Morning Tribune, 30 May 1946

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  • 17 1 New Berks, Vol. 1. No. 26. Price 10 Cents. MORNING TRIBUNE SINGAPORE. THI KSDAY, MAY 30, 1946.
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  • 248 1 U.S. May Ban Transport Of G.I.s' Babies From U.K. LONDON, May 29.— The United States may ban for six months tho transport from Britain of very youn^ babies belonging to British wives of American soldiers following the deatii of 14 babies and illness of many others, according to the New
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  • 237 1 LONDON. May 29.— The Labour (Government) "Daily Herald" <icriared today that a few years oniy at the present rato would suffice to hHnp suspicions between Britain, ROI ia and the United States "to explosion point— and the explosion^ Will make a wilderness of this earth.".
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  • 135 1 CHIANG'S MESSAGE TO ROXAS NANKING, May 28. Generalissimo Chiang Kai-shek sent the following message to Manuel Roxas of the Philippines: "On the occasion of your inauguration as President of tho Republic of the Philippines, 1 wish to offer my congratulations and best wishes for a successful administration. "The peoples of
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  • 69 1 SYDNKY. May 20.— Air Chief Ma. shal Sir Keith Park, forim-i- Allu'i Air Commander-in-Chief, South-East Asia, said on arrival here that Allied governments In the Pacific were consilerinp pl»n f° r re-operution m aerial defence training. He is flymc to New Zealand on Monday to M<
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  • 58 1 WASHINGTON, May 20.— Harold L Tckos, former Secretary of State for Interior, railed Truman's legislations request "the heaviest blow ever struck m America against the fundamental Tiprhts nf labour and democratic traditions of our country." The statement Wti issued m his capacity as Executive Chairman of the
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  • 121 1 MONTREAL, May 20 —The prosecution charged Fred Rose, Communist Member of the Canadian Parliament, as contact man between Soviet agents and potential spies m wartime Russian espionage activities In Canada. F Philip Brais opened the Kose conspiracy trial by sketching the espionage operations already related by
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  • 49 1 DUTCH OCCUPY TANGORANG BATAVTA, May 29.— Dutch troops occupied Tanporantr near Pesiner. west of Batavia. yesterday, it was offlcTalljr announced today. There were no incidents and tio casualties. Roads, brulcrcs O<W electricity supply were found intact. Extremists had already left the town, takinp with them 40 European hostnpes. Reuter
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  • 366 1 SIAM'S COMPLAINT TO UNO RAISES NEW POSER NEW YORK, MAY 29.— SiAM'S COMPLAINT TO THE UNITED NATIONS, C HARGING FRENCH TROOPS IN ifiDO-CHINA WITH UNJUSTIFIED AGGRESSION/* POSED A NEW QUESTION ON PROCEDURE FOR THE SECURITY COUNCIL, It was the first time th at a non-member had appealed to the world
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  • 203 1 WASHINGTON, May 29.—Government took priority on canned meats needed for UNRRA, effective from June 2. The estimated order will require 80 per cent, of all canneo meat, produced m the United States. A.P. WASHINGTON, May 29.— Secretary of Agriculture Anderson announced that Government has bought enough wht-at and
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  • 98 1 JOHORE SULTAN VISITS MALAYAN CONTINGENT LONDON, May 29.— The 72-ycai-old Sultan of Johore yesterday visited the Malayan contingent which will take part m the march through London on Victory Day and inspected n guard-of-honour formed by the Johore national forces. The Sultan, who wore a Major-General's uniform, came to London
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  • 66 1 MADRTD, May 29. Spanish police m the last few days have arrested 28 prominent Republicans and seven Socialists. The arrests have caused some surprise as these opposition leaders are moderate Socialists, and are opposed to Joseph Giral'S Republican £overnment-in-exile. It is assumed that by removing these
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  • 39 1 LONDON. May 28.— From June 1 cable rates between Malaya and tne United States are halved, tfce new rates bein* 65 cents (Straits) for one word, deferred 35 cents, mjrnt i letter rate 20 cents. Reuter
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  • 47 1 ALLAH AB AD CLASH ALLAHABAD. May 29 —Three persons were killed and 20 injured when the police opened fire on worker? at Cheoki, near Allahabad, last nipht. The total number killed since (reorders started m Allahabad after a clash between Hindus and Mosler.3 fs now 7- Reuter
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  • 92 1 CAIRO, May 29.— Kings, PrlnceS and Presidents of seven Arab States gathered here Wednesday m. t!»e first modern meeting of the rulers of Arab millions. They are determined to organise united front against Jewish immigration into Palestine. The two-day's conference concentrate on Arab opposition to th« Anglo-American
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  • 93 1 COLOMBO, May 28.—Ceylon i s 30 000 vernacular school-teachers have threatened to strike if they are not vaid adequate wages. They have, made a last appeal to the Minister of Education, Mr. C. W. W. Kannangara. Meanwhile, they will hold meetings throughout the island to wn
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    • 28 1 I At Your Service Again GIAN SINGH Co., 4 4, Battery Road, Singapore. IMPORTERS AND WHOLESALE MERCHANTS OF SILKS, COTTONS, ART SILK, PIECE GOODS, READY MADE GOODS ETC.
