Indian Daily Mail, 2 July 1949
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Title Section16 1949-07-02 1 4n(liatt jJatlg 4Hatl VOL. V. NO. 141. SINGAPORE, SATURDAY, JULY 2, 1949. SIX PAGES 10 CENTS.16 words
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138 1949-07-02 1 havancore Ruler Installed As First Rajpramukh I ABSOT AT FUNCTION I roiu Our Own Correspondent) ily I.— A salute of 21 tfuns heralded the lU'd Stale Of Travancore and Cochin Legislature Council. The ceremony began the (Oven ant between the Rulers* of both138 words
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Article83 1949-07-02 1 CALCUTTA. July 1. Police today arrested 70 people and seized "large quantities of unauthorised arms and ammunition" in a pro-vince-wide drive against "lawless elements" in West Bengal. The Government launched tht drive to round up demonstrator^ responsible for recent disturbances in Calcutta. West Bengal had nearlyReuter - 83 words
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Article203 1949-07-02 1 I p regret v ing down I «d h I nj heg oi th« who «ii-t gtep I i doubt |i keenly <>v*-s I uf nc d and B iii' nt for B i union B predominance, B :•>' -i" 1 B would b« h»203 words
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84 1949-07-02 1 Fight Out Election Under Adult Franchise Savs Ashoka Mehta (From Our Own Correspondent) BOMBAY, July I.— Mr. Ashoka Mehta, Indian Socialist leader, said hen* the people of India will never accept fresh flections under the existing ruie s which is limited and Diotheaten. He was commenting on press reports that84 words
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114 1949-07-02 1 KARACHI. July I.— All British officers, txoept some technicians and staff officers, art' to leave the Pakistan Army by the end of next ><ar, it was announced h**re yesterday. The announcement said the Government had accepted the recommendations of a committeeReuter - 114 words
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46 1949-07-02 1 CALCUTTA, July I.— Eight people w*re injured wh<*n police dispersed shouting grenade-throwing demonstrators in the Sibpur suburb of Calcutta last night. The demonstrators shouted antiGovernment slogans and threw crude hand grenades at the Polic* who retaliated with a lathi charge. ReuterReuter - 46 words
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Article38 1949-07-02 1 MANILA. July l. Presidential candidate Jose p. Laurel, who h<ad. (> d Philippine government during the Japanese wartime regime, quit in the middle of a campaign spcteeh tonight when heckler? raised a Jftnan««« finer an^ ■hAn»«<i 'Banzai.'- A. P.A.P. - 38 words
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113 1949-07-02 1 Restrictive Order Served On Hindu Mahasabha Secretary (From Our Own Correspondent) NEW DELHI, July I.— Mr. V. G. DeshapncU-, Secretary of the AllIndia Hindu Maha.-abha was served with an order by the Deputy Commissioner of New Delhi today preventing him from acting in any manner prejudicial to public safety or113 words
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Article80 1949-07-02 1 NEW DELHI, July I.— A blood bunk hat: boen opened in Delhi. Ino firs* donor was the Director or Health Services, Delhi. Formerly th e local hospitals kept a list of donors whose services wit requisitioned in times of emergencies. Delhi had no arrangement forA.P. - 80 words
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Article88 1949-07-02 1 WASHINGTON. July 1. Tht 42--nation international wh-eat igre ment went into iorce today. It became effective when India and Lebanon deposited their ratifications of the four-year accord designed to stabilize the w.irlo wneat market. Their actions raised the number of bushels subscribed to bv Importing countriesA.P. - 88 words
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Article64 1949-07-02 1 BOMBAY, July 1 Dr. John Matthai. Indian Financt- Minister. left her o by air for London today to represent India at the forthcoming Commonwealth Finance Ministers meeting in London. Th: Indian Government announced on Wednesday that it had ac. Copted h Bt iish Government invitationReuter - 64 words
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Article43 1949-07-02 1 WASHINGTON. July 1.. General and Mrs. Carlos P. Romulo ai\ celebrating their 25th wedding anniversary on Friday. They and their four sons plan to attend a special mass by Archbishop Cicognani. aspostolic delegate to the United States. A. P.A.P. - 43 words
