The Straits Times, 20 November 1945

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  • 19 1 The Straits Times MAL.WA s LEAbI.XG NEFSPAPER-EST/IH USUED 1843 i: PAGES SINGAPORE. TUESDAY. NOVEMBER 20. 1945 P3ICE 10 CENTS
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  • 226 1 INACCURATE AND DAMAGING" MELBOURNE, \ov. 19.— The Headquarof Admiral Lord Louis Mountbutlen, Supreme Allied Commander m South-east Asia. c sent lignal to the Australian Army mhorities describing as "inaccurate and damag.iii' the broadcast on Indonesia put out under auspices of the Commonwealth Ministry
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  • 25 1 iOKYO. Nov. 18. A survey shows that at least 33 political partld have b?en formed m Japan since the end of the war. United Press.
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  • 65 1 WASHINGTON. Nov. 19. Ihe Office of Price Admislration yesterday an- i. iimed the fixing of retail rices for new American ■utomobil^s on (he average i'\el of 1942 prices. The Ford* will be about wm per cent higher than n«» 194 i level: the Stude•ker nine
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  • 36 1 ANBERRA. Nov. i9:— The alian Prime Minister, B. Chiefley. declared tothat the British Pacific was moving from Au.sto Singapore and Horn; stations, repair facilibarracks and stores uld be closed down. Reuter.
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  • 303 1 AVI A. Nov. 19.— The iation m Semarang. midtown, gives -:ause for In view of the ai^res'.titude of Indonesian .:i.StS. Indonesian broadcast war on the British" ailing on Jogjakarta aalistfl to reiniorce them been picked up by a radio listening post. ;h troops are s
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  • 214 1 LONDON. Nov. 19.— Among the many hundreds of Service personnel making the move from Kandy to Sinpar've is a considerable number of oilicers who have noth n<j to do and for whom posts r>.re beinsr created iii which most will have very little more
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  • 151 1 Chiang Launches Big Manchuria Push Chinese Central Government forces have begun an offensive io recover Manchuria br iorce, according to Nationalist sources in Chungking, quoted by United Press. The same sources asserted that the Government fores had made a second breach in the Great Wall and were driving *oward the
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  • 57 1 TEHERAN. Nov. 19. The situation at Azerbaijan is dangerous, an Iran Government spokesman sad last night. A merchant arriving from rebel -isolated Tabriz reported that the rebels hay? seized fOrtr towns. The rebels were mo*tly Armenians who had migrated into Iran from the Caucasus and Red Army men
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  • 19 1 LONDON. Nov. ll.— Bangkok radio reported today that King Anandii Mnhidol has' loft Switzerland bf plane for Siam. Reuter.
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  • 197 1 Anglo-U.S. Loan Talks Drag On 3 POINTS OF DIFFERENCE WASHING TON No% .18 i I 9 Anglo-Americ n loan talks are certain to be prolonged over most oi this week, it is authoritatively learned here. The present phase or negotiations covers a detailed reconciliation of British an i American views
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  • 74 1 JERUSALEM, Nov. 18- A Jewish secret wireless transmitter m a broadcast tonight declared Jews would not surrender firearms m their possession as demanded by the official proclamation. The broadcast asserted that each Jew -will prefer to suiivr the death penalty as hi<; peool" are undefended." The
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  • 623 2 The Straits Times UNKNOWN A Convenient Anchorage F al Lord A Brooke chief of the Imperial ii staff, is reported to Nothing has been dis d officially regarding his further movements, but it Is to br that a visit to Singapore is included m the ary of the c.I.G.S. and
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  • 1078 2 Central Marshall Tells U.S.A. Britain s pai t in sa\ m? re mocracy and incidentally saving America has received acknowledgment from the highest V c military sourre General < e. r:e C. Marshall. Chief of Staff Of the U.S. Army In a wav calculated to make
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    • 484 2 I have supixirted the idei of the freedom of the Press for n rood many years now: therefore I do not regard the fart that ycur paper hits out ;*r anything and everything In F-irht as m itself a bad thing. It Js, however, fxtremely irritating to many
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    • 107 2 A B.M.A. circular has Just been issued to daily paid workers notifying them that those on sick leave are not eligible for pay During the last three and half years, most of these employees suffered hardships, uross ill tre.itment and malnutrition, with the result that they have
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  • 465 2 Singapore Diary References whi been made to the teai regardin ance m Singap< re lor control's sake i entirely without The point is one whii have to be watched closely, but at the san n. is important that should realise th< for the mainto nance controls far beyond the tnili.
