The Straits Times, 25 July 1946

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  • 20 1 The Straits Times MALAYA'S LEADING NEWSPAPER ESTABLISHED OVER A CENTURY LIGHT PAGES SINGAPORE, THURSDAY, JULY 25, 1946. PRICE 10 CENTS.
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  • 859 1 VITAL TALKS HELD ON MALAYA Co v n ter-Proposa Is Considered By A Special Correspondent KUALA LUMPUR, Wednesday. TOMORROW may be a decisive day m Malayan political history. It may see arising out of the ugly ashes of the Mac Michael treaties the foundations of a new and more acceptable
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  • 155 1 From Our Own Correspondent KUALA LUMPUR, Wed. SIR Theodore Adams, in a statement to the Press in Koala Lumpur, says there is no truth whatever in the suggestion that he has come out as an emissary of and at the request of the Cclonial Office.
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  • 69 1 Monty Takes His Seat LONDON, Wed.— The House of Lords was shaken from its usual solemnity by an outburst of; usually loud applause this afternoon when Viscount Montgomery of Alamein was introduced into the House. Wearing the scarlet and ermine robes yver his khaki uniform and carrying his black cocked
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  • 49 1 Tivo hundred soldiers, many of them ex-dockers, began work on July 9 unloading tomatoes at Southampton docks from the steamers Haslemere and Whitstable because of the strike of 2,000 dock workers. The soldiers were instructed m the handling of cargoes by Southern Railway checkers.
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  • 221 1 WASHINGTON, Wednesday. THE United States Reparations Ambassador, Mr. Edwin F. Pauley, today revealed that the United States was considering reducing American reparations shipments fn>m Germany to Russia to counterbalance the Russian removals from Manchuria. He said that personally he did not believe that such an action
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  • 170 1 THE HAGUE. Tuesday. QUEEN WILHELMINA of the Netherlands told the Dutch Parliament today that "in important parts of the outer territories of the East Indies a start has been made with the establishment of the new political order. •Deliberations are proceeding with representatives
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  • 287 1 BIKINI, Wednesday. VICE-ADMIRAL William Blandy, Commander of the United States Atomic Task Force, announced yesterday that the underwater atomic bomb test would be held as arranged at 9.35 p.m. GMT today. Vice-Admiral Blandy made the decision after conferring with weather officials. Early today a small craft, be-!
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  • 291 1 NEW THREAT BY TERRORISTS IN JERUSALEM JERUSALEM, Wednesday. AN unconfirmed report says that the Jewish terrorist organisation Irgun Zvai Leumi, which has admitted blowing up the King David Hotel, has warned that it is preparing an attack on the Central Police Headquarters in Jerusalem. The report stated that a mysterious
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  • 114 1 Mass Protest By Civilians In K.L. From Our Own Correspondent KUALA LUMPUR, Wed. EUROPEANS in Kuala Ij Lumpur are to hold a mass protest meeting in Kuala Lumpur following the announcement by Malaya Command that 30 service families are coming to Ku&ia Lumpur next month and will be accommodated in
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  • 111 1 From Our Own Correspondent LONDON, Wednesday. Mrs. Elizabeth Choy, who received the OBE (Civil) m the recent Birthday Honours for her part m assisting British prisoners of war m Malaya during the Japanese occupation, had the unusual honour of a half-hour private interview with the
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  • 26 1 MOSCOW. Wed —Marshal Stalin yesterday received Mr. Lie, Secretary-General of the United Nations Organisation. Mr. Molotov, the Foreign Commissar, was present. A. P.