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90 1949-07-02 1 ANOTHER PORT RECAPTURED FROM BURMA REBELS RANGOON, July 1. Burmese Government soldiers and marines irom the Burmese Navy frigate Mayu have recaptured the Camree lsiand port of Kyaukpyu from Arakanese rebels, a Government spokesman said today. The port fell to the rebels on June 10, when the Arakanese garrison onReuter - 90 words
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62 1949-07-02 1 INQUIRY INTO WORKING CONDITIONS OF JOURNALISTS BOMBAY, July I— The Bombay Jovtrnment .shortly will inquire -iCo the conditions c»f Wotting ournaiist* in the Province. G. Namla, Labour Minister, told ;ressm»n the Government aiso vuuld consider th 0 application of ome industrial acts for th« bcne&ti I working journalists. He askedA.P. - 62 words
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Article38 1949-07-02 1 TOKYO, July I.— Mount Fuji w.ll be op"»u.'d to climbers today. Ceremonies will mark the opining of the hiking season which annually draws Japanese from all p?n th^ "Olintry in a piJprimnir*. iii. Hi u red mountain.- ReuterReuter - 38 words
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1199 1949-07-02 2 Indian Daily Mail Singapore, Saturday, July 2, 1949. NOTES COMMENTS ON MIC GENERAL SECRETARY'S MISCONCEPTIONS RESULT OF CONFUSION in view oi the urgency* and Unportanc« oi the matur, to-day w propose to dc-vou- thia column (winch on a Saturday ii usually confined to a discussion of a variety -light" topics)1,199 words
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91 1949-07-02 2 MORATUWA (Ceyloiu, July I.— A novel garland made of carved sandalwood wn.s presented to Mr. H. W. Amarasuriya, Minister of Trad«- and Commerce, when he presided at the first anniversary celebrations of the Kadalana Young Men's Association, Moratuwa, held at St. Anthony's School hall. Mr.FOC - 91 words
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135 1949-07-02 2 COLOMBO. July 1— Sculptors lor (h«- proposed Gandhi memorial statue will be chosen by a subcommittee to be appointed by the O.vlon Indian Welfare Association. This was decided at a meeting of (he Association's committee at its headquarters at 371, Dam Street, Colombo, with Mr.FOC - 135 words
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Article82 1949-07-02 2 LAW BOOKS IN SINHALESE AND TAMIL COLOMBO, July 1— With a v^w to implementing the decision of the Government to conduct, as far as possible, Court proceedings in Sinhales, and Tamil, applications have b^tn called by the Legal Draftsman, Mr. H. N. G. Fernando, from person* qualified for appointment asFOC - 82 words
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Article167 1949-07-02 2 Colonial Powers May Lose Their All In S. E. Asia They Do Not Act Wisely Dr. B. V. Keskar's Warning POLITICAL AND ECONOMIC DEMANDS OF PEOPLE MUST SOON BE MET TO STEM COMMUNIST ADVANCES NEW DELHI, July 1. The political and economic demands of a disconcerted people must oe satisfied167 words
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Article209 1949-07-02 2 Ex-Dewan Of Junagadh Declared An Evacuee In India BOMBAY, July I.— Khan Bahu.ur Atidui Kaucr, ex- Dew an ol u.i u :(iii. has been declared an evacuee um.tr the Bombay Evaisneeg (Administration of Property) Act. inc action of the Government aecamc necessary, it was learnea .iere,FOC - 209 words
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363 1949-07-02 2 INDIANS IN MALAYA ARE BEING ELIMINATED" A number one topic ol speculation in the whole area, ho add«'d concerned possible southward iH'nc. nation by Chinese Communists. Mr. Keskar commented that IndoChuia and Siam were *o small, and their resource^ so limited, that it would Hot be necessary for the CommunistsAP - 363 words
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119 1949-07-02 2 Rehabilitation Of Meos: Resettlement In Matsya Union And E. Punjab SIMLA. June 23 (By Air Mail).— Rehabilitation of Meos. including those who had left for Pakistan in 1947 and subsequently returned to India, is proceeding satisiactonly in Last Punjab and the Matsya Union. So lar 19,905 acres of land have119 words
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183 1949-07-02 2 MYSORE'S RELATIONS WITH INDIA: DISCUSSION IN STATE COUNCIL BANGALORE, June 20—(By Air Mail). —Constitutional relations between the Government of Mysore and the Dominion of India were the subject of discussion in the Mysore State Legislative Council which began its Budget session here. Replying to a Question, the Chief Minister, Mr.FOC - 183 words