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  • 107 3 Early Rush Of Applicants I j I how Shu.>m> have welct Jet permitting local ie banks to accept I to China, hundreds Lcations irom men and poured into the Over- Chinese Bank on Saturand a further 1.000 apn& krpt the banks redepartment busy 1 morning. •day was
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  • 98 3 A Police raid on a hut off Thomson Road on Nov. 15 had a sequel m the First District Court on Monday when I a Chinese, Wong Ho Lim, v:cs convicted en charges of po^- session of a revolver and ammunition, and goods, including two flying
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  • 234 3 Private Stocks Flowing Into The Black Market Though official stcx-ks of rice m Singapore do not justify an Increase of rations at the moment, loral Chinese traders be'ieve that there exist large supplies m private hands which will more than meet demand over a fair perici. This
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  • 43 3 Mr. N. Leicester has been elected to represent the Local Defence Corps (Singapore), through whom the Committee, formed by the B.M.A will be able to contact the Corps m respect of all matters affecting payments, relief and recognition or services.
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  • 33 3 The total proccei* of the Ro-1 1 Cross charity football match played on Sunday, was $2.31 i.fo This sum wi.l oe paid to ihe Ked Cross by Oroup Capt. G. I Marvin. RAF.
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  • 203 3 The suggestion that a section of the Chinese popu'ation m Sourabaya. living the Chinese National Flag, are voluntarily fighting the British forces, contained In local reports, is unfair, according to Mr. S. F. Liau, a Chinese business man who recently arrived In Singapore from Bntavia
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  • 112 3 Although Singapore is a free port, import duties are being collected on tobacco, cigarettes and intoxicating liquors, states an official of the Singapore Customs Department. Quantities of dutiable gooes are comparatively small ac present. The two locai breweries In operation produce principally for military consumption
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  • 43 3 Estates In Kclaiit.in arc generally m good condition and a number of Asnuc holdings are In production. [Coconut oil and tobacco sro also bein-4 produced and the rice harvest promise well The B.M.A. has taken steps to revive the fishing md
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  • 120 3 The termination of the month-old strike In Batu Arang tin and coal mines i> announced In a communique issued by the British Military Admlnistralien m Kuala Lumpur. A- a meeting oi representaH vtl oi Mines' Employees raid the Belangor People's Conim the Senior SS Affa
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  • 117 3 It is officially announced (hat those pupils who have already been admitted to (iovorntiifnt and (iovernment aided schools, and who are the children of parents now receiving emergency relief will not I pay school fees while their 1 parents continue receipt of such relief. The parents of such
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  • 32 3 At an extraordinary general meeting of the Ceylon Sports Club on Sunday eveninp. it was decided to revive the activities of the Club and a new committee was elected.
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  • 109 3 EXTORTION NOT TO BE TOLERATED The assurance that the B.M.A. will do everything m its power to protect those who come forward to report (•uses of extortion, is Riven lA an official statement. Still prevalent, extortion tafcts the form of reque-ts to b'.islne^smen shopkeepers and others for money, oftenr.ibly for
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  • 58 3 Former members, as well as those desiring to join the Catholic Young Men's Association, Church of Our Lady of Lourdes. are requested to notify the hon. general secretary, 7, Wilkie Road, of their addressei and to note that a general meeting will be held at the parochial school on Sunday.
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    • 276 3 LEGAL NOTICE. NOTICE IS HEP.SBY GIVEN' I that Dr. Choo Teck Guan of ciagapcre, Medical Practitione: at present reading m Bombiy. ha? by Deed dated the 18th day .f October 1945. REVOKED th? Power of Attorney made by him nr,c dated the 18th day of June 1930, and all And
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  • 167 4 30,000 MISSING SAID AFFECTED TOKYO, Nov. 18.— A report from the j Japanese Central Liaison Office to the Recovered Personnel Section of Gen. Mac Arthur's headquarters has revealed that Japanese recorus concerning prisoners of war were among the official documents burned last August before Allied trooiis
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  • 248 4 America's Involvement In China YORK. No\. 19. Tho State* ti so involved ;n the .'.iViouitios between Qcneralisslmo Chiang Kni-j-hek's Central Government und the Chinese Communists that it nay have difficulty m extricating Itself, accord;rm to Hugh Paillie, president of United Press, who has returned from a 20.000in;lp trio through the
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  • 42 4 D WARFS B-29 WASHINGTON, scv. 18. It was revealed yesterday that the United States has completed production of the B-36A. a super-bomber Which dwarfs the B-29. the first land-based plane to bomb Japan. The plane lias not yet been flown. United Press.
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  • 88 4 WASHINGTON. Nov. 19 A U.S. Department of Agriculture report released yesterday forecasts the world rice crop for 1945-1946 at 6.500 million bushels. The pre-war yearly avera \i was 7,400 million bushels Increases were predicted by exporting countries such a.Burma. Siam and Indo-China. Korea is exported to be
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  • 39 4 HONOLULU. Nov. 18.— I; is officially announced thru the cri i- j cai shortage it unskilled ngricultural workers m Hawaii \*ui be i relieved m 1946 b> tho im- portatl p. of 6,000 labourer* from the Philippines. United Press.
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  • 102 4 NEW YORK. Nov. 18.— The New York Times today edi- 1 toxiaily attributed part of the it res« nt troubles m the Orient to Japanese treachery. 'At least t;art o f the trouble m the Orient is boing caused Ly Japanese treachery and by violation of surrender terms."'
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