Malaya Tribune, 25 July 1946

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    35 1 The Malaya Tribune The Paper Of The People Of Malaja Phone Nos:—Editorial (only) 5811 Advertising, Circulation Accounts 5812 I PAGES. SINGAPORE, THURSDAY, JULY 25, 1946 PRICE 10 CENTS The Malaya Tribune THURSDAY, JULY 25, 1946.
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    ATOM FOR PEACE
    99 1 c research for In what has been \'j as a "vast citazei I d to the might j scientists of the Uni0/ Chi:ayo Meialal Labora:o: y are 0 further into the :dous forces tha' :.f the elemental r of ;:c ire exXcded he atomic bom b. I
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    New Locomotives For Malaya
    51 1 Reuter. July 24. Five end tenders each mi were loaded ighter Samoa in By for sh pment to oingapore. motives, built by Brinsh Locomotive art the first of a of 40 being built 'Malayan Railway, ady to be put no ''•mediately they are 1 1 I
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    2 Club Buildings To Be De-requisitioned
    32 1 r target late for the of the Singapore club house at Balesthat the premises of Usociatica at Mae(l will be handed back at an early date.
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    BIDAULT TO OPEN PEME CONFERENCE
    28 1 I 24—Georges Bidault, i and Foreign Miie 21-nation peace Monday with a welI »y of the conference d to technical details, MUd today
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    MALAYA'S RICE GROWING PLAN
    318 1 LONDON, July 24,—Long-term projects under consideration to increase food production in Malaya include an increase in facilit es for ploughing, improvement and continued impro vement of seed and fertiliser and extension of water sup plies as well as opening of suitable areas, declared the Secretary of
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    FIFTH ATOMIC BOMB EXPLODED 16 Target Ships Still Afloat
    886 1 WATER SPOUT TOPS 8,000 FT. A.P. Reuter. The world's first submarine atomic bomb detonated in Bikini Lagoon at 0835 Bikini time, shooting a column of water more than a mile high but leaving at lesst 16 ships still afloat when the
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    3 Left In Target Ship
    80 1 A.P. Aboard the U S.S. Mc Kittle* Julp 25. Three mtm mboard the target si, p Gasconade spin; a anxious hour eur'y today when thep apparently awakened to realise that th y were I U aboard the target ship Wilh i.c cxp os on draw
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    REDIN TO RETURN TO RUSSIA
    55 1 PORTLAND, OREGON, July 24.— lieutenant Nicolas Redin, Soviet Naval Officer acquitted of espionage dharges at Seattle, reached Portland today with his wife and a daughter to prepare leaving for their homeland. He expects to return to Russia aboard the Maxim Gorka whose departure date is
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    8,000 Dockers Call Strike
    368 1 (Tribune Staff Reporter) Eight thousand wharfhands of the Singapore Harbour Board, including Indians, Chinese and Malays went on strike last night after their demands for a 100 per cent, increase in wage and grant of a special alio wance had been turneddown by the Board authori
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    Only 10,000 tns Shipped This Month
    119 1 SIAM TO COMMANDEER RICE Reuter. BANGKOK. July 24.--T Siamese Gov;- nment is ;o commandeer r cc to enable the fullest compliance with the tripartite agreement between SL\m. Britain and th e United States to expedite exports of rice to India China and other areas
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    Robbers (In Bus) Chased By Victim (In Lorry)
    179 1 A splendid e xampl e of how cooperation by the victim of a robbery not only led to the arrest of °ne of the alleged robber s but al=;o the recovery- of some of the jewellery stolen cccurred on Tuesday morning. A
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    Philippine Loan: Fate Today
    62 1 A.P. WASHINGTON. July 25.—The U.S. House of Representatives currency committee will vote today n Q *he proposal to extend a $75,000,000 U.S. credit to the Philippines 'to *-over the Republic's anticipated budget deririt. The committee set he balloting Jfter th;} Secretary of the Treasury had recommended
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    Tailors Foil Cheap Clothes Scheme
    253 2 (Tribune Staff Reporter) Despite Government allocation of the first consignment of textiles to 100,000 persons in Singapore, it is estimated that 90 per cent, of those who have paid for cloth distributed through various firms and offices are unable to get them made into clothes.
