The Straits Times, 26 April 1946
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Title Section20 1946-04-26 1 The Straits Times MALAYA'S LEADING NEWSPAPER ESTABLISHED OVER A CENTURY X.UK PAGES SINGAPORE, FRIDAY, APRIL 26, 1946. PRICE 10 CENTS.20 words
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Article748 1946-04-26 1 U.S. And Canada Guarantee Adequate Supplies To U.K. WASHINGTON, Apr. 24.— Great Britr.in has now agreed that 200,000 tuns of British wheat may be diverted to UNRRA countries, India, South Africa, ai>d the Rr.tish zone of Germany at once. I Sixty thousand tons will goReuter - 748 words
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Article66 1946-04-26 1 JOHANNESBURG, Apr. 25— Prikers' telephones were agata ja.Mmp.l with calls trday m a f:c h rash cl business m connection v.ilh t'ue demand for Free Stat? z\A shares, following the nw sold discovery. Although businr-s was still active on th? Stock Exchange the turnover irai considerably66 words
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Article255 1946-04-26 1 Little Indonesia Progress ij.i^ n.-.vjun, Apr. zo. —m an atmosphere of some pess.mLsm with regard to the results cf ten d.-.ys' discussions with :nment, the three ted mmbers of Dr. Sjahrjtißtnresian Government are taking oil early today for Batavia. I bslisved that hopes they brought to Holland of making considerableReuter - 255 words
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65 1946-04-26 1 Spain Inquiry France New Action YORK, Apr. 25—It was learned early today that M. Bonnet. French UNO delegate, was trying to net support for an amendment which would keep committee on Spain In New York where it would examine statements and documents. Reaction to this proposal ccme The Australian delegationUP - 65 words
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Article50 1946-04-26 1 Mussolini's Body —A Manifesto Apr. 24. Italian v In Jeeps today blocked [a converging on Mibn nee oi a Fascist Imlng that the ol Bnito Mussolini's body I of an anti-Communist n manifesto reached the l I v.i h tho initials i mccratlc Party.", led by the "Central t Qcmmltte*."—UP.UP - 50 words
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Article62 1946-04-26 1 Wheat And Flour For Singapore SYDNEY, Apr, 25.— Nine ships are loading or about to load, 26,000 tons of wheat and 45.000 tons of flour for Singapore, Colombo and Indian ports. The last ship is expected to sail within three Weeks. Th e British aircraft carrier Vindex sails for SingaporeReuter - 62 words
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Article210 1946-04-26 1 LONDON, Apr. 24— The Indian problem may take longer to resolve than was expected, says a letter received from the First Lord of the Admiralty, Mr. A. V. Alexander, a member of the British Cabinet# Mission now in India. The letter received by his political- constituency,Reuter - 210 words
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111 1946-04-26 1 Crazed Sailor Kills Nine Shipmates SHANGHAI, Apr. 24— Nine United States seamen were killed aboard a--- amphibious craft of the Seventh fleet in the Yangtze early this morning by a mad sailor. The crazed seaman entered a compartment where 30 of his shipmates were sleeping at 3 a.m turned on111 words
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Article, Illustration63 1946-04-26 1 Th c Supreme Allied Commander, South East Asia. Lard Louis Mountbatten. lunched with the Australian Prime Minister Mr. J. Chiflcy. at Parliament Hous?. Canberra. durm< hi i recent visit to Australia. Lord Louis arrived at Batavia yesterday for a two day visit there and at Ban^>cng. He will have talks63 words
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433 1946-04-26 1 lkjnuun, Apr. 24.— The Government's plans for the transfer to public ownership of Cable and Wireless Limited, outlined m a V/hite Paper today, foresee a maximum world telegraph rate of 18d. a wcrci. The Government, which already owns 2,600,000 cne-pcund shares, intends toReuter - 433 words