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  • 262 2 Alleged To Have Burnt Three Men Alive TWO JAPS ON TRIAL Alleged to have been concerned m burning alive three Indian labourers of Port Blair, Andamans, between Dec. 1944, and July, 1945, two Japanese, Lt. Hashimoto Minoru and Cpl. Kuosawa Sadao, are on trial m the War Crimes Court before
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  • 60 2 fI.E. the Governor-General of the .vlilayan Union and Singapore Mr. Malcolm Mac Donald is due here fium Penang at about noon today, exactly a week after he left this city for lite headquarters at Penang. Mr. Mac Donald will arrive it Changi airfield. Fcr the moment it
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  • 111 2 Summons Against Amusement Park Withdrawn The Happy World Ltd. was summoned to court on April 12 this year because it was alleged that persons entering the Park on the night of March 28 were not given their half of the admission ticket and that the tickets issued had not the
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  • 121 2 Had Revovler Strapped To Leg *A revolver and an automatic were recovered by the Customs on Tuesday and one arrest has been made. The rovolver was found strapped to the leg of tho man arrested. Three robberies were reported on Tuesday the first of which took place at four m
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  • 563 2 M.Ps. Meet Sultans Gammans Urges Early Settlement Of 'Impasse' (Tribune Correspondent) IPOH, May 29.— 1n a statement made to the Press after the dinner at the Sultan's Palace m Kuala Kangsar, yesterday night. Captain L.D. Gammans, M.P., said that he had the unique opportunity of understanding the viewpoint of the
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  • 473 2 ''WORST SPECIMEN OF JAP OFFICER" Further cross-examina tion of Major Mizutani Totan), a section commander of the Burma-Slam "death railway." who is on trial m the Sixth War 'Crimes Court on three charges under the War Crimes Ordinance, had to be adjourned yesterday as the
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  • 43 2 The next meeting of the East West Society will take place today at the Army Education Centre Armenian Btrcet at 8. Mr. H«>mer Chen of the Chinese 4 Secretariat will lecture on Th<. influence of Confucianism oil Modern Chinese Thought.
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  • 196 2 An interesting discussion nhoir town improvement was tak»n up \>\, Rotarians following a short t;ilk by Mr. O. G. Wakfham about the open in^s for nrchitects and engineers m the rehabilitation of Malaya. Mr. 8. H. Peck said that as most of them intended to live
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  • 28 2 WORCESTER, May 28— Th.- r. ont t "»ii-ntial rain m the countrysi'lo causrd ahnndonment of today' horse r;u-.> m.-.-tintr ;>• Worcester «rk«r« parts of the COVFM tlooiicil Out Reuter
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  • 299 2 Admiral Lord fiouii Mfountbatten, Supreme Allied Commander, South Kast Asia, leaves Singapore tonight for London. He will lie accompanied by Lady Louis Mountbatt< The Supremo Commander will break h\< journey at New Delhi, where h«> first iel op hit headquai tcrs, to tee the Commander- in Chiei
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    • 101 2 NOTICE As from June Ist, 1946, the telephone number of Government House will be 3734 (3 lines). i»mnn»mmmintmwwm:mim» For SERVICE SAT T SF ACTION MODERATE PRICED SINGAPORE STVTfONERY MART 28, Chulia St. Singapore. BALI'S CALLING! What Got BALI To Be The Mecca of Tourists? You've only Heard of the Beauty
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  • 700 3 DON'T WASTE WATER! Authorities Doing Everything To Mai ntain Supply The public can rest assured that steps are being taken to do all that is possible to maintain water supply and improve the condition |>f existing facilities. Though the amount
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  • 201 3 "No AngloU.S. Bloc" .—Byrnes WASHINGTON, May 28. —Secretary of State James F. Byrnes last night categorically denied charge? (levelled against him personally and against the I nited States Government by Foreign Minister V. M. Molotov of Russia. Point by point Mr. Byrnes reviewed M. Molotov's conlent ions and refuted them.