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    Nail Clue To Corpse
    209 2 STOKE-ON-TRENT. July 24.— By a deformed littl e fingernail 0 n the right hand, Mrs. Betty Berrisford, Cromwell Street. Birches Head. Stoke-on-Trent, was able to identify th c body of her 20-year-old son Harry, she told a Stoke coroner at the Inquest. Young Berrisford was found
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    K.L. Europeans To Protest
    89 2 Kuala Lumpur, July 24.— Europeans in Kuala Lumpur are to protest to the Government following the announcement by the Maiaya Command that 30 ServiOe families are coming to Kuala Lumpur and icill be accommodated in civ lian houses. Numerous Europeans are still withdut accommodation and the
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    INTIMIDATION ALLEGED
    80 2 Three hinese Koh King Swee (17/, Tan Kirn Seng (17j and Soh Thian Seng appeared before Mr. Paul Storr yesterday and had a charge of intimidation explained to them. It is alleged that at 8-55 p.m. on July 23 the accused intimidated SHB labourers at their quarters in
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    U.E. STRIKERS RETURN
    44 2 PENANG. Wednesday. After staying out for a month. 140 •workmen of United Engineers' works pt Sungei Pinang resumed work today, accepting the firm's offer of 35 per cent, increment in wages and a further 35 per cent, cost of living allowance.
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    PoWs Sang, Kicked And Punched
    396 2 How a party of about 100 Allied PoWs while singing in their camp hut on New Year's eve in 1544 was set upon by the camp guards and beaten wifh belts and kicked and punched until they became unconscious, was related at the 7th War'
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    Grab At Inspector's Shirt Costs $500
    371 2 An echo of the general transport strike on Jan. 29 this year was heard in the Second Police Court when the case, in which four Chinese were charged with assaulting a public servant whilst in the execution of his duty, came up. After a
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    Woman Accompanied Nips To Island
    444 2 A Eurasian telephone-operator, May Hoeden, who accompanied a party of Japanese to Rangsan island off the Sumatran coast four days after the Japanese surrender, testified yesterday in the Third War Crimes Court how two Malays were taken away by the j apa nese and never
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    BENGAL MOSLEM ASSOCIATION
    36 2 A general meeting of the mem bers of the Bengal Moslem A>sociation held on July 17 with Mr. M. A. Mand in the chair. It was unanimously resolved to reviv c the Association.
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    JAP SAYS HE SHOT TWO CIVILIANS
    190 2 "In accordance with Japa neSe re. gulations, all superior officers mus, be obeyed," answered Cpl. Keishl in reply to a que no, further hearing yesterday to War Crimes Court in thi Secretary Building on atrocith.bave been committed In MeIsland and British Bo; accused and
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    $14,000 Tentage: Soldier Charged
    57 2 J. M. Herbert <20>. a Rrtt* soldier, claimed trial when hi appeared before Second Magistrate L. C- Goh yesterday on charge of criminal breach trust of $14,000 worth of ten-.ag: which were in 55 bales. The case was postponed ie: mention on July 31 and bail
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    59 2 A charge of untitled plained to a 22-yo;ir-o'.d CfciaeM Tar Ah Wat in the First Police Court yes' terday. It is alleged that the W cused at 3 a.m. on July 24 at i Junction of Park Red Mid Bole Str? carried a .18 revolver loaded six rounds- The tmm
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      170 2 NOTICE Municipality Of Singapore —Electricity Department Consumers of electricity are notified that for technical reasons in connection with the operation of St. James Power Station, it is necessary to reduce lighting to an ABSOLUTE MINIMUM between the hours of 6.30 p.m. and 9.30 p.m. until further notice. Failure to comply
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    DOGS FOR S'PORE -BY AIR
    217 3 (Tribune Staff Reporter) Following the successful shipment of day-old chickens to Singapore by air, Australian kennels are considering the shipping by air of pedigree dogs which have been on order by a Singapore dealer for some weeks. It was learned yesterday 3,000 dogs have been
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    Malta Children Always Beat The "Alert"
    165 3 |B ne interesting facts about i emerged from Mnior-General t H Coxs account of the "Buttle lalta" to Singapore Rotarian Hi Exeeßteacar the Governor of ne. Bhf Franklin Gimson and I B. MiKerron were among th -c present. Gen Cox aid that houses on
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    VENCHING LOOT
    40 3 T July 23. SCAP today the Japanese government for on of the location of latquipment looted from ng University at Peiping ad of the Chinese Mission the equipment was taken the biology, chemistry nnd departments of the univer-
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    1,100 LIGHTERMEN BACK AT WORK
    268 3 (Tribune Staff Reporter) Their demands for an increased lighterage and ther concessions fully met by tongkans owners. .100 Chinese lightermen who struck work on July 15 have now agreed to resume work from this morning. Last night Chinese tongfcans owners met European, Cbsn se and
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    Penang Strike
    98 3 (OurOO n Reporter> PENANG. Wednesday About 70 lightermen went on strike tliis morning after their demand for higher wage s was turned down by the owners. They demanded that their wage s be raised to $50 per person per mensem. As a result ol the strike, about 50
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    "SINGAPORE LOAN AND INCOME TAX"
    29 3 At 9.45 p.m. tomorrow the Financial Secretary Mr. Nelson Jones will make a statement on "The Singapore Loan and Income Tax. over Radio Malaya.