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330 1949-07-02 2 CEYLON NEWS: Site Of Vij ay a- Rebuilt Shrine At Mannar To Be Excavated Move To Establish Hindu School JAFFNA, jilv 1. The Thiruknthccsvaram Temple Restoration Committee has submitted a memorandum to the Minister of Education, asking for permission to carry on restoration work at this site and to establishFOC - 330 words
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25 1949-07-02 2 KASHMIR IRRIGATION DEVELOPMENT SCHEME BRINAGAI and I .1 btai ai a 5,00, the rne c i cons fruit lion 01 ing c puipin und-r FOCFOC - 25 words
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Article68 1949-07-02 2 BOPAL CONGRESS DISPUTE ,-Four membei '-'M hoc Con--. the Vice-Pi na Gupta ana Premnarain S] < t tan thai Th« resignati 1 stood, are m Madhyabh irai Commit 1 1 '< aoout a 1 ujp.p; ad hoc Com P' i ncifd groujj Two yeel Leaders d« put harat PCt hFOC - 68 words
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142 1949-07-02 2 t (Frort Our Own fnrr«ponh HYDERABAD, Jilj Ufci dtrab;id (jnvcrnnr ir < .ntrada ropoiM that ihi<- Nil -i All GlA't'l HID' I' 1 ,i| |i >•!). m hou-t arrest, a r< sbortl] to be 9 lea*<'ri u iihoiit lII] u- b*nj* tut* I142 words
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53 1949-07-02 2 SR1NAGAK, July 1 dulUih. Premier <>f Kaw tented a silver -hu-W mandcr of a unit of Army a^ t«k«-n of services rfiidertd bv area gfW a lon^ ptr«od. Earlier, Maj.-Gen. I inspected the unit Ord^r of llN DtJ shov. a v for I oil-FOC - 53 words
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18 1949-07-02 2 MYSORE RULER SURRENDERS POWRES TO DELHI banc.ai.ore iI% r;v (felati* I-;- *z& D'tenr External VZ inuniti tlon GIISGIIS - 18 words
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Article, Illustration4303 1949-07-02 4 CONSPIRACY HELD TO BE PROVEN FULL TEXT OF JUSTICE BB&KMUErS 15 PAGE JUDGMENT of :ther provisions of law and have been sentenced to transportation for life. "Karkare was imbued with the same ideas as that of Nathuram Godse and Apte but the interest evincedFOC; A.P. - 4,303 words
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237 1949-07-02 3 Ceylon 's Bloodless Attainment Of Freedom Due To Mahatma Gandhi's Technique Of Non-Violence Was Never Due To Senanayake asserts Mr. C. Ponnambalam wch At Foundation- Stone hying Of Ma hat ma Gandhi Memorial t... NV —Ceylon's bloodless attainment of inderesult of the success of Mahatma Ganleals in India, said Mr.237 words
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537 1949-07-02 3 India To Start Locomotives Manufacture By 1951 Rs. 140 m. Project Making Headway NEW DELHI, July 1. India will soon attain self-sufficiency in regard to locomotives. At the stateowned plant at Mihigam in West Bengal, now called Chittaranjan after the great Indian National leader C. R. Das, plans to manufactureGIIS - 537 words
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Article26 1949-07-02 3 I death of I: tary to c immission in v. an- 71 years >ns ol Indian Assistant I notion in H ReuterReuter - 26 words
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Article48 1949-07-02 3 COLOMBO. July I.— Mr. Don S. Scnanayake, Oylon Prime Minister, said here yesterday that Commonwealth Finance Ministers would be likely to agree to sterling devaluation at their Lcndon talks. Sir Oliver GoonetiHal^e, Ceylon Ififfh Commissioner in London, will probably represent his country, according to authoritative quarters here.- ReuterReuter - 48 words
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57 1949-07-02 3 NEW DELHI, June 30— Professor P. Maheshwmri of the Botany Department of the Delhi University has b<en appointed Chairman of the Plant Embroyology Section of the International Union of Biological Science meeting: at Stockholm in 1950. Mr. Maheshwari is also VicoProsirlent of the International BotanicalGIIS - 57 words
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Article, Illustration65 1949-07-02 3 PHOTO. Indian delegates, left to right: Dr. K. C. K. E. Raja, Director of India's Health Services; Princes Rajakumari Atnrit Kaur. Indian Minister of Health, and Dr. Sir A. Lakshmanaswami Mudaliar, Vice hancellor of the University of Madras, are seen in the Venezia Palace, Rome, on June 13, on opening:A.P. - 65 words
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134 1949-07-02 3 *TAN FINANCE MINISTER'S WARNING jfJ^WN, July I.— Pakistan Finance Minister, Mohammed, said in London last week that «-ould go a long way towards preI peace if they would realise that having m countries thev now had a moral ob7to assistReuter - 134 words
