Indian Daily Mail, 27 February 1949

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  • 18 1 t,mdau Edition Indian Daily Mail \OL. V. NO. 17. SINGAPORE, SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 27, 1949. FOUR PAGES 10 CENTS.
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  • 152 1 IFFICULTY IN PREPARATION OF ELECTORAL ROLLS y e b. 26. General elections on the adult franchise are unlikely to be held in in MV) as at present planned. i.iv in the way of holding the tie preparation of electoral voters,
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  • 90 1 NEW DELHI, Feb. 26. The Government of India may shortly introduce legislation banning strikes In the Railways and Posts and Telegraphs. It is understood that under the proposed legislation the Government will seek power to deal with the threatened strike which the Communist-dominated
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  • 24 1 ROME, Feb. 26.— Britain may change h^r mind and support Italy's trusteeship over strategic Tripolitania, a Foreign Ministry spokesman said on Friday. A. P.
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  • 45 1 'U.HI. Feb. !ti— The Brii w t^mbhnj is coming down I »Uh Court, ol India. Uiuakar, Deputy Minister hnnition, t (J ici the Indian •ent yesterdaj hat the crown ng replaced m Court* State emblem of India j 5 Uom on the Asoka A.P.
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  • 35 1 Cambridge Examination Results Will Be Delayed -:id. K'D. 26.— I In Camit the (Jdinresults lor ation C pUDiit days. tne an- ie could not n tne reIt was tne results education lor simul- I A.P.
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  • 66 1 i IMV -»M lei, 2 fi < reaching decisions on an overall Nanc light of latest developments in the Lted to be taken at the forthcoming topjovernment leaders in Nanking compeL I the Na- imare at capital nay be tf are Political,
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  • 92 1 Patel To Settle Hyderabad State Congress Rift (From Our Own Correspondent) HYDERABAD, Feb. 26.— The State Congress leader Swarrti Ramanand Thlrth's resignation is Islt as the only sensible thing to do since the dissident group's refusal to accept any kind of compromise with him. Sardar Patel is t 0 visit
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  • 221 1 All-India Postal Employees To Strike (From Our Own Correspondent) MADRAS, Feb. 26.— The AlUndia postmen have decided not to strike. The decision was taken by the Supreme Council of the Pan-India Post and Telegraph Workers Union which met here on Thursday night. Veteran labour leader N. M. Joshi, presided. In
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  • 107 1 Threat Of Imprisonment For Strikers Bill Passed In Parliament NEW DELHI, Feb. 26.— An emergency bill providing pri. son terms or fines for those who take part in railway, postal, telegraph, arms factory or dock strikes was introduced in the Legislative Assembly on Friday by the Minister for Home Affairs.
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  • 47 1 MOTHER IMPRISONED FOR HARBOURING COMMUNIST SON MADRAS, Feb. 26.— A Muslim mother has been found guilty and sentenced to five months imprison. ment for harbouring her Communist son. The sentence was the result of a new law prohibiting the harbouring of Communists in Madras state. A. P.
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  • 114 1 WASHINGTON. Feb. 2*.— Tile U.S. Army announced on Friday night that in the year beginning July 1. 1949 the numbers of its forces in Europe will be slightly reduced, those of Alaskan forces doubles and forces in the Far East remain unchanged. The
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  • 72 1 lake Success, Feb. 26.— The United Nations announced on Friday that President Truman will speak in New York on April 10 at the corner stone laying ceremony on the site of the permanent United Nations headquarters. The Sccrctaxy.Qixurftl, Trygv* Lie, said that Truman has
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  • 541 1 Commonwealth Countries To Consider Measures for Aid NEW DELHI, Feb. 26. Representatives of five members of the British Commonwealth will meet on Monday to discuss appeals for help from strifetorn Burma. Britain, India, Pakistan, Ceylon and Australia will consider informally what can be
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  • 282 1 BURMA: RANGOON, Feb. 26. The once outlawed Peoples Volunteer Organisation joined Government troops on Friday to defend the oil town oi Yenangyaung against the onslaughts of rebellious Karen tribesmen. Yenangyaung is in Central Field reports indicated fighting was concentrated in the area centering on
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  • 53 1 LAKE SUCCESS, Feb. 26.—Tlkingdom of Nepal has applied for membership of the United Nation it was announced here today. Nepal is an independent kingdom between India and Tibet. it s dominant population are Gurkhas. The sovereign is Maharaja Dh raja Tribhubana Bir Bikram, €3 years' old, who succeeded his fath<-.