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Article177 1946-04-26 1 15 Naval Officers Dismissed PORTSMOUTH, Apr. 24— After cne of the biggest joint trials In the history of the British Navy, fifteen officers were today dismissed the Service. They had refused to embark on a ship, due to leave New York on January 30. The officers, mest of whom areReuter - 177 words
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Article192 1946-04-26 1 EGYPT TALKS DELAYED CAIRO, Apr. 24 —Speculation over the delay m the starting of the Anglo-Esyptian negxtiatkvs for the revlsicn of the 1936 treaty has been aroused by the failure !of the Egyptian Premier. 3:d!<v Pasha, to announce the date for the openir.g of the talks whr: addressed today aReuter - 192 words
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Article351 1946-04-26 1 CHINA Ist ARMY MARCHES CHUNGKING. Apr. 24:-Th9 World Daily News stated today that the new first-army had passed Szepingkai en route to Changchun and wrs meeting stiff resistance from Ccmmvi who have cut the Nationality' communication lines. The report stated that the Nationalist forces were advancing slowly, but b llevedUP - 351 words
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Article28 1946-04-26 1 BOMBAY, Apr 24. The former American President, Mr. Her'>ert Hoover, on a tour of famine stricken areas of the world, arrived m Bombay today. -UP.UP - 28 words
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Advertisement38 1946-04-26 1 =FRASER NEAVE= 1 DOMT MISS A NIGHT IN MONTMARTRE ATOMIC CLUB SATURDAY APRIL 27th BENEFIT OF THE WAR SERVICE LEAGUE BOOK NOW AT SERVICES STORE (WBiteaway'i) OR RAFFLES HOTEL Tickets $5 Each SPACE DONATED BY FRASER A HEAVE38 words
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Advertisement14 1946-04-26 1 Keep Fit With NU VITA FRUIT TONIC. Builds you uf> Sold Everywhere PACIFIC TRADERS.14 words
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Article35 1946-04-26 2 KUI.ASENA. Mr. H. D. Kulas^na thahks all his friends ana relations who attended the funeral of his beloved wife and those who sent messages of condolence, wreaths, and also for tliosc who rendered MSKaam.35 words
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904 1946-04-26 2 The S traits Times Singapore, Friday, April 26, 1946 Co-operation For Defence News that the conference of Empire Prime Ministers now ir. session m London is to ccosider proposals for "remodelling the entire defence strategy cf the British Empire to provide for the largest possible pooling of strength with defence904 words
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Other Opinions
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Letter152 1946-04-26 2 As th; time approaches w h c n, as we have every right to expect, the normal Euro- pean population of the Colony Will begin to return in steadily increasing numbers, it is of consequencp that clear ideas should I be formed regarding the housing problem One suggestion152 words
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Letter170 1946-04-26 2 White Australia The immediate issue comes down to the term 'Whito Australia." All but a lew diehards would get rid of the i term, although only a minority .would get rid of the policy. But how? it is not in the S.atute Book, j but it permeates ihe very air—170 words
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Letter102 1946-04-26 2 The real questions of defence policy are positive. How great can our i.:rmanent military commitments be, given the limitations of our re- sources? Exactly what combination of the naval, land and air arms is best fitted to meet these commitments? What is being d e to ensure that102 words
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1186 1946-04-26 2 "Scrutator' in the Sunday Times - ANOTHER BID FOR PEACE The Prospects Of The Foreign Ministers Meeting In Paris "Scrutator' in the Sunday Times By Mr. Byrnes's success in securing a meetLng of Foreign Ministers in Paris implies postponing the Peace Conference which was projected for a week later. Less haste often means more speed, and1,186 words
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Man-in-the Street
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Letter243 1946-04-26 2 Your correspondent CC T. takes up cudgels for landlord* with i vengeance. 'The proposed legislation, he says, "will mainly oe fcr the benefit of those European men who railed to face the music.'' Tile very tone of his letter stems to suggest that he is either a243 words