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  • 258 3 Commons Approve Iron Steel Nationalisation LONDON, May 28. By 338 votes tt> 184 the House of Commons tonight passed the resolution approving the Government's decision to transfer "appropriate sections'* of the British iiron and steel industry to public ownership. Winding up the debate Mr. Herbert Morrison, Lord President of the
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  • 48 3 TANGOON. May 28 Them Mating, Burmese Ambassador m Tokyo during the Japanese occupation of Burma, died at sea from brri-beri while returning to Ran--po.in from Tokyo, according to the rfßrer commanding thp hosoital c h p "Dorsetshire." Them Maung* was arrested by the Amercans m September 1945 Reuter
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  • 176 3 5- Year Cut In Mutiny Sentence Sentence of 10 fears' penal servitude on Aircraftman NorHs Cymbalist for Incitement to mutiny near Singapore has been re duced to Ive years by the Air Council. Mr. John Strachey, Under-Secre-tary for Air. says, m a Written reply to Mr. T. Eriberg <Xab., Mildon):
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  • 85 3 WASHINGTON, May 20.— Two Senators friendly to President Truman were reported to have urged him to withdraw the strike emergency legislation should the expected early settlement of the coal strike materialise. Burton K. Wheeler of Montana and Joseph O'Mahoney of Wyoming, both Democrats, declined
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  • 109 3 No Threat To Food Supplies j LONDON, May 28. An MSUraffcc thai Britain's food supplies arc not m danger as a result of the strike which stopped work on 20 ships at [London docks was given today by a;i I official of the Port of London authority. "There is no
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  • 65 3 LONDON, May 28.— A report I'published m a British newspaper) that Field-Marshal Montgomery is flyinp to Cairo to take part m discussinp on the military side of the revision of the Anplo-Ejryptian Treaty of I9M were officially denied by a Bntish Government spokesman today. The spokesman said the
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    • 409 3 RADIO PROGRAMME 1 S RADIO MALAYA— SINGAPORE 1100-1200 hrs.) Malay Schools' Broadcast every Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday 0900-1000 hrs.) Engliah Schools' Broadcast every Monday. 1100-1200 hrs.) English Schools' Broadcast Wednesday and Friday. 1200-1400 hrs. 300 metres m the medium wave band and 7.22 mega- cycles per second m the 41
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  • 368 4 The Morning Tribune THURSDAY, MAY 30. 1945. Siam and France There is not YET any Justification for excitement over incidents reported from the FrancoSiamese border. Reported developments m that region have hit the headlines hard during the past few days, the whole matter having been elevated to 4 'UNO status"
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  • 933 4 Combating Submarines Of the Future A sclio I hub been opened m Londonderry, Northern Ireland to train personnel of Britain's Royal Navy and Royal Air Force to co-operate m fry j^ A Special Naval Correspondent S Britain's Royal Navy and Royal Air Force are training to combasubmarines of the future
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  • 134 4 LONDON, May 28.— Scotland Yard experts have started country-wide drives against suspected bogus company promoters. These men are believed to be attempting to swindle ex-servicemen by, offering directorships with salaried employment. a cnrcK is to De made m o trie histories of all individuals registering
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  • 98 4 —Church Resolution EDINBURGH, May 28.— A ns >lu- j tion asking for still further reduc I tion m tho brewing of beer so as to provide barley to meet the food situation came before the general assembly of the Church of Scotland hero today The annual
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  • 48 4 BATAVIA. May 2S— British troops I have started larft*e«tcale eleurine •etion m Mednn owintr to repeat «'d clashes' bttWHB British patrols and Tndonosian extremists. Yesterday the British occm led several builtlinps m the town d it it formerly occupied by Indonesians. Reuter
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  • 70 4 WORLD'S LONGEST AIR ROUTE LONDON. May 2S.- Shortly after 12.00 noon GMT today, a Fir.tisti Overseas Airtoajfi Curporation Lancaster took off on the world's longest and fastest air route—between England and Australia. The 12,000-mile journey to Sydney with stops only at Lydda, Palestine, and Karachi w\ll take 6H hours. This
