4/1 Associated Press. WASHINGTON, Feb. KJ.—lnadequate food supplier for India, Ceylon, Burma, and Malaya were forecast by the Agriculture Department today. The department gave this fo. d picture: rNDIA—Food production has been maintained at almost prewar levels, but the increased population and absence of anticipated
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  • 186 4/1 HI. Vyshinsky Causes Another Surprise Reuter. LONDON, Fib. The Ukrainian proposal thai the lISO should send a commission of inquiry to Indonesia was lost when a rote was taken in the Security Council tonight. Only two countries, Russia and Poland, voted for flic
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  • 176 4/1 Reuter. BATAVIA, Feb. 13.—The Indonesian Republican "Cabinet" after discussing the new Dutch proposals for Java today decided that Dr. Sutan Shahrir, Indonesian "Prime Minister," should see Dr. Soekarno, Indonesian "President" as soon as possible, according to the Netherlands news agency. Dr. Soukarno is al present louring
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  • 139 4/1 A statement that the Administration will support to the fullest extent the interests of legitimate trade unionism in Malaya, and will encourage the speedy formation of trade unions was issued this morning by the B.M.A. Trade unions, says the statement, will be
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  • 75 4/1 Reuter. BANGKOK, Feb. 13.—A large part of Bangkok is tonight a raging inferno. Flames sweeping through a square mile of th»> city's densely populated market area have already gutted thousands of small houses and -are still sweeping unchecked through the city. All available British and
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  • 99 4/1 Reuter. TEHERAN. Feb. 13.—The British Embassy in Teneran today officially denied the repons which had been published in Moscow and were stated to have appeared in a Teheran, newspaper stating that a large number of British troops had arrived in Teheran. The British Embassy said the
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  • 31 4/1 Reuter. CALCUTTA. Feb. 12— Richard Casey, Governor of Bengal, announced tonight that he had asked the army to help the civil power to restore order in Calcutta as quickly as possible.—Reuter.
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  • 146 4/1 Reuter. JJATAVIA, Feb. 13.—Dr. Soekarno's first reaction to the Dutch proposals on Indonesia was the remark "This makes no advance," according to a report received here trom Jogjanarta. Ttie general reaction from Republican circles is stated to be tne feeling rbat the Dutch have failed to
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  • 51 4/1 Reuter. LONDON, Feb. 13—New York radio reports that Gen. Douglas MacArthur in an official report published in Washington today protested against the division of Korea into Soviet and American zones. He described the present arrangement as an "artificial barrier" which hampers the free exchange of goods, persons and
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  • 453 4/1 Reuter. LONDON, Feb. 13.—Colonial Secretary George Hall was closely questioned in the Commons today on the proposed Malayan Union. Mr. Hall said that since the puoneauon oi the wnite Paper lie naa receivea representations irom tne Sultan oi Keaah and tne Sultan of PeraK
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  • 554 2/3 OTUDENTS of contemporary O affair:, cannot have failed to take note of a new fraternity that has of late come into being. It is the honourable company of "Old Malaya Hands," with whose counterparts in China and India readers of the World Press are already familiar.
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  • 443 2/3 U.S. STATE DEPARTMENT ISSUES WAIIXINC; Associated Press. WASHINGTON Feb. 13._ The United States warned he world on Tuesday that the Nazis have built in u rffe t! s e a complete copy of the economic war machine hey had m Germany, possessing all
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  • 84 2/3 Reuter. LONDON, Feb. 12.—Mr. Arthur Henderson, Under-Secretary for India, told the House of Commons to-day in repiy to a question that it was not possible to fix a date for the termination of the tasks in Indonesia imposed upon troops of SEAC nor to substitute other
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  • 94 2/3 Reuter. NEW YORK, Feb. 12.—William O'Dwyer, Mayor of New York, to-night revoked the shut down order which he made yesterday and which resulted in all places of amusement and non-essential businesses in New York closing down from midnight last night. New York Health Commissioner, Ernest L.