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    Alleged Armed Robbery
    88 3 Alleged to have jointly, with tw( others, committed an armed robber? of $643 in cash and jewellery. Le* Seng (26), a Cantonese, appearec before Second Magistrate L. C. Goh yesterday. The robbery was stated to have taken place at No. 57 Joo Chiai Terrace at 9 a.m.
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    5 Ceylonese On Arms Charge
    134 3 Five Ceylonese. lour of whom gave Seremban addresses, appeared on a (tentative charge of possession of arms before Fifth Magistrate Ahmad bin Ibrahim, yesterday. Two of them are Food Control Inspectors and one is a school teacher. The men. K. Thomas (24), J. John (40),
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    Soldiers Stole Whisky When 'Too Drunk To Know'
    120 3 Admitting that they were too drunk to know what they were doing, two British soldiers James Marshall (19) ;>nd Daniel Roy (29» who stole three and a half bottles of whisky from a shttp in Anson Road on the evening of July
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    SOCIAL WELFARE MEETING
    40 3 j The inaugural meeting of the I Singapore Social Welfare Council will be held at 5.30 p.m. in the Social Welfare Department I tomorrow when H.E. the Governor will speak o n the work of the Council.
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    Indian Troops Eat Less To Aid India
    340 3 Many thousands of pounds of rice and atta have been voluntarily sacrificed by Indian troops in the Dutch East Indies to help ward off starvation in their native India. For more than three months Indian troops have been deliberately drawing less than their
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    Governor Hears Chinese Volunteers' Grievances
    180 3 (Tribune Staff Reporter) The Governor was very interested in our Memorandum and was very sympathetic," said Capt. Yap Pheng Geek, spokesman of the four-man delegation which met H.E. the Governor yesterday for talks on grievances submitted by Chinese volunteers on the question of back-pay and
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    Pathan Charged
    118 3 A 20-year-old Pa:han Sepoy. Ashrafudin had a charge of armed robbery explained to him. or alternatively a charg e 0 f dishonestly retaining stolen property, in the Fourth Police Court yesterday. On the armed robbery charg e it bj alleged Ashrafudin together with four other Indian soldiers, committed
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    PoWs Had To Eat "Stinking Meat"
    600 3 Another chapter in the inhumane treatment of and the sufferings undergone by the Allied PoWs involving over 1.000 deaths, employed on the BurmaSiam "death railway", was unfolded at the trial of 15 Japanese, including a Lieutenant-Colonel, at the Australian War Crimes Court yesterday. "The
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    Inspector Chases Rice Lorry
    230 3 How a Food Control Inspector at tached to the Ration Office chased 4 lorry on a motorcycle along Buki Timah Road, and found it to contair 75 piculs of white Siamese rice, waf related in Court when two Chincsf pleaded guilty before Second Distric Judge Tan
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    OVERCHARGED FOR CIGARETTES
    81 3 Thirteen hawkers who were arrested by Food Control Inspectors for selling cigarettes above the controlled prices were fined either $50 or $100 when they pleaded guilty before Mr. Tan Thoon Lip. in the Second Court, yesterday. Some of the men were stated to have had stalls. Prices
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    Naval Base Strikers To Meet Today
    157 3 (Tribune Staff Reporter) t J atem SP l t0 tne P re ss issued by Commdr. Supdt J. Hayer, Singapore Naval Base, after a meeting of departmental heads yesterday morning, states that-a preliminary meeting was held on Tuesday between the Trade U nio n
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    Homicide Verdict Against Former Prison Chief
    159 3 A verdict of guilty of culpable homicide not amounting to murder was returned by tne jury against Manickam Thanapathy, Superintendent of Outram Road Prison during the occupation, at the conclusion cf his trial at the Singapore Assizes yesterday. The verdict was unanimous. Sentence was
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    Fartition For Palestine?
