Malaya Tribune, 26 March 1946

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  • 29 4/1 The Malaya Tribune Telephone: 6811. The Newspaper Of The People Of Malaya FOUR PAGES SINGAPORE, TUESDAY, MARCH 26, 1946 PRICE 10 CENTS The Malaya Tribune Tuesday, March 26, 1946.
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  • 172 4/1 Jllr. Claude Massey has arrived in Singapore to assume duty as Australian Government Commissioner in Malaya. Mr. Massey has had a distinguished career and one which particularly fits him to serve as a representative of one of the world's greatest food producing countries. Director-General of Food
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  • 556 4/1 Colour and Substance in Singapore Markets A transformation has come over Singapore food markets during the past few days. In place of bare benches camouflaged with a few hands of bananas and papayas, stalls now display a templing array of imported and local fruits and vegetablesCalifornia lemons and oranges, China
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  • 188 4/1 Quick thinking on the part of the victim and speedy Nation by the police resulted in four robbers being arrested Just over an hour after they had robbed a Chinese taxi-owner-driver of his vehicle at the 5V 2 milestone Changi Road, on Sunday night. Receiving
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  • 61 4/1 Major D. P. Rees, presiding offi in the First District Court since th* re-occupation and who is leaving for England soon, was guest o honour at a farewell tea party ar' ranged by the District Courts aft* yesterday evening. Mr. L. C. Goh will take
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  • 65 4/1 (Tribune Correspondent) PENANG. Mar. 25.—Dr. L. W. Evans, the only Government, official to have stuck to his post in Penang during the dark days of the British evacuation, is back. When he stepped on these shores again, he was welcomed by many with true feelings
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  • 168 4/1 Before a British Officer Court jre terday the trial opened of Neo Sin Eng, proprietor of Tampenis Market, who is charged under Section 3 of the War Offences Ordinance. The charge alleged that about February 27 1942 he gave certain information to the Japanese as
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  • 130 4/1 "In view of the state of affairs existing in Singapore at the present moment, where cars cannot be left without someone guarding them even for five minutes in the main streets, I have no hesitatioi in passing a deterrant sentence on the accused." With
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  • 27 4/1 Lord Killearn. H.M. Special Commissioner in South East Asia, will broadcast from Singapore Radio on the Blue NeLwork at 9.45 p.m. on Thursday.
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  • 46 4/1 The opening of the Conference of representatives of the S.E.A. countries called by Lord Killearn to discuss the food situation, scheduled for yesterday, has been postponed to to-day. This is because the Hong Kone delegate's arrival has been delayed owing to bad weather.
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  • 152 4/1 Reuter. TOKYO, Mar. 25. Because of the refusal of large numbers of Japanese internees in India to believe that the war is over, the Japanese Government tonight handed the Swedish legation here a message for transmission to the Swedish Consulate-General at Bombay containing
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  • 340 4/1 Reuter. BATAVIA, Mar. 25.—British troops late this afternoon had nearly completed encirclement of the black and burning southern part of Bandoeng, Java's pre-war summer capita], a considerable section of which was set on fire last night by Indonesian extremists. Carrying out orders of Lieut.Gen. Sir Montague
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  • 116 4/1 Reuter. NANTES, Mar. 25—Racegoers staged a sitdown strike at Nantes racecourse as a protest against what they considered insufficient punishment of a jockey. In the first race for the "Black Prince Prize" a jockey is alleged to have held back a horse allowing a horse
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  • 134 4/1 Reuter. CANBERRA, Mar. 25.—Admiral Lord Lou's Mountbatten, Supreme Commander in SouthEait Asia, who is visiting Australia, said today: "The whole of South-East AsAa is overshadowed by the threat of famine. There Is a serious food shortage, particularly of rice, which is the staple
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  • 239 4/1 A.P. Reuter. In a brief speech prepared for delivery at the opening session, Mr. Byrnes presented the President's message of weicome and added on his own behalf this admonition: "Nations like individuals, should do their best to adjust their disputes
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  • 420 4/1 Confirmation Of Soviet Announcement Oi\ Evacuation Being Sought Reuter A.P. NEW YORK, MAR. 25.—HEADS OF THE DELEGATIONS ATTENDING THE UNITED NATIONS SECURITY COUNCIL MEETING HAVE AGREED TO POSTPONE DISCUSSION OF THE RUSSO-PERSIAN DISPUTE FOR 24 HOURS. The postponement, is believed to be an
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  • 62 4/1 Reuter. LONDON, Mar. 25.—Reports that Dr. Alexander Alekh'.ne, world chess champion, had committed suicide because of gambling debt were stated today to oe incorrect. Dr. Alekhine who was found dead yesterday at Estorii. a few miles from here, suffered from .1 bad heart and the possibility of a
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  • 85 4/1 Great Personal Victory" Reuter. TEHERAN, Mar. 25.—Prince Muzaffar Firouz, Persian Government spokesman, stated today that Persian Prime Minister Qavam es-Sultaneh had hailed the Soviet decision to withdraw from Persia as a great personal victory." Prince Firouz added that no agreement had been signed with the Russians for the evacuation. An
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  • 46 4/1 A.P. 1 SHANGHAI, Mar. 24.—Chinese aviation sources announced that 20 were killed in a crash of a Chinese Military Affairs Commission plane near Nanking on Mar. 17. A search party reported that all the bodies were found but -my a/c were identified.—A.P.