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  • 91 4 CARRIER ORDER CANCELLED LONDON, May 29.— The British Admiralty reported cancellation or suspension of orders for throe 40,000--ton aircraft carrier! which, a spokesman of the Admiralty said would not bfl needed now that the war Is over. He said the actfon was (folded upon several months ago. The three projected
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  • 66 4 COLOMBO, May 28.— Mr. Albert V. Alexander, First Lord of the Admiralty and m«mb«r of th<« British Cablnei Mission to India, arnvod here today from Trinronialrc Ho was accompanied l.y ViceAdmlral Sir Arthur Pallise'r, Commander in-rhief ,f th«> But Udf«i Fleet. After visitinp the Navy Mteb lismlient
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  • 80 4 SRINAGAR. Kashmir, May 28.— Kashmir is today returning to normal after a week of disturbances blowing the arrest of Mohammed Abdulla. President of the Kashmir National Conference and other leaders of the "Quit Kashmir" agitation launched against the ruler. About 450 people have been arrested, mostly
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  • 80 4 Big Four Deputies Agree On Rumania PARIS, May 28.— Deputies of 'he. four Foreign Ministers today fmed on the limitation of Rumanian armed forces to the minimum required for Internal security and border defenceThey also considered the question of Italian war criminals and disposal of surplus Italian war material, bvt
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  • 62 4 B ATA VI A. May 28.— Dutch anarters are again iisinß the word "di.'is" about the constitutional reeotiations with the Indonesians. It li now expected that the "Prime Minister," Dr. Sutan S.iahrir will present new counter-proposals when be returns here from a visit to the Republican "capital," Jogjakrta.
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  • 264 5 MADRID, MAY 28— SPAIN lI AS BENT A NOTE TO ALLIED DIPLOMATS IN MADRID INDICATING THAT SHE WOIM) RECEIVE WITH INDIFFERENCE ANY DECISION BY THE ITNO1 T NO SIB-COMMITTEE CONSIDERING THE FRANCO REGIME. r Jhis was stated to-day by the
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  • 275 5 Overthrow Of Regime By Fo rce Suggested NEW YORK, May 2S.— The United Nations Security Council sub-committee is weighing the challenging suggestion Prom Span sh Republicans that they and nnspeclfled Allies niitfMt seek to overthrow the Franco regime by force unless the United Nations take action against the Spanish dictator
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  • 105 5 U. S. Military Police Raid Red Offices In Korea MOSCOW, May 28.— The Soviet Xrws Agency reported today that An crican counter- espionage unlta, jided by military police and Korean jolice. raided office of the Communist Farty at Pienhvang, Southern Korea, Di! May 18 and 19. 'i he raid was
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  • 77 5 LONDON, May 28.— The British Military authorities arc believed to fi.-ive issued instruction* for the evacuation of Egyptian towns by July, icrordin^ to a dispatch from Cairo, Ankara radio said tonight. Qtneral headquarters; m Cairo were suid to have ordered troops to bo i<idy to move
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  • 21 5 LONDON, May 28. -Marctl Ri Tissue's French col NirgaJ \va Officially scratched from the Derby a: 1045 a.m. BST today. Reuter
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  • 63 5 BATAVIA. May 89.— A Dutch i;<>vernment survey has rerealed tb :t Netherlandf Indies tin minel cannot nturii to pre-war capacity ojiorntiun before I!MR. it WMM ar: imunccd Five thousand Innjr IOM of kin valued at ih.000.000 nruildera (U.S. ■1.000) were f.»un<l hidden Banks fsland. They had
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  • 118 5 MIDDLESBROUGH. May 28. —Two hundred M ddlesbrough docker* who staged a two-hour token strike because there was no beer for sale during their lunch hour yesterday, 1 were back at work today. Mr. T. B'rke-t, an official of the Transport and General Workers Union, said
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  • 168 5 NUREMBERG, May L'B.— The counsel for Martin Bormann, "mystery man" of Nuremberg accused, told the War Crimes Court today he would i put forward a woman witness Fraui lem Dm Kruger who is said to hay I turn with Bortuann to the wry ci.d —to
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  • 24 5 ROCHESTER, New York State, May 28. A city-wide strike paralysed Rochester today, stoppinp all transport and preventing publication of the city's two newspapers.- Reuter
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  • 119 5 HONG KONG, May 28.— Inouye Kanao, a Japanese interpreter known at Shamshuipo camp, has been sentenced to death after being found guilty of atrocities by the Military Court here. In passing sentence the Court President said: "You have .been found guilty of being concerned B