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  • 105 1 WASHING I ON. Wee —A Ur.£.te Department spokesman today indicated that it was highly unlikely that the United StaUs Government would have y comment to make on Mac; ame Sun Vat-sens charges that reactionaries m China and the United States were attempting to provoke
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  • 229 2 "Communist China Rule Efficient" MANCHESTER, Wed. rE Manchester Guardian today criticises American policy in Ch^na in a leading article in which it expresses regret that negotiations between the Communists and the Kuomintarig have broken down. "In tlrs situation the VS., has great responsibilit/, it says. "Rightly or wrongly (and it
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  • 106 2 Battle Rages In Shanghai Region NANKING, Wed. CHINESE Government forces began a furious .ou»iterattack against Communist troops threatening the Nanking and Shanghai areas and plunged northward for 28 miles before being checked. Government sources said the Nationalists had begun a counter-attack along a 150mile front. Communists were reported to have
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  • 124 2 LONDON, Tues.— Mr. James Maxtcn, outstanding Left-wing figure in British politics and leader of the minority group, the Independent Labour Party died today. He was 61 years of age. Mr. Maxton had been Member of Parliament for the Brldgeton division of Glasgow since 1922.
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  • 343 2 6 'Personal Views" Objected To TOKIO, Wednesday. IT. GEN. KUZMA DEREVYANKO, Soviet member of the Allied Council for Japan, has bluntly accused the council chairman, U.S. Ambassador, Mr. George Atcheson Jnr., of trying "to force" personal opinions upon the council. In a formal statement read at
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  • 114 2 LONDON, Tues— Some routine selling on a quiet stock-market imparted dullness ond the market inclined to drift aimlessly lower. The Palestine incident was a disturbing factor. A certain amount of professional offering m the gilt-edged market resulted m occasional losses of a sixteenth In the foreign bond market
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  • 90 2 NEW YORK, Wed.— The French delegate to the United Nations' Security Council, M. Alexandre Parodi, and General Martial Valin, French members of the United Nations military staff committee, arrived by plane from Paris today and said that France was prepared to defend her position against
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  • 42 2 WASHINGTON, Tues.— The War Assets Administration has announced that the GRS synthetic rubber plant m Louisville, Kentucky, has been sold to th« wartime lessee, the S. F. Goodrich Company, which has a capacity of 60,000 long tons annually. —U.P.
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  • 23 2 Jose Maurel, president of the Philippines during the Jaoanese occupation, arrived m Manila trom Japan yesterday to lace treason trials.
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  • 21 2 Fri*:cess Elizabeth leaving the Senate House of London University after receiving the honorary degrfe of Bachelor of Music.
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  • 49 2 The foreshore of the Thames b 7 the Tower of London which has been closed for seven years was re-opened this month. Chief Warden A. 11. Cook D CM., MM. B EM., from the Tow«r rives a helping hand to a not- so-young paddler.
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  • 226 2 BERLIN, Tuesday. AMERICAN officials believe that two U.S. Officers who have n, disappeared m the Russian zone of Germany are the victims of robbers. One of the officers, Capt. Corbir, is known to have had $600 (US) m his pocket at the time of his disappearance.
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  • 126 2 London, Tjcs. Interrelation on the position cf the Gurkha community resident in India was sought in the House of Commons by a Conservative member today. Mr. Arthur Henderson, Undersecretary for India, said that all such matters were for the Constituen. Assembly to decide. Mr.