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  • 42 2/3 Messrs. yyong Mun Sock. Wong Peng Yin and Wong Peng Kong tMQteas tnaaks to all friends and relatives who attended the funeral of the late Mrs. Wong Mun Seek, and also those who gave tokens of sympathy and paid night visits.
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  • 555 2/3 THE blessings of free speech have to be lost to be appreciated. It is not in every part of the world even today that the Press, political parties and individuals are able with safety to give utterance to every honest belief. Malaya, in common with the rest of
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  • 433 2/3 A.P. LONDON, Mar. 24.—Stalin's statements, distributed to Uie Portuguese press and radio, quoting the Generalissimos answers to questions submitted by Associated Press Correspondent, Eddy Gilmore, were killed by the censors, it was learned here on Saturday. The Portuguese press and radio can publish only unpleasant
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  • 98 2/3 A.P. LONDON, Mar. 25—The arrest of General Draga Mihailovitch in a mountain cave was described by Bel-! grade Radio on Sunday night. "Mihailovitch, guarded by 11 soldiers wa3 sitting in a cave. These men were all that was left after his -disastrous defeat in May 1946," said
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  • 294 2/3 William Christian Singapore. Pickpocket^ Pickpocketing, conducted by well organised gangs, is becoming rampant and has grown unchecked under the very noses of the police. To check this, the police will have to get the assistance of people who are well aware of the identity ot these criminals, but
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  • 105 2/3 A.P. TOKYO, Mar. 25.—The Japs have gone in for labour union strikes like flies for sugar and they have come up with a dandy in a money dispute today that left the owners of Japan's biggest movie chain groggy when free shows were given at
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  • 148 2/3 A.P. CHUNGKING, Mar. 25.—Gen. Tai Li one of the most powerful men in China is credibly reported to have been killed in circumstances as mysterious as was his long life. He was chief of China's secret police. An associate of Generalissimo Chiang Kai-shek,
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  • 745 2/3 "Double Tenth" Trial "I was an eye-witness to the brutal assaults on the Bishop by a warder at the V.M.C.A. On the first occasion he hauled the Bishop and Earl from the cell for talking and hit them on the head with a big brass padlock.
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  • 33 2/3 With offect from the 25th March. 1546. Cash-On-Delivery parcels for India may be posted at any post office in Malay.i. The general conditions of acceptance are similar to those in force in 1941.
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  • 172 2/3 The Pavilion Theatre has been •"demobilised" nnd is now restored to the public of Singapore as one of the leading cinemas. The theatre has been screening films for British troops, since Sept. 17, and was thus one of the very first amenities to be opened
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  • 217 2/3 Kuan Pat Poh, ex-detective with 13 years service ln the Detective Branch, was sentenced to two years' rigorous imprisonment in the Second Superior Court yesterday when he was found guilty of voluntarily causing grievous hurt to a Chinese physician at the Japanese
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  • 79 2/3 Two Food Control Inspectors. Jason Tay and Boon Soon San. weie sentenced to four months' r.i. esich by Mr. L. C. Goh, in the second district court, on a charge of accepting a bribe of $120 from a coolie employed in a rice re
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  • 82 2/3 There were two cases of shooting, one a small-scale gun battle between gangsters and the police, on Sunday night. In the gun battle, a party of police on rounds near Sago Street .saw three suspicious characters. On approaching them the three men ran away from
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  • 344 2/3 Some Chinese miners are stated to be able to supply the ore smelters could now handle, provided the authorities can guarantee security 1o them and their employex's. If this security is available, they estimate that between 30 and 40 per cent, of Chinese mines can
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