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Letter316 1946-04-26 2 There is no greater irony for the wage-earner today than the sponsored propaganda to "Delay Spending.' The need and desire of the average man to have good food and wear decent new clothos were never greater. During the war period and the Jap regime the small man subsisted316 words
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Letter142 1946-04-26 2 With reference to the article on the Andamans published m the Sunday Times of Apr. 21, I wish to point out two inaccuracies: (1 Arrears of back pay for t:uee-and-a-half years to permanent Government servants and I for one year only to temporary Government servants who were142 words
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Letter95 1946-04-26 2 In The Sunday Times (Apr. 14) you wrote: "Living costs m Singapore have fallen about 30 per cent, m the iast lour months, but are still approximately three times as high as they were m 1941. Those are not official figures, but are conclusions based on the95 words
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Letter79 1946-04-26 2 As the civil administration is back and most of the pre-war rubber exporters are here to handle grading, packing and export, it is time the Rubber Buying Unit gave way to rubber dealers to do their best. When there is free trade keen competition is bound to79 words
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Advertisement44 1946-04-26 2 BRAND NEW BRITISH PIANOS IF YOU WANT A URAND NEW PIANO and NOT a rcconflitioncd one, then come to T.M.A.— the only House today that stocks BRAND NEW FIANOS. Few more Just unpacked. TROPICAL CONSTRUCTION REASONABLE PRICE FILLY GUARANTEED 61 63 Hich Street, SiligSJur:44 words
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Advertisement107 1946-04-26 2 Get You r S. OF TI!K Ice Crec IMB Milk B a Business INSTALL A MAHCO-FUE Ice Cream Mi 1 k Bar Unit Sole Agents For Valaya: BELL'S ASBESTOS ENGINEERING (S.S.) I.TO. PO. BOX 64, SINCAPORi THE UNITED EXHIBITORS SYNDICATE OPERATING ALHAMBRA <Sc MARLBOROUGH THEATRES, SINGAPORE. have pleasure In announcing107 words
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475 1946-04-26 3 Graphical Review On Display At Information Centre io oiiiciai statisiics covering tltc six months of British ImiidBtratioit in Singapore, employment has been on the increase, living has dropped steadily, wUe imports have rapidly increased, services have improved, lepcKng to an appreciable475 words
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Article52 1946-04-26 3 Acquitted Of Murder he S ruck back- .n frsm T1 -.n Boon Tong, charg oi i I ha1 in an aitrr.r .on w:t'.i and his wilr ifi a oaf over i 15-yrar-o'd cr, Tra. i ftle, ln- l fence. I v in<: held ho Btruck Mr J A N than52 words
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31 1946-04-26 3 Tribute To Pen ang 's Ambulance Brigade shown bj John Anibulanre niisade dur- w n ijrdn dinner i' Walker revealed th^i he bmltted "certain plaiu quarters and he hop would i31 words
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Article100 1946-04-26 3 Corr: E ILA LI Apr. 25—The Sclangor Children's Home, started by the R-' Displaced Persons Department and now rur by Selan^or State, was opened yesterday by the < f th? Malayan CnJ The Home is situated m Damansara Road, il equipped with modern conveniences and houses 47 children.100 words
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Article43 1946-04-26 3 IlTi:es Cor.-: SEREMBAN. ■Lt Col. H. C. F. Rcdda, OOeer, Ncirl Bsmbllan, (•n transfer to S s\tccerdcd by Mr. U. E HopeFaulkner. i l-h dt>p?-!u'p. Col. Rodda vas cntPrtr.l"!C(l to tea by the stnff at the Police padang m Sercmban.43 words
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Article188 1946-04-26 3 (To thr Editor, The Straits Times.) Sir, In the issue of the Straits Timej of April 6 under the head- 2CO Ex-Guerillas In Alor Star Arrested" there appeared the following mis-.stntrmrnt of lact: •The military then came on the scene. A few rounds were fired188 words