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  • 95 2 PEKING, Wed.— The Chinese press reported today that the seven United States marines kidnapped on July 13 have been relorsed, but the Marine headq .1. .s said that they had no s ci iformation. special truce team is repor °d negotiating with the Commum ts for
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  • 232 2 BEVIN SA YS EAST MEETS WEST LONDON, Tues. THE British Foreign Secretary, M. Ernest Bevin, at a luncheon* given by the Anglo-Netherlands Society m London today, said the ultimate effect on the East of what happened m Europe had to be considered, and one ,of the great phases of the
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  • 429 2 BATAVIA, Wednesday. ALLEGED Dutch sea and air attacks on Indonesian rice growing areas "for the express purpose of disrupting the collection and storing of rice for India," formed the subject of a strong commentary by the Indonesian controlled Radio Jogjakarta which called upon the British
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    • 571 2 Walt Disney's "FANTASIA" For Alhambra Theatre The Management of the Alhambra Theatre are very happy Indeed to announce that, after protracted negotiations with R.K.O. Radio Pictures, Distributors of Walt Disney's productions, they have come to an agreement whereby the musical film "Fantasia" will, m the near future, be shown In
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    • 171 2 ARMY SURPLUS STOCK for CHEAP SALE Now m stores at Adelaide. Melbourne Sydney. All brand new articles. Shipments arranged within 6 weeks from date of order. Items comprising: HARDWARES. MACHINERY, TOOLS. MAUMMQ MATERIALS AND EQUIPMENTS. SHIPS STORES, DOMESTIC GOODS AND TOILET ACCESSORIES. Here are a few of the thousand over
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  • 220 3 Agreement With Owners Reached CINGAPORE'S 1,100 Chinese lightermen resumed work this morning bringing to an end their 10 days old strike which had delayed the loading and unloading of Ital materials, including foodstuffs. An official of the Singapore Lightermen's Association stated yesterday evening that an agreement
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  • 109 3 A FURTHER raid m the campaign against hawkers was tarried out on Tuesday m the Chin Chew Street, Newmarket Rrad, Fish Street area wo lorry loads of fresh fruit ar»d vegetables were confiscated together with ten lorry loads of hawkers equipment All stalls were abandoned by
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  • 98 3 From Our Own Correspondent PENANG, Wed. ABOUT 50 lighters U the Penang wharf are lying idle today as a result of a strike by lightermen employed by the Penang Harbour Board. Some 70 men are affected. They are seeking an all-round increment of $35 a month.
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  • 122 3 Britain To Use Only Natural Rubber Soon Ffroin Our Own Correspondent LONDON. Tues. REPLYING in the House of Commons today to a question by Sir John Mellor, (Cons.. Sutton Coldfleld Div.. Warwickshire), as to why Britain brought 1.917 tons of American synthetic rubber in February this year when 11.973 tons
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  • 162 3 Jap Regime Gaol Chief Found Guilty AN unanimous verdict of culpable homicide not amounting to murder was returned against Manikam Tanapathy at the Singapore Assizes yesterday. Mr. Justice N. A. Worley remarked that there being another charge outstanding against the accused, sentence would be postponed until the conclusion of that
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  • 128 3 MR. A. C. T. Kwong, Singapore Chinese Consul, told a Straits Times reporter yesterday that lie had appealed to the Chinese communities during his recent visit to Johore Bahru. Muar and Bat j Pahat, not to regard any future incidents involving Chinese as anti-Chinese movements, but
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  • 163 3 Questions On Pilferage In Singapore LONDON, Tue». PILFERING of military food stores at Singapore was IBlMd m the House of Commons by Sir Waldron Smithers, Conservative MP for Orpington, Kent, who assed if the War Minister would give instructions that stores being landed should be tallied by responsible officers. He
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  • 200 3 CLIGHT hitches following the change-over from Govu ernment to commercial handling of rice stocks is the explanation given by the Food Control Department for the delays in distribution of the rice rations which have occurred in Singapore during the last few days. The change-over
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  • 108 3 'SCORPION MEETS AT ST. PAUL'S Twelve ex-officers or R.A.V. Transport Command met recently on the steps of St. Paul's to keep a date made when serving m Iraq and South East Asia during the war. They are members of the "Scorpion Club" pledged to meet at St. Paul's on July
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  • 222 3 PERMISSION has been granted by the Government of I Singapore for the return of ovei 1,000 Chinese, formerly residents m Malaya, who went to China prior to 1942 as drivers and mechanics for the transport section of the Chinese Army, the Straits Times understands. The exact
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  • 69 3 SINGAPORE'S continued drought caused more crass fires yesterday. The Municipal Fire Brigade has attended an average of from five to seven large size blazes daily during the past fortnight. Worst blaxe on Tuesday occurred hi lall&ng near an A.P.C. oil dump along Kepp»l Road which
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  • 214 3 Mutiny Of Paratroopers In Malaya LONDON. Tues. THE War Minister, Mr. Jack Lawson, was questioned m House of Commons today about members of the 13th Parachute Battalion, Sixth Airborne Division, who have been under arrest since May 14 after a strike at a rest camp near Kuala Lumpur, Malaya. Major
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  • 95 3 A Court interpreter claimed trial m the First District Court yesterday to a charge of corruptly offering to a police officer the sum of $500. It is alleged that on June 28 at about 10.45 p.m., at the New World Park, Seah Yoon Shen, a Chinese interpreter attached
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  • 50 3 Major J. P Martin has been appointed Sc. r Aide-de-Camp to the Governor General of the Malayan Union, Mr. W. E. Rigby, M.C.S. to act as Principal Assistant Secretary to the Governor General and Mr. R. N. Turn or to act as Assistant Secretary to the Governor General.