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78 1949-07-02 3 TOKYO. July 1. At least between 25 and 35 persons were killed, thousands of houses destroyed or damaged in heavy rainstorm around Kagoshima City in Southeastern Kyushu. National rural police headquarters reported 25 persons were killed. Kyodo said another 10 had died when rainsoakedA.P. - 78 words
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Article48 1949-07-02 3 CALCQTTA. July 1. Pakistan will attend an unofficial Common. wealth Conference to be held at Bigwin Inn. in th« Muskoka Lake District of Canada on Sept. B—lB. A delegation from the Pakistan Utatituti of International Affairs. will represent th»s country. This conference wi'l be fourth ot series A.P.A.P. - 48 words
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Article139 1949-07-02 3 KARACHI, July I.— A trade agreement between Egypt ;,nd Pakistan providing for "most favoured nation" treatment on both sides in respect of customs dutie s and other import and export formalities was announced on Tuesday. Except for rice transactions, price specifications and terms of business willA.P.; Reuter - 139 words
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Article44 1949-07-02 3 NEW DELHI, July 1. Indian postal authorities have suspended as a temporary measure insurance and parcel post services to China. An official announcement said *hat insurance articles and parcels for China already booked but not despatched would be returned to the senders.- A. P.A.P. - 44 words
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243 1949-07-02 3 NEW DELHI, J..*fl H.— There is a great fund of goodwill towards India in Britain and the United States, according to Mrs. Renuka Ray, a member of the Indian delegation to the United Nations, who has just returned here. Mrs. Ray saidReuter - 243 words
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233 1949-07-02 3 Indian Navy To Replace East Indies Squadron NEW DELHI, July 1. A message received from the "Hindu" correspondent at Dar-es-Salaam says: "As the Indian Navy grows, it is possible that the East Indies Squadron will be abolished and its duties taken over by India as a Commonwealth country" declared CommodoreFOC - 233 words
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268 1949-07-02 3 LUCkNOW, July I.— The possibilities of developing the 2,000-mile long Ganges flowing through the U.P., Bihar and West Bengal for navigation on the lines of the Rhine Navigation System will be explored at a tripartite conference of the three provincial Governments which theFOC - 268 words
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Advertisement114 1949-07-02 3 JL JL MmA m J K^ Piles is a dangerous and painful disease. Early treatment always is advisable. Mr. LAU KIM PING has spent many years in very careful study of this disease. He discovered an effective remedy for it. No operation is necessary. Certain cure can be expected within114 words
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437 1949-07-02 5 Land Line I s The International Pakistan. Afghan Frontier Says Noel Baker on's Standpoint In Ipispu'e Clarified I3HEIITGR OF OLD i i S AND DUTIES Iniv Vi) |Ul.< p -.'lll ll Pa lion i Rei L i the v i thin I tan ha tin •<• vuMi Si I ii'Reuter - 437 words
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126 1949-07-02 5 RANGOON. July 1. Burmese Government reinforcements have been rushed to the upper Chindwin district on the Assam border where 500 White Band (antiGovernment I People's Volunteers attacked the police station at Mingin, the Government communique announced last night. Fighting was said to be in progressReuter - 126 words
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112 1949-07-02 5 Rangoon, July l. Burmese Government troops, in a six-hour battle around Tongyi about 20 miles north of Rangoon, have inflicted heavy casualties on combined Karen and Communist rebel forces, Burma radio claimed last night. In another half-hour battle Government troops routed 200 insurgents whoReuter - 112 words
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146 1949-07-02 5 Provisional Ministers Of Vietnam State Named "-Formation ol the new Vietnam Governmei taperor ol Annan and head of the ne t<» be announced on Friday, unle Nances. I, I I ol I A.P. FORMER ACTING BH. KOMBAY GOVERNOR DIES OXFORD. England. July 1. The death of Sir Henry Steyeley I,a\vr<nc*\A.P. - 146 words