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  • 83 5 CANBERRA, May 28. Senator P. Ashley, Supply and Shipping Minister, announced today that the Com--1 monwealth and State Governments had begun a co-operative search for oil m the Kimberley area of Western Australia. Approval had been given for purchase of the latest equipment and it was
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  • 220 5 Truman 's Anti-Strike Bill Condemned LONDON, May 29.— President Truman's call for anti-strike legislation was denounced as "naked open fascism" by James G. Part on, President of the National Farmers Union of America m a statement issued here on Tuesday. The Farmers Union Leader, who is m the Bri ish
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  • 150 5 LONDON, May 28. Mr. Herbert Morrison, Lord President of the Council, stated m the House of Commons to-day he was reasonably confident that he would be able to make a statement on food to-morrow. He could not make it to-day because "I have
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  • 144 5 BATAMA, May 28.— A tense t situation exists m the Soerakarta region of Centra] JaVa where followers of die local independent ruler, Mangkoenegoro, have resisted With arms the attempt to limit his powers, according to an eyeWltness who airived here today. The attempt, it was stated, Was
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  • 90 5 KURE, Shikoku May 28.— British Commonwealth troops have taken ever the island of Shikoku. one of the island boundaries of Japan's inland sea. from the United States Mttl Division. This was announced today by Lirut. -Gen. John Northcott, Com-mander-in-Crnef of British Empire Occupation Forces m
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  • 164 5 Dutch Govt. Reforms For Indies I BATAVIA, May 28.— The Netherlands East Indies Government is preparing reforms for the administration of numerous islands ,of the East Indies comprising the Moluccas, Celebes, Dutch Borneo, Bali and various other islands northeast and east of Java, the Netherlands News Agency? said to-day. Mr.
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  • 46 6 RIO DE JANEIRO. May 28Maritics tiav,- occupied the <l.»ek area of Satitos, Brazil, the World'? largtSt coffi-c port, WIR-re all steVedores ceased Work JTeftewtoy m protest against arrests DladC •luring the strike a fortnight ago. The previous stoppage arose from the men's refusal to handle ratgoes
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  • 49 6 WASHINGTON. May 28— Dr. V. X R. Rao. Indian food delegate, r-'nted last night that m his opinion India would get a fairer share of tbi VOrid'l available supolies as a result of the conference of UNO's Food and Agricultural Organisation uhjch lias now ended. Reuter
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  • 406 7 LONDON, May 28.— MAGNIFICENT bowling by Mankad, who captured seven of the MCC second Innings' wickets at less than six runs apiece, gave the Indian tourists their biggest victory to date, when they defeated the Marylebone Cricket Club by an innings and 1!M runs at
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  • 232 7 INDIANS, Ist INNINGS Merchant C Wyatt 1> Davie~ 148 Mu<lai| All h Gray 0 Modi i, Wyatt 4* Amarnath b Wyatt 0 Oul ftfohamed c Griffith )> Oray 2 Hasarc l> Ifartham M Mankad c Edrich b Wyatt li Sarwatc f Sbinde not out 21 Hlndlekar c BartUtt h
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  • 113 7 OSTERLEY, Middlesex, May 2«».— The one-. lay cricket match between the Indian tourists and an Indian Gymkhana team began at I2.ir> p.m. oday Tho Indian Gymkhana have reinforced their team with tho West j Indies Teat stars Leary 'onstantine ami Dr. c. s. Clarke. Professor Deodar, who
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  • 186 7 Inter- Y.M.C.A Games Results Playing badminton against the Army Y. M. C. A., the local V.M.C.A. iaii out winners by three games to one, but In a table tennis match against the T. F. K. Y. Dramatic Association they were beaten by five games to two. The following are the
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  • 64 7 Thr following will represent tli«S.C.R.C m a Cricket mitcii against the Colonials «t Thompson R«>'tJ lon Smiday. Tl> game 3mmcnc< s •«t l p.m.:— Low Ke< Tow (C«pt.), W. Funs, Gar. Kee Tian, Lav Hiwk Chye, Ong Bwee Keng. Ong Bwe« Law, Ong Tong Bee,
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  • 369 7 Washbrook Makes Season 's Best Score LONDON, May 28.— The best performance of the County matches concluded to-day was undoubtedly that of Middlesex and England bat Denis Compton who almost certainly played himself into the First Test by scoring a century m each of his innings against Lancashire, at Manchester.