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  • 310 3 IMPLEMENTING the decisions they made at a recent meeting, the Combined Committee representing employees m all branches of Government m Singapore forwarded a letter to the Colonial Secretary, Mr. P. A. B. McKerron, yesterday asking for a 30 per cent, cost of living allowance, subject to
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  • 168 3 No Increases For New Govt. Employees THE Government of Singapore requires approximately 100 clerks to cope with the shortage of staff m various departments. They will be paid salaries ranging from $65 to $75 a month, according to their age, other qualifications being equal. The m i Mai salaries have
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  • 43 4 WILL ALL "BURMA BOYS" U present In Singapore pleast communicate with Capt. B. L. Dunsford. Social Welfare Dept. Singapore. Tel. 4371, or Hugh Savage c/o the Straits Times, Tel. 5471, as It is proposed to hold a re-union dinner early next month.
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  • 1074 4 The Straits Times Singapore, Thurs., July 25, 1946. Free Meals In Schools Those who know how far Great Britain and the United States have gone towards the feeding of school-children by the State we~e interested to learn from a report m the Straits Times the other day that the Singapore
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  • 80 4 CHIPBUILDINQ returns issued by Lloyds of London yesterday showed that 3,255,781 tons of merchant shipping is under construction m the world's major shipbuilding nations,— more 'than half of it m Great Britain. Returns are not available for Russia About 10 per cent, of th e tonnage is being
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  • 59 4 Many an office worker whose days are spent m the business district of Singapore has sighed with envy at the sight of these sail-menders plying thrii trade m peace and quiet on the grass under the fine old angsana trees at the corner of
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  • Man In The Street
    • 337 4 Let's Get Together And Stage A Buyer's Strike THROUGHOUT this year the 1 "Man-In-The-Street" has been voicing complaints about the impossible cost of living, and still prices don't come down. The chief reason is that no effecUve action has been taken against these profiteering opportunists. Secondly, there is a spending
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    • 148 4 |N connection with the disclosures made by a Singapore merchant m your columns a few days ago m regard to the roush handling of cases and boxes and the pilfering of goods going on at th? Singapore Harbour Board, I would like to say that the
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    • 118 4 IT amazes me how "Airman Amazed" could make sucii an amazing statement that bead rationing in Great Britain could make any difference to the wheat situation of the Empire least of all in Malaya, which depends on Australia lor iis flour and Slam and Burma tor
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    • 52 4 IN TWO MINUTES —The 10th of July saw the "Craven" plain green tin cigarettes of 50 each arrive m Kuala Krai. I bought two tins at a dollar each. Ano.nei friend, half a dozen at $1. Subsequent buyers iiad to pay $1.70 a tin. Time interval, not ertn two minutes!—John
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    • 209 4 I HAVE been keeping a pretty accurate kira of the folk who have been writing to you on various and unintfcresting topics. As 1 am now the only one left (I exceot, of course, the old lady with paralysis of both hands who lives m
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    • 111 4 PROPERTY owners of Singapore were excused Municipal assessment for the period Sept/Dec, 1945. An exception, however, was made In the case of owners whose properties were occupied by Army, Navy and Air Force. These properties were subjected not only to 24 per cent h..-*i°>-ment but an additional 6