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Article29 1949-07-02 5 lulled After staying about ee \\(vks in Hanoi he is expected to return to Dalat in Annam taiks with M. Paul CosteFlorct, French lwiinlat— of Over- i »ritorirs.- ReuterReuter - 29 words
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110 1949-07-02 5 SYDNEY. July 1. -The new Indian Trade Commissioner to Australia, Mi A. Bak^i. arrived here by air yesterday. Mr. Baksi India had been looking t 0 the Weit and to America for capital good*; but now was turning to Australia. "Because of the dollarReuter - 110 words
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101 1949-07-02 5 Australia To Consider Charges Of Racial Discrimination Against Chinese LAKE SUCCESS, July 1. Australia has promised the United Nations Trusteeship Council to giv-e serious consideration to charges of racial discrimination against Chinese workers on Nauru Island. The charges were made by the Soviet Union, China and the Philippines during aReuter - 101 words
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Article56 1949-07-02 5 MOSCOW. July I.— The British Ambassador Sir David Kelly accompanied by the British Embassy Staff in full regalia presented his credentials at the Kremlin on Thursday. After the presentaion Sir David began formal calls on his colleagues beginning with the Dean of the Diplomatic Corps. theA.P. - 56 words
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171 1949-07-02 5 BURMA Burma Indians Advised Not To Traval To Assam By Ledo Road HIGHWAY UNUSABLE BECAUSE OF HEAVY MONSOON RAINS RANGOON, July I.— The Indian Government has advised Indians in Burma not to travel to Assam by the Ledo road-linking India with Burma and China because the vital wartime highway is171 words
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135 1949-07-02 5 HYDERABAD, July 1. —Work is proceeding apace in Hyderabad State to improve and develop its communications system. New roads are to he constructed and the State's road system is to be linked up with the Indian network. Under a twenty-year plan to135 words
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337 1949-07-02 5 Mr. Setalvad 's Comment On Union Govt.'s Latest Action Against Indians BOMBAY, July 1. Prospects of a successful round-table conference on the future of Indians in South Africa are now remote, Mr. M. C. Setalvad, eminent Indian tourist said here yesterday, Mr.Reuter - 337 words
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63 1949-07-02 5 NEHRU'S VISIT STRENGTHENS INDO-CANADIAN RELATIONS OTTAWA, July I.— Premier Loul* St. Laurent told pressmen here yesterday that Mr. Nohru's visit to Canada in October was designed to "express and confirm the good relations existing between India and Canada." "Apart from the official aspects of the visit. Mr. Nehru is aReuter - 63 words
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112 1949-07-02 5 Dr. B. C. Roy To Hold Discussions With Swiss Hydro-Electric Experts ZURICH, July 1. Dr. Bldhan Chandra Roy. (iB-year-old Prime Minister of West Bengal, who is visiting Switzerland for consultations with a famous eye specialist, told Reuter last night he hopes also to have discussions with Swiss hydro-electric experts duringReuter - 112 words
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186 1949-07-02 5 Lords Vote Against Iron And Steel Nationalisation Bill LONDON. July I. A rebellious House of Lords voted Thursday to delay Government efforts t o Nationalise the iron and ste?l industry. liut the move had little power to stop the Government from going ahead with its programme. The peers voted 89A.P. - 186 words
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Article189 1949-07-02 6 A meeting will be held under th? presidentship of Mrs. S. D. Kalelker. M.A. at 4.30 p.m. tomorrow, Sunday July 3 in the padan^ at Block 42, H.M. Naval Base for distributing the certificates of the students passed in the Hindi examination conducted by the Dekshin189 words
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Advertisement241 1949-07-02 6 THE SINGAPORE INSTITUTE OF COMMERCE WISHES TO ANNOUNCE THAT: 1. It COMPLETES 2 YEARS TODAY. 2. The Strength of the School has increased by 300' during one year. 3. There are 17 qualiiied English, Chinese and Indian men and women teachers. 4. As there are 4 B'Ket ping teachers, there241 words
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Miscellaneous35 1949-07-02 6 STORY BY S. C. GEORGE TO BE BROADCAST "The Three Greek Sisters." a sh-rt story by S. C. Geor^^ be told over the Blue Network of Radio Malaga tomorrow Sunday July 3 at 10.00 p.m.35 words
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