Malaya Tribune, 27 February 1946
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Title Section29 1946-02-27 4/1 The Malaya Tribune Telephone: 5811. The Newspaper Of The People Of Malaya FOUR PAGES SINGAPORE. WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 27, 1946 PRICE 10 CENTS The Malaya Tribune Wednesday, February 27, 194629 words
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171 1946-02-27 4/1 Jap Admiral On Trial On a lonely spot at Stewart Sound in the Andamans on August 13, 1943, nine civilian Burmese who had attempted to escape to Burma in a stolen rowing boat and had been captured by Japanese authorities, met their end.171 words
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214 1946-02-27 4/1 "The prosecution stands or falls by the evidence of Alsagoff. I ask the court to believe his story," Wint»Commander M. Buttrose, prosecuting the case against Agnes Lee and Charles Albert Bell, stated in the British Officer Court yesterday. He was submitting after Agnes Lee214 words
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Article129 1946-02-27 4/1 Two Government retailers of rationed commodities had their licences withdrawn when they were convicted in the Fourth Court yesterday for selling rice above controlled price. Kong Leng of 145 New Market Road pleaded guilty to selling 10 katies (instead of 15 being tne ration) of rice129 words
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Article130 1946-02-27 4/1 (Tribune Correspondent) IPOH, Feb. 26.—Five goods wagons were thrown off the raiL when a Penang goods train bound for Ipoh was derailed between Taiping and Bukit Berapit last night. The accident occurred as the train was beginning the climb at Bukit Berapit. Rail traffic was held up130 words
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Article23 1946-02-27 4/1 Yesterday's strike of the conductors, drivers and inspectors of the Traction Comnany was called off after only a few hours.23 words
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272 1946-02-27 4/1 Evidenoe that the 15,000 to 17.000 British and Australian PoWs in Changi Prison were assembled at Selarang Barracks on the suggestion of 001. Holmes, the representative of the PoWs, to enable them to sign the parole and that the execution of the four PoWs was272 words
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Article337 1946-02-27 4/1 "I formed the opinion tnat accused hau not the slightest interest, in any grievances tire airmen hud, and 1 was convinced that he treated my speech merely as aoni lining to misconstrue and, not only to incite them to strike, but to viulenco," declared Sq. Ldr.337 words
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357 1946-02-27 4/1 An official statement has been issued by B.M.A. H.Q. dealing with the disturbanc s in Pahang two weeks ago, in which thirty Chinese and two Malays were killed. The incident took place at Batu Malim on February 11. when thirty Chinese and two357 words
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Article156 1946-02-27 4/1 A well-known local Chinese, Lam Joo Chong, was acquitted on i charge of being in wrongful possession of two military lorry tyre;;, in the First District Court on Mop day. According' to the* prosecution Lam. accompanied by Ho Ghee Fui who was also charged and subsequently acquitted,156 words
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196 1946-02-27 4/1 Sino-British Trade Enters New Era Cripps Reuter. LONDON, Feb. 26.—Sir Stafford Cripps, President of the Board of Trade, said at a luncheon of the recently-formed Anglo-Chinese Chamber of Trade in London today that a new era had opened for commercial relationships between the two countries. Before the war, he said,Reuter. - 196 words
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301 1946-02-27 4/1 Peaceful Move Towards Independence Urged A.P. BOMBAY, Feb. 27.—Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru, on Tuesday night, demanded that India's millions, move peacefully toward independence and declared if revolution becomes necessary, that proper leaders would give the signal, writes Walt Mason, Associated Press correspondent. Nehru was sharply criticising' "counter-revolutionaries"A.P. - 301 words
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Article62 1946-02-27 4/1 Reuter. KURE. Feb. 25. -Advance Indianand United Kingdom troops are due to arrive in Kure on March 1 or 2. The main tjdy of British and small units of Indian troops are arriving on March 20 in a seven-ship convoy, it was announced today. The main Indian forces are dueReuter. - 62 words
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Article45 1946-02-27 4/1 A.P. LONDON, Feb. 26.—The first contingent of the Indian Food delegation sailed for the United States on Monday. Sir Ramiswaml Mudaliar, who heads the delegation in the absence of Food Minister Srivastava, will fly with Sir Robert Hutchings, Government of India Food Secretary on Wednesday.—A.P.A.P. - 45 words