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Article36 1946-04-26 3 Straits Times Corr: PENANG, Apr 23.—A Japanese pistol with two m-.tfa-zlnes and 16 rounds of ammunition were discovered by the Police la a raid conducted last eight on a house Ui Love Lane.36 words
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Article99 1946-04-26 3 iPOH, Apr 24:— Tr Try i.nquia charge cf assisting tho en:my today m the Ipoh District Court, m I Khai Fatt iced before Che of four of his h whom he had close- '1 for years, duriaij the Jap occupation. Today's witnesses, two of whom N H.99 words
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Article111 1946-04-26 3 Strails Times Corr: KIM LUMPCB, Apr. 25.—The remains of thre? European members of the F.M.SVF., who were killed m action m January, 1912 at Batu Tis:a. 14 miles from Kuala Lumpur, will b? buried with full military honours at the Chrras Road cemetery on Saturday. A111 words
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Article92 1946-04-26 3 Capt. Dunbar Killed In Car Crash Stra Oorr: IFO'I. Apr. 25:—Capt HE. Dunbar, District Commlssicnrr for Road Transport, Kinta, was killed last night when the car la which he was travelling bnck to his me?; went off the road m Brcvstrr Road just boforr the traffic lights and smashed Into92 words
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Article210 1946-04-26 3 Tragedy marred the A^zac Day Dawn Commemoration j Service hold at the Cenot.-nh yesterday morning. A military truck, with 12 Army p. onnel, overturned om the Bukit Timah Rcc.d. o v to attend the service. Two thers are m a critical condition. m those210 words
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Article235 1946-04-26 3 Sir G. Maxwell On Union Treaties Strait Corr: LONDON. Apr. 24:—In a letter to the D Telegraph. Si: ILa the Malayan Union d< liar. 13, m which Capt. L n the British Government v.-as cpen to the charge o: I <. md of State .cr the Colonies, Mr. Creech repudiated235 words
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Article100 1946-04-26 3 Straits Times Corr: PENANG, Apr. 23.—An assurance that the question if payment of arrears of pension would be taken up with the Secretary of State for the Colonies was given by two Members of Parliament, Mr. H. L. Hutchinson (Lab: Rusholme) and Mr. J Sllverman (Lab: Erdlngton), mi100 words
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Article223 1946-04-26 3 Y.vtn-day m the sixth War Crimes Court, Lt. Col. G. A. Peacock sentenced two Japanese. Second-Class Petty Officer Yamajguchi Haruo and Leading Salman Awakuni Ryosuke, to death by hair m".. Addressing the first accused. iCol. Peacock declared: "You were charged before this Court with confuting a223 words
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Advertisement211 1946-04-26 3 I HONE ft CO., LTD. TFXFPHONF IVMTKI'.MENTS will er i on of a v of rho -para i MUNICIPALITY -■'larp Sand for C Municlpo'.ity July IM6 of 50 r^nts for (?arh form. A r,/<pr,<:i' Rf-. handed m. which s'irn oi m all caa marked "Tender for thf supply of I211 words
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Advertisement506 1946-04-26 3 Mansfield Co., Ltd. (Incorporated m Singapore.) BLUE FUNNEL LINE Sailings to United Kini?'!om Dates not guaranteed Cargo for Continent accepted when inducement offers All cargo bookings subject to Conference Clauses WESTERN AUSTRALIA The shortest <*a route at Ihr chraprst rate Regular Services to Fremantle by Ist class pas&cngtr ships Single506 words
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Advertisement115 1946-04-26 3 I St. Andrew's Old Doys' As:.o^3 4 'onJ "AT HOME" All O "AT H( [an Ho lim K.B.E. at St. Andrew's School oa Basnli RACE'rORM trIN >o i 1 how they looked I how they all ran. Tl: Mail 1( KOftM. I n i !Mi; m::.\ < n v >115 words
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372 1946-04-26 4 450 Tons Of Foodstuffs Among Gifts Gifts of clothing: and foodstuffs from UNRRA and the Bfitish Uetl Cross are m the process of being distributed throughout Malaya. The giftj co-iprise 8,000 bales of second-hand clothing dispatched from New York by UNRRA for relief372 words