    458 4 Palestine, Holy Land oi cc great religions, has ..ten torn by strife for wenty-nine years, ever since the Balfour Declaration. Twenty-nine years has proved that that Declaration, well meant though ii was, is unworkable. Violence has resulted from opposition to the aims of the Declaration and from
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    MONEY GONE CRAZY
    2314 4  -  Fifty thousand dollars for a meal 320,000 Pengoes for an egg v or 50,000 peng oes for a waiter's tip by Rex North. in the Sunday Pictorial Light a fire with a year's salary if you like, or plug broken windows with the odd million. And paper
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    SHAVIANA
    97 4 In 1939, before Sergeant E. F. McCarthy embarked for service in Hongkong, Mr. Bernard Shaw sent him a s'gned photograph. Th s he kept during capture by the Japanese, torpedoing, and bombing of his prison camp in Kobe by the Americans. On his return to England he sent the
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    BUDAPEST—A City Of Extremes
    426 4 (From Aurei Varannai. Ra.ter's j?-respondent). BUDAPEST, July 21 3udap iCizv is acity cf extremaa Lxtrama luxury Bf<le &l we with extreme misery. At iirst sight the city appears to De well stocked with everything. The shop windows arc rilled with champagne, nrandy and liqueurs, coffee, tea,
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    Readers' Viewpoints
    541 4 Strikes (This Letter .v..:, delayed the Strike.— Ed. > Singapore, at th: Xx.o.nent, c:edited w:th 4ur 5 *JJ tlie workers cf S. 11. B. d the uniformed pest*! staff from Hume Pips Co., Ltd tin* St. James Power statl the UniU<i Engineers. Ltd i n J *41 3000
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    Arabs Ask For UNO Help
    106 5 TtK, July 23.--Thi i a Secretatku ar»--n v that tgyp: d tltai tiie Uni/td Gi ncral Assembly hr he demand by other Arab councalling on Britain to end Po estttu situation al a new regime. ns joining toith Icing the demand is jordan. Iraq, la,
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    Civil War In Bolivian Capital
    74 5 RES, July 24.—Reports say that civil war is La P..;:. capital of BoliI .tv forces fighting ..r tempt to overthrow rmarat set up under teal Dr. Nestor Guillen, i re taking place in Ike capital, these reLa Paz itself said flocal time) last night plats
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    Acquittal Of Chindit Major
    60 5 July 24 The Genr Commanding, Lonric:. General Sir yd. has confirmed rtial dec sion allow- cendonatien in th? i.ijor Philip Herb?rt s of Worcester Rewas courtmartlalled connect'oa with th? two soldiers during umpaign. A War Office spokesman tola This confirmation ill acquittal of Major rris the
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    Radio Will Help Lapps In Arctic Wastes
    208 5 Reuter. rIOLM, July 23.—Experiments in directing Lapps the broad wastes of northern Sweden ar? being 1 Ho municipal authorities in !he Sorsels and district*, is tht' invention of named Alrak a i ready had ten it t id. It conI cry-operated rcthe Lapps
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    Most Of Europe Must Grain This Year
    279 5 CURRENT HARVEST PR OSPECTS food oh Iy 2 ?r ßread ana r *e, the two staple rWr?L f are "2 short in tne war stricken and easl respectively that only ckeri iS,^ Ye subsistence level, can supplies be cKea out until the corning
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    France
    208 5 PARIS -O ffi c i a 1 s of the French Department of agriculture pred'et only a f/ght increase in 1946 over the harvest. It is expected that -his year's harvest of all stap! grain; including wheat will show only an eight per ctn;. rise over last year—which is
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    Belgians Need 700,000 Tons
    105 5 BRUSSELS. This year's harvest is expected to yield between 20 and 30 per cent, more cereals than last year's crop of only 490,000. Heme wheat production will probably cover home consumption needs for three to four months, but there will be a probable gap of 700.000
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    Lucky Spain
    184 5 MADRID.—AII indicaticns are of a bumper harvest this year, but no official estimates ar e obtainable. Unofficial estimates put the expected yield at about 3,800.000 tons, while some of the more optimistic believe that it may reach 4.500.000 tons—w hi c b would cover Spain's normal needs for
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    Portuguese Crop Ruined
    203 5 LISBON:—Rain early in May des(reyed prospects of Portugal's Irst really good harve t since 1942. Up to the end of April, it seemed Jfkely that a bumper harvest wouid 'jr.ng a 118 per cent increase in oats, 181 per cent in beans and there was every possibility
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    Arab Threat
    121 5 Reuter. JERUSALEM, July 23.- J The Palestine Arab Higher Committee tonigtyt, sent a i cable to the British Prim Minister. Mr. A/ilce, th". J Foreign Secretary, Mr. Er- J nest Bcv n, the Colonial S Secretary, Mr. George Henry Hell, ar.d leading members of the British Parliament siatinj
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    UK building 1,740,000 tons merchant ships
    500 5 A.P LONDON, Jjly 24.—Shipbuilding retu ns issued by Lloyd; of London yesterday showed that a total of 3.255.7v5l tons of merchant shipping is under construciOß in the world's major shipbuilding nations, more than half of it in Great Britain. The report did not. include
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    30 POLITICAL MURDERS
    41 5 ATHENS, July 24.—Thirty political murders and 23 further deaths to clashes between "bandits" and Government forces brought the political violence in Greece last week v> its highest level so far according to official figures available in Athens today.