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216 1946-02-27 4/1 Reuter. POONA, Feb. 26. —Mahatma Gandhi in a statement in Poona today condemning the violence in the recent Bombay riots appealed to extremists, who expren>td dis- j trust in British promise*, to be patient. "Emphatically it is want of foresight to disbelieve the BritishReuter. - 216 words
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Article109 1946-02-27 4/1 Associated Press LONDON, Feb. 26.—Russia has consolidated her fighting forces into a single "people's commissariat" and dropped the word "defence" from the title. Moscow radio said that Generalissimo Joseph Stalin, "by decree of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the USSR, has been appointed People's CommissarAssociated Press - 109 words
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416 1946-02-27 4/1 French-Spanish Border To Be Closed From March 1 "Situation In Spain Danger To International Security" A.P. PARIS, FEB. 26.—THE FRENCH GOVERNMENT TODAY ANNOUNCED i HAT THE FRENCH-SPA-NISH BORDER WOULD BE CLOSED AT MIDNIGHT, MARCH 1, AND DECLARED THAT "THE PRESENT SITUATION" IN SPAIN CONSTITUTESA.P. - 416 words
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Article37 1946-02-27 4/1 Reuter. DARWIN. AUSTRALIA, Feb 26.—The trial of 16 Japanese accused of a:roeitles In Timor will begin at Darwin on Wednesday bavir>g been transferred from Timor so that the chareres could be heard by *n Australian military court.—Reuter.Reuter. - 37 words
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Article89 1946-02-27 4/1 A.P. LONDON, Feb. 25.—Fifty letters from Napoleon were soCd for £420 at Sothebys to-day, brtngmg eight times as much as was paid for a collection of 30 documents I s.gned by Hitler and other Axis leaders. Napoleon's letters revealing his plans for Middle Europe containedA.P. - 89 words
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320 1946-02-27 4/1 Reuter A.P. LONDON, Feb. 26,—The JJritiah Government's support of the attitude of Sir Claude Auchinleck, Comman-der-in-Chief of India, on the Indian naval mutiny was announced in the House of Commons today by Prime Minister Clement Attlee, and in the House of Lords by Lord Pethick-Lawrence,Reuter & A.P. - 320 words
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Article45 1946-02-27 4/1 A.P. COPENHAGEN, Feb. 25.—King Christian X is suffering from a slight pneumonia attack but th° 75-year-old Danish monarch is in no immediate danger, the court physician said today. A bulletin said "the king's general health is satisfactory but he snent a rather restless night."— A.P.A.P. - 45 words
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152 1946-02-27 4/1 SINGAPORE, Today. Former boxing promoter Charles Albert (Bertie) Bell, was this morning sentenced to death and Agnes Lee, 21-year-old Chinese i girl, to twenty years rigorous Imprisonment, when the British Officer Court found them guilty under Section 3 of the War Offences152 words
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Article103 1946-02-27 4/1 A.P. JERUSALEM, Feb. 26,—Terrorists armed with high explosives destroyed 20 and damaged two British aircraft in systematic attacks on three Royal Air Force aerodromes in Palestine, it was disclosed officially today. The attacks took place on Monday night. Eleven Halifax bombers were destroyed at Quastna, sevenA.P. - 103 words
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Article548 1946-02-27 2/3 Chungking Yen-an A. PRETTY game of poli- tlcal chess is now being played on the vast chequerboard of China between the Central authorities and the Communists. That veteran of the game, Generalissimo Chiang Kai-shek, who Is held In almost equal esteem in the "enemy" camp as in his own, appears548 words
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220 1946-02-27 2/3 A.P. CHUNGKING, Feb. 26.—Reports in Chinese circles said 14 top-ranking Government generals have petitioned Generalissimo Chiang Kai-shek against reducing the army at this time, when "a third world war is in the making" The petitioners were headed by General Hu Chung-nan, whoseA.P. - 220 words
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153 1946-02-27 2/3 Associated Press. NUREMBERG, Feb. 25.—Former Nazi Foreign Minister Joachim von Ribbentrop has demanded that the International Tribunal produce Winston Churchill as a witness to bear out his contention that the former British Prime Minister told him before the war that "England would destroy GermanyAssociated Press. - 153 words
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Article64 1946-02-27 2/3 A.P. PHILADELPHIA, Feb. 26.—Ten radio-controlled Flying Fortresses will take off, fly and land without living crews* to test the effect of the atom bomb on aircraft. The coming atom bomb test on ships and aircraft in the Marshall Islands will be a join' operation byA.P. - 64 words
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Article71 1946-02-27 2/3 A.P. TOKYO. Feb. 25.—The Yomi-uri-Hochi to-day said it has been privately decided that the Imperial Household Ministry will sell about one million chobu (about 2J million acres) of forest? now in the hands of the Imperial household. It has also decided, the pape* said, toA.P. - 71 words
