The Straits Chronicle, 18 May 1946

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    GOOD NEWS FOR CATTLE & PIG REARERS
    178 2 GOOD NEWS FOR CATTLE PIG REARERS 5,000 Piculs Groundnut Cakes Expected t attle owners and pig rearers in the State of Malacca, who have been faced with the difficulty of obtaining the required food tor their livestock will be glad to near that approximately 5,000 piculs of groundnut cakes are
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    1,000 Million Pengoes Note—Worth 50 Cts.
    168 2 A.l*. Budapest, May 16. A single bank note worth 1,000 million pengoes went into general circulation on May 14, as Hungary’s inflation-wrecked currency plunged downward in apparently winning race to equal nothing. Before the war when five pengoes were equal to one U.S. dollar,
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    PHASED PROGRAMME FOR CIVIL COURTS
    297 2 Procedure Oi’ Entertaining' Suits A Council of Judges, presided over by the Chief Justice, was held on the 13th of May, 1946, to decide upon a phased programme for thi Courts entertaining civil ■suits, actions and other proceedings. After taking ini account all reinvent circumstances
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    Clashes On Both F.I.C. Borders
    159 2 Saigon, May 15. A r rench News Agency message states that Chinese troops fired on French border forces on the French Indo-China border when the latter were on patrol duty. The French forces retaliated with small arms fire whilst the Chinese troops used machine guns
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    CUT IN RICE RATION
    188 2 The Governments of the Malayan Union and Singapore have Lent under continual and anxious i y c information unpded to lh. ii regarding rice’allocations to A. i f hey have regretiuliy i'c- ere.: ilie conclusion that they cannot rely on receiving in the current quarter much
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    POSSESSION OF DUTIABLE LIQUOR
    130 2 Rickshaw Puller Convicted A chase at 1.05 a.m. at the junction of Lorong Bukit China and Mill Road on March 31 this year when two policemen succeed-' ed in arresting a rickshaw puller Ku Yee Hong who was conveying dutiable liquor was recalled m the District
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    BREAD POISONING IN SINGAPORE 20 Sent To Hospital
    117 2 (Malaya Tribune). Twenty persons have been admitted to the Tan Tock Seng and Kandang Kerbau hospitals suffering from poisoning, believed to have resulted from eating bread. These victims all came from the neighbourhood of the 11% mile Changi Road. As usual they
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    TEST FLEET IS READY
    99 2 A.P. San Francisco, May 15. Vice-Admiral H. Blandy, commander of the joint army-navy task force, which will conduct the forthcoming atom bomb experiments, said today that the force has virtually all assembled at Honolulu, for movement to Bikini Atoll where the first bomb drop is scheduled
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    Marshall Refuses To See Eng Lai
    248 2 Chungking, May 16. The U.S. Special Envoy in China, General George Marshall is reported to have turned down the invitation of the Communist lepresentative, General Chou Eng Lai for independc nt consultations with the Communists in Yenan. It is believed that the invitation was
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    Hindustani Prachar Campaign
    87 2 As proposed and approved at the recent Committee Meeting of the Hindi Prachar Sabha to organize a Hindustani Prachar Campaign on an All-Malayan Scale, and IT IS HEREBY REQUESTED that those interested in the Movement do forward their valuable views and suggestions to Sri Battacharya of Congress
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    NO BASES NO LOAN
    139 2 Washington, May 17. The Washington Post quoting a Gallup-poll result on the loan to Britain by U.S. says that the majority of the Americans are of the opinion that the loan should be given only if Britain is prepared to give away some of her bases
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    Riots In Jerusalem
    78 2 London, May 17. Reuter’s reports from Palestine state that fresh riots had broken out between Arabs and the Jews in Jerusalem as hundreds of Jews paraded through the streets protesting against the BritishAmerican Inquiry Commission. In the clash that followed two Jews were reported to be killed
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    WELLINGTON KOO ON H.K.
    131 2 London, May 17. Dr. Wellington Koo the Chinese Ambassador in London speaking to a large gathering in London declared, The occupation of Hongkong by British forces temporarily after the liberation will be of great benefit for the island as well as China. It will be foolish
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  • Page 2 Advertisements
    • Advertisement
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      114 2 Notice To Owners (If Junks, Tongkangs, Fishing Boat: Gear Etc. Provisional Licence to Vessels and Craft are to urrendered and exchanged for Licence Plates and Books, and application for Licences is to be made by all Owners of Fishing Boats and Gear. 2. Fees charged will be in accordance with
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    • Advertisement
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  • Page 2 Miscellaneous
    • Miscellaneous
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      160 2 THE CITY PARK SUN OPEN-AIR TALKIES 18th May: “KENTUCKY” 19th to 21st May Shirley Temple in LITTLE PRINCESS CITY OPEN-AIR TALKIES From 17th to 20th May, 1946. A Grand Mandarin Picture “KOON SAI YAM” CANTONESE WAYANG CABARET AND RONGGENG Grand Opening To-night “KENG LEAN HUA” HYLAM WAYANG NEW RIALTO Tonight
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