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    Japs' Multiple Policy Of Diplomacy
    264 5 A.P. TOKIO. July 24 I h na"> generals had so much power at the time Japan was expanding in Manchuria that it was practically impossible 'or the Central Government to transfer a ccmmender. China's »ice-minister •for defence testified at the mtr crimes trial. Gen. Ch
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    Fierce Battles Near Nanking
    118 5 NANKING, July 24.—Chinese Nationalist shore patrols beat off an attempted Communist night landing near Kianyhin, strategic naval base on the Yangtse between Nanking and Shanghai, it was reported here today. Both Government and Communist sources reported that fierce battles are still raging almost within artillery range
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    Ex-Malayan As China's Envoy In Manila
    58 5 NANKING, July 24.— Former Mb layan Mr. Chen Chieh Ping has beer named as China's first Mniister V the Philippines Republic. A gradu ate of New Zealand University, Mr Chen wa s the chief representative in China's defenc e supplies office n India during
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    Good Progress In Union Talks —Sir Edward
    648 5 Mac Donald Meets Stilt a ns Again (Our Own Reporter) Kuala Lumpur, Wednesday The Governor-General, Mr. Malcolm Mac Donald, and the Governor of the Malayan Union, Sir Edward Gent, had a further meeting wilh the Malay Rulers and UMNO leaders this afternoon. The
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    Naval Officer Dismissed From Service
    203 5 CHATHAM, July 24.—Lieut. Alfred James Turner, Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve, aged 48, of H.M.3. Pembroke, was sentenced at a courtmartial at Chatham today to be dismissed from service after being found guilty of improperly accepting gratuities from French stevedoring firms at Algiers between July and
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    U.K. To Discuss U.S. Proposal
    112 5 (From Reuters diplomatic Correspondent) LONDON, July 23.—Britain's attitude to the United States' proposal of the occupation zones in Germany may be decided this week before Foreign Secretary Ernest Bevin leaves for the Peace Conference in Paris. The question is expected to come before the British
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    Colonial Office "Not Fearful Monster"
    79 5 NAIROBI. July 23.—Mr. Arthur Creech Jones, British Under-Secre-tary for the Colcnies who is on v.sit to East Africa, yesterday conferred with European and Asiatic members of the Legislative Council on immigration control and future relations with neighbouring territories of the Tanganyika and Uganda. Speaking at
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      192 6 f aaaaa M ttm^M DAILY 3 SHOWS: 3—6—9 (Hindustani* Stirring Geeia Nizami-Jairaj. Her beauty was her Fate! E\~itement! Pot a murder she didn"t commit tr.c was entencrd to Ufe-;morison-ment m the Andamans What a j blarting she gave the JAPS when they landed there! ?or ler country the refused to
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      384 6 OX THE AIR 1100-1200 hrs.) Malay School 2228 Next Days Programme SumBroadcast every Tuesday. Thursday mary in Tamil and Saturday. 2230 Dance Music relay from Happy 0900-1000 hrs.) English Schools' World (0.8. >—(S.B-). Broadcast every Monday. Wednesday 2 300 CLOSE DOWN and Friday. _1 1100-1200 hre.) Chinese Schools g L
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    PERSIAN MISSION COMPLETES TASK
    87 6 Reuter. TKHKKAN. July 23.—The Persian military mUatou which went to Azerbaijan. Northern Persia "home rule, province, to arrange the absorption of Azerbaijan national army into the Persian army has completed its task and returned to Teheran, according to the Per>ian newspaper Ettelaat. It was proposed, under
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    Increase Over 1945 In Germany
    248 7 BERLIN.—Taking Germany as a unit, the probability is that the 1946 harvest will show some, though not a very great, increase over that of 1945. But there will inevitably Je a gap between production and the needs of the population and if the agricultural produce
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    Danish Needs
    119 7 COPENHAGEN:—Denmark Is expecting a 1946 harvest at least as good as that of 1945 when she reaped 3,500,000 tons of grain including 280,000 tons of wheat. 320.000 tons of rye. 1,230.000 tons of barley and 950,000 tons of oats. If this years does come up to these figures,
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    Swiss Must Import
    73 7 ZURlCH:—Harvest prospects in Switzerland are good, but, in spite of bread rationing and a greatly increased bread grain acreage compared with before the war, the 1946 crop cannot supply more than onethird of what is absolutely essential. The gap must be bridged by imports. The only agricultural
