Malaya Tribune, 17 April 1946

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  • 29 1 The Malaya Tribune Telephone: 6811. The Newspaper Of The People Of Malaya FOUR PAGES SINGAPORE, WEDNESDAY, APRIL 17, 1946 PRICE 10 CENTS The Malaya Tribune Wednesday, April 17, 1946.
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  • 149 1 Reuter. LONDON. Apr. 16. The spoWght on American and Russan criticism* of the British Cabinet Misson to Ind a s turned on by Low, famous cartoonist, in the -Evening Standard" tonight. The cartoon shows the three Brit'th Minsters—Secretary of State for Lits Laurence. President of the
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  • 179 1 Reuter. SHANGHAI, Apr. 16.--further arresis are believed possible when United States army authorities complete he questioning of alleged eaders of a well-organised •eiman spy ring who have been rounded-up in China. Those arrested include Lieir uol Ludwig Emardt, described as a confidant of Hitler and
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  • 271 1 Reuter. PARIS, Apr. 15.—Andre Philip, French Finance Minister, today informed the Financial Commission in the French Assembly that it was necessary to withdraw immediately from the Bank of France's gold stock 35,0CC,.i,0,000 francs (aSout £73,000,000) to pay fn>essential imports from America. Responsible financial authorises in
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  • 1000 1 Voluntary Divestment Provided For THE LONG AWAITED MALAYAN UNION CITI7FN*SHIP PRnnrkCATo WERE MADE PUBLIC THIS MORNING IN AN OFFIrL4T QTa™££S§ ISSUED IN SINGAPORE AS THEY APPEAR IN A PAPE^^^ i n iC v p r 4 opo aI
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  • 222 1 Britain 's War Aid To Russia 5,000 TANKS, 7,000 PLANES Reuter. LONDON. Apr. 16—Britain supplied the USSR with 5.218 tanks dur ng the period between October 1, 1941 and March 31. 1016, of trh eh Ml were from Canada, said Prime Minister Clement Attlee in rep'y to a question in
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  • 365 1 Reuter. TEHERAN, April 16.—Prime Minister Qavam es-Sul-taneh today received Field Marshal Ahmad Ahmedi. Persian Minister for War. and instructed him to establish security throughout the country. me most striking .mrhcation of the renewed discord ever Persia, says Reuter. is that the great powers hold sharply
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  • 86 1 Reuter. WASHINGTON Apr 16—Vice Aamirai tfianay, Commander ox the Bikini Atcm bomb experiments, has issued a Jong statemeni defending the operation. He Said the tests are no threat to other nations but are a defensive measure of "caution and economy" and added information
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  • 160 1 Reuter. WASHINGTON, Apr. 17.—"1 am very much encouraged and very hopeful." Fiorello H. La Guardia chief of UNRRA, said yesterday. La Guardia stated he conferred on Monday on the world food crisis with the American war mobilizer John Snyder and Assistant Secretary Will Clayton. "I stake
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  • 119 1 Reuter. LONDON. Apr. 16.—Goldmining shares on the London and Johannesburg Stock Exchanges went wild this morning on the news of the sensationally rich borehole stnke in South Africa. Blinkpoort and Western Holdings companies jointly announce that a borehole five miles south-east of Odendaalsrust
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  • 60 1 LONDON Apr. 16: Welsh Rvder Cup player D. Rees, one of the smallest men in the game, won the second major professional tournament for the "Silver King" £1.500 prize money golf with a 72-hole aggregate of 288. Rees had rounds of 73. 75. 77 and
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  • 634 1 Action On Iran Postponed A P. Reuter. THK UNITED NATIONS SECURITY COUNrif HAS DECIDED TO TACKLE THE CONTROVFRSI 4r SPANISH QUESTION ON WEDNESDAY AFTFR A SURPRISE MOVE BY SECRETARY CFNFR *t TRYGVE LIE WHO TEMPORARILY BLOCKFn a/ TION ON RUSSIA'S ATTEMPT' TO' CLOSF tup
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  • 69 1 A.P. PARIS, April 16.—A source close lo the French Foreign Office today scoffed at Madrid radio charges that a secret French Russian agreement might lead to a Russian marcn tmough France to Spain. The source said that the broadrast was "just what one would expect to come" from Franco. It
