Malaya Tribune, 21 December 1945

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  • 29 4/1 The Malaya Tribune Telephone: 5811. THE NEWSPAPER OF THE PEOPLE OF MALAY/ FOUR PAGES SINGAPORE, FRIDAY, DECEMBER 21, 1945 PRICE 10 CENTS The Malaya Tribune Friday, December 21, 1945.
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  • 249 4/1 SEAC Appeal To London Reuter. LONDON, Dec. 20.-The War Office spokesman today confirmed that a telegram has been re ceived from SEAC urging that strong action be taken to prevent a nee famine, but saying that Government has realised the urgency of
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  • 163 4/1 The New World amusement park was the scene of gaiety and merry laughter when 5,000 children were given a Christmas treat through the joint efforts of the Malayan Welfare Council, the Australian Rev Cross and Salvation Army. Long before the gates were opened the
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  • 54 4/1 Reuter. LONDON. Dec. 20.—A Transport Command Skymaster has just completed one of the fastest flights to New Zealand ever made —14,930 miles in four days and eight hours —states the Air Ministry news service. The plane was carrying the New Zealand Minister of Labour, members of his staff and senior
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  • 142 4/1 The chief concern of the Malayan Democratic Union is to work for the. welfare I of the common man and to I bring info being a constitu- Uon adapted to the special needs of Malaya, declared Mr t Philip Hoalint, chairman of the Preparatory Committee of S
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  • 60 4/1 Reuter. MOSCOW, Dec. 20.—The Russian ship Michurln now on its way to Calcutta from Odessa has entered the Indian Ocean, according to a message radioed by Its captain and quoted by a Tass official. The Michurln called at Istanbul and Port Said. The captain
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  • 96 4/1 Three fresh strikes are reported today, involving several hundred workers. Work at the 'Municipal Abattoirs came to a standstill yesterday, when workers, who are demanding a dollar increment per day, three months' bonus, re-instatement of five fellow workers who have been dismissed, and double Day for work
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  • 140 4/1 A daring daylight robbery perpetrated by a gang of five men who entered a house in Blair Road on Nov. 29 had its sequel in the Superior Court yesterday when two Chinese stood trial charged with armed robbery of $4,000 cash and $9,175 worth of
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  • 53 4/1 Reuter. BERLIN, Dec. 20.—From last night British army or civilian car drivers must carry arms and ammunition In the streets of Berlin after 9 p.m., It was announced last night. The new instructions coincide with the outbreak of shooting incidents which is seriously worrying the Allied authorities
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  • 45 4/1 An S.A.F.A. eleven met and defeated a Services team by three goals to nil in a soccer match at Jalan Besar on Wednesday. A large crowd watched the game. All three goals were scored in the last fifteen minutes of the game.
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  • 385 4/1 'GEORGIA MUST GOT BACK LOST LANDS' REVIVAL OF CLAIMS CA USES FL UTTER Reuter. MOSCOW, Dec. 20—Spotlight of the Moscow conference of Foreign Ministers seems today to have switched from Persia to Turkey. Demands for the "return of territory belonging to Stalin's native republic of Georgia,
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  • 141 4/1 CHUNGKING, Dec. 21.— (VP) —All fronts in the "civil war area" are quiet despite some newspapers continuing to banner bloody headlines, reports United Press. The New China Dally News yesterday bannered "severe fighting broke out around Tientsin and Peiping," although the story was merely a belated report
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  • 73 4/1 Reuter. LONDON, Dec. 20 Mr. Winston Churchill last night said goodbye to the Conservative Members of Parliament at the House of Commons In a 50--minute speech at a meeting of Conservative private members. He disclosed that he is going to Florida and said he will not be
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  • 196 4/1 Reuter. MOSCOW, Dec. 20.--Ernest Bevin and James F. Byrnes, British and United States Foreign Secretaries, last night had separate interviews with Generalissimo Stalin. It was Stalin's first public act since returning to Moscow from ten weeks' holiday at Sochi. Mr. Bevin was accompanied by Sir Alexander
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  • 169 4/1 Reuter. BATAVIA. Dec. 20—The Netherlands news agency reported today that "terrorists" from Java carrying Japanese radios have lauded in Borneo and were telling the population that "Java has been freed." They are said to have forced the local police to hand over arms, imprisoned local chiefs
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  • 288 4/1 BATAVIA, Dec. 20.-Dutch troops were officially reported for the first time today to have gone into action in Java. The whole of the sth Paratroops Brigade of the British bth Airborne Division Red Devils "—are now in the Batavia area, ac cording to the
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  • 177 4/1 Reuter. A Netherlands news agency message from Singapore today Quoted a senior Dutch military officer as commenting on the low morale of the Dutch troops now stationed in the camps in Malaya. The officer, who has just returned from a visit to the camps, said the men
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  • 51 4/1 Reuter. LONDON, Deo. HO. Prime Minister Clement Attlee is to have talks after Christmas with the Lieut. Governor-General ofi the Netherlands East India, Dr. van Mook, and the Dutch Prime Minister and otlier members of the Netherlands delegation on the situation in Indonesia.