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    Italian Harvest Good
    88 7 Reuter. ROME.—Crop prospects in Italy are good and it is hoped that #ie wheat harvest will yield in the reXion of 5,700,000 tons, with 2.200.J00 tons of maize and rather less than 500,000 tons of rice and about 500,000 tens of oats. Potatoes are expected to yield
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    Mankad Proves He's One Of World's Best
    692 7 'By Learie Constantine/ Old Trafford, Manchester, July 24.—India emerged from the second Test with considerable credit even though her draw which keeps the test series alive was a moral defeat. But she will have to play much better in the final Test if
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    James Maxton Dies At 61
    204 7 Reuter. .DON. July 23.—Mr. James M leader of the Independent i r Party, \vhos e death wa s aned today, was 61 and had been HOe month> at Large. rsbire, where he died. had represented Bridgeton. rking class district 0 f Glasgow 1922. la >tudep
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    War On Car Profiteers
    136 7 I NDON. July 24 —Swift reaction lan to beat the profiteer car ras heen received by the Trade Association. One of Ufest retail distributors in the area reported many cancelled This, they say. suggest that wfcfl wore buying cars for rere not prepared to sign a
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    From Rhineland To The Saar
    77 7 A.P Ws j u y 24.—The French mmisnriai f or German Ustn B affairs announced that P re Koenig. French octnraander, had ordered 79 be transferred from to the Saar. td the chanpe was made the administration of the Star economic reality." h had repeatedly
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    AIDING SPY CHARGE
    42 7 OTTAWA. July 23.—Henry Harris, netrist of Toronto, one of the ni ae persons named in the final reP° rt of the Royal Commission on appeared in court yesterrges arising outtof alleged attempt to obtain passport for the Russian agents.
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    MALAYS TROUNCE KRANJI
    227 7 Over-running the Kranji Wirelt--station soccer eleven in th P second half, the Malays scorea a convincing 6—l victory at the Jalan Besar Stadium yesterday. Adopting their usual short passing tactics the Malays had mor c of the play in the first half but their play j though
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    Settlement Plan For Javanese In Malaya
    165 7 (Our Own Reporter) w Kuala Lumpur, Wednesday. The Malayan Union Government has announced details of a scheme for the recruitment of Javanese for settlement in irrigated padi areas, located in Sungei Malik (Lower Perak) and Tanjong Karang (Kuala Selangor). The Government will assist industrious
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    More Raids On Illegal Hawkers
    109 7 A further raid on illegal hawke.s was carried out on Tuesday i n the Teochew Street. Newmarket Road. Fish Street area. Two lorry loads of fresh trail Bad vegetables wer c confiscated together with ten lorry load> of ha.vk ri equipment. All stalls were abandoned
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    Five Killed In Air Crash
    75 7 NAGOYA. Japan. July 23.— U. S. sth Airforce Headquarter> announced today that five U.S. Army flier-, were killed and three injured when their Ca:alina flying boat crashed and sank in 60 feet of water while landing in Nagoya Bay. Eyewitnesses said the Catalina. Which wa
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    Y.M.C.A. VOLLEY-BALL
    67 7 The following will represent the YMCA at volley-ball again >t the 140 Coy RIASC o n Saturday. July 27 at 5.15 p.m. on the tennis ground:— A. S. Durai. Chia Kok Leong, Yoh Wah Sung. To n Shung Chee, Wee Boon Hai (CaptJ, Robert Cha n Au Tat
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    To Search For Indonesian Girls Here
    94 7 A.P. JOGJAKARTA. Juiy 2:3.— Tht Indones.an News Agency Amara reported today that Mrs. Maria Uljah Santoso, Republican Minister of Social Affairs, tias asked Allied headquarters for permission to send indonesittn Red Cross representui res to Singapore tn an effort to trace 72 Inaonesian Jiris
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    Set Fire To Hotel
    171 7 LEWES. July 24— At the Sussex Assize s at Lewis yesterday JameJoseph Bens, aged 31. cook, and Thomas Richards, aged 29, hotel porter, charged jointly with murdering Coronelius Collins by setting fire to Berkeley Hotel at Worthing on or about June 2 \ver e found not
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    OFFER OF BRIBE ALLEGED
    64 7 Seah Yoon Shen claimed trial in the First Police Court yesterda) when he faced a summons charge of corruptly offering ASP O. Griffiths $500 every ten days as an inducement and reward for procuring the issue, of a cigarette export licence from the Cus toms Dept.