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  • 65 2/3 Reuter. MELBOURNE, Feb. 12.— The future defence of Australia will be shaped by a scientific committee which will study particularly atomic energy Francis Forde, Australian Deputy Prime Minister and Army Minister said to-day. "Australia will keep abreast 01 scientific development." he added. Forde also said the
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  • 68 2/3 Reuter. NEW DELHI, Feb. 11.—The Government of India have decided to show clemency in dealing with members of the Japa-nese-sponsored "Indian National Army," Philip Mason, War Secretary, told the Indian Central Assembly to-day. The Government's object, Mason said, was to maintain the integrity and reliability of the
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  • 154 2/3 Reuter. TEHERAN, Feb. 12,--Russian troops in Mlandoab, a town 60 miles south of Tabriz in the north Persian province of Azerbaijan, scene of the recent home rule movement, are selling their stores and preparing to evacuate the place, the paper "Journal de Teheran" reported to-day.
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  • 78 2/3 Associated Press. LONDON, Feb. 13.—Offl- cial British sources said to-day their delegation to the United Nations Secu- rity Council's military committee had proposed I abolition of military con- scription in all the United Nations when the agency's I International police force has been established. The
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  • 192 2/3 Reuter. LONDON, Feb. 12 —The money spent on the British Parliamentary delegation to India "might Just a: well be thrown down the drain, 1 according to "Candldus" writing u> yesterday's Daily Sketch. Declaring that the British would laugh at* a party of Indians who reported
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  • 135 2/3 Reuter. lOOLE, DORSET. Feb. 12 me members oi tne Ail-Party delegation arrived at pooie, Dorset, oy air toaay frQm tnelr goodwill visit'to Tne Earl of Munster. one of the party, told Keuter: "I think the time has arrived when tne principal political parties In India
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  • 86 2/3 PENANG, Feb. 12. An angry and excited crowd surged on Chew Choon Seong, a policeman during the occupation, in an attempt to attack him when h« was led out of Court at Balk Pulau to-day. Chew Choon Seong was committed to trial at the conclusion
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  • 290 2/3 The main offence detailed in the charge against Dr. Charles Joseph Paglar who was released on bail yesterday, mentions the abetting of the waging of war against His Majesty the King—an offence punishable under Section 121 of the Penal Code. The charge goes on to
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  • 44 2/3 Arrangements have been made for a series of cultural lectures and debates to be given to school Ceriificate students and also for Rnfffes College graduates. The first of these lectures will be held at St. Joseph's Institution on March 7, at 5.30 p m
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  • 373 2/3 STERN %IC\l\4. ISSUED A warning that the Administration "will not tolerate pressure by any elements, either with a view to using the strike weapon in an attempt to interfere with the course of the law or to endanger the peaceful living conditions
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  • 18 2/3 Reuter. MIAMI FLORIDA. Feb. 12 Mr. Winston Churchill arrived back in Miami by air from Washington to-day. -Reuter.
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  • 230 2/3 Charges of possession of arms I and ammunition, the maximum penalty of which now is death brought first a Siamese, then a Chinese, and last of all a Sikn before Wing Commander F. A. Briggs in the Superior Court yesterday when
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  • 130 2/3 (From Our Own Reporter) KUALA LUMPUR, Feo. 11.--ft, connection with the padi cultivation drive, the Food Production Board has decided to ask the Colonial Office for six experienced officers to be attached to the Drainage and Irrigation Department at once. It was urged
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  • 51 2/3 Local people whose ramilies have been ill-treated by the Japanese, particularly the Kempeitai, are once more requested co contact the War Crimes Complaints Bureau at Goodwood Park Hotel, either in person or by letter. All information given will be treated as confidential and interviews will be held
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  • 61 2/3 At the monthly meeting of the Malayan Welfare Council in Singapore on Monday evening, MajorGeneral H. R. Hone, Chief Civil Affairs Officer, Malaya, paid a tribute to the work done by the civil relief teams which the Administration had succeeded in getting out to this country as
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  • 240 2/3 The distribution of the Australian R«.d Cross gift which arrived by the "Admiral Chase" is continuing and the final distribution of these goods is almost completed. Mr. Viccars, Australian Red Cross Commissioner for Civilian Relief in Malaya, has just completed a 2,000 mile tour of
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  • 39 2/3 me set books for the Cambridge School Certificate Examination this year are already chosen. The selection has beVn made from those available in sufficient numbers in Malaya. The date of the examination is not yet fixed.
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