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    • 97 4 HOUSING mi n tfeMa days a real problem. There is land m abundance within and around the Municipal area. Cement, planks and at tap —three essential materials —for construe, tion of an emergency type of dwelling, as m Rangoon Road, are now obtainable at reasonable prices. If
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  • 553 4 A Chinese Question For Dato Braddell THERE is no harm, indeed much good, m per»uad- ing persons resident m Malaya to regard themselves as Malayan citizens Those words occur towards the end of Mr. Kola ml Bra ddell's articles on "The Case For The Malays." i feel bound to ask
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  • 404 5 Co-Operative Store For Singapore Msmbership Open To General Public ANE inure blow at shopkeepers m Singapore who sell at high prices is to be made shortly when the islands' first co-operative store opens m North Bridge Ivoad. Avowed object of the stores is to act as wholesalers and retailers and
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  • 28 5 At 9.45 p.m. tomorrow the Financial Secretary, Mr. Nelson Jones, will make a statement on "The Sngapore Loan and Income Tax" over the Blue Network of Radio Malaya.
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  • 74 5 More Meat For Malaya MIA 1 suprlies m Singapore and Malaya are to be increased with the shipment of 13 000 sheep ordered from Austrslan sunrjliers, states a Reuter message from Sydney. The first batch of several hundrrd sheep are now awaiting shipment. Australia has also received new orders for
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  • 109 5 GOVERNOR MEETS SCBA MEMBERS THE Governor, Sir Franklin Gimson, will issue a communique shortly on the question of back pay for Singapore Chinese Vounteers. He discussed the petition presented to him by the Straits Chinese British Association on treatment of Singapore Chinese Volunteers with representatives of the Association at a
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  • 83 5 tt'JALA LG&fPUR, Wed. THREE applicants have been chosen out of 61 from the Malayan Union for scholarship awards to study social welfare work at tha London Schoo. of Economics and later to work for th e Malayan Union Social Welfare Department. All three are Kuala Lumpur residents.
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  • 309 5 Japs Charged With Deaths Of 1,000 Po Ws MEN who, the prosecution contentls, are responsible for the deaths of over 1.000 Australian, Dutch, British and American PoWs on the Siam-Burma "death" railway and for bringing injury to health and misery and suffering to thousands of others appeared yesterday at the
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  • 51 5 (From Our Own Correspondent) PENANG, Wed. THE month-old strike by 140 United Engineers' workmen ended yesterday when the strikers agreed to return to work The men who stopped work on June 21 have accepted the terms offered by the company regarding higher wages and cost of living
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  • 96 5 Ceylonese On Charge Of Having Arms FIVE Ceylonese, K. Thomas <24>, J. John <40\ R. Somveratne (42), D. K. Senivaratne <32) and P. K. Joseph (32), app^red before Mr. Ahmad bin Ibrahim m the Fifth Police Court yesterday and had a charge of being m possession of a .45 servi.-p
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  • 39 5 The Royal Navy is helping to ke«p things go n? at the St. James Tower Station during the strike of workmen there. The H"ture above shows Petty Officer stokers m the generating room.
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  • 258 5 NEGOTIATIONS between the 15,000 labourers of the Singapore Naval Base and officials of the Naval Base have been temporarily suspended as the officials cannot contact representatives authorised to conduct the negotiations on behalf of the men. The six points raised by the men m a
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  • 213 5 TRIAL OF SUMATRA JAP GUARDS THE trial of 24 Japanese and Korean personnel of PoW camps In Sumatra, charged with 111-treating prisoners and causing the death of many of th c m began m the War Crimes Court id Singapore yesterday before Lt. Col. P. A. Forsythe. Ma, or J.
