Malaya Tribune, 1 November 1945

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  • 29 4/1 The Malaya Tribune Tdcphonc; 5811. THE NEWSPAPER UP THE PEOPLE OF MALAYA FOUR PAGES SINGAPORE, THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 1, 1945 PRICE 10 CENTS The Malaya Tribune Thursday, November 1, 1945.
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  • 310 4/1 T TNDER the pre ent military administration, there are restrictions on the right to strike in essential services, declared Brigadier P. A. B. McKerron, Deputy Chief Civil Affairs Officer, replying to a demand by the so-called Labour Union for an official announ cement
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  • 186 4/1 J\ FTER being on strike for ten ""days, the 7,000 Singapore dock labourers at Tanjong Pagar resumed work yesterday. They will receive the 20-cent all-round increase in wages which was offered them before they went on strike on Oct. 21. Wharf labourers are being paid $1
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  • 79 4/1 The preliminary inquiry into the case against Lim Chong Fang was postponed mm die when he was produced in the Special Court this morning. Bail was refused. Mr. Cobbett said he was satisfied there was sufficient evidence to disclose a collaboration offence. Mr. J. C. Cobbett, Commissioner of
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  • 57 4/1 Among members of Singapore's Brains Trust will be Col. Victor Purcell, F Lt. Tan, n.F.c, a labour manager ol a Midlands factory, and a social worker from London hospital. (Juestion master will be Colonel J. S. Dumer eaqua. The first meeting of the Trust is at the
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  • 48 4/1 Seventeen former members of the "Indian National Army" have been released from Penang Jail after it had been established by interrogation that they were minor officials who joined the I.N.A. chiefly to obtain food and work and were not interested in the I.N.A. as such.
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  • 23 4/1 There will be a meeting of Scouters, Rovers, and those interested in Scouting, at St. Joseph's Institution Hall at 5 p.m. on Saturday.
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  • 121 4/1 "The B.M.A. has a policy for improving the social conditions and status of the workers, and we intend to carry out this policy in co-operation with the employers and the workers themselves," declared Brigadier McKerron, yesterday. In the meantime the B. M. A. has established
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  • 61 4/1 Reuter. Rangoon, Oct. 30.—With the arrival from Bangkok today of Bandoola U Sein, Minister of National Welfare, ten of the eleven Ministers in the puppet Ba Maw Government are now in Rangoon. Mystery still surrounds the whereabouts of Ba Maw, whose family recently returned from Thailand.
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  • 22 4/1 A meeting of Old Boys of St. Andrew's School will be held at the School Hall. Woodsville. on Saturday at 4-30 p.m.
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  • 166 4/1 Commencing today petrol will be supplied only to essential consumers holding a monthly permit to purchase petrol issued by the Controller, Road Transport, Middle Road, Singapore. The term "essential consumers'' includes only those engaged on sponsored industries or on essential services. No petrol will be
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  • 683 4/1 MALLABY SLAIN AT "TRUCE" TABLE Reuter. Allied Headquarters, Batavia, Oct. 31. BRIGADIER A. W. S. Mallaby, commanding the 49th Indian Infantry Brigade at Sourabaya, has been murdered while actually in conference with Indonesian extremist leaders. The news was brought in by
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  • 119 4/1 London, Oct. 31.—Foreign Secretary Ernest Bevin questioned by ex-Foreign Secretary Anthony Eden in the House of Commons to-day on the murder of Brigadier Mallaby described it as "treacherous" /nurder. "The Government are awaiting confirmation as no official report has yet been received", Mr. Bevln said. Batavia is reported
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  • 184 4/1 Batavia, Oct. 31.—The two officers who escaped when Brigadier Mallaby, British commander at Sourabaya, was murdered while arranging "cease fire" terms were Captain R. Smith of the 4th Maharattas and Lieutenant L. Laughland of the 6th Maharattas. Both are attached to the 40th Indian Brigade Headquarters, according to
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  • 212 4/1 Reuter. Washington, Oct. 31. PRESIDENT Truman today told his press conference hĕ expects the Soviet Union to participate in the Far Eastern Advisory Commission soon. He said he has received a satisfactory reply from Marshal Stalin to his message coaveyed by 1 Inited States Ambassador Aver
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  • 261 4/1 "Tiger" On Trial Reuter. Manila, Oct. 31. 100 corpses wtre found a Manila city undertaker at one place in Manila, it was stated here today at the third day of the trial of Japanese General Hobun Yamashita on 123 charges arising from outrages committed by bis troops
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  • 227 4/1 Reuter. New York, Oct. 31. Lieutenant-General Albert C. Wedemeyer, Commander of the United States Military Forces in China, stated in a broadcast that American assistance to the Chinese Central Government did not constitute American action against Chinese Communist forces. "I General Wedemeyer who is I leaving