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    MAYFLOWER B.P.
    36 7 A general meeting of th e members of the Mayflower B.P. will b e held at Mr. Chan Chim Bock's residence, 47, Shrewsbury Road off Moulmein Road on Saturday, July 27 at 2.30 p.m.
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    Pole To Contest Local Table Tennis Title
    242 7 Among entries for the men's sing'ts event of the Singapore iy46 table tennis championships is a leading Polish player, H. Ekstein, who has created a good impression !n the few games he has played here against prominent local players. Entries for th c
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    HOLLIES TAKES ALL 10 WICKETS
    254 7 Reuter. LONDON, July 24.—With the Indians resting for the day before engaging in a one-day match with the Club Cricket Conference, the major cricket programme to-day is confined to half a dozen county championship games. The return of the July heat wave made for batsmen's
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    League Table
    194 7 Reuter. LONDON, July 23.—The following is the County cricket championship standing including matches enaefi on July 23:— Ist Innings Lead P W L DNR L D Pts. Lanes 16 12 1 1 2 1 0 148 Yorks 14 11 0 1 2 0 1 136 Mdlex 17 9
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    Helpless Invalid Robbed
    139 7 Reuter. LIVERPOOL. July 23.—"This is such a mean action that I feel my judgment at the moment is disturbed by the indignation I feel at the way you treated this helpless invalid," said a Liverpool Stipendiary, Glynn Blackledge, today in deferring his decision in a case in
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    MUHIBBAH B. P.
    137 7 The Muhibbah B. P. defeated the Gentle B. P. by 4 games to 3 in a friendly badminton match played last Sunday at. the Tatter's court. Results: SINGLES: Ismail H. Marjan beat Suadi H. Tahir 15-9. 15-5: Ahmad Farai beat Masrom H. Siraj 15-8, 15-10; Omar Osman
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    Good Performances At RAF Sports
    232 7 The RAF Seletar Station held a sports meeting when the scene was reminiscent of pre-war days, with marquees, gaily-coloured bunting, and hundreds of cheering spectators. Among those present were Air Marshal Sir George Pirie, Air C-in-C, and Lady Pirie who distributed the prizes. The outstanding
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    UK TO GET JAP TEXTILES for MALAYA
    263 8 A.P. LONDON, July 24.—Britain and the Netherlands shortly will request the Allied Control Commission to permit sharply increased manufacture of Japanese textiles for export to Malaya and the South-west Pacific. Qualified sources in close contact with rubber, tea and tin production say textiles
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    Arab Mission To See Pope
    83 8 Reuter. ROME, Julj 21—The five-man Arab Mission "..ho arrived by air ir. Home yesterday to put the Palestine Arab case before the Podo will net U receiv.d at lh«- Vatican lor several dr.ys. it was stated today. Tn the raeunt'iUC he delegates will ••orsuit v,':lh
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    Smuggling In Germany
    119 8 Herford. Germany. July 24.— Smuggling aimed at supplying the black market is reported to be increasing in the British zone of Germany, despite unrelenting counter measures taken by th e authorities. British and German searching parties constantly check railway trains, automobiles, and ships in an effort to
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    Strachey Places Troops First
    155 8 Reuter. WESTMINSTER July r:t.--I n the House of i'o'-.mo s Mr. D'trLy Conservative. Went Dorst t asked the Minister ol Pond if h is aware that troop? serv'n" >n enn cl>tr.jn «r.,-.>1j.." f-.-K «-ti^l,» s rf food a s tinned fruit. pea-, beans, butter. Aryetttinc beef,
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    SALARY RISE FOR FRENCH WORKERS
    77 8 PARTS. July 24. Kup.uiv of President Georges BJdaull's tripartite Government avoided when \he Cabinet after -six hours of deliberation agreed on a general salary increase- for Frmch .vorkers. The official communique on this made no mention of the amount. Tho Cabinet discussed the recent economic
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    P.C. Rescued "Wanted" Man, Gets BEM
    340 8 Reuter. London, July 23: A police constable who plunged into the rivar Thames to rescue a wanted man after a car had dived into the river at the end of a 70-miles per hour police chase, has been awarded the British Empire Medal, it
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    Trieste crowds An American fr>u'i Ihl'on ili-i'iih ntmj.u in hi* «/far??, 0 hr.ak hi' *h< vntUd* anntiK, im; -> alt' devwu* ftf/lott* "< 7 Tw.'i rftculy. A P- Pholu
    29 8 Trieste crowds An American fr&gt;u'i Ihl'on ili-i'iih ntmj.u in hi* «/far??, 0 hr.ak hi' *h&lt; vntUd* anntiK, im; -&gt; alt' devwu* ftf/lott* "&lt; 7 Tw.'i rftculy. A P- Pholu A.P. Photo.