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  • 90 5 UUGH BLANE, a 38-ycur-old 11 British seaman of the S.S. 'Samfinn,' was yesterday sentenced to six weeks' imprisonment, for assaulting F. Dawson the Th rd Engineer, m the Fifth Court. The assault occurred oi July 21, when Blan c threw 8 bottle at Dawson m the
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  • 401 5 TPHE following appointments In the Malayan Union have been gazetted: Mr. A.O. Robb. Malayan Survey Service, has been appointed to act Chief Surveyor Johore, Mr. T.R. Blackman, Malayan Survey Service, to act as Chief Surveyor, Malacca, Mr. R.A. Slmcock, Malayan Survey Service, to act as Chief Surveyor
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  • 361 5 MAY Hoeden, a young Eurasian girl, revealed m the Singapore War Crimes court yesterday that Okuda, one of the five Japs facing a charge of being concerned m the murder of two Malays, was born m Singapore. Explaining how she came to be with Okuda
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  • 119 5 Charge Of Intimidating S.H.B. W orkers ALLEGED to have committn. Ed criminal intimidation fc,y threatening Singapore Harbour Board workers at th? labourers' quarters m Nelson Road with violence if they did not go on str.ke on July 23. two 17-year-old Chinese, Koh Kheng Swee and Tan Kirn Keng, had the
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  • 191 5 From Our Own Correspondent KUALA LUMPUR, Wed. CLOTH worth $25,020 which had Just been stolen 'com the Ordnance Depot at the Sth Mile, Ipoh Road, Kuala Lumpur, was recovered m the early hour? of this morning as a result of a combined raid by the
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  • 198 5 A verdict cf deatn by misadventure was recorded by the Sinpore Coroner. Mr. W. G. Poiter, at the end of an inquiry yesterday into the denh of an inmate of the Mental Hospital v,ho was thrown off the ambulance that was taking him from
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  • 491 6 Man Whom Delhi Fears More Than Anybody By Khalek Quereshi, Reuter's Special Correspondent DESHAWAR, (By Air Mail) Waziristan, barren, hostile No-Man's-Land offering fertile soil on the border for embarrassing intrigues by Central Asian rivals of the British Empire, is still the main problem of India's North-West Frontier.
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  • 124 6 LONDON, Mon.-The na.n;s of cremated service people who leil m the war arj to be commemorated at Mortlake Crematorium, .s-.a-.ed Lt.-Col. R. W. Murphy of the Imperial War Graves Commission at a cremation conference m London. It was proposed to make plans Tor other cremations, but
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  • 62 6 American military police m Munich have been ordered to disengage Americans walking arm-in-arm with their wives on the streets under a new order which says: "Any unseemly and undignified public display of affection between members of the opposite sexregardless of nationality is unmilitary." To prevent nndoe
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  • 141 6 CANTON. Tuesday.— With opening of the Kowloon -Canton highway stymied by a seven-mile bottleneck of rivers, CNRRA and Kwangtung provincial engineers are rushing emergency work m anticipation of greatly increased relief shipments due to pour into Kowloon for distribution throughout South China. Work on the highway
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  • 38 6 LAUSANNE, Tuesday— The Aga Khan, fabulously rich Indian Muslim leader, recently acquired the Palace Hotel here, which he apparently plans to modernize. The Aga Khan also acquired the hotel and restaurant Des Palmlers —A. P.