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Article108 1946-02-27 2/3 Reuter. TEHERAN, Feb. 26.—The Teheran newspaper Ettelaat reported last night that 600 "Democrat partisans" armed with artillery and heavy machineguns were advancing "from Astara (a Caspian port on the frontier of the Persian province of Azerbaijan and the Soviet Republic of the same name) towards PahleviReuter. - 108 words
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Article406 1946-02-27 2/3 Writers of letters intended for publication are requested to append their names, not nom-de-plumes. Readers are requested to be brief and concise. Locally Made Goods As a trader and one who has long been associated with the promotion and distribution of local industries, I take this opportunity of406 words
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Article628 1946-02-27 2/3 Life today Is beset with irritants and limitations which tend to reduce those with small incomes to a state of resignation. Their number is legion. To greet the dawn with a song on your lips and inspiration in your heart will no doubt brace you to tackle628 words
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Article36 1946-02-27 2/3 Reuter. POONA. Feb. 25.—The Aga Khan, spiritual head of millions of Ismail! Moslems, and the Nawab of Bhopal, Chancellor of the Chamber of Princes, nvi Mahatma Gandhi to-day to discuss India's constitutional problems.—Reuter.Reuter. - 36 words
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144 1946-02-27 2/3 Four members of the Japanese kempeitai heard the president of the First War Crimes Court tell them "Torture seems to be your daily stock in trade and the Court can find no mitigating circumstances," in sentencing them to death by hanging, yesterday. The144 words
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Article139 1946-02-27 2/3 The Estate Duty Ordinance has been brought into effect from September 5, 1945, according to a proclamation published in the B.M.A. Gazette (Singapore) dated Feb. 22. It is pointed out that no interest shall be payable upon any estate duty until the expiration of six139 words
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77 1946-02-27 2/3 Lightning raids were made simultaneously last night by Pood Control Inspectorate officers on restaurants in Singapore's amusement parks—the Great World, the New World and the Happy World. In all, 30 restaurants were raided and the proprietors of 19 of them, who were including rationed foods in77 words
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Article54 1946-02-27 2/3 A dinner was held at the Ta Tong Restaurant on Sunday In honour of Mr. Sng Choon Yee, Chinese Assistant Secretary for Chinese Affairs, on the eve of his retirement. Col. Purcell, Col. Broome, Wing Commander James, Squadron Leader Pagden and Fit. Lt. K. H. Tan54 words
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Article35 1946-02-27 2/3 A large quantity of Australian onions has arrived in Singapore. The price has been fixed at 40 cents a katty retail. Any deader attempting to charge more than this should be reported.35 words
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Article170 1946-02-27 2/3 Mr. John Strachey, Under Secretary of State for Air, in a broadcast from London on Monday to Royal Air Force me n in all Commands, answered questions about release from the Service. "As you can imagine," he said 1 have recently had hosts of letters from airmen170 words
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Article99 1946-02-27 2/3 Difficulties of handling ships in Malayan ports are decreasing, but there will be for some time danger of serious delays, unless steps are taken In advance to ensure that the berths and facilities for working are available, states an official announcement. The Trade and Industry Department99 words
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80 1946-02-27 2/3 A.P. TOKYO, Feb. 26,—Crown Prince Akihito, 12, who may some day become emperor of Japan, is receiving an education liberally besprinkled with democratic teaching. A SCAP statement said that the prince's education under the present system is a programme which a few months agoA.P. - 80 words
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Article70 1946-02-27 2/3 At a recent meeting of the Singapore Christian Funeral Society, the following were elected to serve on the committee of management: Messrs. Andrew B. Pinto (president), Charles Misson (vice-presi-dent), Harry Norrls (hon. secretary), Lim Tin Soon (hon. treasurer), Lim Kian Lee, Ec Peng Liang, Chan Boon Hock,70 words
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Article30 1946-02-27 2/3 Admiral Moody after a short stay in Singapore for informal staff talks, has left for the East Indies Station In a Sunderland Plying Boat prior to his return to U.K.30 words
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