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  • 201 4/1 Reuter. London, Dec. 20—It is hoped to publish the agreement embodying the peace terms between Britain and Siam on Christmas day, says the diplomatic correspondent of the Daily Telegraph today. The terms are believed to include the following stipulations: Siam is to pay for the
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  • 218 4/1 LONDON, Dec. 20.—Britain's policy towards Siam. said Mr. Hector McNeil, Under-Secretary for Foreign Affairs, in the House of Commons today, is based on the desire to "renew as soon as possible th« friendly and cordial relations which existed between the two countries before the war and to see
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  • 207 4/1 Reuter. Reuters Diplomatic Correspondent writes: "Britain is aiming at Christmas Day as the target date for the conclusion of peace terms with Siam and publication of an agreement according to official quarters in London. Commenting on yesterday's statement by Mr. Dean Acheson, United States Asst.-Secretary of State, that
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  • 631 2/3 WEDNESDAY'S debate in the House of Lords on Malayan constitutional reforms was a remarkable epitome of the cleavage of British public opinion on the subject. There appears to exist two different schools of thought. The first, and the more vociferous of the two, clings to the
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  • 123 2/3 Reuter. WASHINGTON, Dec. 19.— President Truman in a message to Congress today expressed .support for the I unification of the United States Army and Navy into a single fighting force and proposed the formation of a department of national defence as the best means
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  • 164 2/3 Reuter. LONDON, Dec. 19.—Mr. Arthur Henderson, Under-Secretary for India, 'in a statement oh the Indian food situation in the House of Commons today said: "The food situation in India gives no grounis for complacency and substantial assistance in the form of cereal imports from abroad is still
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  • 85 2/3 It is pointed out that at a Press Conference on Dec. 18 MajorGeneral Hone, Chief Civil Affairs Officer, Malaya, did not give any specific time as to when Civil Government would return to Malaya. The General hopes that it will return within a few months.
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  • 367 2/3 Reuter. NUREMBERG, Dec. 19—Four British Peers, Lcrds Kerrsley, Beaverbrook, Londonderry and Vansittart are to be interrogated at the request of former German Foreign Minister Joachim yon Ribbentrop, it was disclosed here today. The tribunal also granted application by Goering for interrogation with the
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  • 61 2/3 Associated Press. TOKYO, Dec. 20.—The Kyodo news agency reported today that the Imperial Palace guards struck and the remaining 550 threatened to walk out unless key officials are dismissed and other "democratisation" measures taken. The unprecedented situation has reportedly created confusion among court official" who "don't
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  • 51 2/3 Brigadier F. Scott, Brigadier General Staff, ALFSEA, will give a lee Wire on the Burma Campaign at the Victoria Memorial Hall at 6 p.m. this evening. This lecture is part of the series of war lectures organized by the Printing and Pubilicity Department of the B. M.
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  • 213 2/3 The Tin Inspection Committee which has been investigating into the conditions of tin mines in Malaya, has completed its report, which has been received by the London Tin Corporation Limited. According to the report, thirteen tin mines out of 44 are expected to
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  • 90 2/3 Reuter. MELBOURNE, Dec. 19.—Britain has a new drug called Paludrlne which 1s claimed to be a complete cure for malaria and makes the wiping out of malaria carriers in isolated areas possible, Dr. D.G. Davey, an Imperial Chemical Industries biologist announced today. Paludrine cured 64
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  • 57 2/3 LONDON, Dec. 20. (UP). It is believed here that the Government is considering a plan to send rice supnlies from the United States and Brazil to areas threatened with rice famine including Malaya.. This, it is understood. U to meet the reporlealy urgent, appeals from
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  • 506 2/3 R. B. Ooi PRIOR to the war political consciousness in Malaya was in a nebulous state. The people were nterested in money-making and in liaving a good time. While some found bureaucratic methods irksome and kicked, the majority didn't care Dna way or the other. While the
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  • 327 2/3 CHUNGKING, Dec. 20, (UP).— Press reports today from the various fronts indicated that CommunistNationalist hostilities are dying down with the Communists either withdrawing or "suspending activities. This is apparently in keeping with the pledge of no fighting while the Political Consultative Council is in session. Traffic
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  • 398 2/3 THE General Officer Commanding, Malaya Command, Lieut General Sir Frank Walter Messervy, C.B., D.S.O.. was one cf the five officers to receive American d<corations at the hands ot WlajorGeneral Thomas A. Terry, Commanding General of the Umtea Mates 'Forces in the Icdia-Burma theatre,
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  • 43 2/3 Under the mistaken impression that possession of a telephone will speed up the installation of the service, people have bought telephone apparatus. The public is reminded that all telephone apparatus is the property of the Telecommunication Department, B. M. A.
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  • 36 2/3 Wong Shi an Yuln and family 1 thank all friends and relatives who 1 sent scrolls, wreaths, letters and j telegrams of condolence and attended the ceiemonial rites of the late Mr. Wong Ah Meng.
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