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  • 152 6 SHANGHAI, Tuesday.— China has the highest mortality rate m the world, at 38 per mile per year, declared Dr. Chang Wei, Shanghai Health Commissioner, when he reviewed the health work of his Bureau at the Municipal weekly memorial service. The Health Commissionei, ufter paying a warm
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  • 95 6 Ranks Higher Than Ever HONG KONG, Tuesday.— In the political world China ranks higher than she has ever done in the past, said the Hon. A. Morse, chief manager of the Hong Kong and Shanghai Banking Corporation. In a recent talk to shareholders of the Bank here, h said Chiang
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  • 157 6 HONG KONG, Tuesday.— The British Colonial Government, admitting its whole price control organization has been undermined, has declared war on a huge blackmarket ring which has been using gangster tactics in getting hold of imports of vital commodities. Warning that it intends talcing
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  • 101 6 NEW YORK, Tussday.— The United Nations is considering the installation of an automatic telephonic interpretation system In its New York headquarters. It would be similar to equipment used at the trials of accused war criminals at Nuremberg. The United Nations General Assembly has instructed its Secj retary-General,
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  • 75 6 CANTON Tuiiday— Gen. Chang Fa-kuei, director of the Generalissimo's Canton headquarters, has ordered a camnaien to be launched soon io eradicate bandits from the .j.Ttung-FukiPn and Kr/anKtttnjr-KJ&npl borders. The bandits for some time have been a source of trouble to the garrison and populace rs they bfrn
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  • 92 6 HONG KONG, Tuesday. A timely warning by a companion saved the life of Mr. R. s. Smith, acting crown counsel, when he was attacked recently by two armed robbers In Customs Pass. Mr. Smith and a companion had driven to the pass to view the scenery The crown
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    • 340 6 RADIO PROGRAMMES RADIO MALAYA raouffl I p.m. Co 2 cm (news Letter .rom London a 00 a m Pred BED NETWOBtt from noon t. *LL*° W' «nd 8.15 p m. to 11 pjn Hartley. 8.15 a.m. Current evenU 830 2 p.m and 6.30 to 11 nn n» ;jj e re
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  • 719 7 BUILDING THE NEW HOUSE OF COMMONS Up-To-Date Machinery Being Used By DAVID CONDON, Reuter's Correspondent LONDON, (By Air Mail)— The House of Comiuans which was razed by Luftwaffe fire bombs m 1941, may be rebuilt by 1949— in time for Members of the present Parliament to use it before their
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  • 195 7 U.S. READY FOR ATOM BOMB WASHINGTON, Tuesday.— Looking to the day when a future invader may try to paralyse the nations defence by a surprise atom-bomb attack on the U.S. High Command Headquarters, the Army ha s broken itself up into six self-sufficent units. Reliable War Departmeni sources said the
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  • 82 7 Mr. Lew s Mumford. a Professor of Humanities at Stanford University, U.S.A.. since 1942, has outlined to the Royal Institute of British Architects a plan for a world city for the United Nations He suggested that the site for the new city should be found
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  • 112 7 The boys of Yeovil School, Somerset, could net buy tabletennis balls at the local sports shop. They asked their headmaster. Mr. A. Denys Thompson, to try. He wrote to Somerset Education Committee for a permit. The reply was that it was a matter for the Board
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  • 119 7 LONDON, Monday.— Eight blind men Service men blinded m the war— escapea when a London hostel caught fire during tne night. Nurse Williamson at the message hostel ot Saint Dunstans Park, London, West, smelt smoke m her room at 3 o'clock m the morning.
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  • 51 7 The following have been apnointed committee members for the Manaeement of Raffles Mu-cum and L'brary. Singapore. I The nnder Sectary. R:n°rapore the director. Raffles Museum and Library (vice-cl'fvrman^, Mr. D Rodot, Dr. G. V. Allen. Mr. R. E Holtttum. Mr. O. L. Pcet and Mr. G. E. N.
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  • 18 7 The Houses of Parliament *s they looked across the Thames before the war.
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  • 399 7 U.S. ZONE, BERLIN, (By Air Mail) .—Probably the most unreserved and honest laughter to be heard m Berlin these days comes from Caie Ulenspiegel, the city's first post-war political cabaret, which is at present presenting a robust revus satirising the occupation armies. Like all German night clubs
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    • 803 7 GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION. Tenders will be received at the Office of the Director of Public Works, Singapore up to noon ot the 29th July. 1946 for the following work:— Supply, delivery of furniture and fitments to the Raffles College, Hostel and Quarters. Singapore: i.e. to supply by (say) 16th September, 1946.