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  • 143 7 A miniature radio receiving set which is so small it can be carried m a large handbag, is shortly Wing into production at a British electrical factory. It is the Vidor Model C.N. 353 4 valve superhet. The set is 8V long, 3%" wide and J%" deep,
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  • 197 7 Selangor Race Weights [lowing aro handicaps for the Selangor Turf Club races un Saturday: HORSES CLASS 1, 7 FURS. TONROE 9.7 CAI.AMINT 9.0 MR. (HIPS 8.3 DEMURE 8.1 FAVOURITE 7.12 ELECTRA 7.8 PRUNELLA 7.7 HORSES CLASS 2, 7 FURS. WYMERING 9.7 TURN OVER 9.3 MYSTIC MUSIC 810 COURTING 8.7 LEIGE
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  • 770 8 Supremo Presents Jap Gun And 'Surrender' Flag To S'pore Before a big gathering m front of the Municipal Buildings yesterday evening, the Supreme Allied Commander, Admiral Lord Louis Mountbatten, presented a Union Jack to the people of Singapore and a Japanese gun to H.E. the Governor of Singapore. The ceremony
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  • 300 8 The memory of Admiral Lord Louis Mountbatten will be perpetuated m Singapore with the re-naming of Grove Road as Mountbatten Road, announced H.E. the Governor, Mr. F. C. Gimson, m his farewell address to the Supremo at the presentation ceremony yesterday evening. H.E. the Governor, m
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  • 368 8 "Singapore owes to Your Excellency a deb\U of gratitude which will never be forgotten for your great share with the gallant forces under your command, \'.n humbling the pride and breaking the military power of the ruthless and brutal aggressor," declared Mr. WBartley, President of the Municipal
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  • 108 8 Chinese Govt's Peace Terms NANKING. May L'H— The Chinese Central Government is now Insisting! OB taking over the whole of Manchuria before resuming peace talk i with the Communists, according to reports m the Chinese press today. The Government, it is added, intends to maintain this attitude, irrespective of a
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  • 219 8 "He is a member of the Forces and as such he should know what a serious thing it is to dual m arms," District Judge Paul Storr j said when he sentenced M. Sinasamy (28), a sepoy attached to a Base Ordinance Depot, Bukit Timah,
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  • 78 8 IRAN UNDER STRONG RED PRESSURE TEHERAN, Hay 29. An anonymous MOWbor of the Iranian Parliament expressed the belief that Iran is "under Strong Russian pressure." He said Iran deliberately is playing a "two-handed diplomatic game to prevent everything we own from falling into Soviet hands." "Regardless of public statements by
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  • 58 8 WASHINGTON May 29— The U.S. Navy Department ani]«>unn<l that luitt lf-wcjiry and obsolete navy air craft arc lirintf melted down for a'umiriiuni It w,»s iiniKiiiMinl tho programme •rill reclaim over two million U.S. i dollars worth scrond.irv aluminium for commercial use. The Navy ex- j pectl
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  • 151 8 Aussie PoWs' Gift To Malayan Chinese Tlif Radio Australia reports that former Australian prisoners of War In Malaya Mave given £5,000 towards a £15,000 Australian Imperial Forces Malayan Nursing" Scholarship Fund. The scheme originated m Changi Prison Camp when a Committee <>f Six PoWs mot to discuss h)W the prisoners
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  • 408 8 "Grumitt appeared very worried about world condi'ions m Kineral and seemed to ihink that 'he atomic bomb of the Russians would soon make chaos of all the world, ated Mr. JHPh'llip a chartered accountant at the continued hearing of the inquiry concerning the death
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