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    Malayan Teachers' Pay: Discrepancy Queried
    341 8 Reuter. LONDON. July 24.—1n the House of Commons tocav Mr D N Pritt. Independent Labour, asked wnai were the present wages of Europeans and locally-re-cruited people in the Government and Gjveramentaided schools in Malaya and Singapore and what wage increases had been granted aver the
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    Trade Unions In Malaya
    225 8 Commons Questions LONDON, July 21. The Governors of the Malayan Union and Singapore have been asked lor reporta on the progress made in the formation and registration of trade unions in Malaya. The Colonial Secretary. Mr. George Hall, stated this in the House of Commons today*
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    SALERNO RIOTING
    49 8 ROME, July 24—A IG-year-old I t:&gt;l was killed and about 20 civilians j were sericusly injured when Allied j and Italian police used weapons last j night to disperse a large crowd in j Salerno reports from Naples said i today. Some of the crowd used firearms.
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    BIG CHINA OFFENSIVE REPORTED
    201 8 A.P. NANKING. July 25,-Nationalistsarmies totalling nrariv sno 000 men to-day were reported driving aiong h= Yangtze River front between Nanking and Shanghai Ind by Communist admission they had penetrating fifty miles into Commun.stheld areas in Kiangsu Province. The Communis New China News Agency described the movement
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    Palestine Incident Affects Market
    127 8 Reuter. LONDON, July 23.—Som e routine selling on a quiet Stock market imparted some dullness, and the market inclined to drift aimless'- lower. Th e Palestine incident was a disturbing factor. A certain a mount of profes s lona! offering in the Gilt-edged market resulted in
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    Fire Guts Beauty Saloon
    208 8 A one-storey shophouse building in Rangoon Road and most of the contents were gutted by fire In the small hour s this morning. The ground floor was a women's hair dressing and beauty saloon a n d the first floor wa s used as a dwelling.
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    Govt. Servants Send Petition
    111 8 Representing eigir G ment workers' orga the Combined Comm Singapore Governmenhave presented a pc Government ask ng fa of living ahoivance of ~,r cent, subject to a minimum 0/ $40 for low-salaried v The petition was ti\ representatives of the Civil Service A. Teachers' Association College
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    Reds To Convene 4-Zone Talks
    61 8 Reuter. BKRLIN. July 23 The i; will shortly probably call a fourzone conference to diseusi the economic unification cf Gen according to circles clow I Vassily Sokolovsky. Buriel of the Allied Control Commits on. It is believed this mean- t&C sians will abandon the reparations
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    NUREMBERG DEFENCE LIMITED
    81 8 Nuremberg, July 23.—Lord tatict 1 Lawrence. President of ti j b?rg War Crimes fire.;: i ced today that Hermann and the other 20 Naz. 1 11 jbe allowed only "a feu nbata each to make the.r teal Jfeas, The trial has now etched ,'t; 185 th day
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    Arabs Also Opposed To Federal Govt.
    317 8 LONDON, July 24.—A federal government in Palestine would be "only another form of partition" an official of the Arab Office in London declared to-day. He added it would be even less acceptable to Arab opinion than the outright partition. While British and United States
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