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    • 672 7 An extremely light overcall. alibi his action by pointing out plus a highly optimistic penalty that he had every reason to feel double, can add up to imnrtant that North-South had only one figures— lor the ODponents! Ob- apa de stopper— with the king In serve to.ay's deal: East's hand
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    • 376 8 SPEEDY Seletax airman, Clapham. failed to break any records m the Seletar R.A.F. sports held yesterday, but the ease with which he won both his heat and the final of the 100 yards have raised hope s that he will yet turn out something exciting
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      19 8 fc>am Snead (U S.A.) winner of th* British Oocn Uolf championship driving from the 14th tee m the final.
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    • 206 8 C.A. To Meet Northamptons In Return THE CfciMM Athletic Association will ulav a return game of soccer against the Northamp.ons on Wednesday, Juy 31. In preparation for their tour to Penan; on August 10. '1 he C A. have received an invitation to tour Penang from the Penang Chinese Fo*tb*41
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    • 325 8 Malays 6 Krmnji 1 THE Malays avenged a previous defeat by the Kranji Wireless Station when they scored a runaway victory by six goals to one in a return fooiballl match at Jalan Besar Stadium yesterday. Kranji were unfortunte to have two of their goals disallowed.
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    • 114 8 THE Singapore Rangers, a newly. 1 formed team, will leave Singapore tomorrow night for Kuala Lumpur where they will play two games, the first on Saturday against the TP.C.A. and the second on Sunday against the Selangor Chinese, Sela:igor League and Cup Champions. The Singapore team
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    • 64 8 LONDON MON. THE Aga Khan's classic colt, Khaled, was scratched from all engagements Including the dt Leger at 9 am today. While no official statement was made, the scratching was not surprising m view of Khaleds failure m the valuable Ecliose Stakes last
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    • 84 8 LONDON. Wed.. I IGHTWMGHT champion Ike HJL liams of Trenton, New Jersey, U.S. will defend his world's title against the Bri'ish champion, Konnie Junes of Swansea, at Cardiff, Wales, en Sept. 4, Praxno'.er Jack Solomons announced yesterday. e.'iomons said the American Nejro Inldr would
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    • 565 8 LOVDON, Tues. DEVERAL "possible" Test batsmen for v inclusion m the team to tour Austri' i->i -> Kiibß'nntiitfi tV l>- c'plii:<! during the latest series of County champi -n hir> matches. The serctors are expected to choose at least another batsman possibly, an opener and
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    • 556 8  -  By Learie Constantine MANCHESTER, Tues. INDIA drew the Second Test match with England, battling back gallantly in spectacular fashion against tremendous odds and they still live to fight out the third game of the series at the Oval for a drawn rubber. Never can there have
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    • 189 8 Petra Tom Brown Reach Semi-Finals PARIS, Tues. IS a result of to-day's play m the French championships a: Roland Garros stadium here today Yvon Petra of France, Wimbledon winner, fcis fellow countryman Marcel Bernard. Tom Brown ot America and Yaroslav Drobny of Czechoslovakia have reached the last four of the
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    • 224 8 THE following, representing almost all the leading sports' clubs and associations oi Singapore, are the M» pcutors m the meu's sing.es event m the Singapore table tennis championships. Among th im are several servicemen and one Polish player. ENTRIES Koh Hock Khee. Yam Tien Cheong, Poon Pook
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    • 38 8 IN a soccer match played at the Police ground yesterday a team drawn from 61 Coy., RASC, beat the Recs by four goals to thne. scorers for the winners were: Emerton (2) Cpl. Straw. Cope.
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    • 27 8 T'HE Muhibbah B.P. defeated the Gentle B.P. b;- four games to three m a friendly badminton m>tch played last Sunday at the letter's court.
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