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Article126 1946-04-26 4 Entry Of Student! Into Australia Three conditions must be satisfied by students m Malaya who wish to enter the Australian schools and colleges, according to Mr. Claude Ma^sey, Australian Government Commissioner for Malaya. He explains that owing to the creat shortage of accommodation ii the schools, co'leges and residential areas,126 words
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Article108 1946-04-26 4 i A raid on a hous? In Bukit T.mah on Wednesday resulted In the recovery of cne .45 Thompson sub-machine gun and a .303 rifle The raid was conducted by a party of officers and detectives of the C.I.D. Later In the evening, a NAAFI store108 words
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374 1946-04-26 4 HOME SPORTS Aston Villa For League Championship r -jt LONDON. April 23—Aston Villa remained In the running for League Souih championship ty today's narrow victory over Leicester City. They now have 58 points, same as Charlton and Birmingham, but have played a game more and have an inferior ijoal average.UP - 374 words
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196 1946-04-26 4 Straits Times Corr: PENANG, Apr. 25.—For the first time since th 2 re-occupation, outstation horses will be racing In Penang at the forthcoming two-day May meeting to be held on May 4 and 11. Entries, which closed today, show that out of a total of196 words
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309 1946-04-26 4 Japs Tortured 'Spies' Before Interrogation With the examination of three more witnesses, who threw further light on the manner whereby the Japanese built up "spy" cases against Indian residents In the Andamaos. the prosecution case against the eight Japanese who face charges of atrocities committed at Port Blair clcssd j309 words
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Article168 1946-04-26 4 Forces' Most Powerful Radio Radio SEAC. the broadcasting station of South-East Aiia Command, is to be the world's most p^.verful forces' radio and one of the most Dowerful of all stations. On May 1 its new 100-kilowatt transmitter will begin operating, and its programmes will be heard all over India.168 words
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Advertisement270 1946-04-26 4 THE DISTRICT'S MOST POPULAR UP TOD A TE QUEENS THEATRE Tel. Mo. ***** GKILANG Drily 3 Shows: 3.00, MS 9.15 p.m. BAHA AtWEWS CB»Smg MWlliS toleoied through KKO Radio Picturei. Inc. i\v Danny Kaye sitixle handed i 20 Japs and ties them on a rope like fishes on a string270 words
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Advertisement394 1946-04-26 4 EX V G. W. (NiehtlT at 7 930 p.m.) A Mighty Serial with Thrills Filling Chapter After Chapter "HAWK OF THE WH-OnRNESS" with Herman Brlx (of "D^iedevlls of the Red Circle Fnme) In Bl(? Lead Midnirht (11.30) Tnmerrow "ADVENTURES OF MARTIN EDEN" (Glenn Ford Claire Trevor) ATLANTIC C. W. (NM-rhtly394 words
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Advertisement157 1946-04-26 4 U.S. GENERAL WITHOUT GLASSES IN CAMP. Brig. Gen. Clinton A. Pierce while m prison camp on Formosa decided to tio some reading, unfortunately one of trie Jap guards smashed his glasses One of his fellow officers loaned him a pair, but they caused bad headaches. Another officer tried to measure157 words
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Advertisement318 1946-04-26 4 PAVILION LAST NIGH\ OKOIfc ocW Holmes nT2H»# wKfci m Alii ijBaJMB OPENING TO-MORROW HAPPY WORLD BOXSHiT SUN, 28th APRIL at 8.45 p m. Jjtl ijt« ASP. Presents First Appearance Of \snk Ml The on^urrini Selanior T^^^^^% Champion. MSI9T. PENKEAR3W (The Racr of X.1.. Has 8.-atrn _j£f\ Eagle. Newton. Simal /SSB?*-318 words
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Page 4 Miscellaneous
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Miscellaneous253 1946-04-26 4 SINGAPORE RADIO RED NETWORK from noon M Z p.m. and 6 30 to II p m on tZ~\ metrrs from noon" to Z p.m on 4.8S5 mrs/sec In 81 metre band and from 7.45 to 9.36 p.m on 4 7K tns<- <rc Ir 61 metre band. Chinese noon to 1253 words
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