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  • 176 1 Durban Situation Now Calm DURBAN, Feb. 26.— A display of force by armoured cars and aircraft to back nrm police measures has brougnt calm to Durban after a week ot growing tension between Indians and Africans. More than 1,000 armed police ana troops were patrolling danger areas yesterday and anotner
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  • 62 1 SANTIPUR, Feb. 26.— The Santipur telephone exchange, with trunk facilities, was opened on Feb. 19 by Mr. Sashi Khan, Chairman of the Santipur Municipality, Mr. Ran jit Roy, ICS, District Magistrate, Mr. D, N. Banerjee, Divisional Engineer, Telegraphs, Calcutta West Division, Capt. J. N. Chakraverty,
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  • 627 2 TO BE FULL FLEDGED ZONAL SECOND LINE DEFENSE NEW DELHI, Feb. 26. Recruitment is to begin shortly throughout the country for the Territorial Army for which the Indian Parliament passed a special Act in September, 19J8. The strength of this force uill be
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  • 140 2 Plans For Collecting Armed Strength Of U.N. Members LAKE SUCCESS, Feb. 26.— The United Nations Commission for Conventional Armaments ordered its working committee on Wednesday to study plans for collecting information, on the armed strength U.N. members. Russia charged this was a spying move by the Western powers. The Commission
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  • 909 2 The view thai the Andaman Islands are extremely suitable (or colonisation has been expressed by Sri Nikunja Behari Malty, Relief Minister, West Bengal and Leader of the Indian Exploratory Parly to the Andaman Islands and other members of the Delegation. The Andamans are a group of
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  • 50 2 SYDNEY, F^b. 26— Dr. Herbert Evatt. Australian Auorney General and Minister lor External Affairs left by air lor London la^t night to present the Australian Govern. merit's case in the banking legislation appeal to the Privy Council on run! W;11 8t0 3 at Calcutta, New I>lh>, and Karachi t-nroutf. Reuter
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  • 1013 2 India Assumes New Leadership Of Asia LIKELY TO INFLUENCE NOT ONLY EASTERN BUT WESTERN WORLD NEW DELHI, Feb. 26. India, for centuries the centre of a civilisation which influenced the Eastern world from Persia to China, is assuming a new leadership in the new Asia which may influence not only
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  • 72 2 LONDON, Feb. 26.— Home Secretary Chuter Ede said in the House of Commons on Thursday that ho had received no word from Poland on his inquiry whether that country would repatriate deportee Sydney Stanley. Stanley, a Polisrt-toorn Juv wsai the centre of the recent British Government corruption hearings and has
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  • 53 2 MADRAS, r nouncccl ti. the 18th LIM India National will be hfld In B The conl c nverud I ta tn C systems ol mlttee repor Th«- r. 18th LIM C that Mr. A. B Public H« alth M sented to 0» of
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    • 173 2 TEN GREAT BOOfc 1. Important Speeches of Jawaharlal Nehru 2nd Ed. 2. Important Sp Writings ul Subhai Bose 2nd Ed. 3. Teachings oi ftiafa ma Gandlii 4. Leader by Merit iSardar Patcl and Ideas 5. India On the Ma: beiected Writings ul Jawaharlal Nehru 6. Great Daughti r of India-Vijayu
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  • 277 3 Every Textile Worker To Be Literate In Two Years tl mm Bombay Labour Minister Outlines Govt/s Scheme II (b. 26* II is our earnest desire to see ime every textile worker is literate in view ile facility is being provided for conducting and elsewhere and if after that period iound
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  • 162 3 India NP ;aiUd i^ JjIP; F<^ u Jacob Chandy of Travancore, South The announcement W as made here by the Veilore Christian College Meaical Beard, with headquarters at 156, Fifth Avenue. Dr. Chandy, who i s being assig
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  • 18 3 Th^ match will also be a testimonial lor the South Australian former Test player Arthur Richard. <on. Reuter
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  • 56 3 GLASGOW, Feb. 26.— The. Rev James Barr, former Socialist Member of Parliament and temperance leader, died at his home o n Thursday. He was 86. Barr was the first moderator of the United Fre e Church of Scotland formed in 1929. He served in Parliament from 1924 to 1931 and
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  • 86 3 BERNARD SHAW IN DEFENCE OF COMMUNIST IDEOLOGY 126. George Bernard Shaw, i celebrated playwright, was quoted Monday iritish Parliamentary party system "is modern requirements," and that "a tion of the Soviet system is indispens- Dailj vv ur r ar-old playin a tetter to ar-old SunBut, heported, that. Iso ofc>snuw civiiizaCommunism,