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  • 135 1 A.P. MANILA, Apr. 17.— The J crucification of a Filipino ana the beheading of 13 others I were described at the war i I crimes trial of Lt.-Gen. Takeshi i S Kono who is charged with the j responsibility for over 13,000 t deaths in Panay
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  • 198 1 A.P. SOOCHEW. Apr. 17.—Madame I Wang Ch'ng-wei, widow of China's j puppet President, declared at a cneI day treason trial: "A pro-Japanese policy" would have saved China had it not been for Pearl Harbour. Up to that time neither Britain nor America showed
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  • 141 1 A.P. Apr. ouvenmiciu rnei aua jgy—miumt UU4M nuu cxiauaC*.S. nsbuciaiea trress correspondent spencer Davis racquet! uom ivxuivucu mat tne m unaiigcnun was so tense mat a uciural plane proDaDiy would L»e sent tnere to remove rive American correspondents, vn c oi tn< m a woman. Meanwhile, General
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  • 157 1 The first party of U.S. Rubber Co. officials to reach Singapore since the war today an int«J?- V the 100 000 acres of corporation before the Japanese occupation V Headed by Mr. M. D. Glenn of Santa Barbara. Cal, former manager of the company's
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  • 77 1 Reuter. CAIRO. Apr. 16.—Talks on revision of the Angio-hgyptian Cairo this week are now thought, UKefyjo be postponed un;il about next Tuesday. .It is expected that th e ev;,cua--525 °J British troops from Egypt will be the first subject to be discussed and that the*
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  • 551 2 (By A Special Correspondent) Sandakan. capital of Brit cV > Wort> Borneo with a pre-war population of 40 OCO. is almost a dead cUv now. Practically all buildings in the town and its immediate suburbs arc nm heaps of rubble. Only about twothirds of
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  • 457 2 A.P. „n S h A A J ,n 15 The Briti «h say India can be independent but they would like it if she stays I his week the British nudged Indian political leaders a notch nearer decision. Among other things some saw possible civil
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  • 133 2 A.P. LCNDCN, April, 16,—The Norwelgian shipping firm of Hans fa. Torgensen and Co., of Toensberg, has brought h TTf a ship in Gibraltar, and the Kiel's l^Thf 1 11 18 now MO mfles away in Algeria. The vessel, the 14 000-ton Norwegian tanker, Thofshovd? funded
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  • 32 2 A.P. JERUSALEM, Apr. 16—Jerusalem was without a ir>in service yesterday as railway workers joined ft. antes of Palest.nc-wlde strikes. The work stoppage stared on April 10 when postal employes demanded higher wages.—A.P.
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  • 134 2 A.P. mtAMI. April 16.— The discovery of a Spanish trader galleon, the Santa Rosa, reputedly with $30,000,000 worth oj booty, ivas announced by Irwin Williamson, famed seadiver. He said he found Jie coral sealed hulk on Saturday in I*s feet of water off the
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  • 377 2 A.P. YENAN, April 15.—1t is no secret here that Yenan has anxiously awaited the return of President Harry S. Truman's special envoy, Gen. George C. Marshall, to act as umpire in the dispute now threatening the realization of a constitutional government for China, writes
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  • 308 2 A.P. NEW YORK, Apr. 15.—Much is being reported concerning the plague of hunger sweeping Europe and Asia with increasing intensity but curiously little is being said about °ne ol the chief contributing factors— the black market—writes Associated Press correspondent Dewitt Mackenzie. Experts of 18 nations are meeting
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  • 302 2 Writers of letters intended for publication are requested to append their names, not Noms-de-plume. Colour Bar I have a very strong feeling that a correspondent of yours is suffering from inferiority complex. He talks of "higher educational qual.fications, colour bar," and ends up with 'if these (higher educational
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  • 33 2 Reuter. LONDON, Apr. 15.-The War Office stated today that Australian General Horace Robertson, 51-year-old leader of the Australian assault forces against Rabaul, has been appo.nted Commander-in-Chief of the Commonwealth force In Japan Reuter.