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  • 82 4/1 Reuter. London, Oct. 31. Colonial Secretary George Hall announced in the House of Commons today the British Government had reached the conclusion that a constitution for Ceylon on the general lines proposed by the Soulbury Commission would provide a workable basis fsr constitutional progress of Ceylon, Mr. Hall
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  • 42 4/1 Reuter. London, Oct. 30.—British Food Minister. Sir Ben Smith, to-day denied Miss Ellen Wilkinson's recent statement that Britain's bread might be rationed, when he declared: "In the forsdeable future there is no fear of bread or flour being rationed".—Reu-
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  • 98 4/1 Russia Far East Talks Washington, Oct. 31. i To secure Russia's parti- cipation in the work of the Far East Advisory Com- t i mission, Britain, the] United States and China jointly inspired yesterday's 1 decision to adjourn the commission meeting for) one week. At the same I time definite
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  • 247 4/1 Reuter. Chungking, Oct. 31, AX official dispatch from Changchun says that the Soviet anc military authorities have agreed on arrangements lor the landing <>l Chinese Government troops in Manchuria. Meanwhile, Marshal Yen ilsishan. 63 year-old Kuomintang-ap-pointed Governor of Shanghai Province and Commander-in-Chief
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  • 611 2/3 REPORTS from North Malaya continue to be most disturbing. The recent demonstrations in Ipoh, Taiping, Parit Buntar and other areas in Perak suggest the need of immediate relief to large numbers of people, or of finding regular and profitable sources of employment for them. Man is
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  • 777 2/3  -  Plea For Immediate Talks On Asiatic Freedom By Wallon A. Cole, Reuter's Special Correspondent now touring Burma, Malaya and Indo-China. Reuter. T EADER of the Burmese Aung San, in an interview at the headquarters of the People's Freedom League in Burma, called
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  • 140 2/3 H. Q RADIO, SEAC Broadcasts on 25, 29, 31, 41 44 and 55 metre bands. 16.00 hrs: News in English 16.15 hrs: News in Dutch. B. M. A. BROADCASTING SERVICE FRIDAY, 2ND NOV. 12.00 News in English: 12.15 Light Instrumental Music (R); 12.40 Promenade Concert (R); 13.00 News
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  • 81 2/3 A 36-inch mortar firing a shell weighing about 2 tons was one of the weapons the United States Army had ready for the invasion of Japan. This was disclosed by the Chief of the United States Army Service Forces, General Somervell, who also for the first time officially confirmed the
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  • 133 2/3 "p NCOURAGING news oi tuture production possibilities in the Netherlands East Indies is contained in a report quoted by Reuter. The report says that the sugar industry is thought to -be capable of quick recovery although factories have been stripped of much of their vital equipment.
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  • 85 2/3 (From Our Own Reporter) ipoh, Oct. 27.—a Chinese, Mali Ping Kwai, at Kampong Koh, tried to resist the entry of British troops into a hall which had been requisitioned. He got into a high state of excitement, brandishing a revolver and hand-grenade. Although told through an interpreter that
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  • 387 2/3 "You betrayed the trust placed on you by the authori ties concerned," remarked Major D. P. Rees. presiding officer, first District Court, when he passed sentence of six months' rigorous imprisonment yesterday on Tan Boon Chwee, 25 year-old temporary Revenue Officer, who admitted the theft of 270 katties
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  • 33 2/3 Tokyo. Oct. 30.—Thirty-four tons of crude opium were among the huge hoard of narrcotics and drugs, worth over £1,500,000, seized by the United States Army authorities at Nagano, in Central Honshu, Japanese island.
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  • 188 2/3 (Front Our On n Correspondent.) Taiping, Oct. 2S (Delayed). Peace and quiet reigns in Taiping, scene of last Monday's disorders when troops opened fire on a demonstrating crowd, killing four. Military vehicles bore the bodies and relatives to the Chinese cemetery outside the town. Officers and
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  • 1083 2/3 FOODSTUFFS PROBLEM BEING VIGOROUSLY TACKLED A SSURANCE that the British Military Administration is tackling the problem of supply and distribution vigorously in order to reduce the cost of living, was given by Brigadier 1.A.8. McKerron, Deputy Chief Civil Affairs Officer, when he addressed selected representatives
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  • 84 2/3 Penang, Oct. 28.—Four armed Chinese staged a daring holdup and decamped with a booty, valued at approximately $10,000, after ransacking the Burmah Road residence of Mr. Khoo Sian Ewe. Although inmates of the house can only give a vague description of the four men, it was stated that
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    • 401 2/3 NOTICES. CHINESE SALESMEN ASSOCIATION. A preliminary meeting of all members will be held at No. 90, Robinson Road, Singapore, on Saturday, 3rd Nov., 1945, at 2 p.m. All members are kindly requested to attend. REWARD To any person giving information leading to the recovery of documents, deeds, books two "Lips"
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