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  • 135 3 A 21-hour truce between Burmeo troops and Karen rebels was called Sunday Feb. 6 to enable non-combatants to leave the Karen fortress at Insein. 11 miles north of Rangoon Six thousand people, mostly Indians, took advantage of the cease-fire to evacuate to Rangoon. Lorries provided
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  • 76 3 MADRAS, Feb. 26.— The Government yesterday sanctioned about Rs. 25.000.000 for digging a channel from Mettur reservoir for irrigating lands in Salem and Coimbatore districts. The projects are mosi important in recent measure for increasing food production in the pro. vince. The First
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  • 756 3  -  A. C. VIJAYA KUMAR By And as of old in music measureless, I heard his golden voice and marked hiin trace Under the common thing the hidden grace; And conjure wonder out of emptiness, Till all things put on beauty like a dress, And
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  • 105 3 N. Atlantic Pact Will Invite Bankruptcy, Says Wallace WASHINGTON. Feb. 26. Mr. Henry A. Wallace, Progressive Party presidential candidate last November, told the House Foreign Affairs Committee yes'i rday that the proposed North Atlantic defence pact and the Marshall plan were inviting bankruptcy and war. He renewed his suggestion that
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  • 48 3 PROMINENT DELHI SIKHS DISAGREE WITH TARA SINGH NEW DELHI, Feb 26 Pr, minent Sikh leaders of Delhi in of action taken by Master Tar lara bingh ana his supoorters caught witl> great dangn a d oound to k-aa to very grave con' stkli Party hC AlUlndla N d
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  • 734 3 (From A Special Correspondent) NEW DELHI, Feb. 26.— Master Tara Singh, Akal, Sikh Leader, was taken into custody on Sunday last while on his way to Delhi where he was to preside over a meeting of the General Council of the Akali U.ii <11.
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  • 673 4 SINGAPORE, Feb. 26.— The Representative of the Government of India in Malaya, Mr. .1. A. Thivy, has sent a message to the Conference of Labour Representatives meeting in Kuala Lumpur today, hoping that "th is conference can effect those useful contacts between
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  • 174 4 Beware Of Counterfeit Coins! The Commissioners of Currency, Malaya have reported that two new forgeries of current coin have appeared in Singapore. The forged coins arc of 20 cents pieces, one being of the new Cupro-nickel coin dated 1949 which was recently issued into circulation and the other of the
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  • 84 4 The All Malaya Nattukkottai Chettiars' Chamber of Commerce at its meeting held in Kuala Lumpur on Tuesday, Feb. 21, passed the following resolution unanimously: All Malaya Chettiars Chamber of Commerce resolves that each individual Member, Agent, Representative and Assistant shall cooperate with the Government
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  • 148 4 BOMBAY, Feb. 26.— A sale s tax on exports to other Indian provinces or overseas and a tax on newspaper advertisements are among new taxes proposed to meet a deficit of nearly four crores of rupees (Rs. 40,000,000) in Bombay provinces budget for
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  • 31 4 The Commissioner-General, Mx. Malfcolm MacDonr|d v4il\ !fea|/e SingaporiMthis morning* Feb. 27, to attend the informal conference in New Delhi which will consider the situation in Burma.
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  • 177 4 The 114th birthday anniversary be celebrated at the local Ramakri Mar. 1 as per the following progra PROGRAMME AT 179, HARTLEY ROAD 8.00 a.m.— Foundation stone of Sri Ramakrishna Parahamsa's Shrine at 179, Bartley Road by Swami Vamadevananda; 8.30 a.m. Havanam; 10.00 a.m. to
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  • 95 4 ELECTRICITY RATES IN FEDERATION INCREASED The Director of electricity, Federation of Malaga, yesterday stated that with effect from Mar. 1 the present charge of 5 per cent on all rates for electricity except the rates in respect of supplies to open case mines and tin dredges will be Increased to
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  • 37 4 It is officially announced that Police Exercises will take place in the Harbour Board area as follows* Night Exercise on Monday, Feb. 28; Day Exercise in the course of the next ten days.
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  • 491 4 The following are the results o gapore Turf Club Spring Meeting h Race 1: Class :l Horses, Div 2 7 Furlongs less 17 yards <1 Fortune's Favourite $23 and $7. <2> Cctewayo $10. (3) Some Bran] $8. Time: 1 minute 29 seconds. Distances: 3 1-engths, 1 length,
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