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  • 92 3 DOOLITTLE FLIERS CASE A.P. SHANGHAI. Apr. 15.—Th,- flvem.in American Military Commission today placed blame on high Japanese government and military officials in returning a surprisingly light sentence in the war crimes trial of four Japanese officers accus«d of participation in the court-martial and execution of three DoolittL-
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  • 82 3 A.P. MADRID. Apr. 16.—A Foreign Office spokesman on Monday described as totally and absolutely false the Paris report of a Gtrman atomic research station at Portugalete. aristocratic bathing resort five miles northwest of Bilbao. The spokesman added that he personally was well acquainted
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  • 122 3 Reuter. LIVERPOOL, Apr. 15.—Damage unofficially estimated at over £1,000,000 was caused by fire at an inland sorting depot of Mersey docks and harbour board at Kirby near Liverpool yesterday. Over 13,000 bales of cotton, between 200 and 300 jeeps and threeton vehicles and several air compressors
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  • 37 3 A.P. PHILADELPHIA, Apr. 15.— Fleet Admiral Halsey, 65, is reported today to be in an improved and satisfactory condition at Philadelphia Naval Hospital where he was admitted six days ago suffering from a cold. —A.P
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  • 501 3 -Even In France And Britain Reuter. LONDON, April 16.—American influence in Western Europe which less than a year ago had attained its peak has been on the wane for six months, and neither speeches from American leaders nor protestations of goodwill have
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  • 85 3 Reuter. LONDON, Apr. 14. —A monumeat inscribed: "Israel and the worii WIU remember the 30,000 Jews exterminated in Belsen Camp at the hands of murderous nazis," was unveilad on the site of the camp today -the fust anniversary of the liberation of its inmates, the British
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  • 319 3 Reuter. WASHINGTON, Apr. 15.—Britain is expected to suggest that American plans for feeding Japan and the American zone in Germany are too extravagant, and that wheat and rice for these areas should be diverted, when the Combined Food Board meets here today. This
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  • 195 3 From all quarters....... Reuter LONDON, Apr. 15.—South African Prime Minister Gen. Jan Smuts' policy towards coloured races In South Africa was condemned here yesterday by Ashwin Choudree, member of the South African Indian delegation at present visiting London. Spea'.iing at a meeting yesterday afternc >n attended
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  • 235 3 Associated Press. NEW DELHI, April 16.—As members of the British cabinet mission to India began their fourth week of work here, it seemed certain that they would be faced with the job of themselves proposing a formula for the Indian self-government. There was wide expectation
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  • 115 3 Reuter. ALLTTA. Apr. 16.—The reconstruction of Malta is awaiting a decision by the British Government regarding a financial settlement. Th;s Is r. vealed in the island's new budget which makes no provision for the cost of housing and reconstruction plans. The view of the authorities is that
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  • 40 3 A.P. JERUSALEM. Apr. 14.—Unless the smke of the 2.500 post office employees throughout Palestine <nds by agreement, about 4.000 Government employees in the Haifa district plan to strike tomorrow morning in sympathy, a was learned here today.—A.P.
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  • 257 3 LONDON, April.—Use the thousands of boys who are now bemoaning that they were too young to serve in the recent war, the 72-year-old- Earl of Cork and Orrery urged when the House of Lords debated defence policy recently.
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  • 134 3 Reuter. DAMASCUS, Apr. 15.—The last contingent ol Britisn troops in Syria marcned out oi Damascus at ten o'clock this morning, i the deadline under the agreement reached in Fans for the simultaneous withdrawal oi British and French troops from Syria The only British institutions remaining
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  • 448 4 Petrel Price Likely To Stay At 115 i 'en ts For Homo Time (Tribune Staff Reporter) The present oil position in Malaya is "quite good" taking into consideration the factors that still encumber the oil industry a prominent oil man told the Tribune yesterday. Asked
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  • 194 4 (Tribune Correspondent) IPOH, Apr. 16.—At a conference of members of the Junior Couit Service at the premises of the Anzac Club, a draft memorandum to the Secretary of State for Colonies on the question of back pay for the occupation period was passed. Drawing their
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  • 137 4 "The Court is not sat'sfied with the identification. At best it Is a weak identificat on and that by only one man." With that Lt.-Col. G. C. H. Culley. President of the Superior Court, acquitted and discharged a young American. Charles Kayser. who wa> described as assistant
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  • 93 4 Two charges, one of wrongful possession of $1,367 worth of property, which included 3.1( 0 singlets and 423 tins of condensed milk, belorfg ng to the Forces, and the other of having d spatched the fame property at Pintu Besi without having made a declaration to the
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  • 44 4 A tea party will be held this afternoon at the G.H. Cafe by the Arab Community of Singapore under the auspices of the Arab Association and the Arab Union in honour of Capt. H. M. Al-Khalidy and Capt. S. H. Al-Habshi.
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  • 65 4 Indian Christians of all denom nations are asked to attend a meeting, which will be held at the Labour Union premises, Short Street at 6.30 p.m. on Saturday, to consider sending an appropriate resolution to the Cabinet Mission in support and recognition of the demands of the Indian
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  • 150 4 (Tribune Staff Reporter). DON'T RUSH to buy your onions at the black-market price of over a dollar a kati. A large shipment of Australian onions has just .-irrjved, and prices are bound to collapse. The official control price of onions is. 35 cents per kati. DON'T
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  • 136 4 The Department of Public Relations, in co-operation with the US. Information Services and Department of Education, are presenting a programme of war films to the St. Andrew's School. Woodsville Road, commencing at 7.30 tomorrow. The programme will be chosen from the following: (1) Paratroops (British Paratroops
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  • 37 4 A representative rugby match Is being played at Jalan Besar Stadium on Easter Monday, at 5.15, Army vs, Singapore Police, proceeds in aid of Malayan Welfare Fund. Tickets and programme wiil be available on ground.
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  • 364 4 Master Chief Officer Convicted Of Assault Complaints of assault by a junior officer of the s.s. "Empire Prowess" led to the conviction of the ship's master and his chief officer in the Fourth Court yesterday, the court sitting tillafter 6 p.m. According to the prosecution, on Feb. 21 at Palemang
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  • 59 4 (Tribune Correspondent) PENANG, Apr. 16.—Convicted on a charge of armed robbery, Lee Ah Teoh and Robert Poh were sentenced, to five years' r.i. each by Lt.Col. A. W. Bellamy in the Superior Court yesterday. The two are alleged to have participated in a day light robbery
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  • 171 4 A.P. KUCHING. SARAWAK. April 14.— Charles Vyner Brooke, the third white Rajah of oil-rich Sarawak, returned to h s North Borneo domain today for the first time since the Japanese overran Southeast Asia. Accompanied by his wife, the Rajah was enthusiastically greeted by several thousands of
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  • 118 4 Suspicious of the feel of some loaves of bread carried by a person intending to catch the up-country train at Keppel Harbour railway station, a Customs revenue officer broke the loaves to discover two pounds of opium concealed in them. The man who was carrying the
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  • 176 4 Reuter. HONGKONG, Apr. 16.—One of Hong Kong's leading Chinese newspapers, the "W ah Kiu Vat Po," has launched a campaign to aid China back to post-war recovery. The paper says: T'Since fore gn friends, such as those represented by UNRRA are already so generously helping
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  • 117 4 Thunderstorm (Tribune Correspondent) IPOH, Apr 16.—The worst thunderstorm in many years occurred in the Sungei Siput area yesterday resulting in the death of four persons, serious injuries to others and extensive d image to property. Three big trees in the area of the old police station
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  • 203 4 Th° following have b°pn to play hockey aga nst Selangor and an Army XI on Saturday April 20 and Monday. April 22. respectively in Kuala Lumpur: V. N. Pillay: R. Barth (Capt.) and A. Ponnampalam: H. Hoeden. P. Pennefather and Cheah Kirn Swee: G. Valberg, A.
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  • 178 4 (Tribune Correspondent) PENANG. Apr. 16.—The StOff of how a young married Chinese was arretted" I y of a certain secret society and later his dead body discovered in a gunny bag in the sea. was unfolded before Lt.-Col. A. W. Bellamy in
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  • 111 4 P/Lt. C. L. F. (Jimmy) Talalla. who received the D.F.C. and bar for courageous action in air combat I over Germany in 1943. is the son of Mr. and Mrs. H. B. Talalla of Kuala Lumpur. He has had many thrilling adventures and miraculous escapes.
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  • 33 4 K. Allyar (31). an Indian, was sentenced to five months' r.i. by Mr. H. A. Forrer. in the first police court, on a charge of stealing four blankets belonging to an Indian soldier.
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  • 116 4 (Tribune Correspondent) Ipoh, Apr. 16.—Seven Malay Sultans, including the representatives of the Sultan of Johore and the Sultan of Trengganu, entered into a long discussion yesterday in the Astana Iskandariah. Kuala Kangsar, and unanimously decided to continue the present protest against the the Malayan
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  • 295 4 Nine Japanese petty officers and sergeants who were members of the Kempeitai at Port Blair, Andamans. will be on trial in the Singapore War Crimes Court on Monday for a series of tortures which they were alleged to have committed against Indian civilian residents
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  • 244 4 The Company's Esta'.es \vc»v ri-occupr«a in October 1945 and generaay, tiit y are reported to oe in mucn better condition than might nave been expected alter the last 3i years. There was some tapping In 1942/ 43 under the Japanese, out on ZoO acre* oniy. jungle and
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  • 111 4 EAT AVI A, Apr. 13.—Lt.-General S. H. Spoor, Commander of the N.I. army, declared In a press conference this morning that 800 were murdered in Bandoeng during the period from August 1945 to the day South Bandoeng was cleared. The same number is still missing and
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  • 97 4 (Tribune Correspondent) PENANG, Apr. 16.—Nine mzmbers for the Penang contingent for the London Victory Parade have already left for Singapore. They are.—Corp(jal Ibrahim b'n Bashee, L/C E. G. Lange. L/C Chan Wing Onn. fall representing SSVF>: Sub-Officer Tye Foong Sun (Auxiliary Fire Service); Petty officer
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  • 350 4 In a circular to shareholders, Hay- tor Rubber Estates Ltd. states that all the company's statutory and financial records were lost or destroyed during the Japanese occupation. The secretaries are now in course of j preparing new share registers. Appended to the circular is a I statement
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  • 109 4 The President and members of the Buddhist Sinhalese Association extended a cordial welcome to the Hon. Mr. D. S. Senanayake, the Ceylon State Council, at the Buddhist Temple premise's in Outram Road last evening. The highlight of the evening was the special "pooja" held in his
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  • 52 4 KULASENA—The remains of Mrs. Kulasena beloved wife of Mr. H. D. Kulasena, daughter of Mr. A. P. L. Jayawardena of Sentul, Kuala Lumpur, will be removed for interment to the Sinhalese Buddhist Burial ground at Bidadari. The cortege leaving her residence 47, Bencooien Street, at 10 a.m. on Thursday,
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